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martha Subletter |
posted 11-02-2003 08:19 PM
  
Help! I need to plan a shower for a friend..but have been to so many boring ones, don't want to sit around and watch the bride open gifts and smile nicely...ugh. Anyone have ideas for things to do during the shower or gift themes etc. to make it fun for people attending?! Thanks!! IP: Logged |
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lduds Housemate |
posted 11-03-2003 03:40 AM
I threw a bridal shower a few monthes ago and did the watch the bride open gift thing, but actually, I think most people there wanted to watch. Anyway, we played pin the kiss on the groom and I thought it was pretty funny. I got a picture of the groom enlarged it on the computer and made a poster and wrote "Pin the Kisses on _____!" I made the bride's mother play!! There's tons of cheesy games on shower web sites, but hopefully someone here can come up with some less banal activities. IP: Logged |
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meggo Housemate |
posted 11-03-2003 06:24 AM
Well - I had two bridal showers last year & in general - my friends & I are against the typical shower activities. For one of them - my sister did this whole Peter & the Wolf theme (his name is Pete, my last name is Wolf). She had a little story of "how we met" in the invites - totally cute. Then she had a "name the famous Peter's" game - and she had a little trivia game about us. It was cute because there were a ton of people there who didn't know one or the other of us (my distant cousins didn't know him etc.) Another shower had the activity of painting some wine glasses for us. Everyone painted a glass or two (depending on people) and the hostess baked them or whatever to set the paint. Now I have 12 wine glasses that are all completely different - but completely personalized too - so it's really nice. IP: Logged |
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minxx Housemate |
posted 11-03-2003 08:22 AM
My friend just recently threw a shower for another friend. We played a cute game that lasted the whole shower. She gave us clothes pins and we wore 2 of them to start. Then, if anyone said "wedding" or the grooms name, the person that caught who said it first, got their pin. Whoever had the most at the end, got a little gift. IP: Logged |
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meggo Housemate |
posted 11-03-2003 08:30 AM
I've done the clothespin thing at baby showers (they give you a toy pacifier on a string). There is always some crazy lady that no one knows eavesdropping on our conversations & trying to get us to say the taboo word. It's fun - but not if there a crazy lady who is SO competitive you just don't even want to open your mouth around her! IP: Logged |
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LazyGoddess Housemate |
posted 11-04-2003 03:12 PM
There is a thread here some where about this...where I'm not sure. IP: Logged |
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yeefan Head of the House |
posted 11-06-2003 10:02 AM
Here are some other bridal shower threads: http://www.digsmagazine.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000254.html Have you considered doing a co-ed shower? The best bridal showers I've been to have had both the bride and groom there -- the games at these kinds of showers are generally more fun, I think. Some of my favorites have been PDA bingo (used for a particularly affectionate pair of friends who were getting married -- the bride and groom to be got normal bingo cards with boring things to check off, while everyone else got cards that had stuff like "bride plays with groom's chest hair" and " "nibbling ear") and guys-versus-girls family feud, where the guests had to answer questions about the couple. IP: Logged |
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giamaria Housemate |
posted 12-19-2003 02:25 PM
Ok, I have a unique situation that I need some feedback on: I am being asked to help throw a wedding shower (couples) for a friend who is going to be married this spring. Here's the situation: There will only be 25 people at the actual wedding. The people that the bride wants to invite to this shower will not be invited to the wedding. The wedding will be mostly out-of-town family with the exception of another couple and me & my date. Does this strike anyone as weird? Would you be offended to be invited to the shower but not the wedding & reception? I am wondering if it should be more of a post-wedding reception thing as opposed to a shower for this reason. I'd love some feedback. I am in a weird place with this one, dealing with a woman I hardly know on the planning and she's out of town. help? Thanks in advance! [This message has been edited by giamaria (edited 12-19-2003).] IP: Logged |
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giamaria Housemate |
posted 12-23-2003 10:21 AM
any thoughts? 
