Wedding Wednesday

My hosts put together a great shower for me last weekend, but it was their special touch that was my favorite. With the invitation they sent out a recipe for each guest to fill out and bring to me on the day of the shower.

I had six hosts, four of them aunts, and I wanted to give them all a very special thank you gift. My mom's family has had hard year, and with the passing of my very Italian Grandfather, who loved to cook, I was so excited when I got a great tip on a thank you gift.

Christin had been tweeting about a gift she gave her shower host's and I knew I had to do the same.

There are vendors on Etsy who will take a handwritten recipe and melt it into a dishwasher safe dish of your choice.

We chose a very simple, but all time favorite recipe of my Papa's and had six decorative plates made.

I worked with Beth Martin at Etsy to create these dishes and she was brilliant to work with. The plates were affordable and special, and even made a few of my hostesses cry - a gift giving WIN in my book!

 

I was honestly more excited about giving these gifts than receiving any of the items off my registry. I love that these plates will be a reminder of my grandfather and that he gets to be included in my wedding in this special way.