Bridal showers are a great way for brides-to-be to celebrate their upcoming life commitment with their closest friends and family members. Traditionally, these events are held on weekend afternoons at a chosen venue where lunch or brunch is served for all of the guests. Attending guests for bridal showers are usually expected to bring a gift for the bride-to-be. These gifts can range from household items and jewelry to lingerie and family heirlooms.
The traditional intent of these gifts is to provide the bride with items to help set up their new home. Most bridal showers are hosted by the mother of the bride or the maid of honor. These showers are typically a female-only event and include wedding-themed games. Having a specific theme or unique ideas for the bridal shower can help to set the tone for the entire gathering.
While bridal showers are all about providing gifts for the bride-to-be, that doesn't mean that the guests can't leave with their own surprise. Do-it-yourself bouquets are a great idea as they make the perfect gift for pretty much everyone. Instead of having pre-done-up bouquets to hand out to your guests, consider creating a flower bar. This is simply where you have groups of similar flowers in vases on a bar set up. You can have all of your guests pick out the specific flowers that they like and formulate them into their own unique-looking bouquet.
While making new memories at a bridal shower is always a great experience, bringing in past memories is a way to create a sense of community within the group. Consider gathering up old wedding photos from family members. This will provide a nice display of the wedding styles throughout the past decades. One great aspect of using this bridal shower idea is that it can help to stir up conversations between guests who are just getting to know each other. You can also help to spark inspiration for the bride's wedding planning.
Sweets are always a good idea when it comes to impressing your guests. One unique bridal shower idea is to have a cake decorating class. Each attendee can have a personal size cake in front of them and learn how to decorate it by a professional. Many local bakeries offer private classes where you can hire the baker to teach some basic strategies of designing great-looking cakes. This event will not only be tasty, but it will allow attendees to showcase their own creativity.
It's not uncommon for couples to run out of date night ideas as they spend more and more time together. In fact, most fall back into the same ideas over and over again. One way to help ensure that the bride always has fun date nights with her groom is to create a date night jar. Fill up a Jar full of something special like popsicle sticks. Have each guest that comes through the door fill out their best date night suggestions on one of the popsicle sticks and then have them put it into an empty jar. This will be sure to provide a lot of new date night ideas for the bride-to-be in a fun and unique way.
One of the best ways to learn how to create a successful marriage is to talk to people that have been married a long time. A great bridal shower idea is to ask for words of wisdom from attendees who have been married. You can start this by asking anyone that has been married less than five years for advice. Then, proceed to ask those who have been married 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, or even 50 years what their advice would be. It will be interesting for the guests to see what the advice is from a wife that has been married for a year compared to one that has been married for 50 years.
