Skylar Bridal Shower

Jeff and I have two friends that are getting married soon-David and Skylar. I was invited to Skylar's wedding shower and had a blast! We started with some delicious food-job well done Chandler! Then we had the most intense game of making bridal gowns out of toilet paper! We were making dresses for about 40 minutes, but it was so fun! As you can see, these are no ordinary dresses. They are quite fancy.

Here you have an umpire waist being made:

Some capped sleeves:

A train:

A mermaid style bottom:

Here are some of the finished 'brides'. As you can tell, quite intricate toilet paper dresses!

This was my team of bridal gown makers. We had a train, braided sleeves, a braided headband, and a 2 layered skirt.

Skylar's dress won the contest. As you can see she had a mermaid dress, twisted sleeves, a bustle, and her hair was done! Good job ladies!

The shower ended with Skylar opening some presents.

I had a lot of fun at the shower and I'm looking forward to the wedding in less than a month!

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