Bridal Shower Invitations – Choosing The Best Style

The day a woman gets married is to be one she will remember for a lifetime as the most extraordinary day of her life. While this is an endearing thought, it certainly puts a great deal of pressure on anyone planning an event surrounding that day. If you are the maid of honor, you may be preparing yourself for the planning of a bridal shower. If you feel in over your head, here are a few tips to consider as you begin making the selection for bridal shower invitations.

First, there is the concept of a theme. If you are having a wine tasting party, a garden shower, a girl’s night in, make-over get together or other themed bridal shower, you can select bridal shower invitations to convey the theme to guests before they arrive. Colors, fonts, images and the style of writing should reflect the theme you have chosen, if any. Themes can also be formal or more casual. The style of the invitations you choose should reflect this decision as well. Neutral color schemes, proper cursive and a limited amount of visuals, if any, convey a formal shower while bright colors, fun fonts and quirky images reflect a more casual bridal shower.

Printing is a consideration to make in your selection of bridal shower invitations. Sometimes there are options for printing from home after you have designed an invitation online. However, for the best quality invitations, and to save on ink, you can choose to have your invitations printed by the company you order from and shipped to your home. There are many different accessories you can add to your order, including envelope liners, return addresses on envelopes, response cards for RSVPs, and matching “thank you” cards. Each of these can add to the personal touch you are hoping to bring to the bridal shower invitations.

The last consideration you need to make when choosing the style of bridal shower invitations for the celebration is the number of guests that will be invited. If you are hosting the shower on a budget, the cost of printing a great deal of invitations can become quite costly. It may be a wise decision to settle on a more basic invitation. However, if you are going all out on this shower, or you are inviting only a select few friends, very beautiful, elaborate invitations could be appropriate. Remember, usually the more formal a bridal shower is, the more sophisticated the invitations are.

By: FabulousInvites

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The author is an expert on invitations, bridal shower invitations, stationery and more.