Wedding Shower Idea

Choosing a Wedding Shower Idea to Fit Your Celebration

It can be difficult to settle on a wedding shower idea that will be fun and suitable to the bride's personality at the same time. Traditionally, the wedding shower was a way to give gifts to the bride to help her and her husband-to-be get started in their new life together. However, today many hostesses have opt to make this prenuptial celebration a bit more inclusive by also inviting the groom and other males to join in the occasion. This may seem to make choosing a wedding shower idea more difficult but there are many ideas which can still make the occasion enjoyable for everyone.

The first thing to do when trying to plan a shower is to spend sometime thinking about the personalities of the bride or the couple. By starting here you can rule out ideas that will not fit their characters and taste. Keeping the personalities in mind will help you choose the appropriate theme. If the bride is conservative, it may be better to throw her a more low-key party. However, if she doesn't mind a bit of drama then something a little naughtier might be just up her ally. Whatever you decide upon ensure it will be something that she or they will enjoy without feeling that the time has been spent suffering through something that makes her or them uncomfortable.

There are a number of popular themes that people use for showers but get creative and depart from the commonplace if you think the bride or couple you're celebrating will enjoy your idea. Of course, some themes will be more appropriate for female-only parties while others can also be used in situations where couples will be involved.

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Wedding shower ideas to help you in your planning...

• The Lingerie Shower: A favorite of many hostess and is quite commonly used since female friends and relatives often enjoy helping the bride increase her collection of erotic outfits for the honeymoon and beyond. This theme is self- explanatory, each guest brings the bride a piece of lingerie as a gift. Serve treats from stores that makes cakes or cookies in the form of things connected to the honeymoon. Choose a game that reflects ideas of the honeymoon such as guess the number of condoms in the jar or the 'Bride has Never'. Tell guests to use their imagination when choosing gifts and depart from the ordinary if doing so won't embarrass the bride too badly.
  

• Must Have Shower: This idea is a great one for a couple's wedding shower or females only shower. Have the guests bring something they consider essential to survival in marriage or something that they believe the bride shouldn't live without instead of indicating a specific theme into which gifts must fit. If guests are creative, this should be a fun shower.

• House Warming: The hostess can choose to indicate a room or number of rooms within the house for which guests will bring gifts. Any room in the house will be fine, for example, the hostess may choose to have guests bring gifts for the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen or living room or any combination of rooms. You may want to check with the couple or the groom if the shower is the bride's surprise to see what is most needed.

• Entertainment: Are the bride and groom into movies, video games, board games, reading or any other type of entertainment? If so then this might be an ideal type of shower for them. Guests can bring books, movies, CDs, games, gift certificates to purchase these items. Start the couple off building a library of entertaining treats. On the other hand, if guests can afford higher ticketed items they don't have to be shy about purchasing DVD players or VCRs and whatever else the couple might need to put together a decent entertainment area. Another alternative to having guests bring individual gifts is to have them make a contribution toward giving the couple a big-ticket item such as an entertainment center or some other gift pertaining to entertainment that all the guests have agreed on. The host of the part may have to come up with a few ideas that people can choose from. The item to be purchased is the one that gets the most votes.

• Executive Shower: This wedding shower idea calls for guests to bring presents that reflect the bride's or the couple's professional life. For example, the guests can bring a briefcase, ties, shirts, suits, whatever they think might be practical for the bride or couple to use at work.

• Travel: Does the bride or couple keep talking about a favorite country they have visited? Is traveling a passion for them? If the bride or couple you're showering simply live for traveling then this could be just the idea you're looking for. A shower is a great time to help them build up their collection of travel items. Some suggestions for gifts include, books about places that couple have traveled together to or would like to travel to, items they may need to travel such as luggage or tickets to some place they have expressed they would like to see.

• Global Affair: At this type of celebration, guests can bring gifts from a country of their own choosing or a country, that the bride has expressed is one of her favorites. A wedding shower idea such as this is broad enough so guests can bring anything from food to household accessories. For example, if the bride likes Spain then one guest could bring a Spanish Wine. If the affair is related to a country of the guests own choosing then they may opt to bring for example, different types of tea from England and spices from the Caribbean that the person can use in preparing some exotic meal.

• Wine Shower: A couple who enjoy savoring the rich essences of different wines may appreciate their friends and families helping them build their collection. Guests don't have to limit their choice of a gift to just wines they can also bring other types of alcoholic beverages. These beverages can make for an interesting collection since some manufactures actually offer them in bottles with unique shapes. Some guests may not want to bring wines or other beverages, they can bring bar accessories.

• Spa Romance: Many women and men like to be pampered and a party like this is a great way to encourage the bride or couple to spoil themselves. All guests give the bride or couple something that reminds them to keep the loving care and romance going even when they are married. Anything that is sexy or soothing can be given. Things such as candles , bubble baths, scented soaps, body sprays and perfumes are well liked by many women. Other things that guests might not think about giving are silk or satin sheets, silk pajamas for the couple, plush his and her robes or a gift certificate for a relaxing day at a spa being pampered together.

Each wedding shower idea presented is simply a suggestion and can be altered to suit the fancy of the bride or couple for whom you're throwing the party. Once you have looked at these ideas you may find it easy to create your own. Think about what the favorite season is for the bride or her favorite color, in what season did the couple meet; these and anything else you can think of can help you prepare the ideal event to celebrate the joining of your friend or relative to her soul mate in their pending marriage.

The location of the party is up to you the hostess. You can have it in someone's home or at a rented location. The thing to remember is that you and others in the wedding party will be covering the cost. The shower doesn't have to be extravagant as long as it suits the bride's taste. I hope these wedding shower ideas helped you.