The whole purpose of the Bridal Brunch, posted previously was to look at dresses...and here is what I came up with.

This is from David Bridal's website, it really give the whole vision I am looking for. I don't want matchy matchy but I want some flow to it. These dresses I think really fit the bill. The two little girls on the end are my two daughters, they'll be Jr Bridesmaids, they're a bit older (12 & 14). So if my colors are Pool Blue and accents of Red, what do you think of the Jr. Bridesmaids being red, I like the bit of color it adds. I am planning to have a flower girl too and she'll be in the Pool Blue so that will sort of break it up a little bit more.

These are the girls with their dresses on but just not in MY colors.

These are the girls and then adding in my two daughters. As you can see the dress for my youngest (green) didn't really fit but you get an idea.

I know my wedding is not until May 2010 but I felt the need to get the girls together for a little meet and greet and then do a little dress shopping. I want them all comfortable but at the same time I want a vision to come through. I think I got it down. I think as a bridesmaid, having plenty of time to buy the dress is a big help, doing it this early helped me get my vision down and then it will also help them to budget for their dress.

Here is the invitation I designed and gave them for the bridal brunch.

I did very minimal decorations for the brunch I wanted a very casual feel to it but I did get all the stuff from goodwill and other resale shops. The champange glasses cost me about 79 cents each...the tray for the muffins was only $2.99...and the vintage lace table cloth was $3.99. I mades some very yummy food.

Here is what was on the menu:

Blueberry and Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pancakes rolled and filled with a fruit filling

Mini Pie Shells filled with scrambled eggs and cheese

Pigs in a blanket

Mini Eclairs

Fresh fruit: Strawberries, Grapes, Watermelon, Honey Dew Melon, Cantelope

and to wash it all down...Mimosa

Here's a picture of the table with all the goodies:

This is my maid of honor, Cynthia:

This is my sister in law Tiffany, she's my brothers wife.

So let me share some funnies....lol. My mom just had a birthday, well actually it was June 17th, but we celebrated it last Saturday over at my brother's house. He welcomed us with a crawfish broil and then we all had some drinks....and jumped on the slip n slide.

Yep the slip n slide...see the videos below. LOL!

But first some pictures of Justin and me....

I am an avid resale and garage sale shopper....What got me started was when I would be ona search for unique props or chairs for photo shoots, the uglier chair the better. But since I'm planing my wedding I always look for things that serve a purpose and could be used some how.

So after the gym I stopped off at Hobby Lobby and as I was walking the store I saw that all bridal stuff was 50% off. So I ventured over there and saw they had bird cages, you know the ones that most brides use for their gift cards. But not me I want them for centerpieces. I got four of them for $7.50 each, SCORE!

They will go perfectly with my theme. I plan to put red candles inside ( a large pillar style ) decorate the top with a nice aqua ribbon and then the bottom cover with some moss or maybe make the bottom look like a nest....I'm not sure but I know I have big plans for these.

So here is the inspiration that got me wanting to do these as centerpieces:

And here are my cages in the raw form of course:

It was a very casual event, a fish fry complete with shrimp and wings....plus all kinds of sides. Justin and I provided the fish, shrimp and wings but my mom, his mom and my maid of honor Cynthia cooked all the sides. My wonderful mom came to my house bright and early and decorated it.....it was red all over. If you know my mom you know she puts her heart into everything she does and this was something she worked hard on. As I stated Justin and I provided the meat, however his poor Granny came over and fried it all. Granny is the best when it comes to cooking, hence why we visit her house every sunday after church.