No bridal shower is complete without Maid-of-honor and bridesmaids. Once you have finalized that whom it would be, it's time to "pop" the question and ask, ' Will you be my bridesmaid!?' Guys, these genius ladies will be helping you out later in lots of ways so, treat them in the most fun and playful ways possible, when you purpose them! To make mine feel like VIPs, I have customized these cosmetic cases with beauty-related goodies. And I'm sure they'd love it!
Each case had 5 items with lots of confetti in it. (Purpose: Happiness) There was one pair of ear-studs while the rest was all makeup stuff i.e a bottle of nail paint,an eye-shadow,a lip-gloss and a liner pencil. These cases are from Australia, so I have no idea from where did my uncle get 'em. Confetti is just a DIY. Earstuds were from Six and some were from Sasha. Single eye-shadow from Yves rocher. Gloss & eyeliners from essence cosmetics and Nail-paints from Medora (A Pakistani brand).
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So this is obviously a bridal shower post. In the past few years, this event has become quite popular in Pakistan. Although our own traditional events are so much fun, this one just adds a little more to the pre-wedding celebrations.I have seen so many people celebrating it in our country without any knowledge about this event? Salutes to social media for creating hypes! I have done a little research. Asked my friends who live abroad and gathered some info that I intend to share with you guys. It's a long post so grab a cup of chai. Chalo, here we go.
What is a Bridal Shower?
A bridal shower is a gift-giving event where you are *showering* the bride-to-be with gifts to help her start her new married life! So basically, invited guest have to bring something that would help the bride set up her new home. (Urghh, doesn't mean you have to bring a cholha for her ya silai machine!) You may simply spare on something useful while staying withing your budget.
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Who is expected to host this party?
Again this is very important. The bride SHOULD NOT be the host! A friend or someone really close to you can host it. As the trends have much more varied in recent years, its totally okay if your sister hosts it being the maid of honor. You cannot take control of this party. You should just enjoy it as it is being thrown in your honor.
When should be it held and who are invited?
It can be held anywhere between three months and two weeks before the wedding. Everyone you are inviting on this party MUST be invited to your wedding. Bride's mother (coz moms are party central these days), sisters, aunts, close female cousins and female friends are invited. In-laws can also be invited. The bride chooses her Maid of honor, who's a very close and reliable person to her. She looks after and helps the bride in lots of ways along with guiding and supervising the duties assigned to the bridesmaids.
What does it include?
Food Only! Lol, I'm kidding. You can have a few games, you can dance away and have your food. You can unpack gifts and enjoy. Dinners are barely considered so you do not have to serve a full meal. Hi tea with finger food, and light snacks are the best shots!I love to show gratitude with small gifts, and in this event, hosts are expected to handover favors to the guests.
But again I would like to mention that there are no hard and fast rules for such events because these aren't a part of our culture, you can enjoy them according to your budget and personal preferences or may totally skip them!
Note: Bridal shower and Bachelorette party are totally different events. Don't mix them up. Will talk about bachelorette party some other day.
I hope you enjoyed this one. Till next!
Much love!
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