Laurel’s future husband is British so her bridal shower had an English tea theme and we all wore fun hats!
(Yes, I am hidden in the back. Big group pictures overwhelm me and since I’m tall, I always drop to the back and just hope my forehead makes an appearance.)
Laurel’s mom and sisters hosted the shower and everyone arrived around lunchtime bearing gifts and ready to talk wedding talk!
Within about 20 minutes, all of the women gathered around the beautiful table and dug into a delicious lunch of mini sandwiches and homemade lemonade.
The lemonade was made with lemons from Laurel’s grandmother’s lemon tree and tasted fantastic! The sandwiches were also great and I had ham salad, chicken salad, roast beef and smoked salmon mini sandwiches.
Dessert was a highlight for me and I dug into a homemade scone with strawberry butter, fruit kebabs and a chocolate truffle.
Laurel’s brother is a professional chef and made the truffles from scratch. They were so delicious that I kept going back for more! The texture was creamy, the flavor was rich and they tasted incredibly decadent. Kyle needs to become a candy man!
After dessert and tea, we meandered into the living room and Laurel opened her gifts.
Laurel already knew what I got for her ahead of time because I cannot keep my mouth shut. A few weeks ago I asked her what she wanted off her registry and when she said she really wanted a food processor, I couldn’t help but blurt out that I already bought it for her. Oops!
During the bridal shower we played Bridal Bingo and did a purse scavenger hunt, neither of which I won, but I did win the random drawing and am now the proud owner of a wonderful smelling candle!
The best part of Laurel’s bridal shower was obviously spending time with the bride-to-be and talking about her upcoming wedding. She is getting married on Saturday and is feeling ready and excited.
I cannot wait to be a part of her special day!
Congratulations to Laurel and John!
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That dessert looked amazing as did the home made lemonade!
Love the theme too and the present you bought Laurel. I really need to buy a food processor.
This is one of the prettiest bridal shower themes I’ve ever seen! And I love everyone’s dresses- especially yours that pink is SO pretty. Now I really want hats at my shower. Decision final 🙂
I love the theme with the big hats!!
Oh how darling! I love all the hats n’ dresses. 🙂 I need to help plan my buddy’s bridal shower, which is coming up soon!
LOVE the hats! What a cute idea. So classy, girly, & fun!
Cuuuute, looks like so much fun! Those ladies in front look pretty tall, too, though!
Youshould update your fashion page! I like your shoes in these pics–where are they from?! 🙂
Oh, and you should totally sit the hat on Sadie’s head and take a pic for the blog world! 😀
Those desserts looked yummy! Especially the scones and truffles!
Baked goods were something I definitely missed after going gluten free, but I came up with a gluten free version of scones that is almost as good!
What an adorable theme idea! I love the hats… Very classy ;).
What a bunch of pretty ladies in dresses 🙂
Have to say, opening bridal shower gifts at the front of the room with everyone watching was one of my least favorite parts of the wedding ‘stuff”! I realize I may be alone on this one, lol
The English tea theme is so cute! Love the hats, and all of the food and drink look fabulous! Homemade lemonade (not the powdery stuff!) is the best!
I love the big, floppy hats!! So cute!! You all look gorgeous!
Your bride looks so pretty! I’m loving all the hats with the bright dresses, it looks great.
So cute and so fun!! Everyone looks adorable. I wish I had a sibling that was a professional chef.
Beautiful! I have a bridal shower in a few weeks and you just made me really excited 🙂
You look so vibrant and beautiful in your dress, Julie!
I love the idea of wearing big ol’ hats. What a fun detail. The food also looks delicious! Chocolate truffles? Sign me up!
Oh my gosh! I LOVE that theme! Everyone’s hats are so fabulous :).
This is such a cute, pretty, and adorable bridal shower! The desserts look so delicious! 🙂
What an adorable shower! I love the English tea theme! 🙂
What a fun bridal shower! My bridal shower and graduation were this weekend. It was so much fun but I am running on so little sleep. I still havent gotten to blog about it!
That is such a fun idea for a party! I’m such an Anglophile and I wish Americans would adopt the hat tradition 🙂
Love the theme party idea! My best friend is getting married this weekend, and for her bridal shower, we did tea and sandwiches as well (her husband-to-be is from Ireland). Bridal showers are such a good time 🙂
That’s a different bridal shower theme, for sure! I love how she serve the lemonade in mason jars! It looks so cute!
You all look so cute- love the spring colors!
Looks like a fun weekend!
That chocolate truffle looks a lot like Brazilian brigadeiro — it was my absolute favorite treat when I lived in Brazil! (It’s actually the national truffle of Brazil)
The recipe is super simple, too — it just gets really messy when you’re making the little balls:
http://streetsmartbrazil.com/blog/20100215/learn-how-cook-brigadeiros
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How fun! I love all the hats and the theme. After the royal wedding, I joked that if I ever get married, I will demand everyone wears fascinators to my wedding, though I probably couldn’t get away with that too well unless I married someone English haha.
So fun! I love the theme of the shower! Those truffles look incredible.. I could eat them all up!
Love it!
I had a ‘high tea’ kind of theme for my bridal shower (kitchen tea in Australia) and it was so fun! Although, we did serve champagne and pretty strong punch along side the tea 😉
I love the dress! Where did you get it?
thanks! it’s from a boutique in Ocala: http://www.shopacutabove.com/
What a fun theme! I don’t know if it’s because I’m from KY (Derby) or what but I think we should all wear pretty hats more often 🙂
What a fun shower idea. The food looks great.
Wow, what a great theme for the shower! You (and all your friends) looked absolutely beautiful! 🙂
Looks like it was a very fun (and elegant!) time! The scones look delicious, as does everything else. I’m a sucker for candy and baked goods. And everything British.
laurel and her future mother-in-law made them. i think the english touch helped. they were delicious!
Oh my, check out those HATS! 😉
Such a fun idea for a bridal shower! Everyone looks so pretty!
You all look adorable!
Wow, that is one big group of pretty ladies. Seriously, all of you are gorgeous!!!
This looks so fun! I want my friends to get married so i can go to fun parties all the time haha
What a cute theme-I love it! All of the dresses are so cute and bright too, which I love.Wedding season is about to be in full blast for you, isn’t it? I remember you saying you had 5 (?) weddings this summer, right?! Have fun!!
yes! laurel’s wedding kicks off all the wedding fun!
I love the unique idea at the shower…so cute and very creative! I just started reading your blog and I love it, especially your posts about running. I have only been running for about a year so i love your tips and seeing you accomplish your goals is very inspiring! Buuut…I think Sadie may be my favorite☺. What a beautiful girl you have!
thanks, jenn! i’m just a liiiiittle obsessed with her. 🙂
You guys are too cute in those hats! I went to high tea with my mom once and we wore hats like that – it was so fun 🙂
Looks so fun! Love the hats 🙂
All of the food looks great! Love the theme, too!
Sounds like a really fun bridal shower! I like the English theme! The dessert looks amazing! I want one of those truffles…lol!
Such a cute shower! The hats are such a nice touch! Those desserts look heavenly 🙂
How fun! Did everyone bring their own hat, or did she have them there for you? That’s a cute idea!
Such a cute idea with the British theme. Love your dress, Julie!
love the theme! my friend did a tea party theme and we all decorated our own hats one night with random craft supplies. the more obnoxious the better! sounds like a blast
That sounds like such a fun bridal shower! Your dress and hat is TOO CUTE <3
That looks like such a fun bridal shower! Love the hats! I mean what girl doesn’t want to participate in a real life tea party 🙂
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The truffle looks like a Brazilian brigadeiro!