A Black and White Affair

 I've always love the concept of black and white parties. I thought the theme for a wedding shower would be perfect...everyone in black and the bride in white. So when we were brainstorming ideas for Little Jessica's bridal shower, I drew inspiration from here and our theme was born.

**Side Note: I grew up in the same neighborhood with two Jessicas. To prevent confusion, we called one Big Jessica and the other one Little Jessica.  That is how I will refer to them. In no way is Big Jessica "big"...she's just older!**

The first thing we had to do was get the invitations. My mom picked the invitations up from La Ti Da in Suwanee. She was going to print them herself so all we had to do was come up with the invitaiton wording! Thanks to my best rhyming friend Kristi, we were able to come up with a poem! Naturally, I blacked out the important details but the poem goes like this:

Michael popped the question and Jessica said yes.

Now we're having a bridal shower

so please be our guest

You wear all black, the bride will wear white

Come help us celebrate their magical night

Next came the food menu. Shanna is an amazing cook, making mushrooms, dips, and brownies and my mom makes the best chicken salad. We were definitely not lacking on the food. Big Jessica decorated our table so cute.

Our gorgeous table

Delicious chicken salad! My mom makes the best

Black plates with black and white napkins with a T on them

Fruit cups...I layered the dip that I found here on the bottom and the fruit on the top. It really is the best recipe...only 3 ingredients (cream cheese, jar of marshmellow cream and 1 cup of powdered sugar)

We set up the kitchen table with the cake and water infused with oranges and lemons. The cake goes right along with our black and white theme and is from Publix. It was delicious!

We also served Punch, Blackberry Lemonade, and Blackberry Peach Martinis

Blackberry Lemonade and Blackberry Peach Martinis
I left the lemonade without any alcohol for the people that didn't want to drink. For the Peach Martinis, I used Skinny Girl Peach Margarita mixed and added blackberries on toothpicks!

Big Jessica  had some awesome games that we played! And overall the shower went pretty good. Little Jessica flew in just for the day from North Carolina, so we were glad she was there.

As many of you may remember, we hosted a baby shower for Big Jessica a couple months ago. At the time, we didn't know if it was a boy or a girl. But back in June, Jessica and Ryan had a sweet little girl named Ella. Now there is 7 of us and I can't wait to spend more time celebrating special occasions together!

This weekend, my friend of 24 years marries her high school sweetheart. I couldn't be more excited for Jessica and Michael and wish them a long and happy marriage. I can't wait to be there to celebrate their special day!

Love,
K