"Sew in Love" Bridal Shower

*** Mindy Weiss just featured this bridal shower on her website!***

So here is part 2 of this adorable bridal shower!  If you missed part one, click here

Here was the menu:

Drinks:

Mint Lemonade

Water with Cucumber and Strawberries

Mango Ice Tea

Apps: (to have out as people walk in)

A beautiful fruit and cheese plate with fig jam and dried mangos 

Salad:

Watercress, endive, avocado, golden raspberry salad with a red raspberry vinaigrette 

Assorted foods:

Zucchini roll-ups with goat cheese

Heirloom tomato bruschetta

Orzo Salad with champagne vinaigrette

Made to order Panini Bar:

Brie and apple on multi grain grilled cheese

Chicken pesto on French bread with arugula and sliced roma tomatoes (the pest recipe is here)

Dessert Table:

Red Velvet mini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

Chocolate mini cupcakes with caramel frosting topped with kosher salt

Sugar cookies in the shape of buttons

Low fat peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies

Madeleine Cookies

Chocolate swirl cheesecake bars

Lemon bundt cake

(click on the links for recipes)

Here is what the dessert table looked like:  

 The banner says, "sew sweet"!  There were big jars of pink candy to go with the theme.

Here's me assembling the bruschetta. 

Do you love my apron??  That was the activity at the shower!  They had them already made except the buttons and the waist straps and they had an instructor teach us how to make the buttons, sew them on and attach the straps!  It was very easy and very fun! (plus not the usual bridal shower games)  Here is a great book about it!

 The pressed to order panini bar is always a big hit.  It's especially great at a location like this where there were no ovens to keep things warm.  I pre-made all the sandwiches and just pressed them when we started serving.  All you need is a panini press and an outlet!  (if you don't have a panini press, this is the one I like)

How cute are the silverware wrapped with a button!?

 Here is the lemon cake with edible candy buttons:

I decorated the sugar cookies with the initials of the bride and groom and made the rest look like buttons : ) 

 I hope you enjoy these pictures!  Let me know if you have any questions about throwing your own "sew in love" shower.

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