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A Modern Pink and Gold Tea Party Shower

Everyone should have a best friend in the wedding business. It always seems to result in beautiful bridal showers, like the pink and gold tea party Rachel of Blue Barn Photography threw in Raleigh, North Carolina, for her best friend Aly. The inspiration for the theme came from Aly’s love of vintage teapots, so Rachel borrowed delicate, colorful vintage china from her own mother and mother-in-law as well as Aly’s mom to create a cleverly mismatched set. Rachel found the fringed photobooth backdrop project on Pinterest and the other bridesmaids jumped in to assemble it the day of the shower. While the pink sodas and rosy teacups kept the theme undeniably girly, pops of gold and white throughout gave this tea party a chic moden spin.  Venue: Pullen House

Photography and Paper Goods: Blue Barn Photography

Photobooth Project Inspiration: Confetti Sunshine

Photobooth Props: Ruffled

DIY: Photobooth

My friend Nicole, master of the DIY wedding, created this fun photobooth wall for the reception.  Here’s what you’ll need:

  • One 4 ft. x 8 ft. piece plywood or other scrap wood large enough for 2-4 people to stand behind
  • Various frames 8″ x 10″ or larger
  • Scrap wallpaper
  • Sawhorse
  • Handheld jigsaw
  • Handheld drill
  • Hammer and nails or hot glue
  • Mod Podge
  • Paintbrush
  • Ruler
  • Exacto knife/scissors

Nicole hunted around at some garage sales for the frames. A few still had old pictures in them and we kept a random fruit still life in its frame to complete the “pictures on the wall” illusion. Ask friends and relatives if they have any wallpaper scraps lying around. Purchasing new paper can be expensive and anyone who has wallpapered is bound to have some bits leftover that they’ve shoved in the attic. You can also find scraps for sale on Etsy or eBay. This one’s really pretty and wedding white. Just make sure you get enough to cover your plywood! I love Nicole’s choice because it’s so old-fashioned and tacky. I absolutely giggle every time I imagine the hypothetical house this existed in (and the hypothetical owners who clearly have an unhealthy obsession with fruit).

Plywood generally comes in 4 x 8 feet sheets, but you really only need 4 x 6 1/2 (unless your wedding guests are really tall), so, wearing protective eyewear, cut off the top 1 1/2 feet with your jigsaw (or ask the hardware store to do this!).  Continue reading →