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Shower Ideas for Bride that lives far away

andrykennandrykenn
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I will be hosting a bridal shower for my sister who is having her wedding here in Georgia, but will be living in Scotland.  Her hope was that she wouldn't have to have too many things shipped back to Scotland becasue of the cost of shipping.

She has registered at a store over in Scotland.

Any ideas for themes or invitation wording so that she would receive either gifts from her registry or gift cards rather than bulky items to ship?
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Re: Shower Ideas for Bride that lives far away

  • bablingbrookebablingbrooke member
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    edited December 2011
    I don't think there's a "nice" way to put that on an invite.  Registry info goes on the invite anyway so it's likely that she'll get some registry gifts, but what fun is a shower if you can't bring them to the party?

    Part of the hassle of getting married far away from where you live is that you have to sometimes ship gifts.  DH and I live on the east coast but got married on the west coast and got bulky shower/wedding gifts.  We've had to bite the bullet and pay to ship them.  She might have to swallow that pill.
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  • AliciaBigDork44AliciaBigDork44 member
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    edited December 2011
    We have a similar situation- live in Cali, but getting married and having showers on the east coast.... We are registered at a few stores (bed, bath & beyond, macy's, Crate&Barrel) that they have on both coasts, so after the shower, we plan on discretely returning the gifts back east for merchandise credits (if the items are on your registry, this should be no problem) and purchasing them back, once we are back on the west coast!!! Just take a record of who gave you what BEFORE you return them!! Is there a store that she can register at that they have in both locations?? Also, my MOH mentioned giftcards in our invites as well (most guests know we live out-of-town, so hopefully they have figured that out!) good luck!!
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  • Ten2368Ten2368
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    I am hosting a bridal shower for my sister in CT, but she lives in MI.  I want her to have boxes of gifts to open, but don't want her to have to ship anything or have to drive to CT just so she can bring gifts home.

    My idea...

    In the invite, ask guests to have the item shipped to her home after the shower, but for the shower, print a picture of what they purchased and wrap it like they would the actual gift.

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