Joel's Wedding Shower

I've been too busy to blog! However, today marks the beginning of my Spring Break from school, so perhaps I'll be able to get a few entries in this week.
Last weekend, we had Joel and Katie's wedding shower. It was a success. We had about 60+ people attend. It was a drop-in shower so they didn't all come at once, thank goodness. All the hard work (that mostly Katie L. did) paid off. I really liked how it was all original and artsy and not store-bought typical. Here are a few pictures:

This is a sign that Katie made "Celebrating a new branch of our family tree"

This is a delicious strawberry cake that my nephew Troy made. It's Paula Deen's cousin Johnnie Gabriel's recipe. She owns a bakery in Marietta, 15 mins from our house. http://www.gabrielsdesserts.com/

We displayed the canvas that Joel painted for Katie when he proposed.

I made faux memory boards out of foam board, fabric, ribbon and buttons. I printed out pictures of Joel and Katie's time at college and Katie's family. Most of the people at the shower had never been to Joel's college or never met Katie's family, so I thought I'd give them a peek into their lives.

Since we had sort of a "tree", "growing" theme going on, I decided to give out seeds as party favors. Katie stamped her tree stamp on little brown bags (it was the same stamp that she used on the envelopes for the shower invitations), filled the bags with seeds and filed them in this little box that I made. The sign above says, "Feel free to take some seeds and Let Love Grow!"

I also had some candy/nut dishes that Jennifer made for them. You can find out how to make them at her site: http://www.allthingspinkandcrafty.blogspot.com/

I will post how I made the little box above later.