Stress Free Bridal Shower Invitations
Bridal shower invitations set the tone for your friend’s bridal shower. You want them to be perfect for your friend, and with a party to plan, you want to finish them quickly and easily. Before you spend money or valuable time on picking out invitations, take a moment to review the best and most efficient way to choose and send invitations to your friend’s bridal shower.
First, select the best design for the bridal shower invitations. The easiest way to do this is to go online (do you really want to trek from store to store and flip through disorganized sample books?) and search by color scheme, theme, or style for a card that will match the party’s theme. You may even be able to find your friend’s wedding invitations online and match the bridal shower invitations to the wedding invitations, saving you the trouble of choosing a new design.
After you have a design, the next step is to create the wording. The template will probably already include the usual information, like the bride’s name, the party location, time, and date, and the RSVP number and email address, but remember to use the extra lines to add details like whether the shower is a surprise, what the bridal shower’s theme is, where the bride is registered, whether the party is formal or casual, the bridal shower host’s name, and the URL of the bridal shower web page. Resist the urge to get cute with the wording. It’s too easy to write a groaner.
Choose coordinating envelopes, envelope seals, and other details. Choosing to have the return address preprinted on the envelopes will spare you the step of printing and sticking return labels as well as address labels. When your invitation package is complete, choose how quickly you want the invitations shipped to you. Because losing invitations in the mail is always a worry, whether or not you go with an online store, ordering invitations sooner rather than later is always preferable. If the party plans are in flux, rather than waiting until the last minute to buy invitations, consider sending out invitations earlier and putting up a web page for the party with the most up to date information.
When you finish, hit the “order complete” button and get ready to see your cards in the mail shortly. Most online stores print bridal shower invitations extremely quickly, so you can often have your invitations within the week. Put the invitations together, print and apply the address labels, and drop the finished invitations in the mailbox. That’s all there is to it! Now you can move on to the best part of the planning, and get ready to throw a splendid bridal shower.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
And of course, there are gifts to be opened. Depending on the budget, the affair may be a grand one or a low key event. It is a chance for the maid of honor to make it a memorable evening of unbridled creativity.
Before the invitations can go out, the organizers need to agree on the mood of the party, who will be invited, where it will be held and so on and so forth. Flowers need to be ordered, music has to be chosen and favors selected and that by no means is an easy task.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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December 24th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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January 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Have your guests make an appetizer. Your guests vote on the best one via secret ballot (so no one will leave with hurt feelings). Feature the winning creation at the wedding reception and name it after your friend.
Send out the bridal shower invitations and let your guests eat, drink and be merry. There are so many themes for a bridal shower that let your guests offer something other than a purchased gift.
January 16th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
A good number of other guests who will be sent shower invitations may not know the first thing about being pregnant or bringing a baby home. You have now given them an excuse to buy something adorably printed with little doggies from Baby Gap.
I came up with an idea that was well received by my friends. I sent out shower invitations for a “Wisdom and Wives Tales” party. Guests were asked to contribute some kind of baby safety item (outlet protectors, baby gate, baby monitor, etc) and some kind of nursery supply item.
January 25th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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January 28th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
What is the theme of the shower going to be? This will effect your decision on the invitations. Another thing to take into consideration is if you are going to use the theme from the wedding. The theme of the shower and the design of the invitations should go hand and hand when planning the shower. If the shower is a formal event then the best design choice would be fancy elegant invitations. If the shower is casual then the invitations could be bright colors with a fun design.
January 31st, 2009 at 2:51 pm
All the fine details would be taken care of with care and diligence so that you can pay attention to your guests and be the host you always dreamt to be. You can also have an attached wine cum cellar party to make the ceremony much more fun and cheerfull. Ofcourse, which guest would not like food and drinks of good taste in the party?The place will be accordingly and appropriately decorated to suit the kind of ceremony you want. There will not be any concern for you with regards to the organization of the ceremony. Everything will be taken care of and managed off in a unique way by the bridal shower invitations.
February 13th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
For avoiding expenses and huge costs on bridal shower invitations, the emphasis is given on the simplicity of the event. Nowadays, bridal shower invitations are based on complex themes and special games are also organized for such events. Most of the communities consider that maid of honor should be responsible for organizing bridal showers. In some communities bridal shower invitations are given to the relatives and friends of both the families.
Before four to six weeks of wedding bridal showers are organized and relatives and friends of the bride buy the gift at least one month before the wedding, so that in the case of the spontaneous invitation they may give the gift.
February 15th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Don’t be afraid to ask the designer for samples of bridal shower invitations that they have done for other clients in the past. If they are not able to provide any such samples, you will probably be better off looking elsewhere.
If you are less than confident in your ability to design bridal shower invitations yourself, you might want to consider looking into using calligraphy or stencils. Calligraphy is definitely not a skill that everyone has, so stencils may just be a lifesaver of that is the case. Stencils can give you the professional look that is so important when designing bridal shower invitations.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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