Bridal Shower question

Sassy: I need budget ideas...flowers + fiestaware pitcher is very cute but too much dinero

Someday: Great site. I found a bunch of photos that I putting here to look back on later:

Not doing the chocolate thing but this is a cute idea if I did:



I dont know if the place I pick will have chairs like this but I might do this for her chair with a coordinator fabric:



Cute menu and bow

Not for this but another cute menu:



If I could find ornaments for cheap enough (and figure how they got these to all stick together like this)



cute and cheap napkin ring idea

Stef, wait until after Christmas and then you can get the ornaments on the CHEAP! The Fortunoff Christmas store would probably have plenty...and there's a Christmas store in Port Jeff, too!

I'd be worried that some of these ideas would make the bridal shower fancier than the wedding...

Im sure I can not afford fortuneoffs christmas store even post christmas..i would need hundreds of these balls..so im looking of bulk purchasing. If I were doing red and green, Im sure I woudl have no problem...but im thinking pink...so could be a problem.


Im not worried about making the shower fancier than the wedding...im sure it wont be the case anyway. I would rather her shower be too nice than not nice enough. Obviously these photos are of weddings ... so it wouldnt be quite that fancy..im jsut getting ideas.

Would you like me to check the Christmas store in Port Jeff for you? I'd be happy to help!

Also, Bronner's might have some post-Christmas specials....they often have off season sales where you can purchase an ornament for pennies on the dollar! And, if you're buying in bullk, maybe they'll be able to give you a better price!

Ok, I know you are honing (sp?) in on a theme here, but since everyone is being so creative, I thought I would throw in an idea we tossed around for my MOH's shower.

a 'high-tea' shower with all the appropriate trimmings. I was going to go to a Japanese grocery store and get those really cheap tea cups and put a specialty tea bag in each one as a favor.

Tea:Three popular categories of tea are Black, Green, and Oolong; within each of these categories there are many varieties.



Food - The food served at tea is generally light snacks and desserts - basically, anything that can be held in between the finger and thumb.

ie:
Tea sandwiches

Use day-old, thinly-sliced, square white loaves. Cut off the crusts and butter the bread sparingly, using soft butter so the slices don't break. Add a modest amount of filling, and no more; two tablespoons per slice of any of the fillings below is sufficient. Spread the filling, add any garnish, and place another slice on top. Using a long, sharp knife, make an X-cut to get four smaller triangular sandwiches. Add a couple of long toothpicks to help stabilize while you are cutting. Place the cut sandwiches on a serving platter, and cover with a damp napkin. Refrigerate for at least four hours.

FILLINGS: Mix up a small batch of three of four of your favorite sandwich fillings. You can use a curried egg salad (the usual mayo & eggs but add 1/2 teaspoon of curry powder,) tuna salad with lots of celery, deviled ham with some extra mayo, scrimp salad, etc. Try to pick out flavors that will taste well together. Some popular combos are:

Anchovy butter and Greek olives: combine 1 ounce of anchovy fillets, 2 tablespoons of butter, and a pinch of black pepper in a small food-processor. Spread very thinly on the bread, and add a layer of finely-sliced pitted greek olives on top.


Boiled chicken and ham: Thinly sliced, with mustard.


Avocado slices: with dijon mustard dressing and chives.


Tomato slices with basil


And, of course…cucumber


Anyway - just a thought.....

LOL....oh yeah...kinda forgot about that!