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Creative ladies: Combo Bridal/Baby Shower Invites

Melbelle11Melbelle11 member
in October 2011 Moms

Looking for fun invite ideas for a combination bridal and baby shower (for different people). 

My brother is getting married this summer, and my mom wanted to throw a bridal shower for his fiancee that included her friends and extended family (they weren't invited to the one her mom threw). 

 At the same time she wanted to throw a baby shower for me.  I'm not big on showers (didn't want one for my wedding, don't really want one for the baby either), but it is important to her.  She was worried about timing for both and my ability to travel since the shower would be at her house (a short plane ride from me), so I suggested a joint shower, and my brother's fiancee agreed it would be fun.

So now we are trying to help my mom come up with some creative invites, and I know you all have to have some great ideas - thoughts?

 

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Re: Creative ladies: Combo Bridal/Baby Shower Invites

  • pennysuedogpennysuedog
    You could play off the saying "1st comes love then comes marriage then comes the baby in the the baby carriage."
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  • weddingbells2010weddingbells2010 member

    Will all of the invited guests know both you and your SIL? AND, would each of them have been invited to both showers, had they been seperate? I ask because as a guest, I'd feel very awkward going to a shower where one of the honorees was someone I didn't/barely know, especially if I would not have normally been invited to their shower had it not been a joint party (because now I have to buy that person a gift).  Then again, if I *were* on the invite list for both, maybe I'd appreciate getting them over with at once :) I don't know, I'm just saying.

     

    That being said, the first "creative" thing I thought of when you asked for invite suggestions was that silly/cute "First comes love, then comes marriage" song.  Something like:

    "First comes love, then comes B and SIL's marriage, then comes (you) with a baby carriage!  Come help us celebrate all of the great new beginnings in the X family"

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  • Melbelle11Melbelle11 member
    imageweddingbells2010:

    Will all of the invited guests know both you and your SIL? AND, would each of them have been invited to both showers, had they been seperate? I ask because as a guest, I'd feel very awkward going to a shower where one of the honorees was someone I didn't/barely know, especially if I would not have normally been invited to their shower had it not been a joint party (because now I have to buy that person a gift).  Then again, if I *were* on the invite list for both, maybe I'd appreciate getting them over with at once :) I don't know, I'm just saying.

     

    Yep - invite list for both will be exactly the same - mostly family and my mom's friends. 

     

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  • weddingbells2010weddingbells2010 member
    imageMelbelle11:
    imageweddingbells2010:

    Will all of the invited guests know both you and your SIL? AND, would each of them have been invited to both showers, had they been seperate? I ask because as a guest, I'd feel very awkward going to a shower where one of the honorees was someone I didn't/barely know, especially if I would not have normally been invited to their shower had it not been a joint party (because now I have to buy that person a gift).  Then again, if I *were* on the invite list for both, maybe I'd appreciate getting them over with at once :) I don't know, I'm just saying.

     

    Yep - invite list for both will be exactly the same - mostly family and my mom's friends. 

     

    Good :) Problem solved.  

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