Grand Day Out!

My little sister came home

last week for a visit and her Bridal Shower...

We traveled to Richmond to the home of

one of her best friends....

Here are a few pics from the shower...

creative and lovely...

 The girls....

 She is having peacock accents

so the hostess had this cake and cupcakes made by

a friend running a small bakery business out of her home...

very creative cupcakes indeed ...

Red Velvet w/ Buttercream icing!

They were delish!

 She designed the graphics for the invites and some of the decor...

Just my sisters style!

We played a cute

"He said...She said"

game

how cute are those!

  She also used some of her engagement photos for decorations

which was really simple but very cute...

As usual I forgot to photograph the gift I made for her....

I wanted to be creative

(of course)

so I did some browsing online

and had seen where a group of bridesmaids had given a bride

a gift of

"A Years worth of  date nights"

They gave her one box for every month with an idea and some sort of gift card...

Well,

I'm a bit poorer than that...

So I thought for a while

and it hit me!

I made her 13 envelopes...

One for the day after her wedding and 12 for the rest of the year.

They are supposed to open one every month

and inside

are 4 prompts for that month

to have them take an Instagram photo of whatever the subject is....

Things like

-Day after the wedding = self portrait of Bride and Groom-

or

-take a picture at your favorite place for dinner-

-10 a.m. on a Sunday -

Just some creative views of their first year as Mr. and Mrs.

(I just gave a few away ;)

Then I'm going to pay to have them all printed or put into an

Instagram book...

There are so many companies coming up with ways to print your Instagram 

photos now ...

onto tiny books...

Year long grids...

onto metal...etc!

Hopefully she really liked it!

I always seem to get behind when I'm making gifts and then

hurry to wrap and then realize I forgot to photograph them!

After everyone left she and I stayed to visit

and I went off to do a tiny bit of shopping and writing...

I'll share that story tomorrow...

Of course a few boys had to sneak in for those leftover cupcakes....

 

 Pretty cute ...

although 2 seconds later after they tried  to eat the beautiful feathers

 pretty much everyone decided Fondant

is not tasty!

A great time was had by all!

Vintage Shopping and some amazing French Desserts tomorrow!