Planning a wildflower bridal shower? Love is literally in bloom with this vintage wildflower themed bridal shower for my cousin, with personalized decor to honor the bride-to-be on her special day. I had so much fun throwing this nature-inspired wildflower bridal shower featuring an eclectic collection of vintage decor, an 8-foot grazing table, DIY fabric bunting, free mimosa bar printables and the sweetest wildflower bridal shower games. Whether you are looking for wildflower bridal shower decorations, food ideas or party activities, you will find all of my best tips and ideas right here!
I had a great time styling the
wildflower bridal shower invitation before the party, and then on a trip to the mountains FULL of wildflowers, I had to pick a new bouquet and style the invite again so excuse me for the excessive invitation flat lays but how could I not with those florals!?
Vintage Wildflower Party Decor- DIY Ideas
When guests walked in the door, they were greeted with my favorite ice breaking party activity. An “Advice and Well Wishes for the Mr. and Mrs.” station. I love doing wishes, date night ideas, etc. as a party activity because it gives guests something to do as they warm up to being at a party, especially when you have family from the bride's side, groom’s side and friends who may not all know each other!
Whenever I make a “wishes” table, I always like to mix and match prompts for the party guests. I have found over the years, some people prefer to have the start of prompts, and some prefer blank space for writing from the heart, so I used a variety for this wild flower themed advice station.
I love displaying the cards for everyone to read, so I used an old chicken wire frame that I made and left mini clothespins for guests to hang their wish cards when they had been filled out.
This beautiful fabric bunting garland was the inspiration for the entire party decor. When I found this fabric at a local store, I knew this vintage look was exactly the inspiration I was going for and would tie the entire theme together beautifully. What I did not know was how many hoursssss it would take to DIY this project. Seriously. I wanted the rustic frayed look for the strips of fabric and ended up washing, drying, ironing and creating the fray on each strip. It turned out absolutely stunning, but add this to the “never again” column. Just keeping it real around here!! 🤣
The last element to complete this table was wildflower blend seed packets for the guests to take home! When I purchased these I had intended to use the small clothespins to make a garland of seed packets, and when I plopped them onto the galvanized three tiered stand as I was unloading and setting things out I loved how they looked!
Wildflower Grazing Table & Bridal Shower Food Ideas
If you’ve been here long, you know that charcuterie or tacos are the answer to every food question in my book and the bigger, the better. (Hello, gorgeous grazing table from my Blushing Bride bridal shower). This “Love Blooms Wild” theme screamed garden party grazing table and we brought this 8 foot charcuterie spread together stunningly, plus tied in some of the fun vintage wildflower details with the food labels and edible flowers!
Since it was an afternoon shower, we also provided croissants, sandwich thins and sandwich spreads to give more substance to lunch, and my mom used cookie cutters to make the cutest “flower” trays of melons.
How to Build a Grazing Table for a Bridal Shower
My favorite thing about charcuterie and grazing tables is they are different every time, and there is no wrong way to do it! Here's how I built our 8 foot wildflower grazing table:
Step 1- Set your Foundation. Gather your platters and crates and set them out empty in your space. I love using an eclectic mix of cake plates, crates and platters to create a variation of height and materials. Varying height is the best way to make your grazing table look full and elevated before you even add a single piece of food!
Step 2- Start with Cheese. Next, I work in foods and usually start with my cheeses placing them randomly on various platters and trays. I also like to display the cheeses in different ways, so I precut some of the beginning slices on certain wedges, cut the cheese into cubes, or fully slice the blocks. Next I will add my dips, nestled next to the cheeses.
Step 3- Layer in meats, crackers and bread. Then I start to fill in the platters and trays with the meats, then the crackers and breads. Remember, it's okay to place the same item in more than one spot! Not every round cracker has to be on a single tray grouped with like round crackers. Spread them out in small handfuls and that will help give you that elevated look too.
Step 4- Fill in the gaps. Lastly, my favorite step of shoving in as many delicious elements as I can. Fill in the holes with berries, grapes, nuts and greenery. Adding fresh springs of rosemary will instantly elevate any grazing table. For this wildflower bridal shower grazing table, I added edible flowers to the trays, terra cotta pots with cheese labels and fresh bud vases of florals to bring the wildflower theme together beautifully.
The cheese labels were “planted” into small terra cotta pots that I found at the dollar store in a 3 pack! A total score!
This beautiful 7 foot long cedar planter box that my husband and I build turned out so beautifully and looked great on our dining room table filled with wildflowers. I mean, did you really think you could make it through a party I hosted without DIYing something!? If you're new here, I've gotten better over the years with power tools, but there is always a "babe, I had this awesome idea" at every party I host, no matter how hard I try to not rope him in with my visions.
