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I need bridal shower ideas
I'm hosting a shower for my sister, and I need some ideas as I've never done this before. Probably we are having it at my mom's house and it will be me, my mom and her best friend hosting. I have no idea what to do. Here are some things about my sister:
not very "girly" in the traditional sense of the word
not very "traditional"; doesn't like all the cheesy games, whatever
Likes: chocolate, drinking, video games, sushi, Qdoba (lol), animals
I really want the "feeling" of the shower to be fun, casual, relaxed, etc. But still feel special.
Give me your ideas!
Re: I need bridal shower ideas
First, I would talk to your sister to see what her expectations are. She might surprise you.
Normal, I would suggest having a budget, but if you have never done this before, it may be tough.
Then I would search a few blogs/google to get some inspiration like this one:
http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/02/11/the-%e2%80%9cperfect-pair%e2%80%9d-bridal-shower/
http://www.swankytablesblog.com/search/label/Wedding%20Shower
http://www.hostesswiththemostess.com/themes/
After that, I would look at the budget and look at the ideas I had and put them into play.
On a side note, I hate shower games too. When my sister threw my shower, she made a slide show of my dh and I. It was fun and a bit different.
GL!
Do you have anything in mind? I think a chocolate party in the evening would be fun....chocolate fountain, chocolate martinis, dessert wine, coffee bar, lots of little miniature chocolate desserts.
Thanks for all the ideas! There will be about 25-30 people. I really like the chocolate idea...that could be really fun and I know she'd love it. her friend also had the idea of doing an ice cream sundae bar.
Although the wine one sounds fantastic to me, she's not really a big wine drinker, more into beer or mixed drinks.
also like the slideshow idea, those are always cute.
After talking to her, she said some games are okay as long as they are not "ridiculous". She likes the 'couples trivia' type games...so I might try something like that...
Your sister sounds a lot like mine, and we had to get creative with her shower too. The first thing to do is come up with some type of cohesive theme. We ended up doing just a color theme (orange, coral, and yellow) and held it in a beautiful (and thankfully undecorated by them) Italian restaurant. We made simple runners for the tables, covered long, low cardboard boxes in a paper with a geometric print and then stuffed them with carnations. For the games, we did a couple things.
First, her friends bought her a small (as in less than 3 feet tall) plant, and everybody hung wishes on it like paper ornaments. Then we had a "dressing for the honeymoon" game where she was blindfolded and had to put on a bunch of different items from a lei necklace to ridiculously oversized sunglasses to a tutu. It was really fun because she was such a good sport.
But the best game was the couple's trivia. Her fiance came at the end of the shower to help with gifts and after the gifts she and he were seated back to back and each given white boards. Then her friend would ask questions, one at a time, and each person would write down what they thought the answer was and then show everybody - it was hilarious!
A lot of people don't like traditional games, and that's completely fine, just make sure that there's something for people to do, even if it's just a cornhole game and a make-your-own-cupcake bar. Good luck, I'm sure you'll do great! Let me know if you still want more help and I'd be happy to make up a prep list for you (I'm working on becoming an event planner)!