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I am hosting a french/Parisian theme bridal shower. Any ideas for decorations/favors/ centerpieces? Perhaps using Eiffel towers (where they got engaged)

2007-01-08 12:46:34 · 6 answers · asked by kburris11 2 in Family & Relationships Weddings

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have an arc de' triomphe when they walk in, have maybe a french wine theme, merlot, cabernet sauvignon...etc.

2007-01-08 12:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Sounds like this is going to be a real Romantic Bridal Shower.
If I were planning it I would definately go for a Soft Baby Blue and White for the colour theme. Soft Blue Hydrageous, Soft Pink Roses, Blue Violets, and White Stephoies and Baby's Breath, would adorn the Main Table as a Casgating Center-piece. There would be white long-tapered candles in crystal candlesticks.. The Bride would have a hand corsage with a soft-pink rose, and blue Violets.
I would order some real pretty, hand-croquet lace doilies or hankies and fill them with wrapped chocolate kisses for the favors.. the ribbon tying the flavors would be blue holding a little blue violet. Blue Linen Table Cloths and White Linen Serviettes, silver cutlery, white dishes with demi-cups in baby blue would be for place settings. I would use Old-fashioned Chrystal Glasses, not heavy, just a light little glass. If it is not a buffet then I would have by each place setting blue Violets repoted in old-fashioned coffee cups and saucers which the guest would take home. If it is a buffet table I would put the Violet cups along the center of the buffet table.. the bride can give them out at the end of the shower or when she is thanking each guest.
For food I would definately serve little sandwishes, and petit hor-dures, finger foods, but I would have real china and real cloth serviettes. If there were a lot of guests and not enough time, I would order the food from a good caterer. There would be a Strawberry, Champange Punch served before the meal and at the meal I would have some a white, and rose wine. I would make sure the wine and champagne were all French. I would serve coffee and tea in a Silver Service Set, ( you can rent one if you do not have one). Make sure you have a real good french roast coffee.. have little cubes of sugar and real cream (also milk, for those that perfer milk) and for dessert I would have little french pastries, that I would order at a French or Italian Bakery.. (some bakeries now have pasteriers in small sizes .. half of the size of the regular pasteries.. and for this occasion they would be just perfect.) And of course the cake would be a Strawberry Chandilly.. Ask at a good Bakery or Pastery Shop for this cream and strawberry cake, it is simply delicious.
For the cake I would go to a pastry shop where they will blow-up and print the picture you want on the cake.. I did this for my daughter's shower and it turned out great.. I had the Bakery blow up and print on the cake a photo of them .. You can have the cake flat.. and shaped as the Eiffel Tower and on the cake you could have their Engagement Picture put on.. decorate the cake with fresh, real, violets and roses, hydranges, stephanios ..
I hope you like my ideas, I thought your French Theme was so lovely my mind just took off.. And of coursed for games, if you plan to have them too, I would just hold about 3-4 raffles... have some real nice frames or photo albums to raffle. Everyone loves frames and photo albums.. I would not get carried away with games, remember it is the Bride's Day after all.. Good Luck and lots of fun and happiness.

2007-01-08 13:48:40 · answer #2 · answered by Mari-Mari 6 · 2 0

Maybe a food-based "still life" centerpiece with wheels of cheese, baguettes, grapes, and wine bottle.

Miniature french flags, berets as favors.

If the theme or bridal shower is not a surprise, maybe ask the guest of honor what part of her Paris trip was most memorable and try to find something to represent it?

2007-01-08 12:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by ambr123 5 · 0 0

I love the idea of miniature Eiffel towers as a centerpiece. Also the colors black and pink are very french! How about miniature bottles of champagne as a favor (or non-alcoholic sparkling cider)?

2007-01-08 12:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by MelB 5 · 0 0

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2007-01-09 04:16:49 · answer #5 · answered by candydrops 2 · 0 0

Check out these two sites. They have some cute ideas....

http://www.shindigz.com/catalog.cfm?cat=15256

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/weddings_parisstyle_04152003.xml&categoryid=/templatedata/bhg/category/data/Weddings_ReceptionAndShowerMenus.xml&page=1

2007-01-08 12:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by NoTurningBackNow 5 · 0 0

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