Ashley - Memphis, Tennessee
Wine & Entertaining
The shower features a wine tasting (done by a great friend, who happens to be a wine snob) and gifts were in the "Entertaining" theme, such as serving pieces, barware, etc; that the happy couple will use for entertaining guests in their home. We served fruits & cheeses with the wine and went with Italian food for dinner. We also chose a "signature" cocktail to feature that night and gave everyone a recipe card for the cocktail to add to their collection. Additionally, guests received monogrammed cookies as favors.
Cheri O - Worthville, Pennsylvania
Baskets
This is a variation on the "Balloon Wishes" activity I've seen mentioned before.
Instead of waiting until the day of the shower to ask the guests to write down a wish for the bride and groom, then taking the time to insert these into balloons and then making everyone wait while all the balloons were filled with helium, here's what I did: I sent out the Prayer/Wish papers with the invitations, asking people to write down a prayer/ wish for the couple, and then asked them to bring it with them to the shower (I had extra paper on hand the day of the shower in case someone forgot to bring their wish with them). I pre-filled the balloons with helium and attached curling ribbon and used them to decorate the room. Toward the end of the shower, I asked each guest to stand up and read their prayer aloud.
Once everyone had done so (and had dried their tears, and the bride's!), I simply used a punch to make a hole in the corner of the prayer, and I handed each guest one of the pre-filled balloons. Everyone had their prayer tied onto the ribbon on the balloon within a matter of a minute or so, then we went outside to send our "prayers" to the Heavens. Nearly everyone stayed outside, watching the balloons float up and away until they couldn't be seen. And nearly everyone was misty-eyed again! This was a huge hit :)
Michelle L - Rosemead, California
Victorian
Sexy and stylish.
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