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Planning A Bridal Shower?

April 19, 2010 By Merri Cvetan 8 Comments

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Tis the season for wedding showers.  Although it is all about the bride, if you are hosting the party, you want to welcome your guests to a fun, friendly and beautiful atmosphere.

The best advice for planning any party, big or small is to plan a theme and choose a color scheme.  This is especially a good idea with a shower.  Just like any interior decorating project, a theme and color idea will keep you focused and simplify the process.

If you don’t want to do the same-old/same-old bridal thing, you gotta think outside the box.

For something truly different, choose an “Initial” theme.  Although you can find lots of things with letters, vintage hankies are unique.  Up until the last few decades, women used to carry handkerchiefs with them at all times.  Now that we don’t do that anymore, you can find tons of hankies at antique shops and flea markets. Ask your grandmother for hers!

Handkerchiefs come in all sizes, colors and intials

Handkerchiefs come in all sizes, colors and initials

The best thing with hankies is they become the party favor and place setting all rolled into one!

Once the guest list is set, you will know which letters to look for.  What you can’t find, you can embroider on an old plain one.  If you or your friends don’t sew, look for an iron-on letters at the craft store.

They can be found in every color and style

They can be found in every color and style

If the hankies are big enough and in good condition, use them as the napkin.

If the hankies are big enough, they can stand alone as napkins

If the hankies are big enough, they can stand alone as napkins

Chances are they won’t be, so pair them up with regular napkins.  Use a napkin ring or ribbon.

If the hankies are too small or fragle, fold them up with regular napkins

If the hankies are too small or fragile, fold them up with regular napkins

Use a simple napkin ring or ribbon to hold the two together

Use a simple napkin ring or ribbon to hold the two together

White hankies can be paired with your color theme

White hankies can be paired with your color theme

Or wrap them around a pair of candles…

Candleas are always good party favors

Candles are great party favors

Or soap!  Two party favors in one!  Be sure to use unscented soap so it doesn’t compete or over power your lunch!

Initial hankies make personal party favors

Initial hankies make personal party favors

Tuck in a silk flower for added color

Tuck in a silk flower for added color

Have your guests find their place at the table, by looking for their initial.  Sort of a grown-up musical chairs (except everyone gets a seat)!

Next time,  invitations!

Filed Under: Bridal Shower ~ Chic, Great Gatherings Tagged With: Bridal Shower, Brunch, Color Chic, Contemporay Design, Entertaining, Furniture arranging; space planning; design on a budget; no cost decorarting;, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Interior Design ~Chic Tips, Napkins, party planning, Tablescape Thursday, Wedding Shower

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  1. Louie Thygerson says

    April 20, 2010 at 5:43 am

    Hi, been reading your blog page for a long time. I operate a comparable blog site however I always keep getting a pile of spam remarks, tips on how to keep your blog so unpolluted?

  2. ann says

    April 22, 2010 at 7:09 am

    I love the dinner plate that you used. Does it have a marking or a name on the back??

  3. Delores says

    May 6, 2010 at 8:25 am

    What a fabulous idea to incorporate monogrammed hankies with napkins. I am so doing that after I hunt for vintage hankies. Your collections is very nice. I love this idea.

  4. Merri says

    May 6, 2010 at 11:38 am

    Thanks!
    Spam is really time consuming! I have an Akismet Plugin installed on my blog that filters out the spam. Worth looking into getting something like that.

  5. Merri says

    May 6, 2010 at 11:57 am

    The dinner plate is marked Johnson Brothers, made in England. It doesn’t have a pattern name. Not bad for $1.00 each from Goodwill. I have the matching salad plates too!

  6. Mimi says

    May 6, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    What a lovely placesetting, like the idea of using the hankies as napkins.

  7. Allison says

    May 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm

    What a creative idea! Dropping by from BNOTP, #1.

    Allison
    Atticmag

  8. Miss Merry says

    May 8, 2010 at 5:51 pm

    I love vintage hankies. What a creative theme for a shower!

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