Tropical Inspired Bridal Shower

I LOVE a good party! Hosting parties, celebrating loved ones, all the crafting, and decorating are definitely a few of my favourite things! I just love all the details and of course, the food. 

This past month I had the honour of celebrating my future sister-to-be! 
It was a special day filled with friends, family and well wishes! The bride and groom will be getting married in Mexico - with not everyone able to attend, I wanted to bring a little tropical heat into the theme to really get inspired and excited about the upcoming nuptials. Here is a little peek....

DIY Banners, tropical details, lots of yummy food, Fruity Punch & Luggage tags for favours to continue with the destination feel...

My favourite DIY was definitely the easily spray painted pineapple also i used one and turned it into a vase for these fresh tropical flowers my mother-in-law brought! (seen above) It really was as easy as you would expect... 

Fresh Pineapple- check! 

Gold metallic spray paint-check! (2 coats to be exact)

Outdoors & Newspaper-check! 

 

We also played an updated version of the traditional 'whats in your purse?' game, with a 'what's in your cell phone?' Here it is for some inspiration and ideas- it was a great way to incorporate things specific to the bride! Turns out we had a winner with close to 100 points!

For a surprise for the bride, Guests wrote ideas for date nights on popsicle sticks and placed them in a box for the bride to take home and share with her groom. Its really funny to read the inpiration and where it came from for years to come! 

Hope you enjoyed a peek at this Tropical Themed bridal shower- It was full of love and memories that we will be talking about for years... 

mini poutine cups

these sweet, messy bites of yum were a treat to my hubby on his birthday. 

they have all the amazing bits of poutine and are as satisfying as they are stupidly portion sized. Germaphobes - your welcome. 

these babies were a great hit at the party and so of course, they are making the blog. 

easy, dirty, greasy and delish.

mini poutine cups 

- tater tots for the fries 

-pizza mozzarella or curds 

-gravy package 

-seasoning salt 

-muffin tin 

Order of Assembly 

-preheat oven to tater tot instructions 

-place 4 or 5 tater tots in each muffin tin and place them in the oven for the preheat 

(this will soften them to allow them to 'smoosh' into the muffin mould) 

-once softened , take a spoon or some blunt tool and create a cup shape out of the tot. make sure you make edges to allow to hold the 'goods'

-sprinkle with seasoning salt and bake till edges are crispy 

- mix gravy per instructions 

- remove tots from oven and sprinkle with cheese while they cool a touch 

- place on plate to serve and drizzle with gravy and sprinkle with additional seasoning salt 

SEE-DIRTY. 

Serve with side of gravy if you want to allow dipping and any other fancy-ness you prefer

ENJOY!