And at the end of that 7 foot planter box and table, was a gorgeous bar cart for mimosas. I repurposed my plant stand to create a 4 tiered drink station, complete with wildflower drink tags, fresh fruit, wildflower cocktail napkins and an eclectic mix and match assortment of beautiful champagne flutes…. and didn't take a single picture. FAIL. This was all I got, when my 9 year old stole my phone. UGH!!!!
But the good news is, I am gifting the wildflower printables to you to make your own Mimosa bar, complete with a recipe card, and drink tags so you can recreate your own beautiful set up. You can download them below 👇
Wildflower Bridal Shower Games | Gift Bingo & Who Knows the Bride Best
The bride-to-be requested games and I knew exactly what to play. If you are hosting a bridal shower or baby shower, I highly recommend Bridal Shower Bingo (especially if you are not super into hosting games.) You create a bingo grid relative to the amount of guests at the party, and ask guests to fill in their bingo squares with guesses of what the bride will open. It helps to prompt guests to think about what the bride and groom registered for, as well as give a few hints like kitchen towels, baking supplies or items often found at showers. After guests fill in their squares they begin to mark them off as the bride opens her gifts. My mom brought tons of fun prizes for the games, so we were able to do prizes for bingos and black outs which made gift opening so fun and interactive.
The other game we played is also one of my favorites and so fun for the bride-to-be and guest. I called her fiance and “interviewed” him with a list of questions about the Bride such as her favorite foods, dream jobs, their first date etc. and recorded our phone call on screen time. I then gave each guest the same sheet of questions I had asked the groom-to-be and had them fill out their answers. I synced my phone to the TV and asked the bride how she thought the groom would answer each question and we played a friendly game of “who knows the bride best” between the groom and party guests. After I asked the question to the bride, I played the screentime snippet of the grooms answer, then paused in between questions. This game can turn out to be so hilarious when the bride and groom have different recollections of their first date or first kiss, and when party guests give their best (often wildly inaccurate) guesses. I have NEVER played this game with the bride and groom answering every single question in sync until now 😭 It was the sweetest thing ever. The last question is “Tell me your favorite thing about the bride” and we took turns each answering the question and it was such a special moment showering the bride with compliments.
Potluck Style Wildflower Bridal Shower Dessert Table
Okay, can we talk about this dessert table for a second?! Because I adored the rustic simplicity of how it came together and honestly, I did the least amount of work of anyone on it, and that is exactly the kind of hostess tip I am here to share with you today. Pick the things you want to focus on and outsource or lower your expectations for the others.
The secret to this dessert table? A total potluck situation, and zero shame about it. Here is the full breakdown:
My sister in law brought the homemade sugar cookies and cupcakes, all dressed up with edible flowers that were almost too pretty to eat. The aunties brought their homemade pie, a berry crisp and a loaf of banana bread that disappeared in approximately four minutes in the beautifully colored bakeware that fit perfect to the vintage theme. Quick hostess tip: I grabbed a big box of macarons and puff pastries from the Costco freezer section because l truly outsourced this and had no idea how much dessert we'd end up with so they could live in my freezer for the next party if we didn't need them! They are easy fillers for any dessert table spread. Lastly, because I wanted to eat a vat of buttercream, I made my signature vanilla cake decorated with piped wildflower details because that is my one non-negotiable when it comes to celebration cakes.
For the styling, I used wood crate risers to add height and tie in the rustic elements throughout the party, tucked in fresh bud vases of wildflowers between the desserts, and tied the whole table together with coordinating fabric that matched the DIY bunting I made, the same fabric that actually inspired the entire party theme from the very beginning!
And hanging above it all? Our custom wildflower bridal shower banner personalized for the bride and the finishing touch that pulled the whole dessert table together. I designed the banner around that same vintage wildflower fabric, so everything from the bunting to the banner to the bud vases felt completely cohesive. If you are planning a wildflower bridal shower and want that same pulled-together look without spending hours DIYing every single element, the banner does a LOT of the heavy lifting.
Everything was mouthwateringly good, and the fact that so many people had a part in creating this dessert table including aunts, uncles and cousins, definitely made it special.
Thank you for joining me on this Wild Flower Love Blooms bridal shower, I hope you loved the photos and found inspiration to host your own floral bridal shower! If you have any questions about any details or DIY’s please don’t hesitate to use the contact button and drop me a message! I would love to help you create your own wildflower bridal shower.
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