I’ve been DYING to post about the bridal shower I’ve been planning for one of my very best friends in the entire world. I have to say, I am pretty proud of the theme I chose and how it turned out.
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My friend Stephanie and I met our freshman year at the University of North Texas, and it was no doubt fate, because we both went to poli-sci class the first day with the game plan of making a friend. The rest is literally 10 years of history (10 years in August!).
One of the things I learned early on about Stephie was that she was addicted to watching “Friends.” She didn’t watch much TV, but would put in DVDs of the 10 seasons of “Friends” and watch them over and over again. As Stephanie’s only bridesmaid / matron of honor, I am in charge of the shower. And when it came time to plan, I don’t know why, but I immediately wanted to throw a “Friends” theme. It was literally the first and last idea I had. My helpers inspired me to make it work … and we came up with a Central Perk food/refreshment theme within the “Friends” theme. SO, without further ado, here – in pictures and captions – are the cute details from the “Friends” themed bridal shower. Mrs. Fincher and Mrs. Christensen were integral party helpers and will blog about their contributions this week … sort of a Bridal Shower Special on Mrs. & the Misc! 🙂
THE DETAILS
Central Perk-themed Treats
(food and drink you’d find in a coffee shop!)
Mrs. Fincher hand painted this for the shower!!!!!! AMAZING.
Just like at Central Perk, guests were served out of cool different coffee mugs. My mother-in-law and sister-in-law happen to have a HUGE collection of mugs, so it worked out PERFECT! Mrs. Fincher also drew the menu board in chalk!
Another view of the pretty mugs.
The tea and cocoa stations. HOTT is the bride’s last name … it’s not a misspelling.
Giant mugs – like the ones on FRIENDS and in the Central Perk sign on the show – were used to hold the party silverware.
Beverages: an incredible Southern Living punch made by Mrs. Christensen, ice water, HOTT tea, HOTT chocolate (the bride’s last name is Hott, by the way!) and coffee (in the background).
My little Instagram collage of shower details!
Amazing Neapolitan cupcakes made my the bride’s soon-to-be sister-in-law, Mrs. Bouchard. She and her friends Jami and Addi were big helps in planning too! They all had FANTASTIC ideas and inspired me.
For something a little savory, but still café-esque, Jami made chicken pesto muffins with sun-dried tomatoes.
Vanilla wafers and pirouettes for the hot cocoa station!
Mrs. Christensen icing her INCREDIBLE bundt cake.
As you can see, I used DVD box sets of FRIENDS within the decor. Also, and this is a MONEY SAVING tip, y’all: Instead of buying a bouquet of flowers for $20, I went to Home Depot and bought two plants ($1.48/each) to put into a vase I already owned in the party colors – which are clearly purple and yellow! Then, I left the flowers for my mother-in-law, as a thank you for letting me use her house. A two-in-one gift for the hostess and decor for party!
A FRIENDS-THEMED SHOWER GAME
DOWNLOAD THE QUIZ I MADE HERE: Shower Game- Guests competed to see if they could beat the bride on wedding-themed FRIENDS trivia. She won, of course, but her aunt (who claims she never watched the show) came the closest.
The prize for the winner of the FRIENDS game. I originally wanted to put the DVD on the big TV behind where we were doing gifts, so that wedding episodes were flashing in the background, BUT the dvd player didn’t work. Would’ve been on mute, so as not to bother guests, but it didn’t end up making a difference.
SCENES FROM THE SHOWER
time for gifts!
the bride and her mom
me and the bride
the happy bride opening gifts
So what did you think?
I love this!! So fun!
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Thanks!!!
This is awesome!!! Fantastic idea!! 🙂 I love Friends, you did such a great job with all the details!
Michelle
Thank you Michelle, it was SO much fun to plan!!!!
What a great theme and you ladies executed so well! Awesome job. 🙂
Thanks Leah, you’re so sweet. We had a blast…themes really make party planning easier!
Yay! My cupcakes made the blog!!! 🙂 Everything came together so well!
of course! they were amazing! And thanks for all your help and ideas and support! i so enjoyed it. And I still can’t believe you’re actually preggo … no fair! hehe
That was a sweet preparation for a shower! And the theme is so cool too. I could almost hear the music. Everyone looked so happy. Here’s to Friends and friends!
