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Party Ideas for Bridal Showers

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No bridal shower is complete without a cute or whimsical theme. But don’t worry we’ve got you covered. Here are some of the most popular ideas for your bridal shower.

10. Tea Party Bridal Shower

No is the perfect time for you to get out the hat you just had to have after you saw how great Pippa Middleton looked in the same one. Tea party showers are an elegant but at the same time fun form of the bridal shower.

9. Rustic Bridal Shower

It doesn’t matter if you’re a SoCal girl at heart there is always a time and a place for you to go a little bit country and all western. Rustic bridal showers are one of them.

8. Downton Abby Bridal Shower

This vintage style bridal shower lets you engage your guests with an ere of charm and sophistication. Don’t worry about the price, you don’t need to break out the caviar for a true Victorian themed shower. You just need to give the illusion that will allow your guests to slip into the roles.

7. Couples/Wedding Shower

One of the more popular options for women that don’t enjoy bridal showers is to host a couples shower. These wedding showers allow the couple to enjoy the sensation of being celebrated by their family and friends. There are a number of different ways you can approach the party.

In general however they are a standard bridal shower with a coed group of guests.

6. BBQ Bridal Shower

While not necessarily a couples shower options, the BBQ shower is a popular choice when you want to engage both your female and male guests.

No matter if you are going to be hosting a traditional ladies only shower or if the guys get to have some fun too a BBQ bridal shower is a great options.

5. Sports Bridal Shower

Some girls just love their sports. It doesn’t matter if it is football, baseball, or basketball they get a rush of excitement watching their team win. Of course this is another great options for those of you who think that a couples wedding shower is the way to go.

4. Bachelorette/Bridal Shower

A bachelorette party with or without the guise of a bridal shower is another popular option that more and more women are celebrating today.

Just because it sounds naughty a bachelorette party doesn’t have to be. The bachelorette bridal shower can range from tame to daring, but the level of excitement that you choose for your party is entirely up to you.

3. Purple Bridal Shower

True this is a color, but it is also one of the most popular colors for bridal showers this year. Every year there are different popular choices and this year you will see a lot of decorations and favors going in the purple direction.

One of the main reasons for the popularity is due to the many different shades that you can choose for the shower.

2. Karaoke Bridal Shower

Does the bride love to sing? Then you will see how fun a karaoke themed bridal shower can be.

Of course the number of participants that you will have for the singing portion depends on how many of them enjoy it as well. This is a fun option if you aren’t planning a big shower. Smaller bridal shower parties will be able to find a suitable karaoke bar.

1. Nautical Bridal Shower

The nautical bridal shower is the top hit when it comes to the most popular bridal shower ideas this year. And there is little reason to wonder why. The nautical theme ties a lot of the different aspects of some of the other themes together and makes something completely unique out of them.

If you like to keep up with the trends then you might enjoy hosting a nautical shower for the bride.

Those are just a small sample of some of the ideas you can organize.

When you find a style see what you can do to make it better, make it more personal, and turn it into something that are happy with.

The Broke-Ass Bride’s Wedding Guide Paperback by Dana LaRue

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Published December 17, 2013

Find it on: Good Reads and Amazon

For budget brides, including fans of TheBrokeAssBride.com, this is a definitive guide to saving money and making every dollar count during wedding planning, from the engagement party to the big day, without sacrificing style or personality.

Brides-to-be, do you dream of rocking a wedding full of personality, pizzazz, and style, without compromising your dreams or kissing your budget goodbye? Well, bust out your happy dance because today is your lucky day…you’re holding the key in your newly-betrothed hands!

In the pages of this witty guide, Dana LaRue, creator of thebrokeassbride.com, shares hundreds of tips and anecdotes for getting the most bang for your buck, celebrating your personality as a couple, and making wedding planning fun. She includes:

  • The top 14 money-saving rules for choosing your location, dress, menu, and music—and most important of all, enjoying the day
  • Engagement party and rehearsal dinner ideas that won’t break the bank
  • 4 tips for finding your dream theme
  • Sample budget breakdowns ($1,000; $5,000; $10,000; $15,000; and beyond) showing where couples saved and splurged
  • Her very own road-tested advice for becoming a negotiation ninja
  • 7 ways to keep your booze budget under control
  • DIY décor projects and recipes you can make without risking a bridezilla meltdown
  • Online planning shortcuts, tools to find savings, and helpful websites for organization and style inspiration

This book includes really lovely illustrations from Astrid Mueller which compliment the clever and witty text from LaRue.

For the sake of disclosure I am not receiving payment for listing the book or when you purchase it from one of the links.

A Checklist or Two

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Testing, testing, do you hear me?

It is good to check things before you give them a go. And having a checklist for the bridal shower will ensure that you are prepared for the coming months.

