I have the honor of being a maid of honor to my best friend! I've never been a maid of honor before. I didn't/don't really know what I'm doing. But I knew I was in charge of throwing a bridal shower and bachelorette party and wrangling the other maids.
I knew my best friend was going to be getting married within the year last summer and started thinking about a bridal shower around then. Then she got engaged in November, asked me to be MoH in December and now, in April, I think I have successfully thrown my first bridal shower.
There are two reasons why I chose a coffee theme. And when I say coffee theme, I use this loosely. It started as a heavy coffee theme and ended as a light coffee theme. Coffee influence, you could say. Anyway. There were many coffee shop date's in the history of their relationship and the hubby-to-be used to be a barista.
The invitation:
I designed and made them myself because let's face it: invitations are outrageously expensive and I'm on a tight budget. I couldn't find 5x7 white cardstock with envelopes that wasn't an open-close card. So for $10 (using a coupon, making it $6) at Michaels, I bought a package of 40 cards and envelopes and cut each card in half then printed the invitations from home. I designed the invitation on picmonkey. for free! I love picmonkey. I then used the "I love you a latte" cartridge on my Cricut mini and cut out the coffee cup graphic and glued them to all of the invites for a little extra dimension.
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| bad picture quality, I took this on my phone while it was hanging on the fridge. The button is not part of the invitation, but the magnet holding it to the fridge. |
food:
My love language is food and the most important part of ANY event to me is food. Sticking with the coffee theme and since it was at 10:30, we had breakfast/brunch type finger foods.
Carrot & zucchini bars with cream cheese frosting, pesto and parmesan twists, cheddar biscuits, muffins, donut holes, nutella bites, magic bars (totally a straight up dessert), gluten free apple scones, and of course a fruit tray.
And coffee. Coffee, pre-made iced coffee, hot tea, and raspberry lemonade for those non-caffeine folk. It also happened to be the warmest day of the year so far, which led people to drink a lot more cold beverage than I was expecting.
I will post recipes for a few things soon!
Decor:
Let me just say that I love my Cricut and it made my life SO much easier. I bought the "I love you a latte" cartridge specifically because of this shower but will definitely continue to use it.
I used my cricut to cut out some of the words and images on the food table (sweet, aroma!, have a cup, coffee break) and taped them to skewers. bam! easy!
I got brown butcher looking paper with a floral design at dollar tree to use under the main food table. so cheap and so cute! A lot of decorations were ones I had around my apartment. The faux milk jugs with the food labels in them are from ikea. the chalkboard signs came in 4 packs from Michaels and were used to label food. I picked up a few crepe paper type things from a party store. Oriental Trading Co. was a lifesaver! I got the crocheted table runner, suitcase, and two banners for very cheap!
With my Cricut, I cut out different types of mugs and cups and made a banner that said "the perfect blend" with letters also cut out with the Cricut.
I also had photos of the couple all over, on the activity table, gift table, and around the food and drink (where people tend to linger.)
I also framed pictures of the bridesmaids for "meet the maids."
favors:
I bought a pound or two of chocolate covered espresso beans and put a few in a coffee filter and tied it up with ribbon. I attached a label that said "thanks a latte for coming." I found a wooden coffee cup cut out and chalkboard painted it and wrote the same thing. They were all placed in a suitcase and put by the door!
activity:
Besides opening presents, we played a game and had 2 activities offered. The game was "who said it?" with different tweets from each of them. There was "date night jenga" where guests were encouraged to write a date idea on a jenga piece. There were also notecards and envelopes for guests to write encouraging notes to the couple that would be sent randomly during the first year of marriage.
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