A friend of mine is getting married soon and would like a his/her wedding shower without gifts. It is her first marriage and his second, so they just want a celebration of the wedding to come. They own a home and are well established.
Does anyone have ideas for a creative name for a party before the wedding? (Not an engagement party- they've been engaged for over a year...)
2007-02-06 01:51:34 · 22 answers · asked by abba9 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
How about just calling it "A Gathering of Friends", and make sure to tell everyone no gift please.
2007-02-06 01:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by oh_what_a_wabbit 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why not have a wedding meet and greet or mixer? This way immediate family, wedding party members, and close friends will still have an opportunity to mingle before the wedding and get to know one another. Since it will not be a shower, no one will feel obligated to bring gifts. We had a meet and greet for my sister-in-law and her finance instead of an engagement party. Food, beverages, and cake were provided. Everyone had a great time.
2007-02-06 14:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Veronica W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can make it a costume party and have a theme. Cowboys/Cowgirls, an Era theme, actually anything really. This way, people will focus more on the theme than the fact that it's a wedding shower. Actually, people will bring a little something anyway. You can't stop them from being happy about the nuptuals. It is a time to celebrate. "Party at My Place", "Come as You Are", if you pick a theme, go with some slogan from the era.
2007-02-06 10:03:54 · answer #3 · answered by zumi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of a wedding shower is to shower the couple with gifts. I know that this is not what you want to hear, but is the thruth. Perhaps, you should name the party something else.
An engagement party or a wedding announcement party is a more appropriate name for this type of gathering. You can also put on the invitation: "The best gift that we could receive is having the priviledge of your presence, this is what is more meaningful to us, please come."
Good luck
2007-02-06 10:06:48 · answer #4 · answered by Blunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, but there shouldn't be such a party. The whole point of a shower is to shower the couple with gifts. There are already lots of celebrations of the wedding to come: engagement party, bachelor party, bachelorette party, shower, rehearsal dinner, bridesmaid luncheon. Why add another event, when people will do plenty of celebrating at the wedding itself.
P.S. Just because they're well established doesn't mean that they can't have a shower with gifts. Have her register for things she doesn't have yet, or do a themed shower involving fun little things. It's her first wedding, so she really shouldn't have to miss out on having a shower.
2007-02-06 09:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
My fiance and i have a similiar situation so we decided to do a "Honeymoon Shower". This way people will be more willing to contribute monetary towards the honeymoon or they will know to bring something that we can benefit from on the honeymoon.
Since we are going to Jamaica we created invitations like this...
Please join us for a Honeymoon Shower honoring "Bride" and "Groom".
After they tie the knot they are honeymooning in Jamaica, lets help make that trip come true or lets help make that trip run smooth. You can word it however you want.
Then u put in the date and time of the shower and if you would like them to rsvp you can put that in as well.
We got them from polygraphics.com and we paid $90 and that included them being printed and thankyou cards as well. they are Beautiful! They are under the bridal shower invitations section, although it isnt a bridal shower thats where they have them under.
We are also making the theme to be "carribean" because we are going to Jamaica. Our favors are Bubble Bath champagne bottles that say "Bride" and "Groom" honeymoon Shower and the date. The theme depends on the type of shower you are having.
You should also check out VerseIt.com, this site has wordings for EVERYTHING! Good luck!!
2007-02-06 12:42:15 · answer #6 · answered by Yari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this case, there is no need for a wedding shower at all. That is to help the couple get set up in their home.
I suppose they could just throw a party and call it a party.
2007-02-06 10:50:51 · answer #7 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't call it a shower since they will not be showered with gifts. Just call it a party! Write a clever poem or somthing saying you would like people to come celebrate but not bring gifts. You could call it a "Giftless Shower" if you would like. Tell people to bring themselves and that is gift enough!
or they could not have one at all since the reception will be sufficient....
2007-02-06 11:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wonderful for them how about they first state on invites and if people still call you know they will in Lew of gifts perhaps they include a names of there favorite charities
Cancer society
Animal shelters
And so on I'm sure they can find one or two they would agree on Good Luck!!
And just a simple party of LOVE
2007-02-06 19:54:26 · answer #9 · answered by LIZA P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand that they don't want gifts, but how about a Wine party? You can have some beautiful appetizers and let everyone bring a bottle of wine the couple may like? You could make it a wine tasting party and the couple get what's left over. Good luck.
2007-02-06 11:46:50 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
How refreshing! You can call it whatever it is - for example, if your party is a group of friends getting together for a lunch - bridal luncheon. Getting together for tea? Bridal Tea. Just don't use the word shower because that would imply gifts.
2007-02-06 13:42:14 · answer #11 · answered by weddingqueen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