Throwing the perfect bridal shower is very important and it is the first step on the journey to the marriage ceremony. However, friends, family and bridesmaids might be out of inspiration if they’ve never thrown one before, and feel stressed out over the whole deal. In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to do in order to throw a lively bridal shower that will keep everyone engaged.

Custom Treats
Treats are vital to a bridal shower. You can go with something traditional, and everything will be fine. But if you want to give your bridal shower a little oomph, custom treats are the way to go. Find out what the bride’s favourite treats are and combine them with fun shapes and colours in order to create a perfect thematic fit. You can go with lipstick cookies, heart shaped doughnuts, or a rose-shaped cake. Just make sure you know a good baker.

Girly Piñata and Party Poppers
Everyone loves gifts and surprises. You can get a custom-shaped piñata and fill it with either candy or cosmetic products (that won’t break when the piñata is smashed). The piñata can be DIY if you like. Just look up one of the many tutorials online. Party poppers work on the same principle. Fill them with mascara, lipstick and other beauty items to make sure that they’re a hit.

The Bar
While candy and gifts are great appetisers, the true fun part of a bridal shower is the bar. You can get creative here. For example, you can set up a DIY mimosa bar, where everyone can have their choice of a wide range of ingredients. If you want to take it up a notch, you can hire a bartender, who specialises in cocktails.

A Personalised Gift from the Guests
A gift with a personal touch is always a great keepsake. Get all the guests together and you can create a simple gift where everyone leaves a personalised message on a board for example. You could even take it a step further and add photographs to the board.

The Little Touches
This is where your attention to detail comes in; the more personal you make the bridal shower, the more of a success it will be. Little things such as a chalkboard countdown sign and engagement ring drink labels will spice up the bridal shower and make it memorable.  When it comes to bridal shower games, creating a set of cards to spread around, with ten questions about the bride and groom can bring a lot of fun to the party. There’s also the piñata, the mimosas, and the custom candy, so there will be a lot of fun to go around.

A bridal shower is as lively as you make it, and the more thought you put into setting up the entertainment, the more fun you will get out of it. Make your sure get the most creative people involved in the organising, and you’ll have a blast.

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First things first: the save-the-date card is not your wedding invitation. In general, the save-the-dates are followed by the formal wedding invitations closer to the wedding. Save-the-dates should ideally be sent 6-7 months before your wedding day: this gives wedding guest – especially out-of-towners – to make necessary arrangements to clear their calendars and make the necessary arrangements to be present at your big day.

A save-the-date card is the perfect way to announce your upcoming nuptials, and the best part: you can let your imagination take free rein while sending these out. Here are five unique ideas for save-the-dates:

Printed Bookmarks:
From letter-pressed to embossed letters, surrounded by ornate or gilded borders around the edges, there’s a plethora of ideas that you can use for this idea. You can also use this to portray common interests: for example, if you and your fiancé are both avid readers, use the theme of a favourite novel/book/author that you both love as a theme for the bookmark.

Confetti Poppers:
Display your fun-loving side to your prospective guests by tucking your save-the-dates inside confetti-filled tubes. The curiosity that will beset them when they receive it, and the surprise they’ll receive when they pop it open could be well worth the effort of meticulously putting together your poppers.

Hand-painted Cards
Put a simple, yet personal touch on your save-the-dates with cards that are decorated with a few swirls of paint. You don’t need to be an artistic hand while pulling this off. The simplicity of the idea lends itself to a few hours of old-fashioned fun as you put them together. Remember making your first birthday invitations as a child? Recreate that joy by indulging in creating these cards.

Relationship Timeline 
Tell your invitees the story of your relationship on your cards, indicating special dates of your relationship – the day you met, the day you went out on your first date, the day he proposed, and finally, your wedding date. There are so many ways to go about this: from single cards with flowchart-like diagrams of the timeline or tiny booklets with each page dedicated to a significant event.

Photographic Save-the-dates
The simplest of ideas, but it’s one that allows for a LOT of creativity. From a simple photograph as a backdrop for the save-the-date text to putting together a collage, there’s no limit to the ways you can use this idea.

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Source : TheWeddingMart.SG