Kitchen Shower Invitation

I need help writing a Kitchen Shower invitation-Something

* a bit funny
*with some mention of different foods and
* a request to fill out the enclosed recipe card-nothing that demands guests bring a kitchen themed gift-just asking for lovely ladies to come and bring a recipe.
*rhyming would be great, but not necessary

I'm stumped...

Please help!

I now have a kitchen, you're invited to see.
There's spices and gadgets, but what do they do?
Please help with recipes on the card sent to you.
One for your favorite unusual dish would help me,
We'll share what the gadgets and spices can do.
I hope you can make it,
The party would be so much better with you.

2009-05-13 05:47:10 by edenthothly666

Host a kitchen bridal shower by having everyone help cook a meal at a cooking class or inviting everyone to bring their favorite recipe. Use a ...

I did this and said something like Some people have asked so here is what to bring, It is a sexy and domestic party. So Barbeque Tongs and Lancey String Thongs are accepted.

Good luck

2009-03-17 14:28:07 by qtqte

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This darling die cut onesie is perfect for your next baby shower.
Includes 12 write-in invitations and mailing envelopes.
Send these cute and adorable cards to celebrate the mom-to-be's baby shower.

I found the invite in a blank envelope on my kitchen counter this morning. It was not addressed so I believe it must have been sent over with one of my kids from my neighbor sometime yesterday since I was home all day and no one came by.

If it asks for an RSVP then you should let them know whether or not you'll be there. If not, then don't worry about it. Go if you can and want to go or don't go if you can't or don't want to. If you feel the need to give a gift for the new baby, do it whenever it's convenient for you. You really aren't obligated to do anything unless there is an RSVP on the invitation.

2009-06-05 05:56:03 by Marilyn

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Box is 6 1/8 by 3 1/2 by 4 5/8-Inch
Black and white Damask design Recipe Box Invitation Set
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I need help writing a Kitchen Shower invitation-Something

* a bit funny
*with some mention of different foods and
* a request to fill out the enclosed recipe card-nothing that demands guests bring a kitchen themed gift-just asking for lovely ladies to come and bring a recipe.
*rhyming would be great, but not necessary

I'm stumped...

Please help!

You are cordially invited to the christening of my new kitchen.
I am hoping to fill my new recipe box with all of your favorite dishes. if you could please bring it along with you on the enclosed card it would mean so much to me. (oh and my new kitchen too can't wait to prepare it)

have fun.

2009-05-14 05:57:58 by edenthothly666

Sunday, my daughter and I hosted a Bridal Shower for my niece. I mailed 20 invitations to individuals. No where on the invitation or envelope did I list "and family". All invitations were addressed to a single person. No one called to ask if it would be alright to bring children.

At 2:00 Sunday afternoon, the guests started to arrive. The first child to arrive uninvited was my youngest brother's daughter (my niece), age 9. She was with the mother of the bride, her aunt. The second child to arrive was the mother of the groom's youngest child, her daughter age 8. The third and fourth children to arrive were my great nieces from my husband's family, they arrived with my mother in law, they are age 5 and 9.

Before all the guests had arrived, my mother in law cut into the cake, and prepared plates for herself and my great nieces. They sat in the kitchen and ate while the rest of the guests mingled, introduced themselves to each other and visited. My great nieces made several trips back to the refreshment table for fruit, punch, cheese and crackers and the very expensive macadamia nuts that were a "treat". While they were getting their food, they fingered all of the fruit kabobs, trying to get the ones loaded with fruit they liked. My mother in law sat and watched, laughing at them the entire time, not once telling them to leave the food alone. I tried to guide them away from the table, but that only worked if I stayed right there, which was impossible to do and greet guests.

When it came time to have refreshments, everyone declined. Can't say I blame them, but it was a tremendous disappointment since I had worked so hard to prepare special things that represented my niece's honeymoon destination -- Hawaii.

The mother of the groom's daughter took over the punch bowl. She hovered over it the entire two hours of the shower, playing with the ladle, scooping punch and pouring it into the punch bowl, over and over.

The only child who behaved was my youngest brother's daughter. She sat with the other guests, visited and even played some of the shower games. She was a delight.

At the end I had planned to hand out favors, I didn't have enough for all the guests and children. I had only prepared enough for the invited guests.

I have hosted bridal showers in the past for friend's daughters and sons who got married, and I have never encountered this type of problem. Is it just me, or were these guests extremely bold to bring children without even consulting the hostesses?

I am hosting another bridal shower next month for my nephew's fiancee (husband's side of the family). Any suggestions on how to avoid this debacle and communicate effectively that children are not invited? If I don't, I imagine even more children will arrive at this one, and hate to see an entire table of food that I work so hard to prepare be wasted.

What a shame that your guests would be so rude as to bring their children along without even asking if it was all right with you? Let's forget that they're children for a second and focus on the fact that they are additional people- and additional people means the hostess needs to have additional food and favors. Like you said, you ran short because you weren't expecting them to bring the kids along. That's not very nice- especially if you had a set budget for this party.

Also, I think it's terrible that they just sat there and let their kids behave so badly at an adult event. Imagine just sitting there and laughing at a bunch of unruly kids touching every single piece of fruit, etc. If I had been a guest at your shower, I would have avoided taking any fruit for myself after seeing their grubby little hands all over it. Anyway, I'm really sorry that happened to you.

Unfortunately, I don't know if there's any way to avoid this from happening again at your nephew's fiancee's shower, since I assume many of the same guests will be invited, and since you didn't really say anything about them bringing their kids along this time (after all, what could you say?) they'll probably just take it for granted that the kids are welcome next time too. It's considered poor etiquette to specifically say "Adults only" or "no children allowed" on the invitations, not to mention it might start World War 3 if you deny their little darlings an invitation. So my suggestion is to just have a bunch of kid-friendly snacks and activities on hand, and maybe see if you can recruit a neighborhood teenager or a teenage or adult family member to babysit for the shower, keeping the kids out of the party area. Showers are probably really boring for small kids anyway- if they have their own stuff to do and their own snacks to eat, they won't bother the grown-ups.

2008-08-12 07:14:58 by tracy