I just co-hosted a wedding shower for my cousin, Kourtney, this past weekend. Kourtney and her fiance, Matt, are getting married on November 11, 2011 (11-11-11), so we went with the theme, "Lucky in Love" playing on their wedding date.
We chose to use four-leaf clovers (and shamrocks!) as our symbol for the shower. Guests ate their lunches on white plates, but we had purple and green accents in the napkins, appetizer/dessert plates, and decorations.
As people arrived, we invited them to get a drink and some appetizers. For appetizers, we had Veggie Pizza, Baked Brie, and assorted cheeses and crackers.
For lunch, we ordered wraps from the local grocery store, and had several salads for sides. We had: Orzo salad, Summer Salad (greens with Craisins, candied pecans, strawberries, and Gorgonzola cheese with a a lovely homemade dressing), fruit salad, and Ramen noodle coleslaw.
For dessert, we had lovely cupcakes, shamrock cookies, assorted cookies (made by my mom and aunt), and cannolis.
The beverages were a rum lemonade, which we called, "Lucky Lemonade," regular lemonade, which we called, "Less Lucky Lemonade" and iced tea. We also had a pitcher of water, with floating lemons and limes.
We only played two games, a "How well do you know the bride?" game and bingo as Kourtney was opening her gifts. There were plenty of prizes, in green and purple bags, too!
For favors, we gave everyone a scratch lotto ticket in a cute little envelope we purchased on Etsy. A couple people won $1 or $2, but nothing too big!
All in all, it was a very lovely shower, and I can't wait to celebrate with the bride and groom on 11-11-11!
