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Alliebug126
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NEED your ideas asap! Thanks =)
Alliebug126
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in Baby Showers
Okay, so I'm not 100% sure how to go about things
regarding my baby shower coming up the first weekend in
Nov. All of my family lives out of town (DH's lives in town)
I want to somehow include all of my family in the shower
but don't know how to go about doing so. Do I just send
them the same invitation as everyone else even though they obviously can't come, or do I come up with
something else. Someone had mentioned doing a "virtual"
baby shower for out of town family, but I have no idea how
you are supposed to do something like that. I would
honestly love to hear some of your ideas on what to do.
Has anyone ran into this same problem?
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Re: NEED your ideas asap! Thanks =)
I would talk with your shower hostess and get her ideas. If there's a reasonable chance that close family members (mom, grandma, aunt, etc.) might make the trip, I'd send them invites; otherwise, I wouldn't send invitations to people who are out of town.
I personally think virtual baby showers are awkward and wouldn't recommend that. People who want to send you a gift for your baby will just mail it to you- they don't need a shower invite or to gather around someone's computer screen.
This...although how far out of town are they? All (and I mean ALL ) of my guests lived out of town...closest was 45 minutes and furthest was 5 hours (different state). I sent invites to them because I knew they would come and they did. I had a couple that couldn't make it because of health reasons...but otherwise they were there.
If you can afford paper invites for all of the guests you wish could be there, send them. Even if they can't make it, those people will appreciate that you thought of them and they'll get a little keepsake to commemorate the occasion.
Virtual showers are weird and awkward, at least for the people on the physical party side. Avoid it. Take lots of pictures instead and email them or post them to Facebook promptly - or even during the shower if you have a smart phone with a decent camera this is easy to do and it will make people feel like they were part of the moment.