Sunshine & Love…Part 1 of 3

This bridal shower was SO MUCH FUN to put together!  Planning started months before the party and the bridesmaids and I were so excited to finally have Katie, the bride, see everything we came up with!  There are so many details from this shower that I must talk about, so I’m going to have to split this up into 3 different posts… Today, we discuss food and drinks! 

After the Save the Dates were sent out, we started to concentrate on what other details we needed/wanted at the party.  A cocktail party was decided on, so next to discuss…DRINKS!  We had both white and red sangria, as well as cucumber water for the girls who couldn’t enjoy the sangria.  I recommend having cucumber water for almost any party – it is incredibly easy and a very nice touch.  Whenever I make sangria, I loosely follow a couple of recipes I found online.  Typically, I just change up the fruit and select whatever is in season at that time.  To me, the more citrus, the better.  And I like to try and find something that looks really cool too in the sangria, like blood oranges or kumquats.

For our foodie bride, we wanted to make sure we tried some new and “fancy” dishes.  Since I have no business being anywhere near the kitchen (unless it’s to make a stiff drink), the food all fell on the shoulders of the bridesmaids and my husband.  There were mini turkey sandwiches with cucumber, tomato, and fig spread, homemade stuffed mushrooms, prosciutto wrapped cantaloupe, mac-n-cheese balls, fruit skewers, sundried tomato muffins, caprese salad, and some other wonderful dishes.  Everything was delicious!!! 

Our “go-to” baker, Holly, brought some fabulous homemade desserts.  She prepared these amazing mini chocolate cupcakes with a surprise Junior Mint in the middle, she made caramel corn, and if those weren’t enough, she created these super yummy homemade chocolate lollipops that were pink and in the shape of lips!!  Holly is incredible!! 

In addition to the desserts that Holly made, we also decided to have a candy station.  Because of the warm weather, we decided to mostly have sour candy, which worked out perfectly with our bright color theme! 

Tomorrow, we discuss decorations!