Stylish Bridal Shower Invites the Easy Way

06/20/09

Let's be honest, bridal shower invites are not the most fun part of planning a bridal shower. Making out the guest list, politicking over the guest list, picking out an invitation design, arguing over the wording, ordering the invitations in time, stuffing envelopes, printing address labels, sticking stamps and labels on, getting everything in the mail in time... It is work! Here are a few tips to make the process less annoying and let you move on to the fun parts of planning the bridal shower.

Getting the bridal shower invites online is far faster and simpler than buying them in a store. You are not limited to what a brick and mortar store has in stock, you can visit twenty web stores in the time it would take you to visit two in real life, and you can search the invitation designs quickly and easily. Some online stores will let you search by color and style as well as by designer and collection. You can use the web store's templates to lay out the card and see its finished look. You can even choose matching envelopes and seals, or mix and match for a unique style. When you have the perfect invitation laid out, you can finish ordering them and get them dropped into your mailbox in the next few days.

Order the bridal shower invites as far in advance as you possibly can, to avoid "lost in the mail" crises. If you are concerned that plans will change between the ordering of the invitations and sending them out, start a web page for the party on a social networking site, and put the URL on the invitations. (In fact, party pages are useful no matter how solid your plans are.)

When the bridal shower invites arrive, call over a few friends and make the stuffing and labeling into a party. Fill the CD player with your favorite music or rent a light comedy, get some snacks (but nothing that will get grease or dubious orange smears on the invitations), and toss the invitations together assembly line style. Even if you have a guest list that seems to include half the town, getting the invitations ready will take no time at all.

And remember: Do not stress. People will have a good time. Look after the important things, and the details, like whether the bridal shower invite envelopes match the seals absolutely perfectly, will take care of themselves. You and your guests are there to congratulate the bride on her new future, so take care of the fiddly details fast, and enjoy yourself!