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lesliele Housemate |
posted 12-23-2003 11:58 AM
Okay, here's my thoughts: WTF?!?!  I don't agree with having a bridal shower and inviting people that aren't invited to the wedding. I agree with your idea of having it AFTER the wedding-- it just makes more sense! Have they moved in together yet? If they haven't, maybe it could be more of a "housewarming" type thing, rather than a bridal shower. Even if it IS couples, I really feel that it's inappropriate to invite people to a traditionally "gift-giving" or whatever occasion. I mean, isn't part of the purpose of a bridal shower to allow people to get to know one another before the big day? Overall, unless everyone invited to this shower is very open-minded and the wedding is taking place in like, Bermuda or something, I think they are going to be insulted. I would be!! Oh, and I hope this post didn't come off as being mean or anything! I'm just kinda flabberghasted that someone would do something like this. An old co-worker of mine did the same thing... she invited copius amounts of people to her shower, SPECIFICALLY so she could fill her registry (she told everyone so) and then didn't invite them to the wedding or reception, because she didn't want to pay for their meals. (Oh, and then she and her fiance' broke up 3 months before the wedding and she KEPT THE GIFTS!!!) Ahem. Anyway, I think maybe what these people need to do is have a sort of "luncheon" or whatever post wedding and they can celebrate with their friends then. IP: Logged |
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giamaria Housemate |
posted 12-29-2003 07:19 AM
THANK YOU! My sentiments exactly. I am still sussing out the situation and my approach is still TBA b.c of that...the first person I asked (a bride to be) saw no problem with it, so I thought perhaps I was being too sensitive about it. So far everyone else I have talked to has felt it's a bad idea. IP: Logged |
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fresheggs Housemate |
posted 12-29-2003 08:50 AM
How about having a Jack & Jill/Buck & Doe instead of a Bridal Shower for the couple? They wouldn't recieve gifts, but would get the profits from the the evening. IP: Logged |
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giamaria Housemate |
posted 12-30-2003 11:29 AM
quote: What is that? I'm not familiar.... IP: Logged |
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silvermoon1984 Housemate |
posted 01-12-2004 01:19 PM
Giamaria & Lesliele I agree with you 100%. That definitely gives off the impression that your friend is inviting people she doesn't care about to the shower for the gifts and her REAL family & friends to the wedding. I would just try to tell her that as politely as possible, and suggest throwing a post-wedding reception somewhere...just a big party, with a dj, and a buffet. Doesn't have to be expensive. Perhaps then she shouldn't register also??? That may appear tacky as well. I'm sure people will arrive with gifts and money anyway. IP: Logged |
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GracieLaRue Housemate |
posted 01-13-2004 09:44 AM
Meggo!!! My now ex-boyfriends name is Peter and my last name is Wolf as well! Man! For a moment there I thought I wrote that post in a delusional state brought on by post-breakup chocolate bingeing. How strange is that?! IP: Logged |
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meggo Housemate |
posted 01-13-2004 10:53 AM
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GracieLaRue Housemate |
posted 01-16-2004 10:22 AM
not trying to completely Hijack the thread but yes... it's always "No...no, sorry no "E", just Wolf, like the animal. No, not like Virginia, just , yup, that's it...wolf." And to compound my frustrations, my first name matches that of a celeb with a very illustrious life and distinctive name... Aaaa! I have to repeat my name forty times a day for people that like to laugh at it. IP: Logged |
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geckogurl Housesitter |
posted 01-26-2005 07:03 PM
Aieeeeee!!! My sister's wedding shower is only two and a half weeks away. The matron of honor and I (maid of honor) had planned on making truffles as the favors, but my sister just decided to do truffles as her wedding favor, so we need a substitute gift idea muy pronto! The shower is right around Valentines Day, and the theme is very romantic; pinks and browns and lots of yummy chocolate desserts. Does anyone have ideas for favors that might fit into this? I was so gung-ho over the truffles, my mind is completely drawing a blank! Digsters, I need you! IP: Logged |
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kmarie Housesitter |
posted 01-26-2005 07:31 PM
Gecko - I just did a HUGE lush order. It takes awhile to ship, but what about bath bombs for all? (alternatively, you could make them, I know there's a thread around here somewhere w/ instructions). IP: Logged |
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geckogurl Housesitter |
posted 01-26-2005 07:47 PM
Inspiration! What do you think of chocolate sugar scrubs? How would I make them smell chocolatey? Hmmm.... Must go research! Thanks kmarie! IP: Logged |
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quarkiegirl Housemate |
posted 01-26-2005 11:28 PM
how about scented votive candles or tealights? y@nkee has lots of coffee/desserty scents that are pretty yummy. IP: Logged |
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sneakers Housesitter |
posted 01-27-2005 09:53 AM
I know I've seen chocolate scented oils somewhere, maybe one of those lotion shops where they give you unscented lotion and you add your own amount of scents to make it unique? That sounds yummy! ETA: Ah ha! This is just one site, there's a lot more on Google. [This message has been edited by sneakers (edited 01-27-2005).] IP: Logged |
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geckogurl Housesitter |
posted 01-29-2005 06:52 AM
Thanks sneakers!!! IP: Logged |
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crowjoy Housemate |
posted 01-29-2005 07:03 AM
For Christmas I made bath kits and put herbs in little bags to make tea. The most popular have been the cocoa butter ones. I used cinnamon, a dash of red pepper and cocoa butter shavings. You sew up the bag (and could use whatever thin-ish fabric matches your theme) and then they just hang them under the hot water... the cocoa butter melts and oooh, choco-bath! IP: Logged |
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squirrel Housemate |
posted 01-29-2005 07:05 AM
Kind of off topic, but if you are invited to the wedding shower and the wedding, are you expected to bring a gift to both? ETA: in reference to the earlier post, I was invited to a wedding shower but not the girl's wedding, but it didn't bother me at all. I didn't even think that the only reason I was invited was for the gift. IP: Logged |
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