Allyson and Brian's wedding
was a month long event that I will never forget! Bachelorette party in Florida,
helping plan for the bridal shower in Denver, and then five AMAZING days in
Lake George, NY. Although I could sit here and post photos all day that would
take up screen after screen, I should probably just recount the highlights. The
interesting thing about this wedding, unlike others I have been to in the past,
was that everyone I met was so caring and wanted to sit down, chat, and learn
about your life. I met more nice, thoughtful, and caring people during this
last month then I feel like I've come across since I moved back to California!
What a great experience.
It all started with planning the Bridal
Shower...
We first decided that since Allyson loves mexican food (and tequila) that the semi-outdoor patio at Tamayo would be the perfect place for the shower (http://www.richardsandoval.com/tamayo/gallery.php). This led us to our mexican bright colors, almost day of the dead, type theme and color scheme.
My co-worker Gabi, so generously designed personal invitations for Allyson's shower. Didn't they turn out fabulous?!
If you want to contact Gabi for any design work here is her contact information. She came up with this design all by hand and it enabled us to keep up with a similar theme for floral arrangements, flags and other decorations throughout the party!
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Here is how the party decorations turned out. Beautiful center pieces, fun tissue paper flowers, flag party banners, succulents, cactus and more!
Gabi also helped with some of our games for the guests including "Wedding Libs" and "How Well Do You Know the Bride?" She kept in the theme of the invite and they turned out pretty cute!
Leslie came up with this great game, "How Old Was Allyson." It was a cute idea to showcase some embarrassing photos and get all the guests involved in the guessing work!
Fun tequila party favors! (Leslie found this idea on Pinterest!)
Thanks Leslie for planning this awesome shower, I'm so sad that I wasn't able to make it, but hope that my contributions helped just a bit :). I know Allyson had a great time and loved every minute of it!
*Photo credits go to Leslie - great work!
