Bridal Shower Ideas
A friend recently told me about a shower she hosted for her sister. Since her sister has a well-established household, she was not needing the usual cheese graters and tea kettles. But she still wanted to host a get-together for her sister and close friends and relatives. So, they decided to throw a (surprise) shower and requested that the guests bring a gift centered around a favorite food recipe. Each person was supposed to bring that recipe, and the dry ingredients to make this dish. Some gave a casserole dish, baking pan or pretty kitchen towels along with their gift.
You may want to assign categories to evenly distribute the types of recipes that are brought. This bride loved the gifts, but ended up with a lot of dessert recipes and ingredients. She may have to host several parties to try out all her dessert recipes.
Another shower twist is to center around an alternate theme such as a home-improvements, outdoor barbeque, beach, gardening, lingerie, or holidays (that the couple will celebrate together).
A shower could be all about pampering. Have a spa party complete with a manicurist and a masseuse. Take turns getting your nails done, and having a wonderful back massage.
Another idea for the bride and groom who have everything they need is to host a charity shower. This could be in the form of donating the money that would have been spent on a shower gift to a favorite charity or cause of the couple. You could ask each guest to bring appropriate gifts for a local women’s shelter or other local worthy cause.
The bridal shower should be about getting together with friends and family and having fun before the big wedding day arrives. The gifts should be thoughtful, useful and welcomed by the bride and groom.