"A bridal shower is a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding. The custom originated in the 1890s and is today most common in the United States, Canada, and by North American influence, in Australia."
Well, in South Africa - where I'm from - we call it a Kitchen Tea" or "Kombuis Tee" in Afrikaans, and it is very similar to a bridal shower.
I organised my brother's bride-to-be (Nina's) Kitchen Tea, and had lots of fun planning and organizing the event.
It was at the Auckland Botanical Gardens, and I made an informal "high tea" (if there is such a thing) in lime green and orange tones. We played some games; like translating some Afrikaans phrases into English, guessing what is in the gifts, offering eggs (according to Filipino traditions) to St Claire to have good weather on the wedding day we had a quiz on the husband to be's favourite things and dislikes.
Every wrong answer was 'rewarded' with something she had to wear or put on. Things like a veil on the head, apron, necklace made from green scrubbers and goldilocks, and a bridal bouquet made from kitchen utensils, wash cloths and the like.
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The food are always a highlight at events like these, and this one was no exception!
My Mum made very yummy banana and date loafs, which I decorated with these adorable toppers I got from The Pretty Blog. Available for FREE to print and use how you like!
I painted them with water paint to give them a washed out colour in orange and lime green.
Also decorated a yummy chocolate cake, baked by my good friend Corli from Le Petit Four with some small kitchen utensils and a little framed card. Coli also made some other delicious contributions to the kitchen tea, like these scrummy poppyseed cupcakes with lemon icing. YUM!!
It was such a fun day - and I'm so happy to welcome Nina to our family!
Will share some photos and details of a special recipe box I made for her in my next blog post :-)
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