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If you are like most brides this time of year, you are in the midst of coordinating caterers, dress fittings, cake tastings and making final decisions about table décor. But even though a busy bride has much to do in the final weeks before her big day, don’t let Mother’s Day escape your thoughts along the way. It’s a great time to show your mom how much you appreciate her help and support. Plan a simple Mother’s Day event, to celebrate the women in your life who are making your amazing day possible.
Here’s a guide to some time-saving tips and easy planning to help make Mother’s Day an event to remember:
Keep It Simple
You’re already incurring some expense for your wedding and reception, so keep Mother’s Day on the simpler side. Instead of a venue such as a restaurant, plan to host Mother’s Day in your home or at a home of a girlfriend. Use card tables and cover them with pressed, white tablecloths. Mix and match any plates and silverware to create an eclectic, casual and fun tone. A thrift store is a great place to pick up odds and ends and you can re-donate them after you are done. Since some of your guests might have evening plans with other family, make your event a brunch or lunch and serve sandwiches cut into triangles (just like mom used to make) on platters. Complete the menu with premade options such as mini quiche or muffins. Instead of spending extra time and money on custom invites, use a template from the web instead and print at home on paper you like.
Make It Pretty
Mother’s Day is a feminine holiday in the heart of spring, so play up the spring’s freshest colors by ordering some simple flower arrangements. You are probably coordinating flowers for your wedding at about this time, so just ask the florist to add to your flower order in time for Mother’s Day. Choose fragrant flowers, such as jasmine or gardenia, and arrange them in dainty jelly jars. Lilies, tulips or daisies add a splash of color and can even be in the same color palate as what you are planning for your wedding.
Mother’s Day is a feminine holiday in the heart of spring, so play up the spring’s freshest colors by ordering some simple flower arrangements. You are probably coordinating flowers for your wedding at about this time, so just ask the florist to add to your flower order in time for Mother’s Day. Choose fragrant flowers, such as jasmine or gardenia, and arrange them in dainty jelly jars. Lilies, tulips or daisies add a splash of color and can even be in the same color palate as what you are planning for your wedding.
Plan a Gift that Guests Make Themselves
What better way to spend time with your mom and girlfriends than to participate together in making a take-home craft. For the gardening-minded, guests can Mod Podge flower pots with photos they bring. The Mod Podging can be completed at the beginning of the event and then guests can plant seeds or seedlings in the pots before heading home. You can make one in advance special for your mom by taking childhood photos of her and you and creating a model for guests to follow. Or, for the beauty-minded, set out ingredients such as brown sugar, white sugar, olive oil and essential oils so guests can create their own sugar scrubs. The thrift store will have a variety of jars in different sizes. Pre-cut ribbon scraps from the local craft store can be Mod Podged to make labels for the jars.
What better way to spend time with your mom and girlfriends than to participate together in making a take-home craft. For the gardening-minded, guests can Mod Podge flower pots with photos they bring. The Mod Podging can be completed at the beginning of the event and then guests can plant seeds or seedlings in the pots before heading home. You can make one in advance special for your mom by taking childhood photos of her and you and creating a model for guests to follow. Or, for the beauty-minded, set out ingredients such as brown sugar, white sugar, olive oil and essential oils so guests can create their own sugar scrubs. The thrift store will have a variety of jars in different sizes. Pre-cut ribbon scraps from the local craft store can be Mod Podged to make labels for the jars.
Make One Simple Cocktail
Prohibition-era cocktails are fun and often are more unusual from what your guests might drink day-to-day. Make one cocktail in advance, like a Mary Pickford which has a nice spring-like pink color, and serve it from glass lemonade pitchers. You can also have ice water with fresh cuts of lemon, berries, or orange infused at the tables as well.
Prohibition-era cocktails are fun and often are more unusual from what your guests might drink day-to-day. Make one cocktail in advance, like a Mary Pickford which has a nice spring-like pink color, and serve it from glass lemonade pitchers. You can also have ice water with fresh cuts of lemon, berries, or orange infused at the tables as well.
Incorporate Appreciation
Allow some time in your event to ask guests and share something they appreciate or miss about their moms. Or, have guests write their words of appreciation on die cut shapes you scatter on the tables. One of your guests can then read all of them out loud anonymously. People will enjoy hearing the positive words of love and support for and from mothers and it will be a great opportunity for you to connect meaningfully with those who are making a big difference in your life.
Allow some time in your event to ask guests and share something they appreciate or miss about their moms. Or, have guests write their words of appreciation on die cut shapes you scatter on the tables. One of your guests can then read all of them out loud anonymously. People will enjoy hearing the positive words of love and support for and from mothers and it will be a great opportunity for you to connect meaningfully with those who are making a big difference in your life.
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