Showering My Sister With Love...

My baby sister is getting married in 67 days! I cannot believe it is so soon! I have the honor of standing up with her on her special day as her matron-of-honor and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

As her matron-of-honor, my first task was to host her bridal shower, which was this past Sunday. This was her first bridal shower, and the first event that I've ever hosted. I was so thankful to have the chance to make this day special for her, and I think she loved it!

Her wedding colors are fushia and orange, which I love because they are so bright and fun! I went crazy using the colors, but also mixed in some splashes of white as well.

For the centerpieces I kept it pretty simple. I used clear vases and wrapped them with white yarn. Then I wrapped pink and orange ribbon around the yarn. I filled these vases with white and orange flowers (I apologize for the blurriness of this picture...I'm still working on my photography skills).

This was the flower arrangement for the food table. I was obsessed with these pink roses. They were GORGEOUS!

My favorite part of the set-up was the dessert table (of course). I made the banner myself--It's a little hard to read, but it said "Love is Sweet". There was actually another banner that looked similar to this one that I hung on the entry door of the building--It said "Tying the Knot". I completely forgot to take a picture of that one, but it was just as adorable!

I had so much fun celebrating such a beautiful woman and absolutely cannot wait until her BIG DAY!!

Until next time...

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