Week of the Wedding Shower - Party Time

The bride made out like a bandit and recieved all sorts of goodies to use in her new marriage. We had a great time putting it all together!

Week of the Wedding Shower - Odds & Ends

 Throughout the house I took several glass containers (from pitchers to vases) and filled them with white sand and sea shells or starfish. The sign in book was put on its own table with a white runner and custom made tag.

Week of the Wedding Shower - Menu

Madeleines in Store Bought White Cookie "Sand" (tin was purchased at Williams Sonoma)

Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting and White Cookie "Sand"
White Chocolate Covered Almonds, White Chocolate Covered Raisins, Dried Mango, Cheesecake Squares

Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting and White Cookie "Sand"

Salmon Cream Cheese, French Bean Dip, Hatch Pablano Dip (all purchased from Central Market)

The beautiful "Present Cake" was made by Mel! The fondant job was fabulous.

Marinated Mozzerella Balls (purchased at Central Market)

The theme centered around the beach due to the fact that the bride was having a destination wedding. It also centered around the white-on-white theme. This was a challenge... how many white foods could I find? The foods pictured are mentioned in the captions.

Week of the Wedding Shower - Favors

Sugar Cookie Wedding Cakes

Who doesn't love a mini wedding cake? I just couldn't resist these stacked sugar cookies. Here's the recipes if you would like to tackle these for your next wedding event:

Sugar Cookie

350 F for 10 minutes (do not brown)

2 c. flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 c. unsalted butter (room temp)

1 c. sugar

1 large beaten egg

2 tbs. milk

1/2 tsp. vanilla (I prefer mexican vanilla)

**use square cookie cutters**

Whisk first three ingredients and then set aside. Then in mixer cream butter and sugar, add dry ingredients and mix until well incorporated. With mixer running add vanilla, egg, milk. Transfer dough to work surface. Shape into two discs, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thick, cookie cut using parchment paper on cookie sheets. HINT: keep the dough as cold as possible before baking this keeps the shape of the cookie cutter the best.

Royal Icing

1 lb. Confectioners Sugar

2 large egg whites

In electric mixer combine sugar and egg whites. Avoid over mixing and over exposure to the air. This icing will harden as it dries. The final product acts as a glue between your cookie layers.

Week of the Wedding Shower - Invitation

This week I want to show you a shower I threw last fall for one of my best girlfriends. The invitation set was the first item on my to-do list. The silhouettes are truly hers and her fiance's. The picture at the top features the 5x7 invitation (front & back), a thank you note and the front and back of the envelope label. The lower picture are the thank you notes I wrapped up and gave to the bride along with a second set of mailing labels.

Wedding Love

I have been working on a wedding invitation for one of my dearest friends. He and his lovely fiance visited this past weekend and we had a "put-together" party. 

The theme is loosely based around oak trees. They are getting married at a place that is blanketed in Oak Trees and his initials just happen to be O.A.K. Their RSVPs are a mad-lib that the recipient fills out and sends back.