Lovely May Shower- #2

Welcome to our second bridal shower this month!

This past weekend I attended the 2nd Bridal Shower

for my son and his Fiance' Angela.

They will be married in Pennsylvania

so my family decided to have a 2nd

Bridal Shower in Michigan so we could

introduce the bride-to-be to more family and friends.

These are my sisters, Sherry, Donna, and Jen 

and niece Jessica.  Sherry hosted the party

here at her home and they all pitched in with

food and decorating. Jess is in culinary school

and made these lovely Lemon Tartlets...

These Lemon Tartlets were topped with a raspberry and

a piece of mint on each one.

They were so good!  Of course I am a lemon nut

so I might not be a fair judge!

The luncheon included a salad famous to those

of us who know what J.L. Hudsons

 was in Michigan.  

They had a lunch room that we all enjoyed

going to and the Maurice Salad was a favorite.

They duplicated the ingredients here.

There were strips of ham, turkey and cheese,

shredded lettuce and sweet relish (which I didn't use)

and the famous Maurice dressing! We also had

homemade muffins, bread rolls and fruit!

 Behind this area is an island that had a terrific

punch flavored with strawberries...it was very good!

The tables were all set with decorative plates,

silverware and a wine glass...the little baskets

were something I found up here in Traverse City

and they added Cherry flavored candies to them

since Cherries are a huge industry here, and it

makes a connection to our son's hometown.

Each table had a centerpiece with a real bottle of wine

from a local vineyard here in Traverse City and a 

faux bottle of wine with labels my sister created.

Later we played a few games and the faux wine 

bottle was a gift that was won by a few people.  

Inside them were these wine related items.

 Here is a closeup of one of the bottles...Angela's family

is 100% Italian so my sister Jen made the connection

to her heritage with this label.

 My husband's family were Dairy Farmers and raised

Holstein cows for milk.  Again my sister made a 

connection to his family heritage.

Many gifts were given and I have to say that

nearly everything on their wedding registry 

has been purchased!

Do you remember these cakes from back in the

1960's maybe early 1970's?  I got a kick out of

seeing one of these again.  This frosting had to

be kept refrigerated so I snuck a picture of it in the

fridge.

Here she sits at the table.

Ryan (our son) and Angela's father along

with my husband had returned to help with

loading gifts into cars.  We had

Ryan stand in for a quick photo op!

 The nuptials will take place in about one month

 We are in the countdown now!