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Today I'm going to teach you how to plan, host, and execute a fantastic bridal shower
and there's a few key things that I want to review with you as far as bridal etiquette
goes. Some things you want to remember to do. One thing you want to do is get with your
bride and find out if she has an idea for a theme if you wanted to be a bridal shower
that just for home goods, you can really figure out what kind of presents people are going
to bring and it's going to help you with your decor. Also, you'll want to know who the bridal
shower is thrown by and typically that's the maid of honor. If the maid of honor is not
available to throw the bridal shower, then the mother of the bride or a bride's maid,
a close family member. You can work down the list that way but typically it is thrown by
the maid of honor. Also, you want to remember, you want to plan the bridal shower two to
four weeks before the wedding. Get with the bride and make sure it's not going to conflict
with anything else she has going on and plan well enough in advance so you can get the
invitations out two to three weeks before the bridal shower. So you would want to allow
yourself almost a total of seven weeks. Four weeks out from the wedding to have the date
of bridal shower set and then three weeks prior to that send out your invitations that
way everybody is going to know where to go. Also, you want to know how long the bridal
shower is going to be. Typically, it ranges from two to three hours and with that, you're
going to want to time line. You want to plan out enough time for host and guest to mingle
as well as open presents. If you're going to have food to eat and to play some games,
so those are all good things you want to give yourself a time line and make sure you have
enough time to fill up that two to three hours space. If it's going to roam long, you want
to make sure that everybody is still going to be able to stay for that amount of time
because typically people will have other engagements for that day. Also, when you're conducting
an event of that length of two to three hours, think about refreshments. What time of day
are you going to have the bridal shower? If you're going to do it afternoon, things that
are typical to provide punch, sodas, water and you can have finger foods which is always
a hit at a bridal shower. You probably don't want to plan a full meal. So things like finger
sandwiches, vegetable trays, cheese trays, things that are easily accessible and not
very messy always a good idea and once you have the number of RSVPs, you're going to
want to plan enough food to keep everybody sustain for you two to three hours for your
bridal shower. So those are all key things to remember. Also with your invitations, you
going to want to let them know whose throwing it, where it would be thrown, how long it's
going to be, what time it's going to start, where the bride is registered, and then also
let the typical duration of it's going to be. Give them your name and number so they
can respond with any questions as well. As long as you have those key basic points down,
you're going to throw a great bridal shower for your bride to be.