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Book Reviews Tradition says the bride's family should not host a shower, but when the wedding will take place in the town where the bride's parents live and no one else in the wedding party is local, common sense should prevail so the ladies from both families can join together to honor the bride. I used most of these ideas for our daughter's wedding. Many of them were complete surprises to her, and that made them even more fun. Always, PS Joint showers honoring the bride and groom together are very popular. Most of these ideas will work very well when the groom and his friends and relatives are part of the festivities.
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Recipe Shower by Mail Nancy and I think she invented this long distance, but inexpensive way to preserve family traditions for our sister, Peggy, back in 1988 when Peg and her fiancé, Dennis, were living in Arlington, TX and Nancy, in OKC, was the nearest relative on either side. Family members who couldn't travel to the wedding became an important part of the celebration by sending special recipes that Peggy continues to treasure. You have to start early, but this makes a wonderful surprise for the bride and groom.
The bride and groom will have a diverse, hand-written cooking tutorial from everyone in their lives at the time they were married.
Autographed Dish Towel Purchase a cotton dishtowel that coordinates with the décor of the bride-to-be, making certain there is plenty of blank, undecorated space in the middle of the towel. (Matching hot mitts or potholders are optional for additional gifts.) At the bridal shower, have a flat surface available for guests to sign their congratulations on the towel with a permanent marking pen. The bride may never actually use the dishtowel, but it will add to the memories in her hope chest.
Shower Cake This is a variation on a Victorian practice. Purchase small, assorted tin or plastic charms from a craft store, tie them with colored ribbons and insert between the layers of the shower cake as it is being decorated, letting the ends of the ribbons show. The hostess announces that one particular charm will win a door prize, and each guest gently pulls out a charm. Charms representing special events add to the fun.
Gift Presentation These days many showers are thematic. Instead of a gift box, why not place your present/presents in a laundry basket, a small decorative trashcan, a magazine rack, etc? Of course, your unusual container is a part of your gift.
Bride Doll Centerpiece Use an old bride doll as a centerpiece for the shower table with a note attached explaining the origin. The theme is certainly right, and it will be the talk of the party. click on the photo to enlarge it
Good Advice It’s usual that most guests at a shower don’t know one another. This is a simple, sometimes serious, sometimes silly way for people to mingle. Beginning with the guest who has been married the longest and then the newer marrieds and then those who are single, the guests give advice to the bride containing a main word beginning with the letter of their first name. Example: Guest name is Jane Marie. Advice: Don’t go to bed in flannel “jammies” too often. Drink orange “juice” every morning. Don’t “jump” to conclusions.
Wedding Cake Creations Give each guest a sheet of plain white 81/2” x 11” paper. Tell them they have thirty seconds to tear the paper into the shape of a wedding cake with their eyes closed. No peeking. Have them write their names on the back. Then present the cakes to the bride who chooses her favorite. The winner gets a door prize.
Pin Prize Prior to the shower, make a favor such as a small decorated hat, umbrella or flower to pin on the bodice of each guest. Once the shower begins, anyone saying a pre-chosen special word, such as “wedding” or “bride” or “groom," loses her pin to the first one to hear the word. The guest with the most pins at the end of the shower gets a prize.
Mini-Scavenger Hunt Make a list of possible items found in a woman’s purse. Pass out copies to your guests. Give them three minutes to find as many things as possible. The one with the most wins a prize.
Decorate the Happy Couple Furnish the guests with craft supplies such as crepe paper, tissue paper, toilet paper, fabric odds and ends, lace, markers, poster board, whatever. Let the guests take part in a trial run of dressing the bride and/or groom (in separate rooms) for the big day with a set time limit.
Wedding Gown Race Divide the guests into teams of no more than four persons. Issue several rolls of toilet tissue to each group along with a roll of transparent tape. At your signal, each group chooses one person to be the bride and constructs a wedding gown. After a set amount of time, the gowns are modeled and the real bride chooses the winning team.
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