We recently hosted a Bridal Shower in our backyard which was loads of fun. The planning and preparation over the last several months was definitely a team effort and with more helping hands we were able to turn more of our creative ideas into reality which is always exciting. From the beginning stages of our planning we were very mindful of the current Covid-19 rules and restrictions and came up with ways to make every part of our event as safe as possible. A portion of that planning involved our menu and deciding on the best way to serve the food and beverages safely.
We decided that the best way to accomplish that was to have the ladies remain seated and serve them individually portioned food at the table which worked out great. Boxed lunches were one idea however the final decision was to serve everything individually wrapped or containerized from trays which was a bit more formal.
Menu Fans seemed like a great idea due to the hot August weather we were expecting however that all changed when it rained unexpectedly the night before. It did turn out to be sunny and warm the day of the shower after some morning fog but unfortunately the cute fans we created did not make it to the tables. As the menu shows, we had basically three categories: sandwiches, salads and dessert. Our sandwiches consisted of Chicken Salad Croissant, Sundried Tomato Basil Roll-Ups and Turkey Pesto Bites shown at the top. { We tried to get photos of all the food but did miss a few items along the way as Miss E and I were both serving. }
We made a couple of last minute changes on the salads and ended up serving Mediterranean Mini Bow Tie Pasta Salad, Spicy Peanut Noodle Salad and...
...Mini Hummus Roasted Pepper Phyllo Bites. It is always so hard to narrow down the choices.
The DIY chocolate covered strawberries were also served individually...
...as well as the Cupcakes and...
...individually wrapped Stamped Sugar Cookies and Pink Champagne Cakelets { not shown }.
Of course we could not have a party without favors.
Our DIY party favors were small Ball jars filled with Pink Himalayan Bath Salt with a cute diy label on top.
There are just a few more DIY Backyard Bridal Shower projects to share so I will be back with those in the next day or two and a wrap up of our fun event.
Happy Monday!
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