Showered with Pink and Gold and A Giveaway

When my niece sent a picture of her inspiration

colors for her wedding,

which were gold mercury glass and

blush pink, I knew I wanted to do her shower

as a sit down event.  I have never done a sit down

wedding shower before, but the guest list wasn't

huge and I knew we could fit them at my

extra long table; moving the living room furniture

aside and setting up tables in that space.

Fortunately, her style was girly elegance, so I had

so much fun creating this table for her.

The table was set in pinks and golds and sparkle.

Some fresh spring tulips in a gold crystal

vase were a beautiful centerpiece.

The plate stack consisted of gold glittered chargers,

pink plates, and gold rimmed irridescent white plates.

Since we had these spectacular dessert macarons, which I had

made, we decided to have dessert first (only if you wanted to!)

The Fresh Raspberry Dessert Macarons

were also touched with some gold, even

some real edible gold.

The desserts matched the plate stack color scheme.

Who wouldn't swoon when they came in and

were surprised by this table?

The table was laden with lots of other desserts too,

all part of the decor, of course!

Hubby was all dressed in black and served the ladies

from the kitchen.  Even the chips got dressed up in 

pretty pink polka dots for the party.

We served

Ham and Swiss Sliders

Raspberry Poppy Seed Mixed Green Salad with Strawberry Hearts

Sea Salt Potato Chips

along with

A Dessert Laden Table

After being seated, guests were given the option

of eating their main dessert first or not.

Almost everyone had no problem with diving

right into dessert!!  Loved it!!!

But the additional cookies, candies and 

chocolate covered strawberries disappeared

quickly after they lunched on their

main dish.

Here I am on the left with the bride-to-be and

her Aunt Vicki, who flew in and surprised her.

Her Grandmother made them matching aprons,

complete with names.  I always like the groom-to-be

to come at the end of the shower, so everyone can get

to meet him.

In honor of having all of the guests

eat their dessert first,

I am having a giveaway of my 

cookbook

drum roll...........

Eat Dessert First

A Purple Chocolat Home Cookbook

The cookbook contains over 280 pages, with full color

photos and recipes.

The recipes are a lifetime collection of our

family favorites, and many that I have blogged.

Anyone can enter!  

It is easy to ship a book anywhere

in the world!!

You just need to be a follower on my blog

and leave a comment telling me you would

love a copy of the cookbook.

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I just love giveaways and this

one is extra fun since it is

my very own cookbook.

The winner will be chosen randomly, with

the contest ending at midnight on Wednesday

March 9, 2016.  

You don't have to be a blogger to win, just

leave me your email address in your comment 

so that I can contact you.

I will be posting this with

Share Your Cup Thursday

Tablescapes Thursday

Feathered Nest Friday

Foodie Friday

Pink Saturday

The Scoop