Wedding Bridal Shower Invitation

I'm hosting a bridal shower for step daughter. I'm not sure how to word the invitation. Her wedding was in March. Her husband was deployed to Iraq two days after the wedding. Because of his pending deployment we didn't have time for showers or a big wedding. He will be home in January and we would like to have the shower before they truly begin their new life together. Any help with etiqutte would be greatly appreciated.

Etiquette is to make life easier, not harder. While it is more usual for showers to come before a marriage or birth, even High Etiquette recognizes that when there are extraordinary circumstances, such as fighting a war, common sense is better than blind adherance to abstract rules. Instead of worrying about creating an invitation that forces a round peg into a square hole, send informal notes. Just buy a few boxes of inexpensive but attractive note cards and dash off a few handwritten lines to each prospective guest.

Dear Virg & Mary,
Have you heard that David finally returns home from Iraq in January? I'm so happy for Lynn and Dave that I'm planning a party for them, a sort of wedding party, welcome home, and house warming all in one. I'm asking everyone to bring some sort of gift for the couple, since there wasn't time to give a shower before the wedding. Please ring me up at 555.877.1212 and let me know if you'll be coming.
Yours truly, Julia

I know that handwriting 40 or more invitations sounds like a daunting task, but divide it up into smaller chunks, like writing 5 invitations on your lunch break, 5 after work, 5 after supper, and so on and you'll be surprised at how quickly and easily you can do it.

HINTS: When people call, casually mention "Of course they won't be opening gifts during the party, so send something seperately if it's more convenient for you." That way people who have already given a substantial wedding gift will know that there will be no embarrassment attached to giving only a modest second gift. It will also signal to your guests that they may have gifts delivered directly to the couple without the bother of gift wrapping.

2008-10-20 17:23:08 by cinged_wings

zomg I'm so excited

The difference is one is for the wedding, and one is for the bridal shower. Two points to anyone who can guess which is which!

2007-08-19 05:51:45 by Fedy

My wedding is May 30th and my bridal shower is April 18th (no, I'm not throwing myself one). I was planning on sending the wedding invitations in early March, so when should the shower invitations be sent?
I am NOT sending out my own shower invitations. The person throwing my shower is, but wanted to know whether or not they should be sent before or after the wedding invitations.

if u can stand the pressure, send them the morning u get married.

2008-12-22 06:37:09 by calhoun53009

Price: $25.99 $16.20

Box is 6 1/8 by 3 1/2 by 4 5/8-Inch
Recipe cards are sent with invitation to guests and guests bring filled out cards with favorite to the shower to create a one-of-a-kind gift for the bride
Black and white Damask design Recipe Box Invitation Set

I am using an invitation with snowflakes as design. I dont want to relate the wording to any holiday. I would like to use a cute little poem or something nice. Any help will be appreciated.

-Oh the weather outside is frightful
-but if you join it will be delightful.
-So while we show our love does grow
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

-and all the while we want you to be there
-Oh friends and family fair,
-because we're going to be wed
-and all will be done and said.

The fire is slowly dying,
And, my dear, we're still good-bying,
But as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

2008-09-10 11:39:26 by PrettyBright

We are having a bridal shower for a friend, and it is pretty casual and quirky...should the invitation reflect that? Or just because it is related to a wedding should the invitations automatically be very formal and classy and elegant?

Yes, they tend to be less formal than wedding invitations.

They should reflect your shower event.
So if it is an Afternoon Tea Shower at a fancy place - Have fancy invitations to reflect that.

Fun and Quickly - Colorful, creative and fun. Your invite should provide and expectation of what the event might be like and how someone should dress.

Just make the event special and a good time, in the end no one will remember the invitation more than the event.

And if you need games to match check out this list be bridal shower games.
http://www.partygameideas.com/bridal-sho wer/games-list.php

2008-07-10 04:54:02 by dianah