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Jumpwith Joy! You’ve been asked to be the Maid of Honour. You deserve to be allthat excited, but along with that get ready for a journey of a lifetime,especially if you’re setting foot into the world of weddings for the firsttime.
WithGreat honour comes a great responsibility as well! Just kidding! Yes! Being aMaid of honour can seem to stress you out, if you don’t even know the basics ofweddings, but that’s where we come in to give you a helping hand and lay downall the Dos and Don’ts to host the most perfect and memorable bridal showerever; for which your best friend will be thanking you for many more years tocome.
Invite Wisely
If you’rethe maid of honour, were pretty sure you might have all the inside details ofwhom the bride gets along and can’t see eye to eye with. Yes! The bride doesn’tneed to be working on her own shower, but consulting her on her own guest list isVVIP. The last thing you’d want is to invite someone whom she recently had afalling out with.
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Have Specialty Drinks
Abridal shower lasts for around 2 max 3 hours. Now, booze and co*cktails isexactly what you need to lighten up this party in a short span of time. After allits not a baby shower but a bridal shower right? Let the wedding not hog allthe co*cktail drink trends and make sure you bring in a few at the bridal showeras well.
P.S:Don’t forget the non-drinkers and have some fun mocktail drinks as to sip ontoo.
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Present Unique Activities
Activities are all about getting the party upand alive. You definitely don’t need it to turn into a boring event with allthe guests engaged in their own phones or doing their own thing. Try out funactivities like wine tasting, cupcake decorating basically just getting allyour guests completely engaged.
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Involve the Groom
No not literally by dragging him down at thevenue! But you can definitely add a touch of the groom by obtaining a letter ora video by him for the party making it an all the more memorable reason for thebride to love her shower.
Budget
We agree, that planning the entire shower canbe a big hole to your pocket, that’s why it’s very essential from the startthat you and everyone else planning and chipping in the entire event to be onthe same page when it comes down to the budget. If the event is becoming a tadbit of a costlier event, may be take some help or advice from the Mother of theBride, or even find alternate solutions like baking your own cake or doing DIYfor party decorations thus cost cutting their entire expense.
Timelines:
Abridal shower party isn’t something which pops up overnight. There is so muchof planning involved right from scouting location, sending invitations,arranging for the menu and drinks or even making some fun props for pictures.You can’t expect invitations to be sent a day prior and the guests to land upleaving their entire schedule aside. Keep a timeframe of at least 4 weeks’prior notice, which gives everyone enough time to clear the schedules for thatparticular day.
Delegate, delegate, delegate
Youcannot take up this entire task as a one-woman army! It’s all aboutdistributing and delegating different tasks to everyone participating in thewhole affair. As they say the more the merrier is the perfect line in thissituation, so use your MOH powers and start delegating!
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Pay Attention to the Bride
Sinceit’s all about the bride, plan everything keeping her in mind. Remember it’snot your day to shine but the brides. Just because you love eating shrimps andthe bride cannot even stand the smell of it is no excuse for you to add shrimpsto the menu, simply because you love it! Remember it all about making the bridehappy and keeping her relaxed
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Statement Piece
Investin one statement piece at the shower which will add up to the “Wow” factor atthe event. Have all the guests going al Gaga over something throughout the event;be it either an OTT party cake either symbolising the bride to be or herwedding or even a huge colourful floral arrangement for the dinner table.
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THEME
Last but not the least sit with your gang ofgirls and Brainstorm a theme. Finalising a theme will make planning the entireevent based around it a whole lot easier. Opt for something fun and peppy likeMid #0s house wife party with wooden spoons and aprons as props or letsomething as simple as the brides favourite color guide the entire eventaccordingly
