Show the special women in your life how much you appreciate the bridal celebration with a bridal shower favor.

Legend has it that the bridal shower originated in Holland when a young girl married her true love, a penniless Miller.  This Miller had spent his life helping those less fortunate, so when the townspeople heard of their predicament, they “showered” the couple with gifts.  The purpose of a bridal shower today is not so different.  Many young couples need basic necessities such as dishes, towels and other house wares when they start their new life together.  Surrounded by your closest friends and female relatives, the bridal shower is sure to be a wonderful memory.  

The bride and groom will receive a multitude of gifts throughout their wedding festivities, and a bridal shower is an opportune time to return the generosity.  The wide assortment of wedding shower favors available will make it easy to find the perfect gift.  If one favor won’t work for your entire guest list, consider selecting a unique wedding favor for each woman.  In addition, you can often find personalized favor tags to further demonstrate how much you value your guest’s attendance.   A tip for finding an even wider variety of options is to look at wedding party favors in addition to bridal shower favors.  

It is becoming more common for showers to revolve around a theme.  Sometimes guests are told in advance what type of gift to bring.  For example, each guest might be given a different room of a home.  For the person assigned the living room, the gift might be a dried flower arrangement; for the dining room, cloth napkins and placemats; for the bedroom, candles and potpourri sachets.  If the bride knows the theme in advance, she might find themed wedding favors such as a flower wedding favor, place setting cards, or a candle wedding favor to cleverly personalize each gift.  Season-specific favors can also be found.  For example, the fall bride can choose from fall wedding favors or autumn wedding favors.

Whether the bride-to-be keeps things simple or opts for an elegant wedding shower favor, her friends and family will know that their attendance was valued and appreciated.