When planning a wedding shower the first step is to come up with a theme.  The theme is the backbone of your party and it can be as traditional or as creative as you want it to be.  However, remember that your bridal shower is in honor of the bride to be, therefore a theme that shows her personal style.  Here are some ideas on how to your brides shower personable and memorable!

Her favorite movie: 

Use her favorite movie as a guide to your wedding shower theme.  Gone with the Wind is a fun theme.  Have everyone dress up in hoop skirts and spiral curls with ribbons.  Serve southern home cooking and have everyone talk in southern accents. 

How about the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s theme?  The colors would be tiffany blue, white, and silver and you can give Tiffany’s inspired favors to all the guests.  Instruct your guests to wear their little black dress and have long strand pearls and long satin gloves for your guests to dress up in.  Remember to have a tiara handy for the bride to wear. (more…)

Looking to plan a totally unique bridal shower to commemorate your friend’s upcoming nuptials?  Here is the second part of how to pan a bridal shower that is personable, unique, and very memorable.  Here are a few more things you need to consider when budget planning:

Decorations:  The next step to planning a unique bridal shower is to translate your ideas into your decorations.  Depending on your venue you may need very little decorations; however the way you decorate is what is really going to bring the theme to life.  For example if you are doing a “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” theme you could adorn the tables with diamond shaped tea light candles and diamond shaped paper weights (found at any online bridal favor store).  (more…)

When you are first planning a unique bridal shower it can be a bit overwhelming.  Therefore the first step is to get organized and create a chronological list of everything you need to create the perfect bridal shower. 

To start you will want to compile a list of unique bridal shower themes.  These can be simple or extravagant, traditional or unconventional, whimsical or elegant.  It can really be as creative as you want to make it, however remember that it should reflect the brides sense of style and personality.  Some examples of bridal shower themes can be based off of their favorite movie or TV show, beach them, western theme, Victorian theme, or whatever you want it to be. (more…)