Amanda and I are so excited to participate in a blogging "link party" hosted by Fry Sauce & Grits. We love that this BE.YOU.TIFUL link party focuses on beauty, fashion, inspiration, health, and design... a perfect fit for us!
The lifestyle post that I'll be linking to tonight is about my classroom bridal shower! SO FUN!
As our school year dwindled down last year, my partner teacher, Lauren, and all fifty of our students threw me a huge surprise bridal shower in the classroom. It was such a special memory and one that I will never, ever forget. Of course there were treats, cards, scrapbooks, and gifts, but the one thing that I treasured most of all was the tall bouquet of paper flowers that my students and colleagues made me.
Teaching is such a huge part of my life and I wanted to include at least a tiny part of it into my ceremony/reception... I just didn't know exactly how I wanted to do this. As soon as I saw the tall bouquet of flowers at my classroom bridal shower, my heart melted and I just knew that was it! It needed to be included in my ceremony, cocktail hour, or reception.
Each student wrote "words of wisdom" about marriage on a paper flower. Then, three students' flowers were glued together to make a 3D version. Lauren hot-glued bamboo sticks onto each, positioned them into a large glass vase with stones at the bottom, and voila... a gorgeous and meaningful bouquet of flowers! How special is that?! What a beautiful way to send me off into married life!
Some of my students wrote very funny things (see below about the farting), while some researched very profound statements. I was mesmerized throughout the entire bridal shower and brought them home reeling in excitement as I shared with family and friends.
Knowing that this would be on display at the wedding, I cut up extra flowers for guests to write on, too. These were the most hilarious things to read after the wedding. I kept those flowers in a wedding scrapbook!
A few from our reception:
Gotta love my brother-in-law! ;-)
This gorgeous paper bouquet display would be a great addition to any celebration! Consider trying this at your next event! Bridal shower, baby shower, anniversary party, or wedding! Leave me a comment below if you have any questions about how-to details! :-)
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