bridal shower flowers

For the past month or so, most of my free time was spent creating decorations for my cousin's bridal shower. One of my projects included creating handmade fabric flowers. Using this tutorial, I made about 29 flower pins that doubled as decorations & take-home favors for the guests.

Cutting out petals before starting any flowers. Sounds like a simple step to do, but it took
me several flowers into the project to realize that I should have all the petals cut out before starting.

I used pearly beads for the centers of the flowers.

The bar pins were sewed onto felt pieces, that were then glued onto the backs of the flowers
to cover up the stitching.

Finished product. These little lovelies are ready to adorn ladies' chests.

Here are a few photos of the other shower decorations.

The yummy fruit & candy-filled cupcakes that my other cousin (the bride's sister) made.

The bride's seat.

Flowers (from Cub Foods!).

Here are the flowers in context. They were bunched across the front of a table for the gifts.

The ginormous, silly fake engagement rings used in a scavenger hunt. The little girls
at the shower loved these.

The shower went smoothly. We kept it to about 2 hours and only made the ladies suffer through two games. :) True to my family's planning skills, we had a lot of leftover food (some of which is now in my fridge - hello, weekday lunches!). I think the bride really enjoyed herself and appreciated all of the support we showed. I'm glad that I could help give her a nice little pre-wedding celebration.