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baby shower
So my sister in law is having a baby in July and me and my husband brother's wife and her mom would like to throw her a shower. Because it is during wedding season we wanted some ideas on where we should have a shower and do you think it's to early to plan a baby shower now?
ps i have never done this before
Re: baby shower
Most showers I have been to or thrown were in someone's home. I did have a shower in a tea room and one in a historic home. Other options would be clubhouses or a restaurant with a private room. This would depend on your budget and the amount of people.
I don't think it's too early to start. First thing I'd do is figure out a budget and an approximate number of people. Other things to think about now would be the tone of the party- girly high tea or a couples backyard BBQ. This will depend on the mom and the budget so you might ask the mom-to-be what she had in mind. Also consider if the mom has to travel. I'd shoot for weeks 30-34 for her shower. She won't be too big and it will giver her time to get ready for baby.
The mom is really girly, we don't want to spend more then 300 per person so that would be 900 toatl for food,games gifts etc......at the most I would like to keep it about 500 or 600
my mother in law is the only one with house all of the other girls who are throwing it have apts. and when then had her wedding shower there was about 40 to 50 people.
Well I asked the mother to be what she wanted and she wants to help plan it, but i didn't think the shouldn't help,
she wants in the mid of June, and wants it inside and then a patio where people could go outside if they wanted.
Unless the mom-to-be intends to help pay for this she should not have anything to do with planning aside from supplying the guest list and date. That is really rude of her to even suggest it.
I have a huge family with a lot of women which = a ton of wedding/baby showers. The showers are often in pizza place restaurants that have private rooms (they are usually by far the most reasonably priced). They usually offer buffets where you can select a menu of pastas, chicken, salads, etc. These are nice cause you dont have to do setup/cleanup and your costs are the restaurant tab, a cake, favors and a few game gifts. You usually dont even have to do a whole lot of decorating.
Also I've been to some at the local community club house where you'd pay a flat fee to rent the room and bring in all your own food/drink. You can go to the towns near you websites to see if they have any rentals available.
You say you and the SIL live in apts? Do either of your apt complexs have a clubhouse available for rent? Those can often be very nice.
Wow, that's an impressive budget...and a pretty specific request for location. If you don't know somebody with that sort of place I'd ask around your local board and your local friends to see what they suggest.
From there set a theme or a color scheme. Sounds like she would like a more traditional girls only shower with all of the little touches. A tea room might be the sort of place or set up a location for a high tea.
did you say you don't want to spend more than 300 per person...I don't think that's right, but 3.00 doesn't sound right either, neither does 30...what the heck were you tryi...
oh wait, 300 per person throwing the shower
I feel much better now thank you