Shower with sweets

Today, a lovely bridal shower was hosted for my friend, Jeni. She's getting married in August, so my mom and I and Jessica and her mother, Sherry, joined forces to throw a dessert shower for the bride-to-be! Jeni likes to bake (not quite as much as me, but she'll get there :) so it was only appropriate that it be a kitchen and sweets theme.

The invitations were adorable, designed by Jessica's sister, Kandace. She's started her own side business called Save-the-Date. She's great!

Included with everyone's invite was a cute recipe card from etsy.com (i LOVE that site).

So, on Saturday, Jantastic (that'd be my awesome mom) and I got to work baking. On our to-make list was: lemon bars, blueberry cheesecake bars, stawberry cupcakes, and something interesting called, brownie pops (we found this in a new Wilton magazine all about brownies). Now, I'm no Bakerella (yet), but I think they turned out pretty cute!

My drizzling skills could be improved, however.

Anyway, mom and I enjoyed some quality bonding time in the kitchen and everthing we made turned out great. Here are some pics from the shower!

Brownie pops in pink and yellow

Yummy strawberry cupcakes. We discovered a great icing recipe that was perfect- it set up just right!

More of the little delights

Blueberry cheesecake bars were one of my favorites! We hadn't made this recipe before, but it has since been added to the "great" and "to make again" files.

Jessica's pretty fruit tarts

The spread! We had wayyyy too many desserts.

Me with Jeni and Jessica. Best friends since 9th grade!

Jeni and I with Meredith, our dear friend from Fayetteville that we met through Tridelt. She drove all the way down just for the shower. Talk about a sweet, sweet girl!! I was really excited to see her :)

And, somehow those are the only pictures I got at the shower. I know others did a better job, so maybe I can come back and add more!

Hooray for Jeni and all of her great gifts and friends that came!