Haly's bridal shower

The blushing bride-to-be!

Haly is getting married in July! Her roommate from college is her maid of honor and wanted to throw a shower during May. Since I've planned several showers I gladly lent a hand by helping her brainstorm ideas and contributing some food (brownie bites and mini cheesecakes) for the refreshments. It was lots of fun!

We started by playing a silly game called the "Farmer's Love Letter." It was a fill in the blank sheet that consisted of a love letter from a farmer to his love. All blanks were to be filled in with the names of various fruits & vegetables. This was particularly funny because David (Haly's fiance) grew up on a family farm.

After that we played "How well do you know the bride?" There were 20 questions about Haly and/or her relationship with David. This was my favorite game - partly because I won the game, and partly because it was where we learned some funny new things about Haly & David. One tidbit that I found particularly funny was that their first kiss actually happened in MY apartment! I was on vacation in England and had left my key with Haly so that she and David could cook dinner and hang out in my place...little did I know that their first kiss would happen there! I was shocked that no one had ever told me about that...it was over 2 years ago! I about fell off the chair from laughter when I found this out! :)

Then we played the game where teams make wedding dresses out of newspaper. Here are some photos of that...

Amy's mom Mary making Jill into a fashionable newspaper bride.

The newspaper veil was a creative idea of Ashley's.

I've seen Haly's actual dress...it's much lovelier than this one that Amy & Kat created!

The newspaper brides - Anne, Haly, Anna, and Jill

And then we ate some tasty refreshments while Haly opened her gifts.

Haly with the fun cake that Amy's mom had made for the shower.

Shower guests
front - Jill, Danae, and Kat
middle - Anna, Liz, Amy, Haly, and Ashley
back - Anne, Amanda, Rachel, me, and Annalisa

They strung up photos of Haly & David above the fireplace for a personalized garland. I really liked how that turned out!