On June 30th I celebrated with some of my best friends and family at my tropical-themed wedding shower at a local Brooklyn tiki bar. Since we don’t have a wedding party, I knew that I would most likely be planning the whole thing on my own (which is fine by me). I know I could have asked my closest friends to take on this task, but who doesn’t love to plan a party? After scouring different venues and countless emails, I finally found our venue, Zombie Hut, which ended up being the perfect low-key location. And since it’s a tiki bar, it was perfect for me to honor the time Karl and I spent in Hawaii. We catered the food from a local place, Cobblestone Catering and everything turned out delicious!

While I did plan all the design elements for the shower, like having flowers in a pineapple vase, making paper leis for each guest, etc., some of my girlfriends planned some fun bridal shower games for us to do! I didn’t remember to bring a real camera, so thankfully my friend Vicki snapped most of these pictures. Thanks, Vicki!

 In between chatting and playing games, most of the guests sipped the Zombe Hut’s signature drink, a Frozen Zombie.  This cartoon pretty much sums up the place.

The morning of the shower I was worried about the weather holding up, as there was rain on the forecast. Just a little bit of rain moved the party inside, but luckily it was towards the end of the shower. Karl came back to the party, along with some of the guys and we continued to enjoy the day! I was very thankful that my sister-in-law Megan and my brother were able to come in to town for the weekend. (You should check out her blog some time).  Really, I was just so happy to spend the day with my favorite people.

Although I was a little apprehensive about opening up my presents at the shower, I admit it wasn’t so bad. I guess after a couple of Frozen drinks, nothing is that bad. But really, I was so thankful for the thoughtful gifts that my friends made and bought me. This day really highlighted how crafty my friends are. I can’t wait to share with you what’s inside that cute box! (Thanks Carrie!)

Of course I was snapping away with my Instax camera. I just love having some polaroids to help remember the day.

I can’t wait to marry this guy!

I will share in another post the favors and paper goods I made for this special day. Thanks to all, near and far, for helping me kick off the wedding festivities!