By Mi-Ling Stone Poole – Planning a wedding shower can be costly and nerve-racking for the maid of honor.\u00a0 It’s not uncommon for bridal showers to cost hundreds\u00a0even thousands of dollars.\u00a0 But in this economy you don’t have to spend a fortune to create a wonderful experience for the\u00a0bride and her guests, if you use a little\u00a0imagination.<\/p>\n
Here are a few things you need to consider\u00a0before you begin: <\/strong><\/p>\n Your budget –<\/strong> include the cost of the invitations, food, drinks, flowers, a cake or\u00a0cupcakes\u00a0and\u00a0decorations.\u00a0\u00a0You can save money buy making the food and creating your own cost-saving decorations.<\/p>\n The event location<\/strong> – If you hold the shower at a\u00a0home you will save money on rental fees.\u00a0Speak with the homeowner prior to the day of\u00a0 the event and\u00a0ask if you can rearrange or move anything to accomodate the guests.\u00a0 When planning a shower be flexible on shower dates since oftentimes, the brides’s family will travel to attend.<\/p>\n It’s\u00a0a bit more challenging when you\u2019re planning a wedding or a shower\u00a0held in a home, especially\u00a0when you need\u00a0to accommodate a large number of guests while staying true to the colors and personality of the bride.\u00a0 Keep in mind that nobody wants their home turned upside down when hosting an event.\u00a0This shower was held at the bride’s sister’s home.<\/p>\n Another issue is arranging the furniture to accommodate, in this case over 50 friends of the bride, Lilah Rastakhiz,\u00a0which will allow them to move through the space and enjoy the festivities without having any major traffic issues. You might need to remove a couch and rent folding\u00a0 chairs and tables.<\/p>\n One of my favorite things to do when designing a space for someone is to incorporate their photographs, special treasures and family history into the event. Anyone can go to a party store and order table clothes and candelabras but taking the time to personalize an event will leave a lasting impression on the honoree.<\/p>\n Here are a few tips I used for Lilah\u2019s wedding shower.<\/strong><\/p>\n Create a show stopper that will become a photo opportunity. I chose a wire dress form and used my old wedding slip and beautiful shimmering fabric along with crystal pins, ribbon and a white and crystal flower to enhance the waist line.\u00a0 It took only minutes to put together. I used a flower purse to mimic a hat.<\/p>\n Purple and green tulle and ribbons draped the staircase. I used flower petals, a wrought iron pedestal and a number of decorative boxes placed around the house, and filled with flowers and party favors to incorporate all of the colors without competing with the homeowner\u2019s d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n The food, invitations and drinks were all a part of the experience and were a group effort with the other moms of the bridesmaids.<\/p>\n To create a special surprise for the bride I secretly pulled a few of her favorite photos off her\u00a0Facebook page and embellished them with phrases and then framed\u00a0and put them on display for everyone to see..<\/p>\n Share your tips on planning a wedding shower!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Mi-Ling Stone Poole – Planning a wedding shower can be costly and nerve-racking for the maid of honor.\u00a0 It’s not uncommon for bridal showers …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,137,148,304,373,441],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-mi-ling","tag-bridal","tag-dress","tag-edmond","tag-party","tag-shower","tag-wedding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lilah-with-wedding-decorweb1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}