Today I am in Sonoma, CA getting ready for a wedding :) July 15th has finally arrived and we are celebrating the marriage of Melissa and Clayton. I thought this would be a good time to feature her bridal shower we had a few months back. On a pretty warm night we all gathered outside and cocktail-partied it up in honor of our bride!

Enjoy all the details, as there are so many that you are going to love!

Photos by our fabulous friend (and my cousin) Cooper Falk :)

(I didn’t make it into any of the photos due to the fact that I was overcome with sickness during the whole thing and had to sleep for a while before coming back! :( Sucks, I know.)

My most favorite thing is getting e-mails from brides about design and details. This one came from Allison (@burlapbride) about a theme for her bridal shower. She was thinking Alice In Wonderand inspired and asked for some suggestions about how to pull off the theme without making it look too corny and little-kid-ish. So here goes nothing!

As for the wardrobe, I am still loving every piece of this look from a Michelle March Shoot I featured a while back.

As for the inspiration board, I put together a sort of garden party chic look.

Credit: Invite, cupcakes, table number, centerpieces, place setting, teacups, chair, drink me, garden setting, tea

I love the idea of adding in a variety of pinks from fuchsia to blush as well as some robins egg blue and some other bold color highlights. One detail that shouldn’t be overlooked at a tea party is the tea. These heart tea bags are the way to go!

Adding in enough tulle, ribbon, polka dot, and sparkle elements will be the deciding factor on making it whimsical. I tend to lean a little more toward “garden party” because I feel like that this is the one time when a table in the middle of the woods would fit the scene perfectly.

What do you guys think? Any other elements you would think to add to her inspiration board?

Psst: want me to draw up a little something-something for you too? Just e-mail me your thoughts and I will put something together for you!

First off, thanks to everyone who has entered the giveaway so far! Remember, there is a prize for one bride and one vendor! So get going with those entries if you haven’t already!

Now onto some devilish fun….as we get to sit and look at all these desserts that we want to be in our mouths! But instead, we are dieting until the wedding. Shucks. Well, at least we get to look at the amazing shots of yummy desserts, right?

I know I have posted before about macaroons, and what can I say, I just can’t seem to get enough of these babies. The colors, the shapes, the taste, there just isn’t anything wrong with macaroons. I’m trying my hand at making home-made macaroons in a few weeks. I don’t know how it will go, but I’ll definitely have an update after I am done.

{Source} Macaroon Favor, Macaroon Cake, Macaroon stand, Macaroons

Whether you are making a macaroon cake, plan to use these as your favors, or are just offering them on your dessert table, french macaroons will just add that something extra for your wow-factor wedding. I should probably figure out how to add these into my wedding, or maybe my bridal shower??

{Source} Milk and Cookie Display, Milk Bottle, Milk and Cookie Glasses

Cookies and Milk. If you can make cookies and milk look like a gourmet dessert, then props to you. This simple, childhood dessert has really come up there to become such a unique idea for a wedding. Oh and milk bottles! You could do so much by adding milk bottles! So amazing :)

{Source} Small cupcakes, Tiffany’s Treat, Cupcake Stand

And of course, cupcakes! These little mini cakes can be the most amazing thing ever! The options of decor are insane, and you could pretty much add them to any event and make them look epic. And is that “Tiffanys Treat” photo not the greatest thing ever?? It was for a bridal shower. The whole idea is just amazing!