"Real Parties"

This week is Bridal Shower week on SMP, with a sprinkling of the prettiest showers we could get our hands on. And this celebration, planned and designed by Mindy Weiss for her beautiful daughter in-law and photographed by our sweet friend, the crazy talented Elizabeth Messina, is shower perfection. All wrapped up into one absolutely darling, sunshine inspired fete. Overflowing, of...

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Welcome to another wedding filled week, LBBers! When you're a dancer and your husband to be is a musician, there are all sorts of amazing ways you could go with the big day. You can pull out all the stops on the sweet & romantic décor and have a party, simply put, to die for. So when the fabulous floral designer Bride and Bloom Wedding Flowers sent over an engagement party, captured by...

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Put your bib on. It's lobster rehearsal dinner time and only on Martha's Vineyard could they get it so, so right. This New England tradition has met its wedding match indeed and Christian Oth Studio so beautifully captured every checkered tablecloth, every sunflower-filled vase and most importantly, every last happy, happy smile from this lovely shindig. So lovely in fact, that it could be wedding and all those perfectly crafted...

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This just might be the most GENIUS idea in the history of party planning. One who's bandwagon I so need to jump on and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. This goes out to all you married ladies who have yet to change your name. Why not go big and make an event of it? Crafted by Hi, Friend Design with the perfect photography by Lisa Teso to accompany all the fabulous details, this is such...

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I'm totally head over heels for this Spanish inspired wedding shower photographed by Diana Lupu Photography. The colors, the textures, the games...and that dog! Everything is so absolutely adorable and perfect that I would have loved to have been there to see the look on the lucky bride's face as she walked into this fiesta. Yup, this bride is one lucky chica. Thanks to her maid of honor, she had a hand crafted shower that everyone is...

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Can you think of a better way to celebrate the besties in your life than with a pretty, pretty luncheon styled by the geniuses of Hazlitt Vintage Rental?  No?  Me, neither.  This gorgeous bride-to-be just earned one big "Friend of the Year" award for not only throwing this fabulous fête for her nearest and dearest, but for also asking each and every lovely lady to stand beside her on her big day using a poem and a...

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Hosting a bridal shower anytime soon and stuck on how to make it a little more stylish? Well if you adore all things vintage, Clemens Designs is serving up some serious tea party inspiration on this Friday morning. I've never seen coffee filters look so pretty, and I think I know a DIY project I will be attempting in the near future. Coffee filter chandelier? Yes please.

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Is it just me or do you want to steal every single charming detail of this Highlands rehearsal dinner for your very own?  Not just me?  Good.  Because I do believe it doesn't get any sweeter than a fishing-themed rehearsal dinner (the bride's favorite hobby), complete with gorgeous sunflower centerpieces, a cute-as-can-be cake (a fish, of course) and "live bait" desserts (gummy worms included).  All of that lovely AND stone place cards and I have a really big crush that won't be going...

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Everything is bigger in Texas for sure and this gorgeous engagement party by Anahi Navarro Photography is as big as it is beautiful. Gorgeous florals seem to be in every nook and cranny, their backyard is what dreams are made of and the trees all seemed to twinkle at night. The Lone Star state doesn't mess around on anything, including engagement parties apparently! Oh Texas, you get me every time.

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Lord knows I'm no fan of science and that I still cringe at the thought of the periodic table of elements...but that didn't stop me from falling head over heels in love with this adorable "perfect chemistry" themed bridal shower! Brought to us by the talented folks at Alders Photography and Bunch Studio, this shower is filled with incredible inspiration. I'm a big fan of the...

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