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A time-honored tradition is holding a shower for the bride prior to the wedding but the bridal shower invitations definitely do not have to look formal or tradition in their style. Today, more than ever, there are so many fun designs from which to choose. Many styles go beyond the basics of providing guests with all the party details by also proclaiming a specific theme for the event.

In addition to the typical wedding motifs, there are bridal shower invitations to match special themes including…

• Kitchen Shower
• Tea Party
• Lingerie Shower
• Garden Luncheon
• Cocktail Party

For a personal touch, choose a style with an attached card for sharing a recipe, wedding wishes or marriage advice with the bride. If not included in the design, you can simply insert one of these special cards with the shower invitation asking the guests to fill out and bring with them to the party. When including a recipe card, you could even begin stocking the bride’s pantry by asking guests to bring with them one ingredient used in the recipe.

As far as the details, bridal shower invitations should include the bride’s name, who is giving the shower, the day, date and time along with the name and address of the location. Be sure to indicate if the shower is planned to be a surprise so guests know not to mention anything about it to the bride ahead of time.

It might be a good idea to know how many guests will be attending and there are a couple of choices for gathering that number. Some invitation designs may have a matching response card with return envelope you can purchase and include for guests to mail back. Having an RSVP phone number printed directly at the bottom of the shower invitation is another option.

Placing a return address on the envelopes will ensure that the Post Office can return any undeliverable invitations. This can be easily accomplished by paying a little more to have the return address printed directly on the envelopes when the bridal shower invitations are ordered or by affixing labels.

If it’s going to be a shower for the couple, there are many appropriate designs and verses for wedding shower invitations to fit that type of celebration.