For a bride who loves thoughtful touches and garden-fresh flair, this "She's Fresh off the Market" bridal shower at Martinson Hall at Buck & Honey's was everything and more! This joyful celebration for the bride-to-be brought the farmer's market theme to life with signage, creative florals and decor, and creative food displays.
This styled shoot was a collaboration between Martinson Hall at Buck & Honey's, LK Bridal Studio, Melody Rose Designs, Buck & Honey's Catering, Royally Sweet Cookies, Craig's Cake Shop, Lily's Magical Treats, The Mane Tap, and Event Essentials. Keep scrolling to get inspired!
LK Bridal Studio captured the celebration from start to finish through photography and videography--including setup, special moments, and gift opening. They also designed coordinating invitations, signage, games, and print details that perfectly matched the day's décor.
The design began with a warm, natural color palette of soft tan, pale yellows, oranges, greens, and reds. The invitations combined organic elements, fruit and vegetable illustrations, a subtle, checkered pattern, and whimsical fonts. Guests also received recipe cards to gift the couple with their favorite or family specialties that could later be combined into a custom and thoughtful cookbook.
Martinson Hall at Buck & Honeys is an accessible, upstairs room in their historic Mt. Horeb location. The space boasts wooden floors, wooden beams, exposed brick walls, and plenty of windows, making it the perfect mix of natural and industrial for a downtown farmer's market celebration.
From a lush floral welcome sign to smaller vases, centerpieces, and a full head-table runner, Melody Rose Designs brought color, fresh blooms, and artful arrangements to every corner of the room. They composed cheerful bouquets of tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, snapdragons, chamomile, spray roses, solidago, hypericum berries, ranunculus, and more, mixed with playful bunches of carrots, cabbage, heads of lettuce, turnips, and tomatoes. Asparagus fern also filled in for greenery.
Mimosas are a brunch staple, and the Mane Tap brought their charming, umbrellaed bike cart for the occasion. Buck & Honey's Catering served partially full champagne glasses, which allowed space for guests to add fruit juices and fresh fruit to top off the bubbly beverage. For those choosing an alcohol-free option, there was plenty of juice and fruit for mocktails as well.
Event Essentials, Melody Rose Designs, and LK Bridal Studio added to the venue's charm with unique rental pieces. Event Essentials provided checkered tablecloths, blush napkins, shelf towers, and a sweet printed rug. In addition to all of the florals, Melody Rose Designs brought the pink chairs and backdrop in the lounge area, wicker placemats and green glassware on the tables, and a complete setup for a flower bar.
When it came to food, Buck and Honey's Catering focused on delicious, small bites for the day. Guests first helped themselves to a charcuterie wall, cups individually labeled with stickers and filled with meats, cheeses shaped like the couple's initials, fruits, and crackers.
Later, the Buck & Honey's Catering team placed a variety of beautiful and delicious appetizers for guests to graze. The spread included artistically arranged fresh fruit, tea sandwiches on flaky croissants, Bacon-Wrapped Dates, and Chicken and Waffle Bites.
The dessert table was a delicious collaboration between Royally Sweet Cookies, Craig's Cake Shop, and Lily's Magical Treats. Royally Sweet Cookies provided shaped desserts with printed designs and hand-piped details over a smooth layer of royal icing. The themed treats resembled a box of strawberries, a mason jar, a bushel of carrots, a head of lettuce, rings, and more. Craig's Cake Shop brought delicious cream puffs and cupcakes frosted to look like strawberry and blueberry pies.
Lily's Magical Treats styled her signature cotton candy cart with matching signage and decor for the occasion. She served flavored cotton candy to guests, and also sculpted lollipops shaped like carrots and strawberries for the dessert table.
After a gift opening in the cozy lounge area, the backdrop transformed into the perfect space for selfies and group photos between visits to the flower bar. Favors included seed packets, fresh jams, an adorable tote bag, and bud vases guests could trim, fill, and arrange themselves--or with a little help from the experts.
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