My Lovely Bridal Shower...

...mostly pictures, but hey, that's the fun part, right?

So my bridal shower was fantastic! Yes, I was super stressed out and I do wish that I could've had like 15 more minutes to reapply my makeup before my guests started arriving... but after a long day, a cousin's baby shower in the morning and a horrible migraine to top it off, I eventually relaxed and drank numerous glasses of sangria!

My mom, sister (and maid of honor), Annah and I arrived back at my mother's house one hour before my shower was supposed to start and went into power mode. My other sister, Kristen, arrived at the same time and was our saving grace, she took care of and prepared ALL of the food while my mom and Annah set up everything else and I put my unwashed hair up in a sock bun... I guess there is no time for a shower when there are wine bottles to be opened!

With little direction, my mom and sis rifled through my many grocery bags full of random decor and somehow managed to set everything up exactly how I imagined my shower. I don't know how it was all done in under and hour... we literally did almost nothing the night before except hang up the twinkle lights! Wait... scratch that... I did wake up at 5 am in the morning to sounds of electric beaters and my mom was in the kitchen making red velvet cake... she hadn't even gone to bed yet after getting home from a late shift at work! Sadly, the cake didn't even turn out... poor ma... 3 boxes of cake (and sleep!) wasted!

Despite the craziness that was "pre-shower" once the guests started showing up, everything mellowed out and we were able to relax, eat, drink and play a few games!

A special thanks to my momma and my sisters for all of their help... it was the best shower a bride could ask for!

Sangria Station

The Taco Bar

Our tissue paper center pieces

Aunts and Cousins!

Dolly and I

My cousin Jenna and I

A few of my best friends and bridesmaids

James' grandma, mother and sister

Jenna made my beautiful rehearsal dinner bouquet... literally the PRETTIEST one I have ever seen!

The bouquet!

The maid of honor and I after the festivities

DIY: Bachelorette "Cheers Bitches" Tumblers

I wanted to make some sort of gift or party favor for each one of the lovely ladies who joined me in Las Vegas for my bachelorette party and I stumbled upon these really cute custom plastic tumblers on Etsy and thought, "I can make those!" This is one of my favorite projects because, besides my invitations, it's one of the only wedding related things that I've actually seen put to use... and they definitely got put to use in Vegas! I figured it was the perfect accessory for my bachelorette weekend because I knew there would be a lot of pre-gaming in our hotel rooms and those tiny glasses they give you in your bathroom are just not enough! And what's the best part about Vegas??? You can drink everywhere!! So we took a lot of our in room drinks "to-go"!

So first I found the plastic tumblers I wanted in bulk... I'm not going to lie, it was hard finding them for a decent price but I finally did and was pleasantly surprised on the quality of the cups (despite a few bad reviews). I used my secret weapon (Michael's coupons) to purchase all the vinyl and transfer paper and of course my trusty Silhouette Cameo craft cutter to do all the cutting... obviously, this task would be pretty difficult without my Cameo!

Plastic tumbler (sans straw) from Amazon

Pink and black vinyl and transfer paper

Creating the art work on Illustrator

Loading up the Cameo

Some of the vinyl cut out with the negative space already peeled off

Some pink (that's what she said)

The girls names

Using the transfer paper...

... peeling it off!

The finished product (front)

All the ladies

Close up of the names (back)

I did have to bring along an extra suitcase to fit all the tumblers in and some of them did get a few cracks in them during the flight (that was my bad, I should have cushioned them better) BUT overall, they were a hit and definitely assisted us in getting drunk all weekend!

Cost of Tumblers = $37.49 for 12
Cost of Vinyl & Transfer paper = $3 each x 3 ($9.99 each with 40% off coupon, and I only used about half of these supplies)
Total cost for 11 custom bachelorette party tumblers = $46.50, or a little over $4 each!

Being able to walk on the street and drink liquor = PRICELESS!!

 (Plus, I had one leftover tumbler, which I will for sure used a TON!)