This bridal shower checklist gives you a good start to start making the perpetrations you’ll need for the festivities.

Here are a few more that you can use to help plan the different intricacies of your shower.

How to Go from Soul Mates to Roommates in 10 Easy Steps by Caroline Madden

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A Humorous Tongue-In-Cheek Guide to a Happy Marriage

Published September 19, 2014

Find it on: Good Reads and Amazon

Don’t just plan your wedding. Plan your marriage & the rest of your lives together. this is a great bridal shower gift or a gift for the newlyweds.

How to Go from Soul Mates to Roommates in 10 Easy Steps is a tongue-in-cheek guide to keeping the spark alive!

Do you want to ruin a perfectly good relationship?

Do you want to drive your spouse into a lover’s arms? OR

Do you want to keep the spark in your marriage and avoid divorce?

Newlyweds & “old” married couples alike can learn:

  • Why most date nights fail
  • What Sex means to Men…it isn’t what you are thinking!
  • Tips for the Stay at Home Spouse
  • How to keep physical intimacy alive
  • Why every day criticism leaves your partner feeling unloved

Learn great ways to connect as a couple, spending quality time together, keeping a sense of humor that can actually help you get through tough times!

The author, Caroline Madden, is a marriage therapist who specializes in couples struggling with infidelity. Learn from a professional who knows how and why good relationships turn bad. Her style is direct and straightforward, using humor to relay her marriage advice. Humorous suggestions and serious relationship tips about keeping your marriage alive.

For the sake of disclosure I am not receiving payment for listing the book or when you purchase it from one of the links.

The Master Bridal Shower Planning Guide by Alice Robinson

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Tips To Organize The Perfect Bridal Shower

Find it on: Good Reads

Often organizing a bridal shower is quite hard to do, especially if it is close friend party. This book is everything you need to organize the perfect bridal shower. You will find the answer to all the question that you have when you throw a bridal shower.

By reading the book you will miss no details and everyone will be happy. Everyone has certain problems when organizing Often organizing a bridal shower is quite hard to do, especially if it is close friend party. This book is everything you need to organize the perfect bridal shower. You will find the answer to all the question that you have when you throw a bridal shower.

By reading the book you will miss no details and everyone will be happy. Everyone has certain problems when organizing such a party:

  • who will be invited;
  • what invitations do you need;
  • choosing the location;
  • what kind of food should be ordered;
  • witch are the perfect games;
  • who pays for such an event.

The book provides answers to each of these problems.

Here are some topics from the Table of Contents:

  • Bridal Shower Planning Protocols from Start to Finish
  • Eight Important Basics to Planning a Bridal Shower
  • Planning a Bridal Shower Brunch
  • Timetable for a Bridal Shower: When to Plan and What Time to Party? Who’s The Host? Proper Bridal Shower Protocols for Hosting the Event
  • Who Pays the Way: Bridal Shower Etiquette Revisited
  • How to Plan a Bridal Shower for a Second Marriage
  • How to Host a Bridal Shower in an Office Setting
  • Eight Places Perfect for a Bridal Shower Event
  • Defining Responsibilities – Bridal Shower Guidelines You Need to Know
  • Defining the Bride’s Role in the Bridal Shower
  • Catering the Bridal Shower Yourself – Ten Easy Tips to Stay Sane
  • A Bounty of Bridal Showers – Can You Have More Than One?
  • Bridal Shower Attire – What Are You Going to Wear?
  • Can Kids Come? Laying the Ground Rules before the Shower Event

For the sake of disclosure I am not receiving payment for listing the book, or when you purchase it from one of the links.

Bridal Showers 101

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Wow, you’re in for it now. At least that might be what you are thinking. At least if the idea of hosting (and everything that that entails) sounds like a lot of work to you. But in reality it is as easy or as difficult as you make it.

This is going to be an introduction to the whole thing. A 101 of planning a that will give you a first look at what a bridal shower entails, and what you can do to plan for a successful bridal shower.

What I would like to do with this post is to give you some ideas. A couple of firm footholds that will allow you to progress to the next steps on your way to an imaginative bridal shower celebration.

We’ll start small, just like the lady that is writing this, and from that we will think big. And when it is all said and done you will have something that resembles the ideas you had in the beginning.

Like with all good things starting small isn’t a negative it is very much a positive.

Here are three points to keep in mind as you go:

  • keep the guest of honor in mind, plan around her tastes and schedule;
  • dream big but the scale in proportion to your abilities;
  • and be willing to adapt. If evolution has taught us anything, it is, those that can adapt make it across the finish line.

A bridal shower is an evolution of different steps to reach an end, a finish line, that being a memorable day that was rewarding to all that were involved.