If you are planning..

CJ119

or had a babyshower. At what time are you guys aiming for it to begin or at what time did you put down. My cousin and I are planning my sil baby shower for my third nephew. She's in it because she didn't want any surprises. It's going to be on a Saturday around 8pm. IMO I wouldve like to go for maybe 630 or 7 but that's up to her. I didn't know it was kind of stressful with trying to find a hall rental ( btw do you guys have any suggestion on where I can find something? Thanks.) and getting decorations. I am SUPER excited because we did a diaper cake in advanced from scratch and it came out beautiful! And only spent 15 dollars! Thanks for your input!

jiffy-pop

Yeah, 8:00 seems kinda late. But if it is very small and most are young women who like to stay out late, it could work. It all depends on the guest demographic. But, where I come from, people have Sunday or Saturday afternoon showers from 2:00-4:00 at a family member's house or at church (very low cost- and we usually have about 40 people at our showers).

K.a.T.e

I prefer mid morning showers --- brunch style.  The last one I hosted began at 10:00 and was done by noon.  Worked out well for everyone!

An early afternoon shower (1pm - 3 pm) is stuck in the middle of the day and its tough to do anything before or after. 

CJ119

Yeah, exactly! But where I come from it's completely the opposites. If it were mines I would do on a Sunday afternoon. But we're having around 100 people and we're spanish which is usually just tradition for parties to start late but I just personally think it's too late. I can't do anything about it tho. I just want to see at what time usually people have theirs.

CJ119

My SIL would have a fit if hers started let's say around 2 or 3pm, lol. She was having a fit when I told her 6!! lol

sstephen27

Yeah, 8 seems late.  It's too bad your SIL won't change, she'll probably have people not come because of the time.

Have you tried calling apartment complexes and asking to rent their clubhouses?  They usually have rental fees, but some are really lovely and can be reasonable on fees.

PrincessJesci

jiffy-pop:

Yeah, 8:00 seems kinda late. But if it is very small and most are young women who like to stay out late, it could work. It all depends on the guest demographic. But, where I come from, people have Sunday or Saturday afternoon showers from 2:00-4:00 at a family member's house or at church (very low cost- and we usually have about 40 people at our showers).

 

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jo4janet

8pm does seem really late, but ask SIL if she minds if it's a little earlier. One of the other posts said that it depends on if the ppl invited are out late and that's a good thing to consider. You may want to ask SIL if the guests she's inviting are like this. BTW, that's really cool about the diaper cake.

MCC1010

CJ119:

My SIL would have a fit if hers started let's say around 2 or 3pm, lol. She was having a fit when I told her 6!! lol

 

Well because you are Spanish I am going to say tell everyone that it starts at 6 pm so that they show up at 8pm. You know we are NEVER on time. To anything. EVER. You might end up with some people who show up around 7:30 if you say 6 but if you say 8 pm - then people are going to show at 9/10. That is just the way it is.

For decorations it really just depends on what theme you are going for. Oriental Trading has cute things at really good prices.

lucisparents

This seems late to me. It's a baby shower not cocktail hour.

Legally Nads

Wow that's late-- I would be asleep by then!

jennygirlmt

Oh my! I go to bed at 9, so that wouldn't work for me at all! But if she wants it that late...

We start ours at 3 (sat) but only because we usually have big bbq type events where people hang out for a while, its not just a two or three hour thing. Otherwise we would start it earlier.