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Bridal Shower favors have evolved a lot over the last forty to fifty years. When I was a small child, the winner of the bridal shower game usually got to keep the household item. They where considered the Bridal Shower Favors. They arranged from a lot of different cooking utensils, to household cleaning products such as a toilet scrub brush, and the ever so popular a box of Hammer Baking Soda with a hand printed list of all its usefulness.

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It is possible to make your bridal shower something your guests will remember by placing some thought and emphasis on choosing the right invitations and bridal shower favors for the event. These impress the guests a lot, and makes them know how well prepared you are for the bridal shower.

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The Custom

The underlying reason for a Bridal shower is that it’s a perfect occasion for family and friends of the bride to spend relaxed time with her before the big wedding day. A Bridal shower is commonly hosted by the maid-of-honor and bridesmaids or friends and family of the bride or groom. The custom is said to have grown out of earlier dowry practices when a poor woman’s family might not have the money to provide a dowry for her, or when a father refused to give his daughter her dowry because he did not approve of the marriage. Another custom was to help the new couple set up a home, or to help the bride get together a trousseau. The Bridal shower kicks off the wedding festivities and it is important that everything goes well.

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The first step in planning a bridal shower is to come up with a list of bridal shower ideas for possible party themes. The theme of the bridal shower should reflect something that the bride-to-be likes. For example you can use the bride’s favorite movie as inspiration for the bridal shower’s theme. Other possible bridal shower ideas for themes include: Hawaiian theme, Western theme, Beach theme, tropical theme, kinky theme, or Victorian theme.

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