Bridal shower invites inlcude website info or registry?

Re: Bridal shower invites inlcude website info or registry?

• doeydo member

  

  August 2014

  Bridal shower invitations should be handled by the host of the shower, which shouldn't be you because you should never host your own pre-wedding party.

  
  

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• Soon2BeMrsLaff member

  

  August 2014

  I can assist with sending out the invites if I would like and ask questions on behalf of the hostess. So any tips with this is appreciated. Thanks.

  
  

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• holyguacamole79 member

  

  August 2014

  Why are directions to your bridal shower venue on your wedding website?

  
  
  
  
  

  

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• CMGragain member

  

  August 2014

  You ARE committing a faux pas by printing your own bridal shower invitations.  Are you actually hosting your own bridal shower?  How does printing the invitations save YOU money?
  The bridal showre is given FOR you by someone else.
  

  

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• Soon2BeMrsLaff member

  

  August 2014

  Thank you all for your concerns. I am printing the invitations at my house with my host as it is a cheaper option then ordering them and this is because I like to help. I think it should be fine for me to assist if that is what I want. Why shouldn't I list the driving directions to the bridal shower location on my website? GPS isn't always reliable.
  
  Again, if anyone has an answer/tip regarding the question I do appreciate that input.
  
  
  
  

  
  

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• holyguacamole79 member

  

  August 2014

  Soon2BeMrsLaff said:

  I am printing my invites at home( have to save time and money) and I am trying to figure out the proper wording to include my wedding website on the invite so people can find the registry information, directions and any other information they may need. Any tips on how best to include this or would it just be better to list the registry information? I want to avoid committing a invite faux pas. Thank you in advance!
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Soon2BeMrsLaff said:

  Thank you all for your concerns. I am printing the invitations at my house with my host as it is a cheaper option then ordering them and this is because I like to help. I think it should be fine for me to assist if that is what I want. Why shouldn't I list the driving directions to the bridal shower location on my website? GPS isn't always reliable.
  
  Again, if anyone has an answer/tip regarding the question I do appreciate that input.
  
  
  
  

  
  Technically you aren't just printing the invites; you are also designing them. You know it's customary to purchase a thank-you gift for the shower hostess, right? What will you buy for yourself since you are hosting your own shower? To answer your question ... Here's what you could say: "Please visit my website at www.weddingwebsite.com so you can see my registry and buy me an expensive gift! Oh and directions to the shower are there, too."

  
  
  
  
  

  

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• Soon2BeMrsLaff member

  

  August 2014

  I am not hosting my own shower. I am however, assisting my host (MOH) because I WANT to help and asking the question on the behalf of the host. I guess i should have worded the whole thing differently so people wouldn't jump to conclusions.
  

  
  

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• Soon2BeMrsLaff member

  

  August 2014

  Thank you all for your ideas!

  
  

  I sure hope the Bridal Shower Police don't show up to the party because I decided to help my MOH with a couple things.

  
  

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• Knottie36491512 member

  

  August 2014

  You can include your website on your save the date or the formal invitations.
  

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• cambryn member

  

  August 2014

  Definitely keep any details of the shower off the website. It could lead to a lot of misunderstandings- as the wedding website is specifically for people invited to the wedding. Unless there is a complete overlap of people going to the shower and wedding- it's no good to have that up for anyone to see. Could lead to hurt feelings, or an overcrowded shower. Either way- seriously, keep it off the site! 

  
  

  Print out directions, and have a number on there for people to contact if they get lost. 

  
  

  And it's seriously no big deal to help out with your shower a bit. 

  
  

  I had to do some coordination for one of my showers when the matron of honor's brother ended up in the hospital with kidney failure and she got deathly ill too. It's fine- no one died- and you know what? Not one person thought it was tacky or weird that I was the point of contact for the shower since the matron of honor had to temporarily bow out due to such emergencies. Granted, I have a bunch of hippies and off-beat gals for friends- but it'll be ok. 

  
  

  This is not the 1900's, and society will not scorn you with much severity for assisting on something as simple as invitations. 

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