An amazing friend of mine is getting married in a few short weeks, and being the maid of honor I was in charge of planning her Bridal Shower.  Preparing the decorations for the shower was a ton of fun – almost every week a few of my girlfriends came over to work on craft projects and we designed and styled the event to make it a floral, girly dream.  Almost every decoration, party favor, and detail was a DIY project – so I thought I’d list the crafts here and share the fun!

Alana, who is starting her own calligraphy business, created the invitations for the party.  She hand wrote every invite and they all looked exactly the same and amazing.  The handmade invitation really was one of the most exciting parts of planning the shower, and working with Alana was so easy and the cards were beyond beautiful.

Next, I found a pile of scrap wood beside our garage.  It’s been sitting out for almost three months – but no worries! I slathered some chalkboard paint on them and turned them into deocrations, with pretty quotes from love songs drawn on (the songs were picked from a few of the tunes to be played at the wedding, with one or two of my favorites thrown in for good measure).

All of the flowers were brought to the shower by Dalanna’s mom, Robin.  She has the most amazing garden and she was more than happy to bring buckets of flowers to share.  There were forget-me-nots, lilacs, tulips and more.  There was a ‘floral’ theme to the shower, and all the guests were asked to wear their prettiest floral dresses.  There can never be too many flowers in a room.

We had mason jars lined up with handmade drink tags tied on with twine.  We served mimosas, cranberry punch, bloody marys and ice water with lime.  Outside we set around the chalkboard trays to set drinks and food on, and for Lindsay (the cutest little girl) to draw on.

The guests were also encouraged to bring a teacup to contribute to the wedding decor.  The bride-to-be, will be using these to serve tea and coffee at the reception.  We had the guests set them on a small shelf to display them during the party. There were so many beautiful teacups to look at, and it was fun to share the stories about how each was found.

Lastly, we had the party favors set out by the gift table. We had handmade flower hair clips and stationary sets for each guest to take along home. The sign by the flowers read, “With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair”.  Can you name that tune?

Here’s a round-up of the inspiration & tutorials used to create these DIY bridal shower projects.

• Party Favor: Handmade Stationery Sets
• Party Favor: Flower Hair Clip
• Chalkboard Signs (how to make your own chalkboard paint)
• Giant Tissue Paper Flowers (sadly I forgot a picture of these)
• Drink Tags (or find pretty ones on etsy!)
• Chalkboard Trays

More pictures from the party soon to come!