The Best Day Ever…Bridal Brunch Recap

Here it is friends…my very first wedding weekend review. Pardon me for all of the photo-heavy posts to come, though, I wanted to make sure we captured every little bit so that one day I can hopefully accomplish the task of making my own wedding scrapbook to pass on for future generations. Cheesy, I know ;).
Some posts will have to wait, i.e. the rehearsal dinner, getting ready with my girls, the actual wedding, and reception, as those were left up to the professionals we hired, but here is a little sneak peak into how the beautiful weekend began.

Mom and I wanted to celebrate the morning before the craziness with a homestyle Bridal Brunch for my wonderful bridesmaids, friends, and family with a simple brunch at my parent’s house. We started off with the invitations which screamed southern and feminine sophistication  and then carried the moss green and white color scheme throughout.
Here is the invitation we chose via Minted:

Then we decided to take matters into our own hands and work with one of our favorite places here in Nashville for our light, but yummy morning treats and tastings, Puffy Muffin. We ordered quiche, their infamous poppyseed bread, fruit salad, pastries and danish, chicken salad and pimiento cheese sandwiches, salad, and gourmet carrot cake…all incredible! We then created a bar packed with pomegranate, pineapple, and orange juice for a do-it-yourself champagne cocktail treat complete with berries and fruit. Here is the finished product:

For the tablescape, we ventured to Import Flowers of Nashville to select the flowers and then lucky for me I had my 2 best friends over the Thursday night before to arrange each and every stem…so much fun! Here is the finished table complete with personalized place cards and my Mom’s formal china for my girls to dine in style.

After we ate, I surprised the girls with their gifts…for each of my bridesmaids, I bought them monogrammed natural burlap beach totes, flip flops to use at the reception, matching custom earrings I designed with a vendor on Etsy, custom patterned clutches/jewelry rolls, and monogrammed waffle wraps. I think they loved their gifts and I was so happy to be able to shower them for all they had done for me prior to and during the wedding weekend.

In addition, I also had Mom a little something as a big thank you for 1) being the most spectacular wedding planning partner, and 2) to let her know just how much I love her. This is when the tears started to flow, as I surprised her with a 14K gold wedding bell charm to add to her most prized possession– her charm bracelet in which she adds one charm for each major vacation she goes on and big life events such as this. She was over the moon happy and said it was the perfect gift to remind her of such a joyous occasion and then she opened the personalized handmade handkerchef I bought for her, my new mother-in-law Kaye, and my grandmother, which were big hits as well. Happy times for important women in my life.

Then the photoshoot started…gorgeous weather, gorgeous friends, and it made me realize the fun was really about to start and that the wedding weekend had officially kicked off!!