Wedding Shower Tablescaping

Rachael's wedding shower

...was a gift for her...

but

it was also a gift for me!

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I enjoyed the preparations for this so much.

So much was learned from all of you.

~ thank you ~

I saw these pink dishes in my new favorite consignment shop

several weeks ago.

"Something Olde ~ Something New"

Service for 10

in pink.

...from the '50's...

Could I just leave them there knowing how sweet they'd look on our buffet table?

When they were reduced to $30 for the whole set...

I knew they were meant to be on our table!
We had disposable plates as well, but our first guests loved using 'real' plates.

I bought the vintage napkins on eBay ~ 9 matching linen napkins for $6.95!

I took Friday off from school and it was wonderful!

I got so much done.

We took out all our serving dishes ~ especially the vintage ones!
platters from my grandmother's set and two pink glass Mikasa dishes from my sister.

Saturday morning, I frosted the cupcakes...

Amanda frosted the angel food cake and we assembled the hors d'oeuvres.

Amanda was my right arm that day!
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The sands of the hour glass seem to disappear as we approached noon.

Everyone would be here by 1pm.

My nieces, sister and sister-in-law were awesome helpers that last hour!
It was like conducting an orchestra!

We had a dessert table with the cupcakes, angel food cake and cookies.

I went with pink and green flowers
and love baby's breath.

My favorite things were our "homemade" cupcake stand

and the pretty Martha Stewart paper dahlia favors

Later this week, I'll post some of the food pics.
This was a gift for Rachael, but I feel all the richer for it.
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It's Tablescape Thursday too!

Blessings to you all,