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Mom of Bride wants ideas to make daughter feel special at shower

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I am giving my daughter a shower and I want her to feel special, to me it is not enough to give her just a gift but something very meaningful...some people are so creative.  for instance my daughter said that she just went to a shower given by the mother of the bride and she gave her daughter a collection of hallmark christmas ornaments she had been saving and a sweet little letter from mother to daughter. 

I thought about doing a scapbook, but her future mother in law did one for her and it was a really wonderful idea. They wrote their story on how my daughter and her fiance met and the proposal story. She had everyone do a scapbook page with words of widsom regarding marriage advice.  Then last of all the future mother in law and daughter in law wrote a special letter welcoming her into thier family.

I would appreciate any ideas that you may have.
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  • AdeleDazeemAdeleDazeem member
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    edited December 2011
    I've seen the Christmas ornaments before.  I've also seen sets of cookie cutters (about fifty of all shapes and sizes - for every possible occassion), dishes that match with a theme (mexican dishes, for example).

    I recently went to a shower where the mother gave the bride this elaborate box that almost looked like a wedding cake.  The top was the smallest box and the bottom was the largest box with maybe two or three boxes in between.  She put a different gift in each box.  One of was nightgown set, one was reservations for dinner the first and last night of their honeymoon, and a couple other little things.

    Good luck!

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  • kebmtm071605kebmtm071605
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    edited December 2011
    For my brother & SIL's shower, my mom wrapped up all of my brother's Christmas ornaments from childhood and put them in one of those Christmas ornamentn organizers.  You could pair that with a personalized Christmas tree skirt with their married last name on it (they have beautiful ones on etsy.com)
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  • pegasuskatpegasuskat member
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    edited December 2011
    I went to one recently where the grandmother did a lot of family recipes on cards in a cute box and in a baskset with a lot of stuff needed to make them (such as cookie cutters, spices, etc.)
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  • stargazerlily82479stargazerlily82479 member
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    edited December 2011
    It's not just the gift, but everything about the shower that can make it special. My mom and MOH just threw one for me this past Saturday and it was absolutely everything I could have wanted. The weather was perfect, it was at a beautiful little vineyard (I love wine tasting, and we got to do that), we had a homemade gourmet picnic with lots of my favorite foods, she made me a really pretty veil, she gave me our engraved toasting flutes which were absolutely gorgeous (from Things Remembered), and it was just really relaxing - no silly games or anything like that, just good food and conversation. FI and I had a nightmare of a shower a few weeks back thrown by FMIL, and in the middle she and FI actually ended up yelling at each other in the kitchen (within earshot of my Dad and boss...ugh!!!) because she tried to make us do some activities that we had explicitly told her weeks in advance we didn't want to do - and she had agreed to that at the time, but apparently changed her mind and didn't tell us until during the shower, at which point she told FI it was "her shower" and we needed to just do what she said (she also gave us a "gag gift" in front of everyone, the books "Relationships for Dummies" and "The Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Marriage"...the woman is Satan). So having this shower with my mom and friends and having it be exactly what I would have planned for myself and so relaxing....it was just perfect. That inof itself was an amazing gift.
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  • trix1223trix1223 member
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    edited December 2011
    Too late for OP  now....but just for some moms on this board who want a "someday" idea:

    When my kids were very little (3 years old), my DH's grandmother knew she wouldn't be around when they got married.  So she crocheted each of my children an afghan.  She wrote a note and tucked it inside each blanket, and asked me to save it until their shower. 

    I did as she asked, and I never told my kids about them.  At DD's shower last June, she opened the package, and without exaggeration, every person at the shower was in tears as I explained what this was. 

    And so many people left the shower saying "I'm going to do that for my grandchildren."

    OP:  Can you make a cookbook of your DD's favorite recipes?  It's pretty easy to make a hardcover book on shutterfly.  Maybe you could have the recipes along with photos of her as a little girl made into a book.

    We also asked each guest at DD's shower to bring along a favorite recipe of theirs (we included a recipe card in the invitation) and put them all into a binder.  DD has had fun trying out different people's recipes in the last 10 months.
    "Trix, it's what they/our parents wanted. Why so judgemental? And why is your wedding date over a year and a half ago? And why do you not have a groom's name? And why have you posted over 12,000 posts? And why do you always say mean things to brides?" palegirl146
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  • Muffin'sMomMuffin'sMom
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    edited December 2011
    The recipies are awesome...I am doing them for my daughter's first anniversary.  I had a garter that my grandfather had made when I was 15 and he was diagnosed with cancer.  My dad gave it to me when I got engaged.  I wore it and then saved it for my daughter and gave it to her at her shower.  I also got her a gift from her registry!  I picked something that was one of her "daydream" gifts that she didn't think anyone would buy  :)
    My baby girl is a married woman...and now my baby girl HAS a baby girl. Time unfolds in such an amazing way. I've been blessed!
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  • tommyandytommyandy member
    500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    If there is any family jewelry that is unwearable due to it's age or style maybe you could have it reset in a broach.  
    My Ering is a combo of my FMIL's diamond from FI's father when they were married & the band and accent stones are from her current husband of 20 years (FI's dad).  I've also see brides here on TK who were given jewelry made from several generations of mom's reset stones.  They don't have to be diamonds, they can be anything.  I've also seen ladies who have gotten the new charm bracelet ( forget the name) and a charm or two.  HTH  
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  • 526SadieSadie526SadieSadie
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    edited December 2011
    I love the recipes, too. 
    CMD, if you happen to still have any of your daughter's baby clothes in the attic or basement (i'm going to be 26 in 21 days and I know my mother has every stitch of unstained clothing I ever wore in the attic) maybe you could have them made into a quilt for her.
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  • whereyatwhereyat
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_moms-maids_mom-of-bride-wants-ideas-daughter-feel-special-shower?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:357Discussion:a05d5214-2ba6-42ce-b49a-7d7c42e3b11cPost:5e10a9b4-f9ae-42a8-8472-fdeb27bbf134">Re: Mom of Bride wants ideas to make daughter feel special at shower</a>:
    [QUOTE]Too late for OP  now....but just for some moms on this board who want a "someday" idea: When my kids were very little (3 years old), my DH's grandmother knew she wouldn't be around when they got married.  So she crocheted each of my children an afghan.  She wrote a note and tucked it inside each blanket, and asked me to save it until their shower.  I did as she asked, and I never told my kids about them.  At DD's shower last June, she opened the package, and without exaggeration, every person at the shower was in tears as I explained what this was.  And so many people left the shower saying "I'm going to do that for my grandchildren." OP:  Can you make a cookbook of your DD's favorite recipes?  It's pretty easy to make a hardcover book on shutterfly.  Maybe you could have the recipes along with photos of her as a little girl made into a book. We also asked each guest at DD's shower to bring along a favorite recipe of theirs (we included a recipe card in the invitation) and put them all into a binder.  DD has had fun trying out different people's recipes in the last 10 months.
    Posted by trix1223[/QUOTE]

    I know this is an old thread but oh my goodness, the afghan story brought tears to my eyes, that's beautiful. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />
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