Bridal shower ideas?

Any good ideas for a bridal shower? Who is paying for most things? I hear that lately the briade's Mom helps alot. I know I am.

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AprilMIL, my mom and FMIL organized and paid for the majority of my bridal shower. BM's offered money, but my mom did not feel comfortable taking it from them. Instead, she let them plan the games and take care of the decorations.

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Dear Oct. That is what I am doing also. I am paying for the food and favors. We plan on having it at The George Washington Manor in Roslyn during President's week. The staff dresses in colonial outfits that week. For favors we are giving out 8 in. cherry pies. Get it. George cut down the cherry tree. Bridesmaids are helping with other stuff.

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That sounds very cute.

I think traditionally, the mom didn't make the shower because it looked like she was asking for more gifts for her daughter, but I think now it doesn't matter. Whoever wants to do it can do it, its basically expected anyway!

Good luck with your planning! It sounds like you already have it all together!

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My mother and bridal party split the cost of the shower and everybody cooked something too (they threw it at my mom's house). And here are some really cute ideas that they did:

They sent out index cards with all the invitations and a little note telling everybody to fill out the cards with their favorite recipes to get me started! A lot of people brought their cards back with them to the shower-it was a nice idea!

Another thing they did was a bingo game and they gave everybody a blank piece of paper with a bingo board drawn on it and everybody had to fill in the boxes with what they thought I'd get. And, like bingo, the first person wins a prize. My shower did multiple prizes, so the first 5 people or so who got bingo won something little, like a picture frame or flower pot or something.

And my favorite was the sex game! Again on an index card for each person, my bridal party wrote: I hate _________(and in the blank you have to fill in a household chore you hate doing) because ________(and in this blank you give the reason why you hate that particular chore).
Then I got all the cards that people wrote and had to read them all out loud and replace the chore with the word 'sex'. For example, my favorite came from my 9-year old niece-to-be, She wrote, 'I hate taking out the garbage because.....' and when I read it back, I said 'I hate sex because it smells and I have to pause my video game'! How cute is that! (nothing like having kids at a bridal shower LOL!)

Mine was the first bridal shower I've ever been to and I went to my girlfriend's shower a couple weeks after mine and found that she told her mother what was done at my shower and they copied all the games, it was a blast! And my mother was so proud!

Hope this helps. It really made the shower fun and more interactive than just sitting around and opening gifts. Good luck planning!

Jacki

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hi aprilmil---i was just checking out the new board and i read this post---i just wanted to ask you if sasha96 knows about her shower/date/favors---if she doesn't--i would erase your post so that she doesn't see it and ruins the suprise!!

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Hi 2003 Yes she knows. We will probably do a picture opt with guests as they come in with a polaroid instant picture camera, put them in an album and have people write words of wisdom for a happy marriage next to their picture. But thanks for thinking of me. PS we have a deal she won't read in laws page and I won't read brides page.

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One more suggestion. My Mom and MOH threw my shower for me. One of the things my Mom put into the wishing well was a set of Thank You cards - with the envelopes already addressed and stamped!! All I had to do was write the notes. It was such a great idea! Saved me the time and stress....

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Although etiquette dictates that a non-family member host a bridal shower my Mom and stepmom threw mine for me. With the expense of showers it was too much to ask my friends to do and I totally agree. The Bridemaids were in charge of favors, their gift(s), the wishing well and invites. Everything else my Moms did. My FMIL did not contribute to the shower, but she was also not asked to and had no guests since her family lives in Canada.
Hope this helps.

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I just had mine this past weekend. My mom paid for everything. Other familiy members, bridal party and in-laws offered money but from what I heard my mom did not accept. The BM's all helped decorate and organize with my mom.

I have been in several bridal parties and have never really paid for the affair. Sometimes just favors, or decorations or games and stuff. I hear that is uncommon...maybe it is just an NYC thing. We always just gave a really nice bridal party gift.

I posted some pictures of some cute and thoughtful gifts and decorations I had at my shower on the Brides board.

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Thanks everyone, I feel better. In the 'olden' days the bridal party pretty much did everything. But I agree with todays costs and now everyone having it out not in the home, it can cost alot. I am glad I am paying for most of it, that way I get what I know Sasha will like. She is a vegetarian and I don't know if the other girls would want a shower all vege. I did my shopping and found out that George Wash. Manor can do a lovely vege affair. Our three choices for lunch are, egg plant parmig., pasta primavera with fresh veges., or a portabello mushroom tower. Sounds good to me.

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I went to a shower at GWM and it was very nice. the food was great.

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I too went to a shower there (ooh wait I actually was one of the hosts) It was a great time, they treated us great, very attentive and the food was awesome!