Display shower invite wording

JenD1018

Anyone have some samples of wording for a display shower invite?  I've googled and used the search function on the bump but I'm not coming up with much.  TIA!

ILoveRedVino

What is a display shower?

girley75

I found this online...

? At the request of the bride, this will be a casual ?display? shower.  Please bring your gifts unwrapped, so that Lisa has more time to enjoy your company.?

danilynn17

I don't know how I'd feel about giving a gift to someone who couldn't be bothered to take 30 seconds to unwrap it.

 Dictating HOW your guests give you gifts is tacky, IMO.  Be grateful for the gift and accept it however they want to present it.

girley75

Found this on a previoius bump thread when googling "display shower"

Tradition is changing and Showers are too,

So here's an idea we hoped you could do...

 

When bringing a gift could you leave off the wrap?

As it's xxxxxx's last days with an empty lap.

 

An unwrapped present can be just as caring,

and will save her from all the pulling and tearing.

 

We'll display your kind treasures for all to see,

then relax and honor the Mommy-To-Be!

hollyg1920

Display shower = best shower I have ever attended!

My friend had a display shower and her host had lovely tags to put on the gifts and then placed the gifts throughout her home so we could see the gifts and see her home.  

It allowed my friend to stay green, mingle with guests more and everyone had a wonderful time.

I respect tradition and etiquette but if it works for your circle...enjoy!  we did!

Yellow_Daisy

danilynn17:

I don't know how I'd feel about giving a gift to someone who couldn't be bothered to take 30 seconds to unwrap it.

 Dictating HOW your guests give you gifts is tacky, IMO.  Be grateful for the gift and accept it however they want to present it.

This.

I'm glad I don't know anyone so rude or tacky as to have a display shower.  This falls under the same category of "no boxed gifts" IMO.  It's really shameful.

varkeyr

I know displays showers are a Southern thing. Usually the gifts are sent ahead of time and the bride or mother to be spend time with her guests. It is usually a tea.

I do like girley75  poem.

MelleTX

varkeyr:

I know displays showers are a Southern thing. Usually the gifts are sent ahead of time and the bride or mother to be spend time with her guests. It is usually a tea.

I do like girley75  poem.

This is NOT a Southern thing. It is a poorly done offshoot of old-fashioned bridal showers. Used to, guests did not bring gifts to the shower (ladies would never carry anything heavy and risk wrinkling their white gloves), they ordered them from the catalog at their local department store who delivered them all to the bride's mother's home before the shower and even set them up for you on display (real, department store type display). Then the mother held an open house type tea and guests were invited to come see their gifts.

Sadly, this tradition has been wronged. The only acceptable reason to ask guests to bring a gift unwrapped is if the mother-to-be is EXTREMELY green to the point that everyone knows it well enough to probably not wrap gifts for her anyway.

Please don't do this.

rhubarb123

You can do as you wish (as far as a display shower) but I would bring the gift I purchased wrapped (if I got an invite like this).  That is part of the gift IMO...to see the recipient's expression when it is opened.  I find it offensive that the MTB can't take the time or use the energy to open gifts.  Personally, I don't care how "green" the MTB is...I'm not green and I'm the one buying the present and the wrapping paper.

Liz4444

Personally, I don't like the idea of a display shower, a shower is about opening gifts, if you don't want to do this, don't have a shower.  (I know, there will now be a barrage of posts saying showers are not about the gifts... yes, they are, google it, ask Miss Manners, read Emily Post, they will all say the same thing!)

My friend told me that for her SIL's shower, the hosts did this and her SIL wanted to open gifts and sat down and slowly opened every card and thanked everyone, so if you are going for a time saver, it can still backfire.

If you really want to save a lot of time, what we do at showers is have the 2 friends that are handing the presents over cut any difficult ribbons, take the card out of the envelope, and slit the tape on the gifts so that all you have to do is open the card and lift off the wrapping. 

LuckyInIreland

I recently attended a "display sprinkle" to help save money for all the guests.  I thought it was a little weird at first, but when I got there, we all were able to see all the cute things she got.  And the MTB took the time to check out everything, holding clothes up to her bump, etc.  It was easy for me too since I didn't have to spend an extra $5 on a cute bag and tissue, I just found a cute ribbon that matched my gift. 

 

I like that poem!