Real party: a French-inspired bridal shower

How decadent and lovely does this pink frosting look?

I love a pretty bridal shower as much as the next gal. Especially a shower with delicious desserts. This French-inspired shower was submitted by Katherine, who works as a librarian in an isolated area of Maine, but exercises her creativity with event planning.

This sweet shower was thrown for Katherine’s friend Keely. Here are the details as told by Katherine:

“The theme of the shower was a mix of French and floral, paying homage to the color purple, one of Keely’s favorite hues. The flowers featured included: purple tinted roses from Ecuador, purple anemone, the Picasso Calla Lilly, mauve hydrangea, and tons of sweet purple pansies.

As for desserts, I wanted to pay homage to all things French. We had French bulldog cookies, Eiffel Tower cookies, macarons in shades of pink and purple, perfume-shaped cookies that proclaimed “Love Is So Sweet” in French, and Marie Antoinette cupcakes in purple and pink.

The food was perfect rainy day fare and was handsomely created by my co-host and her daughters. We featured a menu of light sandwiches, homemade soup, fruit, and chocolate mousse. In keeping true to our Maine location, we featured a sweet vintage cork-board where everyone could write their advice to the bride on whoopie pie-shaped paper cutouts. It was a truly fantastic day, and we capped off the Memorial Day weekend by taking Keely and her mother to the coast of Maine for seafood and lighthouses.”

The dessert table atop a chevron tablecloth Amazing cookies that are too pretty to eatA beautiful and lush floral arrangement Love the use of wine glasses for serving dessertI adore these bulldog cookies!And of course you can’t have a French-inspired bridal shower without macarons! I’m not sure which cookies are cuter, the bulldogs or these Eiffel Towers?What a beautiful bridal shower. The food looked absolutely amazing and the desserts decadant. Thanks so much to Katherine for sending this soiree my way. I hope the bride Keely has a wonderful wedding day!

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