Kayla Andrew - Wedding Planning Made Easy: The Ultimate Wedding Planning Guide

I know that this is a guide book for wedding planning, but before we move on to that particular topic, I wanted to talk a little bit about bridal showers. In case you didnt know, bridal showers are events that usually takes place a couple of weeks before the actual wedding. So, basically, it does have something to do with the wedding planning.

The only difference is that, for bridal showers, you dont have to play a huge role into the planning of this event. More or less, bridal showers are mainly planned by the people around you: bridesmaids, maid of honor, co-workers, etc.

The main purpose of having a bridal shower is for the hostess or hostesses to create a delightful party that all participants will enjoy. Within this activity, the bride is to be pampered and showered with affection from the guests around her. This event is, to some degree, crucial for the bride as her wedding day is approaching.

The reason why is because when a bride is given a bridal shower, she is able to relax and ignore the stress of pre-wedding planning within those short moments in time. However, just because its supposed to be a joyous event does not mean that issues cannot surface. Even if bridal showers require less work than that of a wed-ding, there is still the same amount of determination and dedication involved if youre planning to accomplish a successful one.

Remember, the main goal of a bridal shower is to please the bride to be. If, at the end of the event, she leaves with a smile on her face then you know that the shower was a success.

There are some cases where most showers did not come out very successful. Unfortunately, as a brides time draws nearer to her wedding date, she is known to become very self-centered. This is because she is planning for the most important day of her life. Therefore, she would expect total comfort from the people closest to her.

With thoughts like these, its only a given that some bridal showers may fail if you cannot live up to the brides expectations. Make sure that you keep a budget in check so you wont overspend.

Its great to have an elegant party for the bride to be, but its not very comforting for her when she finds out that you cannot fund most of the stuff yourself and that she has to pay some of it off in your stead. Also, make sure that the people you invited are kept in check and validated by the bride.

If you end up inviting people that the bride does not have a very good relationship with or if you forget to invite someone that the bride wanted to invite then youre in trouble.

Keep in mind that whatever happens during the bridal shower will reflect back to her. So if the shower becomes unsuccessful, the guest will first turn to her despite whether youre the hostess or not. Also, be sure to think about the bride when choosing a theme/structure of the bridal shower.

Its not about you, its about her. So when choosing, dont choose something because you like it, choose it because you'll know that shell like it.

In the case where the bridal shower becomes unsuccessful, the worst that can happen is if the bride has decided to end her friendship with you.

There are some cases where the result of the shower is not your fault but the brides fault. Since she is known to be self-centered around this period of time, she will demand a lot from you. If you cannot fully afford an expensive shower when she is demanding it from you then consult it to her instead of keeping it silent and disappointing her later on.

In reality, most relationships are lost because some brides do not understand the financial and emotional strains that her demands have on her friends or families. At the same time, if you do not talk to her about it then she wont realize how she is acting to-wards you.

Moving more in-depth as to how a bridal shower works, it basically allows the bride to be able to freely and comfortably converse with the guests.

Unlike weddings where the bride would talk with the guests in groups in order to greet everyone, bridal showers are more limited to a few amounts of people in order to allow the bride to speak individually with each of them. Not only does the bride obtain love, attention, and gifts from her close friends and families, but she is also able to receive them from the grooms family including the leisure of being able to spend more time with them.