For the Mid-Century Bride

If I had to pick a favorite decade (style-wise) it would have to be 1955-1965. The style I like is what we call mid-century modern which makes my mom laugh. Mid-century sounds to old to her. Lindsay a family friend of ours (with the help of my mom) planned this fantastic shower for me. On the invitations they let the guests know we'd be doing a retro theme. So that is the part I told you was sooo me.

Then there is the rebellious side of these two evil women. Do you remember when I told you that for the wedding I ruled out: hearts, roses, tulle, little wedding rings, tulle-wrapped jordan almonds, pop-out paper decorations, bows and cheesy wedding birds? Do you remember that?

Now keep that in mind as you look thru this random assortment of pictures.



The tables! The centerpieces are made from those 3 tiered appetizer serving plates with flowers stuck in between.



Meet Tina, the Maid of Honor. You'll be seeing a lot of her here. Notice the tulip champagne glass filled with champagne punch. What is that on the bottom?



Ah yes, leetle wedding rings.



Paper wedding bells strategically placed so they hit you in the head whenever you try to get something to eat.



Its a whale made out of watermelon!



Three bean salad.. I hear it was all the rage!



My cousin's little girl, Savannah... she has the cutest dimples.



Uh-huh, swans.



My mom makes the best deviled eggs. She even makes Wasabi Deviled Eggs occasionally!



Cherry tomatoes filled with some kind of cheese bacon mayo mixture. They were really good, despite this picture!



~squish, squish~ I squished those cheeks all day long.



Sammiches! Salmon salad, salami and my favorite which was a mixture of pineapple, ham and cream cheese. Trust me.



Can't have too many jello molds!



Lindsay, my sister Sherri and my mom. This was actually at the very end of the day and they were exhausted from spoiling me. See how happy I am?



Flashback! Flashback! I responded with "OMG can I have it? What is it?"



Hearts and bows.



These were floating in the punch. Too cute!



I wore this vintage apron from Linda (found on ebay) for the rest of the day. I think I need lessons on being the proper feminine wife. They are laughing because I'm holding the rolling pin like I'm going to hit someone.



Frilly panites, I received quite a few and they are adorable. My sister told everyone how I used to wear the same kind over my diapers.



This basket. The box that it came in must have been original as it literally disintegrated as we pulled on it. Inside were the plastic plates and cups that you see, along with utensils.

I totally could have used this for the engagement shoot! Oh well. I can't wait to see B trying to cart this to the park... on his bike... full of the dinner he made us and the things I baked while wearing my apron.



Here my niece Kate is trying to hide from my camera but I caught her thru the window.



Are these to scale?



I'll leave you with this. This is the 3rd apron I recieved. Thank you Tina. Thank you for the tickler, what kind of woman would I be without one?
Don't answer that.

Tina wanted us all to know that she bought this "conservative" one as it has tummy coverage. She knows I am self-conscious about my tummy. Thank you for being so considerate of me, my ex-best friend... I can only imagine what the non-conservative lingerie looked like.

There is nothing like opening a package of lingerie in front of your grandma. Of course, I have no idea what her reaction was because I didn't look at her for the rest of the day.