Bridal Shower Invitation

My best friend and I recently threw a wedding shower for a college friend. To be original, we decided to make our own wedding shower invitations. We considered ourselves pretty creative people. We got lots of practice sewing and bedazzling things on the cheap, since we were in a sorority. We took that confidence and started off on our adventure to make the perfect wedding shower invitations. To help all those who follow our footsteps, we decided to write up a summary of our lessons learned.

Make sure the bride is okay with giving you full creative license with the wedding shower invitations and the shower. I do not mean that you have to spill the beans on your idea and ruin the surprise. But some brides have very definite ideas of what their showers and weddings will be like. It is my belief that women like that would probably never agree to hand over the planning reins to someone else other than themselves in the first place. You can move onto the design phase if you already know the bride is cool with you doing whatever you want.

There are a million different designs for wedding shower invitations, so I am not going to babble on about what you can make. They should probably relate to your theme in some way, but do not have to. If a more traditional shower is planned, then just make wedding shower invitations that are fun, groovy, gorgeous or memorable (or all four).

Now, listen closely, because this next paragraph is what is most important. Make sure you go over the message on your wedding shower invitations with a fine tooth comb. I like to have a person who has not been knee deep in the invitation making factory take a look at it. I have seen lots of tips that say your invitations should be written in proper British English. I do not think that is totally necessary, unless you are inviting the Queen. Quality check everything, so that there are no grammatical errors or misspellings. It is essential that the invitation recipients have the right date and time for the soiree. Verify the location name and the address. If the address is confusing, include directions. Make sure to tell people to reply as to whether they will be able to attend or not. Some people assume you do not need to RSVP if you are not going to attend. Conversely, there are plenty of people that assume you know they are coming unless they tell you no. This makes planning difficult. Now, there will always be a couple people who show up unexpectedly or cannot make it at the last minute. But, by making it explicit on the wedding shower invitations, you increase your odds of a good headcount tremendously. Having a clear RSVP statement, however, will give you a better chance with planning. If it is a coed party, make sure there is something in the invitation about that too. Lastly, if you are hosting a themed party, make sure your guests know what to wear or bring. “Come dressed as your favorite rock star from the 80s and bring a bottle of wine to stock the cellar.”

Bridal shower invitations are sent out traditionally by the maid or matron of honor and the bridal shower is held so that guests can give gifts to the bride before the wedding ceremony. Bridal shower invitations are sent by the mother of the bride, close relatives or a close friend of the bride and also hosted by them nowadays.

Bridal shower parties sometimes have a theme that should be stated on the bridal shower invitation so that the guest can come prepared for the party. There are many popular themes for a bridal shower party and bridal shower invitations should be worded to suit the theme. A well known bridal shower theme is a recipe bridal shower where guests are requested to give the bride their favorite recipe and bridal shower invitation cards with tear away recipe sections should be sent.

Some guests who are unable to attend, send the recipe portion with the bridal shower invitation response card. No presents bridal shower invitations are also given for brides who prefer that guests give a donation to her favorite charity or not for profit institution. The theme of the party should be stated in the bridal shower invitation but it is important to include is the name of the bride, the address, the venue, time and date of the party.

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