Our Engagement Party – The Big Day

Good morning!  Yesterday wasn’t the best day ever.  I drove all the way to work and looked around my office and thought, “Hm, it looks empty.”  Then realized that I brought my laptop home over the weekend and left it at home.  So, I had to drive back home to pick it up.  Luckily, I only live about 15-20 minutes away from my job.  But, it was still annoying. 

Engagement Party

Yesterday, I would have typically posted about my Weekend Recap, but because most of the weekend was spent getting ready for the Engagement Party, I thought I’d just do a separate post about it now. 

On Saturday morning, Bryan and I ordered take-out breakfast from our favorite German breakfast place and relaxed on the couch until I felt like getting ready.  I eventually made my way out the door, picked up flowers and headed over to Bryan’s sisters house to get ready and set up for the party.

Our guests arrived around 3PM and we barely made it in time because the caterer was running late.  Luckily, we got everything set up and was ready to party! 

Appetizer wise, I made fruit skewers and caprese salad skewers.  They were a big hit!  I’m glad I took the time to put them together.  We also ordered tomato pie from our caterer for the appetizer table.  It was really awesome, because tomato pie can be eaten hot or cold – I actually prefer eating it cold.  If you don’t know what tomato pie is, it’s basically just pizza without cheese. 

For dinner, I ordered caesar salad, pasta salad, chicken parm, and baked ziti.  I even made these really cute menu place cards!  Everything was so delicious!

As I told you in the two posts about our engagement cupcakes, I was SO excited to give these to our guests.  Bryan picked them up from the bakery a few hours before our party.  When you pick up a cupcake tower from Velvet Sky Bakery, you get boxes of cupcakes and the cupcake stand separately.  Working with Jordan, the owner, was such a pleasure!  I emailed her last week and asked if she could change the colors of our cupcake stand and she did!  The cupcake stands are painted to order and really came out beautifully.

The photo below actually shows the stand from the back – b/c you can see the seams.  Our cake stand was painted navy and our ribbon was a pinkish purple. 

The cupcake stand stood next to our rice krispy treats on our dessert table.  I’m actually glad we didn’t make any more desserts, because people stood around the table with their dinners and the extra space was perfect. 

You may be wondering where the photos of Bryan and I are.  I actually don’t have any photos right now of me in my dress, because Bryan’s dad took the photos with his camera.  Just waiting for those to be uploaded.  Photos to come!

FTC:  The Velvet Sky Bakery cupcakes were given to me for free in exchange for mention on my website.  As always, I would never promote a product I didn’t completely love. 

Talk to Me

• Did you have an engagement party?  What types of food did you have?
• What’s your favorite type of salad?
• What types of food do you typically reach for first at a party?