Celebrity Baby Shower Gift

Saturday was my first bridal shower. It was thrown by my maid-of-honor, Kristen, and two of Paul's mom's friends. There were sixteen guests, including some that traveled far to be in town (thank you veronica, Erin, Katy & Heather!).


There was lots of orange and gray of course. (I adore that gray table cloth and need to find out how I can get the same for the wedding.)


The shower was over brunch and we ate quiche and different salads, drank mimosas and had orange serbert for dessert.

During the gift opening, we played the best shower game ever. I went to a wonderful bridal shower last spring where the bride's sister had come up with a sequence of questions and recorded the groom answering them. During the shower, the bride was asked the same questions. We heard the bride's answer and then watched what the groom said to see if they paired up.

I had told Kristen about this game and she secretly did the same for Paul and me. Because Paul is up in Seattle, the whole thing was filmed via video chat. It worked out really well. Each guest at the shower read a question (EX : What was your first date? How many kids to you want to have? What job would Paul want if he wasn't going to be a doctor? etc...). I answered the questions and then we saw what Paul had to say. For most we were pretty dead on, even in our phrasing of the answer. I told the other wedding guests they'd know their significant other pretty well to if they lived alone on the opposite coast from everyone they knew. :)

Overall, it was a perfect afternoon. I was overwhelmed with sweet people and wonderful food and beautiful gifts. Today is two months until wedding time. We are nearly closer to the wedding than the year 2009 and that is beyond exciting.

Thank you, Kristen, Stephanie, Janet and Chris. And thanks blogland for listening to the stories.

You know it’s inevitable-a bridal shower gifts, food, and of course, games. The most memorable and enjoyable occasion, match play to the crowd. You’ll get the best-and the participation of many laughs.

Sometimes the guest list will determine the type of game to choose.

For old friends

When the guest list was mostly old time friends of the bride-to-be who also know each other well, select the game that encourages appreciation reminiscing or profound knowledge.

Game: Who knows the bride best?

Before the shower, the bride-to-be fill out a questionnaire of twenty questions, some easy, some difficult. For example: If you could live anywhere in the world, where it was? What is your favorite place to eat lunch? Give the same questions to each guest and ask them to fill what they think is the answer. The one with the most correct, wins!

For wedding participants who did not know each other well

This preliminary meeting is generally better to go to embarrassing moments better if avoided. Choose a safe game that allows the participants to know each other. This will help make everyone more comfortable on the wedding day.