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Bridal Shower Invitations for bridal shower success

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Bridal showers is a tradition that has come down the years and it is a party where female friends and family of the bride give the bride gifts The bridal shower is normally hosted by the maid of honor and she has the honor of sending out bridal shower invitations. It is not unusual for the bridesmaids or the female members of the brides family to host and send the bridal shower invitations today. Bridal shower invitations are sent for luncheon parties and night on the town parties. The invitation must have the maiden name of the bride and in some invitations information of the man she is to marry is also given. Invitations without the date time and location of the party will result in party chaos. Bridal shower invitations should be sent because they inform and instruct the guests about the details of the bridal shower party.

The tradition of Bridal Showers

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Bridal Showers are gift giving parties. The origin of Bridal showers were in Europe where poor families were helped to make a dowry for their daughters by friends and relatives who brought gifts to a bridal shower. The modern bridal shower has become a North American tradition.

The maid of honor gives a party where all female friends and relatives are invited to give gifts to the bride. Some bridal showers are held a week before the wedding and others about two days before the wedding to make it convenient for guests who are attending from far away. All who are invited for the wedding are generally invited for the bridal shower. Themed bridal showers have become the order of the day to make gift giving easy and to add a certain uniqueness to the party. Bridal showers are regarded as happy preludes to a wonderful wedding day. Bridal shower invitations.

The skinny on bridal shower invitations

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Bridal shower invitations can be the hardest part of planning a wedding. I recall the fiasco regarding whom to include on the invitation list. It’s difficult because you have different tiers of people in your life to include. For example, there are certain people who you must invite no matter what, like your best friend and your sister. And then, there are people whom you definitely want to invite, but whom aren’t quite as critical, for example, your work friends. A bit further down on the list are those people that you wonder whether you should be inviting or not. For example, the big controversy when I was handling bridal shower invitations was whether or not to invite the cousins. My family has tons and tons of cousins, and everyone knows that once you invite one cousin, you have to invite them all.

Needless to say, I got through sending out my bridal shower invitations, which ended up being the first stage for me to planning a successful wedding. Including and excluding people from your list can seem like a daunting task at first, but people will understand, especially if you’re on a tight budget.