Thank you! Yes we had a special time. Its def. made me watch reruns again!
So clever and unique! I really appreciate a good theme 🙂
Me too … and only because this theme made my planning SO much easier!!!
Such a fun and unique bridal shower idea – I absolutely LOVE Friends! That hand painted Central Perk print looks great! Awesome job!
Thank you so much!
SUCH a good idea! Now I want one!
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Way cool! Friends is my FAVORITE tv show of all time! This was awesome!
How fun! I love unique themes and you made this one come to life. Love it!
Oh I am so happy I just ran into this! My sister is getting married in June and I am currently planning a bridal shower with a Friends theme!! Thanks for all the little ideas that will definitely add to the party!
Lauren! I would love to see pix from urs when it’s done! I am do glad this was helpful to u! Xo
What a fabulous invitation!!! Great theme idea. I just can’t get over how perfect your invite is 🙂
Fantastic, unique and oh-so-special, too!
Your invites are perfect!!!! Where/how did you do them??!?
I absolutely love this idea!! I emailed Aubri regarding the invitations!! hope to hear from her soon! we are super excited to throw my lil sister a bridal shower! we love this theme and all your ideas, she is a FRIENDS fanatic and i know she is going to love it! thanks for blogging!
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Awesome ideas…. Where did you get the Friends Bridal Shower Trivia Game? I am planning a shower for my sister who loves Friends and this game would be perfect!
I made it up using trivia questions all over the Internet. I just googled FRIENDS trivia and then looked for questions involving wedding episodes and used those. I can email u THR document I created so u can copy and paste the questions if u want.
that would be great… my email address is knich12@gmail.com
i really appreciate it!!!!
it’s on its way! 😉
Lindsay! Is there any way I can jump on this trivia question bandwagon as well?? Shower for my sister is in 3 weeks and I’m in minor freak-out mode!! lauren.gaeta@gmail.com (PS-update: invites came out decent! Can’t wait for the craziness to be over though!)
Sure! Let me get back to my computer and will send! Hang in there! Please share pix of ur shower when done! Would love to see your take on it!
And just “decent”?
Hi was wondering if I could get a copy as well!!! Shower is this Saturday! Thanks so much! Email: amkennedy84@gmail.com
Alica, just saw this! I’m sorry. I certainly would’ve sent it to you too. 😦
hey I love this shower. my sister wanted a friends themed shower and I totally drew a blank on what to do so I didn’t go with it but this is awesome! any way you could email me your quiz as well? She’d love that to at least tie in friends a little bit? Thanks.
There is a link to download the quiz in the post above!
This shower idea is AMAZING. I’m the MOH for my best friend, and have been racking my brain for the perfect idea for her shower in August – and this is it, I mean we spent last Friday night watching episodes of Friends – haha. Anyway I can jump on that bandwagon too for the trivia game (LRaddatz05@yahoo.com)? (If there were a way to officially credit you, I most definitely would!) Also – where did you find that DVD; did you just buy it off of Amazon?
Sure! And amazon is it! Cheap and easy! Also – I think I might make the trivia quiz a download since it’s so popular 🙂 its a fun theme and was pretty inexpensive to pull off 🙂 hope u have some good bridesmaid help
Hi there! I am jumping on the request for the trivia game too please. We are throwing a surprise engagement party for my sister next weekend and she would die over this game. Thank you for inspiring such a wonderful party!
Hey Chelsea, I created a download above. So, just download and edit to be for your bride, not mine. I created mine using InDesign, so the top portion is an image and not a editable function. You may just want to print it out, and white out the name “stephanie” and then write in your bride’s name, then scan and re-print. That’s what I’d do. 😉
AMAZING. Thank you SO much!!!
You’re so welcome!
My sister is throwing me one based off your idea! Where did you get the invitations made? They’re adorable!
This is the PERFECT shower theme for my best friend getting married later this year! She also owns all 10 seasons on DVD and watches them regularly. Thanks for the inspiration!
So happy to inspire. It was SO fun and actually EASY! Personalized parties are the best. So much more memorable and fun.
Love this! I am a huge Friends fan too 😀 She must have had the best time ever, I’m sure she appreciated all your efforts. 🙂
Such a great theme! love it!
