Want to plan the perfect—and most original—shower for the bride-to-be? Or maybe you're having a co-ed shower for the future newlyweds! Either way, inside this must-have party guide, you'll discover fabulous ideas for everything from creating the perfect guest list and invitations to great party games, unique themes, and fun favors, as well as basic essentials for any kind of shower. You'll also learn how to incorporate elements of the bride's or couple's life to make the shower more personal. Your shower will be talked about for years to come when . . . -Guests dress like their favorite diva at the DIVA PARTY -The bride gets a newly decorated room during PICK A ROOM, ANY ROOM -Everyone enjoys a day of pampering at the LAP OF LUXURY shower -Guys and gals experience "Bourbon Street" at the MARDI GRAS shower -And so much more!

A memory book for keeping bridal shower celebration memories, guests, gifts, photos, words of wisdom for the bride, shower activities and much more...

Designed to help in planning a baby shower, including location, theme, invitations, decorations, menus, games, etc.

Contemporary weddings in the United States can be extravagant, highly ritualized, and costly affairs. From the intricate details of the wedding dress, to the painstaking selection of flowers, to the festively-packaged favors offered to guests, they are often the culmination of months of fastidious planning and preparations. In Something Old, Something Bold, sociologist Beth Montemurro takes a fresh look at the wedding process, offering a perspective not likely to be found in the slew of planning books and magazines readily available to the modern bride. Focusing on two events - bachelorette parties and bridal showers - Montemurro draws upon years of ethnographic research and interviews to explore what these prenuptial events mean to women participants and what they tell us about the complexity and ambiguity of gender roles. The innovation of the bachelorette party - a celebration of the bride-to-be's premarital sexual identity - and the addition of men to the domestically oriented shower have often been thought to indicate gender convergence and a more progressive attitude toward power relations between men and women. But, Montemurro suggests that this is not always the case. her friends and family, who present elaborate and exaggerated scenarios that demonstrate both what she is sacrificing and what she is gaining. Ultimately, Montemurro argues, prenuptial rituals contribute to the stabilization of gender inequalities - that American society at the turn of the twenty-first century is still very much married to tradition and traditional conceptions of masculinity and femininity.

Rose Gold Wedding Shower Guest Book This beautiful glitzy high-quality Rose Gold Wedding Shower Guest Book will match beautifully with your rose gold wedding decorations and provide a glamourous experience to your guests as they sign in to your wedding shower. High Quality Rose Gold Gloss Cover Luxurious Thick Lined Cream Paper for a Gorgeous Interior Space for 100 Wedding Shower Guest Signatures. Whole Pages for Guests to Put Their Name, Relationship to Bride, Well Wishes and Future Advice Picture Pages to Keep Photo-Memories of the Event Gift Tracker to Keep Track of Gifts for Thank You Messages Bonus 5 Matching Printable Bridal Shower Games This gorgeous Wedding Shower Guest Book will become a wedding shower keepsake that will last through the years providing fantastic long-lasting memories of the event. Pick it up today!

A comprehensive guide to planning a wedding shower that will be fun and interesting.

—The Best Man Brings Down the House with A Hilarious Story —The Bridegroom Recites A Touching Poem —The Father of the Groom Gives an Eloquent and Emotional Toast This can happen at your wedding! Diane Warner’s Complete Book of Wedding Toasts ensures that the perfect speech enhances your reception. The author’s guidance and foolproof tactics make any person seem like a seasoned speaker. Your wedding toasts will be beautifully and eloquently presented, no matter what the orator’s experience. Diane Warner gives hundreds of sample toasts that can be used by anyone who is responsible for delivering heartwarming words at a wedding. The examples provided can be altered to incorporate personal anecdotes relating to the couple. The book also gives step-by-step advice on creating toasts from the heart and tips from augmenting the toast with body language, humor, and inflection of voice and other ways to make a lasting impression. This truly one-of-a-kind wedding book guarantees that you, the bride and groom, will be delighted by the toasts given at your own wedding. Look for a new edition in Fall 2005.

The Everything Wedding Shower Book is the perfect reference for planning a shower the bride will always remember. Using its clever tricks and tips, you’ll be able to throw a terrific shower that suits your budget and your busy schedule. There are dozens of handy checklists so that you can track everything from recording her gifts to creating a shopping list for party favors. What’s more, these exciting shower ideas are sure to please every guest, whether you’re throwing a party for “just the girls” or inviting men and women. Inside there are all sorts of great tips, secrets, helpful hints, and planning tools, including: Dozens of great party themes Secrets to throwing a surprise party where she’ll really be surprised! Recipes for great refreshments Money-saving tips for every budget Great decorating ideas And much, much more.

Diane Warner's "Complete Book of Wedding Vows" is devoted solely to helping couples prepare and personalize wedding vows that are as unique and special as every other aspect of the wedding.

You're no idiot, of course. You've known your whole life that when it came time for your only sister or best female friend to get married or have a baby, you'd be the one to plan the shower. But now the time has finally come--and you suddenly want to hide under an umbrella! Between the invitations, food, decorations, party favors, and the fact that Aunts Sylvia and Ethel haven't spoken in 10 years, how are you going to make sure it doen't rain on your guest-of-honor's parade? Don't run for cover just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bridal Showers is any woman's best friend when it comes to coordinating this happy event, covering everything from invite do's and dont's and food choices to making sure it's a party that's fun for everyone--especially the guest of honor. In this complete Idiot's Guide, you get: