Kristen's biography
I threw Margaret a Hawaiian-themed bridal shower at my parent's house. I'll admit, it was the easiest kind of party for me to throw, about 70% of what I used were items we already had. I bought utensils, plates and cups from Party America.
Some pictures of how we decorated the place
My Favors!
I bought clear take-out boxes from Target, a thank you card set which I cut up to make 'tags' (and it also had stickers that I conveniently put on the front), and filled them with Trident tropical fruit gum and candy I bought from Hilo Hattie. Also, because of my personalized fruit candy tins snafu (I never received them), I printed out labels to stick on the back of the 'thank you' tags. I'm selfishly proud of them!
Filling out the guestbook pages that I bought from guestbookstore.com
Games
Island Treasures Memory Game! I placed 17 Hawaiian-related items on a tray, gave everyone 1.5 minutes to study the tray, and then 1.5 minutes to remember everything on the tray. Each item is worth 1 point, and the person with the most points wins.
Pin-the-Coconut on the Tree! I bought a 6 ft. jointed cut out palm tree from Party America and cut out "coconuts" from construction paper. I wrote everyone's name on them so we would be able to tell apart who's coconut was whose, and I also added some slipper stickers on them. Here I am giving Margaret her "coconut."
The end result of the game
Hawaiian Pictionary! I came up with about 25 different Hawaii-related clues, split everyone into two teams, and each team had 2 minutes to draw and guess (but that proved to be too long! We ended up having people try to draw 2 clues in 1 minute). Here's Margaret drawing a canoe.
Cake!
Here's Margaret, her "jazz" hands, and the Mango cake my mom bought from Red Ribbon Bakery (it's a Filipino bakery). It was very light and yummy.
The present I bought Margaret
I got her a personalized garter online (for her 'something blue' and 'something new' - they also matched her invitations!) and 3 tropical scented shower gels from Hilo Hattie.
And finally, the bride-to-be with her bouquet of tissue paper and bows that will be used during her rehearsal.
Some pictures of how we decorated the place
My Favors!
I bought clear take-out boxes from Target, a thank you card set which I cut up to make 'tags' (and it also had stickers that I conveniently put on the front), and filled them with Trident tropical fruit gum and candy I bought from Hilo Hattie. Also, because of my personalized fruit candy tins snafu (I never received them), I printed out labels to stick on the back of the 'thank you' tags. I'm selfishly proud of them!
Filling out the guestbook pages that I bought from guestbookstore.com
Games
Island Treasures Memory Game! I placed 17 Hawaiian-related items on a tray, gave everyone 1.5 minutes to study the tray, and then 1.5 minutes to remember everything on the tray. Each item is worth 1 point, and the person with the most points wins.
Pin-the-Coconut on the Tree! I bought a 6 ft. jointed cut out palm tree from Party America and cut out "coconuts" from construction paper. I wrote everyone's name on them so we would be able to tell apart who's coconut was whose, and I also added some slipper stickers on them. Here I am giving Margaret her "coconut."
The end result of the game
Hawaiian Pictionary! I came up with about 25 different Hawaii-related clues, split everyone into two teams, and each team had 2 minutes to draw and guess (but that proved to be too long! We ended up having people try to draw 2 clues in 1 minute). Here's Margaret drawing a canoe.
Cake!
Here's Margaret, her "jazz" hands, and the Mango cake my mom bought from Red Ribbon Bakery (it's a Filipino bakery). It was very light and yummy.
The present I bought Margaret
I got her a personalized garter online (for her 'something blue' and 'something new' - they also matched her invitations!) and 3 tropical scented shower gels from Hilo Hattie.
And finally, the bride-to-be with her bouquet of tissue paper and bows that will be used during her rehearsal.
Posted on 09/17/2007 at 06:30 pm | 0 comments
