Bridal Shower Themes

             Thinking up fun bridal
shower themes can be one
of the best parts of being the
hostess for a bridal shower. 
These are some themes that
can be a big hit with guests:

• Wine and Cheese Tasting
  Shower – This is perfect
  for the bride who is a wine
  connoisseur and can be
  an elegant afternoon or
  early evening affair with
  all kinds of labeled wines
  and cheeses for guests to
  sample.  Each guest can
  bring along a bottle of
  premier wine to stock the
  bride’s wine cellar.  Other
  gifts can be expensive slabs of cheeses, fancy and engraved wine goblets, cloth napkins, and a wine rack.
• Shower of Alphabets – If you’re planning on having a large guest list of more than 26 people, you can slip an alphabet into each invitation and ask the guest to bring a gift that begins with that letter.  The shower games can also involves letters of the alphabet.  This might be a great theme for a teacher, secretary or someone who does a lot of writing.
• Couples Home Improvement Shower – This is one of the most fun bridal shower themes that can even include the guys, and is perfect for a couple who is buying a home together. 

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• Guests can bring gifts to improve the home – manual and power tools, gift certificates for Home Depot, and home improvement and decorating books.
• Bed and Breakfast Shower – This can be a fun early morning shower with breakfast served to guests.  Gifts can be either for the bedroom or the kitchen.
• Christmas Ornament Shower – This is a beautiful theme for a winter wedding.  Each guest can bring an ornament for the bride and groom’s first Christmas tree.
• Whole House Shower – For the bride and groom who need everything!  Assign each guest to bring a gift from a particular room of the house, so that the new couple will have a good list of stuff to start life with.
• Stock the Pantry Shower – For the bride-to-be who is also a busy working woman.  Have each guest bring a recipe along with the ingredients needed to make it. They could also bring a pan, pot or bowl that the dish will be cooked in.

Bridal shower themes can make it easier for a hostess to plan a shower because it gives her a base to work everything else around.  The theme can help her choose the invitations, the menu of what will be eaten, and even give the guests some ideas of the type of gifts to bring.