Hosting an I Do BBQ!

My friend Emeline and I recently hosted a couples shower for our Little Sister Casey and her fiance Brett! We had never thrown or been to one before, but Pinterest piqued our interest and then once we started researching it and looking at how adorable the theme was we knew we had to do it.

Ours was pretty simple and most of it was put together the week of the party, but there is obviously room to expand!

We served pulled pork, pulled chicken, macaroni & cheese, and green beans from City BBQ which was very convenient because buns and three different kinds of sauces came with the package. Super easy. I made these caprese skewers from Iowa Girl Eats and they were a huge hit! Before dinner we also had chips, salsa, and guacamole set out.

For dessert we ordered cupcakes from a wonderful local bakery and I made some of these perfect peanut butter cookies, which are aptly named and I think I speak for everyone who ate one that Jessica at Sprinkle Some Sugar knows how to make a peanut butter cookie.

We also served some beer, wine, lemonade, and tea; we told guests they were welcome to BYOB as well.

We had a gift table that included little jars to put advice and date ideas in, a basket for cards, a wooden L for the guests to sign and then the couple to take home. We also made little s'more kits as party favors and they were adorable! We put 4 graham crackers, 2 marshmallows, and 1/2 regular sized Hershey bar in each bag.

S'mores! 

For decor, Emeline made luminaries out of tin cans by poking holes in them with a hammer and nail. We also put out beer bottles mingled with Ale8-1 bottles (the pretty green ones!) with flowers in them. The flowers were purchased that morning from a local farmer's market and were probably my favorite part of the whole party.

We had a fire going and cornhole boards set up, but mainly it was nice to just catch up and celebrate Brett & Casey in a relaxed setting...30 days and counting until their I Dos!