“daddy, I met a boy and we’re getting maaaaarrried!”

Father of the Bride is one of my all time favorite movies. It really is genius. Steve Martin and Martin Short rock my world. I especially  love it because it reminds me of one of my very best friends... Erin and I met in junior high and our friendship really started growing from there. By the time we graduated college, we were close enough to spend over a month backpacking around Europe together. Some of my favorite memories in my life are shared with Erin, so I was beyond thrilled when she asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding and share that moment with her. I’m actually getting teary thinking about how special our friendship is…

The wedding was this past weekend, and I’ll save that for another post, but it was magical. Erin and Reed have this amazing love that I wish I could capture in a bottle and pass around. The wedding was perfect. The bride was perfect.  It was all perfect.

A few weeks before the wedding, her other bridesmaids and I threw them a couples shower. Thanks to the gloriousness of Pinterest, we decided on a “rustic fall” theme. We really had a ton of fun planning this party. It was part Pinterest inspired and partly inspired from our brains. The best part is that Erin said it was everything she could have hoped for. And little did we know, it matched the theme of her wedding perfectly!

The girls and I bought burlap and made some ruffled squares for the center of the table. And thanks to Linen Tablecloths for some amazingly cheap white linens!

I also have to give major props to my daddy. I told him I needed some wooden disks for the tables, so he spent one Sunday afternoon cutting down a tree at the lake for us (it was already halfway cut down and needed to be removed, just so you know.)

Mason jars really were the main component to the theme. I found some vintage jars at Canton and they were the perfect addition.

Working part time at a winery has lots of perks, as you can imagine, but one is that I get a great discount on some wonderful wine! For the party we had Grenache and Sauvignon Blanc. We just wrapped them in their brown bags and tied labels around them with twine! Such an easy, cute detail!

This was one of my favorite parts of the night. Jill thought of this and we certainly had a ton of fun with it! I won’t post the pictures yet, since the bride and groom haven’t seen them, but they’re awesome. Sooooo awesome!

I wish I had a better picture of this, but for dessert we did little packets of s’mores to cook over our bonfire! They were precious. Jill and Jonathan worked hard putting them together and their hardwork paid off! They were a hit! The little tags said, “Eat, Drink and have S’more fun!”

Our wicked awesome bonfire!

The bride and groom enjoying their s’mores!

We were lucky enough to have an “in” at Woody B’s catering and had the most delicious food! Smoked chicken mac and cheese, beans, pulled pork sandwiches….mmmmmm. It was so good! (Also notice the candle holder in the center of the table..thanks again to Daddy!)

And finally, I would be remiss without saying that I am so truly lucky to have some of the best friends in the entire world. Really. You should be jealous. They are encouragers, prayer warriors, comedians, stylists, listeners, entertainers and so much more. In the words of my Gran-Gran, God is good.