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Super Cute!!! Now tell me if this is too corny for a baby-shower idea. Guests bring homemade frozen meals for the parents (along with regular baby jazz) and the theme is “Ice, Ice, Baby” too much- it came to me in the middle of the night and I can’t tell if it’s loco.
No. I think that’s a super cute them. I think there are SOOOOO many cute ways you could add to that and really drive home the theme. Ice cream sundae station, perhaps? ice cream cake? Creative ice cubes like Mrs. Fincher posted about here: https://mrsandthemisc.com/2013/05/16/flavored-ice-cubes/
I love the idea for the parents, since you know they’ll be so busy once the baby comes.
I think this is BRILLIANT! Such a GREAT idea. It had to be very special for the bride!
Where did you find the invitation?? I love it. Great idea!
http://Www.aubriduran.com – she custom designed it for me and can re-work it got u!
I love your ideas and photos! Thank you so much for sharing. I too am a friends fanatic. I was actually thinking of having a friends themed birthday party and will have to steal some ideas.
Oh fun! You should totally do a Friends bday and share pix with us when you’re done! how exciting.
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First I’d like to say WONDERFUL JOB! This is the coolest theme ever. Now, my sister is turning 30, I love the invitation and cannot find anything like it!! Can you help me with that? You are amazing, I can’t get over this!
I emailed Aubri about these invitations because they are PERFECT for my sister’s shower I’m throwing her, but it’s been a couple weeks and I haven’t heard from her! Is there any way I can get in touch with her? I need to send out invitations within the next couple weeks and my heart is set on these!! Thanks!!
Let me text her and hopefully she can do it. She is 31 weeks preggo so she has been super busy prepping for baby! Stay tuned!
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Aubri did my invites and I could not be happier with the way they came out! My daughter’s shower is on 4/12/14. Can’t wait!
I love love love this idea! I’m thinking about doing something similar for my sister’s bridal shower this fall and i was wondering where you got the invitations made from?! I’m obsessed with them and would LOVE to use something like that!
I posted who made the invites. I collaborated with my friend and fellow Mrs. Duran … she designed them and there is a link to order them from her in the post. Enjoy!
BUT she just had a baby a couple weeks ago, so she might not be willing to make them right now. You’ll just have to check. 🙂
alright! Thank you so much!! 🙂
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Lindsay, is the recipe for those chicken pesto muffins available? Thanks!
I’ve been telling my sister for years that I want to do a Friends theme bridal shower when the time comes because she knows Friends backwards and forwards. Now that she’s engaged, I’m so excited to plan it. LOVE your invite. I want to incorporate foods from the show into the party, like “mockolate cake” and “Nest-e-le Toul-ouse” cookies, etc.
What a great idea with the food names! Just saw the cookie recipe episode this weekend! Have fun! Share link after! If u blog about it!
How did u make the invites?!?! I want to replicate them but don’t know how!!!
Custom design. If u want, I can try and replicate for you. Can do a custom order through my esty store. Let me know.
Would that still be possible to do? I’m the MOH for a friend’s wedding and in charge of the shower. we love the idea of doing a “Friends” theme, so I’m just wondering if the invitations would be an option to get through you
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Lindsay, where/how did you get those invites printed??
Just popping in. Saw and took your quiz on Buzzfeed and am disappointed in myself! Only 10 out of 16 and Friends is one of my faves 🙂
Awesome idea for a shower! Very clever. I wish I had “Friends” like you 🙂
This is very creative! I know it is an old post, but if you are still responding to comments I was wondering if you had a Friends themed favor? Thanks!
I didn’t do a FRIENDS favor, bc I rarely do favors at showers (just something i skip), but I did think of some ideas since then:
big coffee mugs with candy in them
little yellow frame keychains (sold on etsy)
and i also wondered if there was a candy or treat in a famous epispde (like ross’ sandwich that got thrown away or monica’s candy that got passed out to make friends) … to make into favors and include a paper in the bag saying “the one with…” whatever the episode was!
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Hey! im currently trying to host a friends themed bridal shower for my best friend and loved all your ideas just had one question what did you guys end up giving out as a party favor the girls and I are trying to come up with something cute!