I know registering for sprinkles are tacky but...

Lux_Diva

it sure would make our job as shower planners a lot easier.  We are planning a sprinkle for a friend who is having a girl this time and has 1.5 year old son.  She already has major gear and furniture but just wants linens, clothes, diapers and other necessities for the girl.  She doesn't want to end up with 50 million blankets although she specifically wants pink blankets, she wants a set number of diaper cloths, she wants to make sure she has outfits in different sizes.  It all sounds reasonable to me but she doesn't know how we (the planners) should get the message out there.   It would be so much easier if she just registered but will the etiquette police come a knockin?  I say she should get what she needs and wants if she is having a sprinkle rather than end up having to make a lof of returns (I know from experience that this is a PITA during your first few months with a newborn).

 

LoveyFNR

I think requesting specific gifts unless asked for a sprinkle or any shower for that matter is incredibley tacky. She gets what she gets. She can try to return anything she doesn't want.

So unless someone asks you or her what it is she wants I wouldn't register or try to spread the word. If she's having a girl chances are she will wind up with a ton of pink stuff anyways without even asking. People love buying pink stuff for girls.

EastCoastBride

I see nothing wrong w/ registering. As always, it's a wish list. People can buy off of it (and I"m sure some guests would like to know what she could use!) if they want, and those who dont' want to, won't.

pam1005

Why is she not registering?  I am registering for my new LO, even if I am not offered a sprinkle or anything like that.  I will need some additional items for the new baby and I want the completion coupon.

ChatterboxBride09

I don't see anything wrong with her registering for a few things, as long as she doesn't go overboard with it. Some guests shop exclusively from a registry and will feel more comfortable purchasing a gift for her knowing it's something she wants/needs. 

danilynn17

Aren't sprinkles supposed to be really small, just close friends and immediate family?  Why the need to coordinate gifts so much? 

Lux_Diva

danilynn17:

Aren't sprinkles supposed to be really small, just close friends and immediate family?  Why the need to coordinate gifts so much? 

she's in my church and because there are so many women in the same age range it's going to be well attended (not just family and close friends).  We just love to throw showers at my church!  I think the audience is mixed but I will recommend that she err on the side of practicality and just register.  We (the hostesses) will be relieved and hopefully the guests won't talk about her or she just won't care.

RobinSparkles214

Just tell her to register. It will be easier for everyone. If she is already having a sprinkle I doubt anyone will think it is tacky. Call me crazy, but I prefer to have a registry to shop off of for any shower type event.

pawcall

I agree with PP.  She should just register.  I wouldn't go around announcing registry information, but it's perfectly fine to mention where she's registered if guests are asking.

lilitaliangirl

We are doing a sprinkle for my sister this weekend. We added this poem to the invite.

 

If a gift you wish to bring, 

Please remember this one thing, 

As this is Baby Number Two

This simple thing we ask of you,

Most they have, but a few they need

Smaller items like diapers and bottles to feed,

Clothes, sweet and pretty, they?ll sure bring a smile

As Katelyn is sure to be cruising in style!

 

sparkelz

I think that it would be fine for her to register; I would not include the registry information on the invites. If people want to know where she is registered they will most likely ask the host or other close friends and they can spread the word.

Jenniferk08

Nothing wrong with registering.  Those completion coupons can always come in handy. 

chocopotamus

I don't think theres anything wrong with registering for a sprinkle. It'll obviously be stuff that SHE wants. I personally would feel better buying something off someones registry KNOWING that they picked that item and aren't going to go out of their way to return stuff I bought them. People will buy stuff thats not on there but thats usually toiletries and clothes. I think it'd be easier for everyone to have a registry-I mean she's having a sprinkle for a reason-why not give her what she wants/needs?

kristennd

I would think a group like that would appreciate the guidelines of a registry because they won't be as likely as a close family group to coordinate their buying with each other or feel really confident about what to get.

And a registry is also a way to demonstrate only wanting the less-expensive gifts. 

mamam

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