Any money saving shower ideas?

dobbyisfree · January 2014

Though my MIL hasnt come right out and said anything I can tell shes worried about the shower. She tried (while not actually asking straight out) to see if my mom would cohost with her (my parents and most of my family live 3 hrs from here and my mom wants to have her own, not one somewhere in the middle) i can just tell shes anxious. If its about planning I dont think its a big deal, because BILs girlfriend is a party girl and would love to help her plan (we havent told them yet, we will this weekend) so honestly I think its about money. And I feel guilty, of course, bc thats my style. I thought about volunteering to do invites for her since my mom already asked me to do hers... any other ideas where i could gently help without seeming like a mamazilla?

Skeemer · January 2014

Balloons & a helium tank go a loooong way in color & decoration. Like PP said, Pinterest is awesome for this. I found this idea on Pinterest & it turned out awesome for DS2's party. I got 2 packs of balloons (yellow & blue) & a $20 helium tank from the Dollar General. I bought some colorful string & white golf tees from Target or WM. Inflate the balloon, try the string kind of long, tie it to the golf tee & it mashes quickly into the ground.

I lined my parents sidewalk & partial driveway with balloons by alternating every other color yellow & blue. It was super gorgeous & the balloons kind of danced in the breeze. It was the most simple & cost effective decoration we had. My cousin simply inflated balloons in her party colors, tied longish streamers to them & let them float along the ceiling. It was pretty also & gave tons of color to the party.

Like PP said, if you have it at someone's home decorations & etc can be so minimal because the home is already lovely. And yes, telling her that family & friends is more important than lots of decor will ease her mind a lot. She'd probably be thrilled for you to help with invites. GL!

allardr · January 2014

Luckynumbers81 said:

The easiest way to cut costs for a baby shower is to make it more intimate (smaller guest list) and to have it at someone's home.

Mine was at my parents house to help with cost. Also, we did brunch rather than lunch since huge batch of eggs & bagels or whatever is much cheaper. Mimosas too

cuntasaurusrex · January 2014

Brunch is a fucking excellent idea. What better way to ensure that bacon is present?!?!

tealowl · January 2014

A brunch shower would be so cute!

It's free to host at someones house, and it'll be super cheap to make some brunch foods (juices, bagels, breakfast casseroles, mimosas, fruit, coffee cake, etc.)

And you don't NEED decorations really, but dollar stores will carry tons of cheap decor stuff, like plates, balloons, etc.

AnotherPreggo · January 2014

My shower was just facebook invites, had it at a friends house and tons of girls volunteered to bring different food/desserts. I didn't even want her throwing me a shower to begin with, so I was happy the hostess ended up spending very little.

ETA: No decorations, very laid back. It was perfect. MIL and SIL went kind of all out on the IL-family side with a shower. Not my style, but whatever. I'm not going to complain!

Buttercup509 · January 2014

I went to a baby shower that had onesies and baby socks for decorations. They were strung around the room and it doubles as a gift.

dobbyisfree · January 2014

I honestly think she's going to invite more people than I will. She's got this big group of friends she calls her "club" and they all go to everyone's stuff. (They drove 3 hours for my wedding having never met me.) But we did my bridal shower outside at a park that ended up costing my bridesmaids 15 dollars total to rent so I'm thinking of suggesting she do that again because it worked out well, and then we don't have to worry about cleaning or having a million people here or at her house. And my brothers girlfriend knows a pastry chef that only charges her for ingredients and makes the cutest cupcakes on earth. I really like the idea of the balloons and golf tees that's really cute. Hopefully once she sits down and looks at all these ideas she can relax... right now she's looking into restaurants and I think that's what's stressing her out more those places are ridiculous sometimes.

JMSbaby2014 · January 2014

I agree with the first poster that just expressing that all that matters to you is having an opportunity to be with close friends and family - also I totally am on board with the bring idea but for another reason besides money - i hate, in fact I loathe middle of the day showers (babies, weddings, doesn't matter) - I threw a baby shower for a friend and made it a "baby brunch" and everyone told me they were so thrilled that they didn't have to screw up their whole Saturday for a shower

SweetTamale38 · January 2014

Use less water. Buy off-brand shampoo. Shower in pairs.

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