Lets be honest, bridal shower invites are not the most fun part of planning a bridal shower. Making out the guest list, politicking over the guest list, picking out an invitation design, arguing over the wording, ordering the invitations in time, stuffing envelopes, printing address labels, sticking stamps and labels on, getting everything in the mail in time... It is exhausting. These quick tips will smooth over the more irritating parts of the process and speed you on to the fun part: planning the party itself.
Getting the bridal shower invites online is far faster and simpler than buying them in a store. You have a far wider choice of invitation designs because you are not limited to what a store can keep in stock, you can search designs far more easily than if you had to flip through them by hand or skim shelves, and you can hit a dozen web stores in less time than it would take you to visit one brick and mortar store. Many web stores divide up their designs for you by theme and color scheme as well as by collection or designer. You can lay out the wording online and see what the completed invitation will look like. You can even choose matching envelopes and seals, or mix and match for a unique style. When you have the perfect invitation laid out, you can finish ordering them and get them dropped into your mailbox in the next few days.
To avoid the panic of getting your bridal shower invites late, order them as soon as possible. If plans keep shifting and you are worried that the invitations will be inaccurate by the time they reach the guests, pick out a social networking site that the bride does not go to, throw together a party page, and put the web address on the invitations. (In fact, thats a good idea no matter what state the plans are in.)
When the bridal shower invites arrive, call over a few friends and make the stuffing and labeling into a party. Put on some loud music or a silly movie, order in food (but nothing drippy, greasy, or saucy, unless "grunge" is the wedding theme), and turn yourselves into an assembly line. Even if the bride has more friends than Auntie Mame and it feels like youre inviting half of Manhattan, you will have the invitations done in record time.
And remember: Do not stress. The bridal shower will be fantastic. