If you’re wondering WHERE to start when it comes to pulling together all the details for an upcoming bridal shower, then start with SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Bridal Shower Checklist. The gurus at SimplyWeddingStuff.com have pulled out all the stops and will have you feeling at ease with your upcoming event in no time flat!

SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Bridal Shower Checklist includes a plethora of information including answers to all the top bridal shower planning questions and a step-by-step timeline to keep all the details together. Perfect!!!

With my cousin’s bridal shower approaching, I’ve been diligent in referring back to SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Bridal Shower Checklist whenever I have a question as to what needs to be done and when. Needless to say, it’s been extremely helpful!

My favorite part of the Bridal Shower Checklist is step-by-step timeline! And I’m happy to report that I am right on schedule! The bridal shower is less than two weeks away and I’m now in the midst of planning the bridal shower games!

How about you over there on the other side of the computer screen? What’s your favorite part of SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Bridal Shower Checklist? Do tell!

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What does every bridal shower need? Invitations, favors, centerpieces, games and thank you notes. But what are your thoughts on bridal shower tableware? Check out SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s With This Ring Bridal Shower tableware. If you’re a go-big-or-go-home kind of girl, you’re going to love it!

The 32 Big Dot Bundle has just about everything you’ll need as far as tableware is concerned. The bundle comes with 32-each of With This Ring beverage napkins, luncheon napkins, dessert plates, dinner plates and cups.

Do like SimplyWeddingStuff.com did and use one of the plates as a centerpiece! This clever idea is easy to pull off! Just take a gift box and wrap it with pink wrapping paper. Then fill the box with black tissue paper and stand one of the With This Ring dinner plates in the center. It will look like an open jewelry box! Fabulous!

To round out the With This Ring bundle, be sure to check out the entire With This Ring theme by SimplyWeddingStuff.com!

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Looking for a quick and inexpensive way to pull-off a bridal shower centerpiece? Consider using one of SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s 6 Inch Round Glass Bowl, filling it with water and placing a blossom from your garden in each. Do this for each of your guest tables! Use the same color blossom for the most modern look; mix and match blossoms for a more relaxed feel.

Another way to use SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s 6 Inch Round Glass Bowl as a do-it-yourself centerpiece is to again fill it with water, but this time place a single floating votive in each. Or, if you’d prefer to mix it up a bit or if you’re having a beach-themed wedding, consider using sand instead of water.

For a more unique approach, use SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s 6 Inch Round Glass Bowl and fill it with trinkets from the bride and groom’s childhood. Think Lego’s, marbles, or even photos. The sky’s the limit. And your guests will appreciate the uniqueness and entertainment each and every individual centerpiece provides!

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My cousin’s bridal shower is less than two weeks away and I’m not going to lie, I’m a little panicky. With school starting back up, there’s only so much time to pull together the last details. 

Needless to say now more than ever, I’m appreciating the help and support of all the ladies in my family as we come together to make sure all the details are going to be taken care of. What was once chaos is now clarity. It’s amazing what can happen when a divide and conquer mentality takes hold!

That said, my mom and aunt have taken over the food and décor, I’m in charge of the invitations and games, and my cousins are taking care of some odds and ends – like prizes for the bridal shower games.

And speaking of bridal shower games, do you guys have any ideas? Our family is just getting to know the bride-to-be, so we’re trying to come up with something  along those lines. Of course, I’ll be perusing SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s selection!

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With my cousin’s bridal shower approaching, I’m all about finding some fabulously fun games for the ladies to play. The first one that caught my eye is SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Scratch Off Bridal Shower Game. The game includes 25 scratch off tickets, with the goal of finding the bride’s Prince Charming. Based on the reviews of the Scratch Off Bridal Shower Game, it looks like it’s a hit at bridal showers! Call me excited.

Then there’s SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Wedding Trivia Bridal Shower Game. What I love about this game is that it can be used again and again at any bridal shower you host. The Wedding Trivia Bridal Shower Game is a deck of 52 cards with trivia questions based on wedding traditions and oddities. Fun for all!!!

The other game that I really like is SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Maze Love Bridal Shower Game. Each guest is given a card with a maze on it and then it’s off to the races! The first one through the maze wins. And not only that, but the path of this SimplyWeddingStuff.com original spells out a mystery word. A-maz-ing!!!

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I loooooooove gray and orange. Pair them together with bits of white and you have SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s fabulously fall bridal shower theme – Delicate Expression. Absolutely perfect for the upcoming September, October and November bridal showers!

From invite to thank you and everything in between, SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Delicate Expressions bridal shower theme has you covered. Just check out the Delicate Expressions Designer Vellum Bridal Shower Invitations. With 14 lines of text to personalize, you’ll be able to cover all your bases and fill in your guests on all the details.

For guest favors, you’re able to choose from Delicate Expression’s Personalized Candy Bar Wrappers, Personalized Body Butter, Personalized Candle Tin and Personalized Lip Balm. Each personalized favor allows you to add in two lines of text to make the favor unique to your bridal shower.

Put the finishing touch on your fall-themed bridal shower by using SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Delicate Expression Personalized Thank You Cards. On the outside of the thank you card, add two lines of text. On the inside, write your heart-felt note of appreciation. Happy planning!

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Looking for something with glitz and glamour to give to the ladies as guest favors for your bridal shower? Then look no further than SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s With This Ring Chrome Diamond Ring Bottle Stopper. It is absolutely FABULOUS and perfect for the glamorous ladies in your life.

What I love most about the With This Ring Chrome Diamond Ring Bottle Stopper is its clever packaging. Guests will experience the rush of opening a jewelry box and discovering this over-the-top ring sitting on black velvet. The bottle-stopper part is concealed beneath the diamond ring topper. It just makes for a fun surprise and will give your guests something to talk about!

Not only that, but I can just imagine the ladies keeping the With This Ring Chrome Diamond Ring Bottle Stopper in their kitchen and smiling every time they bring it out. True, it’s a bit over-the-top, but that’s what makes the With This Ring Chrome Diamond Ring Bottle Stopper so much fun! If your ladies are all about glitz and glamour, I’m betting that they’ll appreciate and fall in love with SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s With This Ring Chrome Diamond Ring Bottle Stopper. What do you think?

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When the fun and excitement of the bridal shower wraps up, you’ll be tasked with sending out thank you cards to each of your guests. What better way to say thank you then with a personalized thank you card from SimplyWeddingStuff.com. The great thing about SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Bridal Shower Thank You Cards is that the thank you cards match your bridal shower theme perfectly!

Here are a few tips when it comes to sending out bridal shower thank you notes:

• Be sure to hand-write a sincere thank you message in each of your thank you notes. It is unacceptable to send out a pre-printed, generic thank you to your guests when they took the time out of their day to attend your bridal shower and pick out a gift. Take the time to hand-write the thank you note – it will be greatly appreciated.

• Also make sure to thank your friends and relatives hosting your bridal showers and special wedding events with a sincere handwritten thank you.

• When it comes to the timing of your thank you notes, it is recommended that you send out bridal shower thank you notes within ten days of the bridal shower.

Enjoy your bridal showers!

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I’m not going to lie, I’ve kind of been appreciating balloons as décor more and more. They just add such a youthful and fun vibe to any event. Not only that, but SimplyWeddingStuff.com has some unique Bridal Shower Balloon options that will leave your guests impressed!

First, let’s check out what SimplyWeddingStuff.com has for Mylar balloons. Have you seen the absolutely adorable Mr. and Mrs. Wedding Shower Balloon or how about the Big Best Wishes Wedding Cake Bridal Shower Balloon? Both are large and in-charge and could work as a centerpiece for any of your tables. SimplyWeddingStuff.com also carries a Wedding Dress, Tuxedo, Engagement Ring, Celebration Cluster, Best Wishes Cluster, Big Bridal Shower Umbrella, Bridal Shower Umbrella Bouquet and a Palm Tree balloon for your consideration. Check them all out and see what will work best for your next bridal shower.

But that’s not all! SimplyWeddingStuff.com has taken balloons a step further and has packaged latex balloons into 12-count options with all of your favorite color combinations. Of course, they’ve made it easy for you to pick and choose single balloon colors as well. Enjoy the fun!

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Keeping my cousin’s upcoming Jack-and-Jill wedding shower in mind, I thought it would be fun to put together a mood board for the event! They’re getting married this fall and using warm colors – a burnt red for the bridesmaid dresses, chocolate browns for the tuxes, splashes of orange here and there, and a champagne dress with a brown sash for the bride.

Here’s how it would come together:

• First, I would use SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Custom Bride theme and create the design to be used in each and every item so that the look is consistent throughout. For this particular wedding shower, I’d pick Bride 3 and the Chocolate background.
• Guests would be sent the Custom Bride – Designer Vellum Bridal Shower Invitation addressed with SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Custom Bride Personalized Bridal Shower Return Address Labels.
• A Custom Bride – Personalized Bridal Shower Banner would be ordered and hang prominently in the bridal shower space (i.e. my mother’s living room).
• Tableware would include the Chocolate Brown – Bridal Shower Tableware dinner and dessert plates as well as the beverage and luncheon napkins and hot/cold cups.

We would keep things simple and sweet by adding in orange accessories and flowers that we have on hand. My mother is nearly a master gardener, so we’ll have no problem bringing in colors from the great outdoors.

How have you used SimplyWeddingStuff.com’s Custom Bride theme for your bridal showers? Do tell!

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