The bridal soiree was thus born! Ashton loves the great outdoors, so I split up her bachelorette party into two parts. Read more about Part I- a day spent out at First Peoples Buffalo Jump.
Part II was all about the traditional bachelorette party...except we live in a really small town. It's not really set up for bar crawling, so I decided to throw a fun, casual event at her house. Going off of her personality, the theme of Girl Scouts Chic. Think retro and vintage Girl Scouts.
With that theme in mind, I started collecting vintage items off of eBay. I bought handbooks from the 1940s as well as gorgeous vintage pins. I made "Girl Scout Handbook" invitations that were filled with original artwork from the handbooks that I had scanned.
I told the girls to use neutral colors or vintage/retro Girl Scouts to inspire their outfits. I absolutely loved Hannah's outfit and Sara's was pretty spot on as well- check out that darling neckerchief!
Our Young Life main leader, Katie, made Ashton this adorable bridal sash.
Those three pins are some of the vintage pins I collected over the past several months. I thought they completed her look perfectly!
As I was busy behind-the-scenes, I put another one of my best-friends in charge- Brittany. She is an amazing artist and photography major so she was perfect for getting the party started.
A station was set up in the garage with a big chalkboard sign that said, "Kisses for Ashton! Leave a kiss and your name." I put out two bowls, one with Q-tips and the other with various lipsticks. As the ladies came in, they had the opportunity to leave a kiss for Ashton to remember her bachelorette party by. You'll get to see the finished product later!
I also asked each of the ladies to bring two things with them to the party, in lieu of traditional bachelorette gifts. The first was to create a 12x12 scrapbook page with a letter to Ashton. The results turned out so cute! Next to the lipsticks was the scrapbook and each lady had the opportunity to place their page into the scrapbook.
The second thing I asked the ladies to bring, as the primary "gift," was their favorite love story. The whole theme of the bachelorette party, apart from Girl Scouts Chic, was that this is a journey and a unique love story. Here are two wonderful people who are already married, who now want to celebrate that with everyone by essentially renewing their vows.
So each young lady brought their favorite love story, wrapped up in Barnes and Noble bags or cute, squadron-themed colors. They dropped them off next to the lipstick station and you'll get to see their choices in a future post!
After lipstick prints, scrapbooks, and the dropping off of books, it was time for the first main event that involved Ashton! At first, I was worried that it was going to be a lot of activity to get the party started but it actually turned out great. As ladies started arriving, they could drop off their items and leave a lipstick print. Brittany then took charge of our "how did you meet Ashton" photo session.
I made another chalkboard earlier in the week that was perfect for holding in this photo shoot. Each of the ladies got to write or draw the first time they met Ashton. The weather was gorgeous and it was a nice, casual way to ease into the bachelorette party.
As promised, here is the final result of the lipstick prints! I think it turned out darling and it's a fun memento for Ashton to remember her special girls' day.
Check out the next series of blog posts to see more on the bachelorette party!
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