A Brunch of Fun

A lovely shower was thrown for me last weekend by my dad's side of the family. My Aunts and Cousins and I enjoyed an amazing brunch spread, lovingly prepared by everyone and graciously hosted by Kev and Ang. (my uncle and aunt whom I do not call "Aunt" nor "Uncle). I realized after I did not get a picture of the great food, but just to tickle your taste buds here is a sampling of what we chowed down on: Quiche, Rhubarb Muffins and baked Rhubarb Crumble, Apple Pancakes, Fresh Fruit and Yogurt, and lots more. It was all so GOOD!
I feel so blessed to be part of such a fun, loving, caring and supportive family.

 Cousins!

 The lovely Hostess! Thanks for everything Angie.

And Laura made this beautiful and tasty cake! 

Check out the amazing design, and it was her first time trying fondant. 

Florals

As the time nears closer I'm considering my options for the bouquets. Last night we finalized the bridesmaid's attire! Yipeee!!!! I don't want to give to much away, but here is the colour pallet for the flowers that would look wonderfully beautiful.

There is something about white poppies with black centers that I love.

Productive Busyness

A lot of items have been checked off the "I do" list as of late. Some of which are wedding related and others just related to life and the changes that are taking place. The biggest one that is off my list, is our new home! We found a place on the weekend in our ideal location. Is it the ideal place? Let's just say I imagined it differently, but God knows what was needed and before we left to view 5 places that morning, I prayed that he would direct us. We knew instantly that this was the one. I feel really relieved that this BIG decision is off the list.

Our officiant is booked! The sound system is booked! We met with a baker to design the cupcakes! Tayson came to the 'taste testing' and enjoyed it the most. He was cute giving his opinion. The best thing about the bakery is that it's a local company, located right in Kettleby! I couldn't believe it. Check out Dorio's Bakery.

I also ordered BFF's ring! Yipee! From the beginning he told me he was not a real ring kinda guy, so I located the perfect "non wedding ring" from Etsy seller Naturalezanica. Check out their shop which sells natural wood jewellery. Here is a sample of some rings:

Thrifting Cake Plates

What can you buy for $10 dollars? How 'bout four beautiful cake displays? For the wedding I want to create a pretty dessert table that is reminiscent of a "Road to Avonlea garden bake off." I'll be asking (if any of you are reading) my aunts and cousins and friends to bake something delicious for the dessert table so there is an eclectic collection of goodies after dinner.

Here is what I found:

  1 covered glass pedestal cake display, 2 footed glass plates and 1 DIY cake stand.

(I used my mini loaf pan to make mini banana loafs!
Love it!)

Can you believe I paid $5.00 for this!? 

Like what? Garage Sale find!

Then I scored two of these plates, $2.00 each at separate garage sales too. 

And this weekend, on a quick thrift with my mom at the local Salvation Army in Huntsville, I picked up these two (2) separate pieces to make a taller display. 

See? The base is a glass candle holder that I will glue to the bottom of the glass plate. 

Each piece was... wait for it... 50 cents each! 

So I am quite thrilled with the latest finds all for $10 dollars! I know, I can barely believe it myself. 

{Attire 2} Hers

The four of us maids went on a shopping trip a few weeks back. We found a great dress but two problems: 1) The price 2) more formal than I wanted. But that left us in a pickle. We've all really been trying to think of the best thing to do as all my maids are different sizes, ages and well, one is preggo! So I was at Joe Fresh the other day, which is a line of clothing found in most Loblaws and Superstores. They had some REALLY cute pieces at fantastic prices. Here's what I spied out:

 This is a really cute beige skirt that can be paired with any cute blouse. 

Fun textured skirt!

Pretty frilled sleeveless blouse

Purpley-blue scalloped skirt

Another sleeveless bowed blouse

I'm pretty sure this black skirt is the same one as the beige one. 

Just to give an idea of what it may look like on a person. 

And I'm totally loving this look from Ruche, an adorable online store.

Peachy Pale Pinks and Other Pretties

I don't know how I'm ever going to decide what kind of flowers I want for the bouquets!

I love so many different things.

The first three designs were done by the lovely girls at Poppies and Posies.

Check out their website to see more beautiful work!

I'd love this for our cupcake display!

Wedding Inspiration

There are so many details from this wedding featured on Green Wedding Shoes that I am adoring!

 I like the pretty yet semi-casual look of these bridesmaid outfits.

LOVE the individual bottles with clusters of various flowers. 

Birds and wood and Bells of Ireland. Perfect. 

A dessert table with homemade cake plates.