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Instead of finishing my final thesis, project, or studying for my last final, I have chosen to quickly post about my friend Miryam’s bridal shower.

We’ve been friends forever (by which I mean once we stopped disliking each other and decided we loved each other- classic love story) and I was so excited to make this party for her with another bridesmaid, Danit.

My mother-in-law was generous enough to allow us to throw it in her backyard so we could take advantage of the gorgeous weather and there would be enough room for all of the guests.

I don’t have a lot of photos of the decor, but here are some I swiped from Danit.

The table setting

Miryam wanted a Victoria’s Secret theme, so the centerpieces were VS bags surrounded by small round vases with hot pink roses and mason jars with water. We meant to put tealights in the water, but it turns out it’s better that we didn’t because it was so incredibly hot and we used them as water carafes instead!

The desserts were pink and red and delicious!

The scrumptious trifle that Danit made

A shot of the drinks: pink lemonade with lemon wedges, a hot pink raspberry lemonade, a fruity alcohol drink courtesy of the hubs, water for the HOT HOT day, and instead of champagne with strawberries, we did ginger ale with strawberries. We also had lemon wedges and sprigs of mint on the side…because some people like things on the side. (You get my reference and we are buddies for life)

We didn’t want to be too cutesy, so instead of light pink and hot pink, we stuck with white and light pink and then added red with the desserts. We also had flower pom-poms from Michael’s that we put on the bushes (and, we are told, they fooled some guests who thought they were real enormous flowers).

For a guestbook of sorts, we had a photo album and asked guests to bring a photo of themselves with the bride, groom, or both and add a caption/message next to it. We also had an album for recipe cards (isn’t that sort of mandatory at a bridal shower? You MUST cook now, bride!)

All in all it was a really lovely day and I’m so glad I had someone so pleasant to work on it with (Go Danit!)