Moriah’s bridal shower + advice

I can hardly believe Moriah’s butterfly tea party bridal shower was one year ago! In honor of that and of the upcoming wedding season, I wanted to share the beautiful photos of her shower and give advice to anyone throwing one soon!

#1 My first tip after picking your theme/colors is to really lean into the theme – I bought and borrowed teapots/cups, butterfly confetti, garlands edible butterfly stickers, butterfly sugar cubes, etc! I also embraced a floral theme with dried flowers for table scatter and fresh flowers in teapot vases at each table. All the decorations filled the space beautifully, and everyone complimented them. I found most of the decorations on Amazon and Etsy.

#2 Have a signature drink! This is an easy way to individualize the shower, For Moriah’s – she made one of her favorite mocktails: a drink with raspberry simple syrup, lime juice, and sparkling water, we served them with cute pearl picks and a cherry.

#3 Favors. For the favors, we had homemade macarons with raspberry jam with a special label, and for the favor bags, we included herbal teas, a pink heart sugar cookie, pink heart glitter bath bomb, and a rose shaped soap.

#4 Have a cute themed backdrop

#5 Set up as early as possible

One thing we would change about the shower was the set up, because of where we were throwing it – we couldn’t set up until about 2 hours before the shower, of course we were running late that day, so we were setting up when the first guests were arriving, it was a stressful hour or so, but it worked out in the end.

#6 Get as many people to help as you can

Lucky for me, we had lots of help from our family with the shower: Our stepmom planned most of the food, and she, Moriah, and I cooked. I made the desserts, our Dad made the coffee and washed the teapots, and everyone helped decorate.

#7 Games. I found games for the shower on Pinterest and our mom bought prizes to give to the winners, This is a great way to break the ice and focus on the Bride.

#8 Buy extra! I highly recommend buying extra plates, utensils, and napkins!

#9 Online invites, We used Paperless post to create and send the invitations and it truly made it easy! instead of asking for addresses, I simply just need a phone number or email to. send them an invitation.

Bridal shower menu ideas: For Moriah’s shower, we had Charcuterie (made by her), a shrimp cocktail, deviled eggs, a vegetable tray, fruit kebabs, meatball cups, pasta salad, and assorted sandwich squares. For drinks, we had coffee, water, lemonade, Moriah’s mocktail, and, of course, tea!

Planning Moriah’s bridal shower was a sweet labor of love- a day I will always treasure. Watching her be celebrated by family and friends filled my heart with gratitude! I hope this post gives you inspiration if you’re planning a shower for someone close to your heart.

Love,

Hope & Moriah