Bridal
Shower Fun
A great bridal shower is one where a fun time is had by all.
Obviously you want you guests to have fun, but as the bridal shower
hostess, its important that YOU have fun too. On this page, we've got
some great tips to ensure bridal shower guests have fun. But also be
sure to follow this link and read our tips so you have fun hosting
the bridal shower as well!: Bridal
Shower Fun for Hostess
How to Ensure That Bridal
Shower Guests Have Fun
Making Guests Comfortable: Tips for the Bridal Shower Hostess
How to Ensure That Guests Have Fun Enjoy the Bridal Shower!
As a bridal shower hostess, making guests feel comfortable is one of
your most important duties. It's up to you to handle details like
guest introductions, seating arrangements, and smoking issues with
grace and to keep the bridal shower running smoothly. Following are
some tips to help you make guests feel right at home.
Introductions
A good hostess never asks "Do you two know each other?" One
person invariably says yes, just as the other is saying no. Risk
being redundant by introducing guests to one another as though for
the first time.
After introducing strangers at the bridal shower, help them avoid
staring at each other's shoes by breaking the ice. Let them know what
they have in common (i.e., children, work, places they've lived,
etc.) and let the conversation go from there.
The Art of Seating
A good seating arrangement can stimulate great conversation among
guests and enrich the natural flow of the bridal shower.
Keep silent types out of the far corners of the room and away from
loudmouth guests.
Dont slit up good friends, relatives, or couples (if its a couple's
shower). Some people think this is a good practice to avoid guests
who know eachother well from becoming too insular and to encourage
mingling. But actually, some guests take offence to this and are made
to feel uncomfortable. People enjoy attending bridal showers together
(mother and daughter attending together, or best friends attending
together), and if you separate them and send them off to sit with
strangers, you may lessen their enjoyment of the celebration.
Pair guests who have the potential to complement - and hopefully to
compliment - one another.
If you have a seating plan in mind and don't want your guests to
deviate, put a place card at each setting. If place cards seem too
formal, spell out the names or initials with alphabet cereal or
letters clipped from a newspaper.
If you want to avoid place cards altogether, take a more subtle
approach ("Ann, why don't you sit here...").
The Smoking Issue
Decide in advance where you'd like smokers to do their thing - dont
let people smokre in the main gathering area as too many people have
sensitivities and allergies to cigarette smoke.
Placing ashtrays in designated areas is a subtle signal most smokers
are accustomed to looking for.
If the only suitable option is outside, make your bridal shower
guests feel comfortable, not ostracized (i.e. set a few outdoor
chairs in the area and hang some festive light strings).
The Great Escape
Here's a tip to keep you mingling with all your bridal shower guests,
instead of being cornered by one monopolizer. Like all great escape
artists, you'll need an accomplice. Before the bridal shower, agree
on a distress signal. It should be something very simple (i.e.,
tugging your right earlobe), but not something you might do unconsciously.
If you find yourself cornered during the bridal shower, catch your
accomplice's eye and tug your earlobe, signaling an immediate need to
be called away due to "an impending culinary disaster."
Keep it subtle - or you'll look like a third base coach giving the
bunt signal.
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