Yes, we had a shower. A bridal shower, to be exact. My dear granddaughter, Sara, was getting married. What fun it was to celebrate with her!
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This was the first really big event we held in our home since we renovated. The new dining-room and widened kitchen easily accommodates more guests and, since I was currently not employed, I had lots of time to put into hosting a nice party. The wedding was scheduled for March so we picked a February date for the shower and made it a Valentine’s Day theme.
First on the agenda: invite guests. Sara and her mother gave me a list and I took it from there. Though plenty of bridal shower invitations are available in stores or online, I decided that I would rather make them myself. That way I could apply the money I saved by making the invitations on other parts of the event.
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| Front of the Invitation |
The backside of the invitation included date, time, location, etc.
It would have been nice to have super-software like Photoshop to design it, but that was not the case. So, I designed the invitation using Microsoft Word and adjusted, adjusted, adjusted.
The greatest challenge I ran into was getting everything centered so that we could get four, two-sided invitations on a sheet of card stock Plus, I was using text blocks to hold the heart-shaped images. Getting them to stay in place was interesting …a battle that I won, I am happy to report.
Bridal Shower Invitation DIY To-Do List
Design the invites
Create address labels
Purchase: Clear address labels
Postage Stamps (red heart stamps!)
We asked the guests to bring their favorite recipe for Sara. I inserted blank cards in with the invitation for them to use. I bought pink and orange index cards for them to write on and decorated them with a glittery red heart sticker to make them look festive. Now, this is something you can purchase to make them even nicer. Amazon has a number of awesome recipe cards you will love.
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Front of invitation with recipe card inserts.
Printing the invitations with a really crisp print was very important to me. Inkjet printers just don’t do that. So, I took the design on my flash-drive to Staples and had them print and cut them for me. They looked great!
Have you ever hosted a bridal shower?
Love to get your wisdom on it.
What worked? What not-so-much?
Tell us in the comments!
Love to get your wisdom on it.
What worked? What not-so-much?
Tell us in the comments!
Wondering what food to serve at your party? Our guests loved the Pretty Party Punch, Italian Tossed Salad wth field greens, two kinds of quiche and cake for dessert.
Enjoy!
Great idea to include recipe cards. Most of us don’t enter into marriage with a box of dinner ideas, or at least I didn’t! Visiting from Happiness Is Homemade party.