Last weekend, our family threw a bridal shower for Caitlin! I was so excited to be able to celebrate Cait in this way! I knew this would be a tough one, because Caitlin & I are usually working together to put on parties and showers, and I wouldn’t have her helping me in all the ways she normally does for these events. Thankfully, we have amazing family who stepped up and helped put together this beautiful floral forest theme bridal shower!
When planning this shower, I was thinking about all the things Caitlin loves: flowers, vintage things, moss, and mushrooms. I wanted it to feel a bit whimsical and like you went for a walk in a flower filled forest! So that’s how we ended up with this floral moss woodland theme with a good amount of vintage items thrown in too.
I’m probably sharing way too many photos, but I love a good party inspiration post, so I couldn’t help myself! And I wish I had had more time to capture photos with my real camera, I feel like there’s so many details I missed, even with all these photos. But alas, it’s too hard to both host a party and be a photographer, so we’ll have to settle for these photos quickly captured by phone before things started.
Decor for Floral Forest Bridal Shower:
Much of the decor is thanks to Mike’s help. We foraged grapevines from the woods out back, and since I was recovering from surgery, Mike had to do all the manual labor from that excursion. We attached the grapevines to tension rods in the doorways so that we didn’t need to put holes in the walls.
The greenery on the vines and chandelier was also foraged from out back and a little bit from my mom’s house as well. The greenery on the windows is dripping ruscus garland from Michaels, and it was perfect for this and looks pretty realistic! The flowers (and the eucalyptus on the mantel vines) came from Trader Joe’s and Wegmans.
Mike hand carved some wood mushrooms too, you can see those in some photos below.
Floral Moss Table Setting:
The tables were covered with vintage thrifted lace tablecloths (and maybe a few lace curtains that work just as well!). For the centerpiece, we lined the tables with moss and then added in candles and flowers. The taupe candlesticks were from Walmart. We also bought votive candles and covered those with moss. Sadly I didn’t get a great photo of those, but they were so cute tucked in with the moss (I might need to share a DIY on that)!
The green floral plates are actually disposable (but you can wash & reuse them too!). These were one of the most loved items at the party! (And unintentionally, did match my dress, which you can see in the last photo, haha!). I used embroidered lace handkerchiefs for the napkins, as well as lining the baskets we used for a few other things around the house. (And no, we do not believe in ironing around here, haha!). We used gold plastic silverware, with a vintage look. The drinking glasses and vases were all thrifted.
Food for Floral Bridal Shower:
For the food, we picked some of Cait’s favorites, along with pretty floral foods to go along with the theme.
Food Menu:
- bagel board with various cream cheese flavors and toppings
- charcuterie board
- fruit and veggie boards
- cucumber crostini
- roasted beet whipped feta goat cheese crostini (recipe coming soon)
- floral deviled eggs
Dessert Menu:
- mini ultimate white cakes decorated with edible flowers
- cream wafers
- lavender macarons
- sugar cookies decorated with edible flowers
Drinks:
- iced hibiscus latte
- mint limeade
- coffee & tea (we thrifted tea cups for this)
- lemon ice water
(I must also note that we had the toaster set out for toasting bagels, and didn’t realize we had placed it under a smoke detector, so the smoke alarm went off in the middle of the shower! Haha, very memorable moment! )
For our bagel board, Mike refinished an old wood board for us and then we placed that on terracotta pots and filled underneath with asparagus fern garlands and floral greenery from Trader Joe’s. I loved how this turned out and it was a good way to add height variation and bring in more greenery to the food table!
For the mini cake stands, I thrifted some vintage plates and candle stick holders and glued those together.
Floral Bridal Shower Favors:
For the favors, we gave out favorite treats of the bride & groom to be. Peanut butter cup cookies for hers and salted caramel rice krispie treats for his. I designed and printed 3-inch circle sticker labels and placed them in clear treat bags. We had those in a basket for guests to take on the way out. I used vintage thrifted frames for the signs, as well as for photos of Cait & Logan.
Bridal Shower Games:
For the games, I downloaded a wildflower theme printable game pack and was able to customize them. It also included some signs we could print as well. They were cute and fit well with the theme of the shower.
Could not be more excited for Cait and I loved being able to celebrate her with this shower! Hoping to share a few more projects in the upcoming weeks from this shower…
