A wedding shower should meet the bride's needs, but keep the guests entertained.
For a wedding shower, choose a theme that will help the hostess and be fun for the guests. A theme serves as the focus for decorations and activities, and also provides the guests with guidance in choosing gifts. As you plan a shower, consider what will be useful to the bride as she embarks on a new life with her husband, but also keep in mind that everyone wants to have fun. Does this Spark an idea?
Travel Shower
For a bride who travels for work or who plans to tour the world with her groom, a travel shower can provide the items she will need on the road. Use decorations that speak to the bride's favorite places, like a photo garland of famous European cities or centerpieces using miniature sculptures of Mayan pyramids. Guests can bring gifts of travel accessories: worldwide adapter kits, travel steamers, guidebooks and gift certificates for audiobook downloads are all welcome additions to the frequent traveler's suitcase.
Potluck Shower
If the bride-to-be is interested in cooking or if she needs to stock her kitchen, have a potluck shower. With each invitation, send out a blank recipe card and instruct guests to bring a dish in a new serving dish. The dish then becomes the gift, and guests can enjoy each others' culinary concoctions during the shower. Ask each guest to write the recipe on the blank card and put together in a commemorative recipe book for the bride and groom. This type of shower is particularly effective if you do not have a large party budget.
Yoga Shower
When you are throwing a shower for a bride who is experiencing the stress of planning a large wedding, use a relaxing yoga and spa theme. Hold the party in a yoga studio or spa, and have guests bring gifts designed to make the bride's life easier. Hire a yoga teacher to teach a class of calming positions and breathing exercises and have staff on hand to do massages, facials, hot rock treatments and soothing body wraps. The bride will be thrilled at the chance to relax and unwind before the ceremony, and she can learn poses she can do with her husband.
Scrapbook Shower
Help the bride and groom start their lives together by throwing a scrapbooking shower that they can remember forever. Stock up on a blank scrapbook, glue, craft paper and small scrapbook ornaments. During the party, each guest can make several pages that relate to the wedding, the couple's relationship and the future. After the shower, the bride and groom will have a full book to commemorate the special time in her life, and each guest will be able to show off her individual artistic talents. For gifts, ask guests to bring items to make capturing moments easier: digital cameras, photo paper for the printer, decorative picture frames or gift certificates for one-hour photo centers.
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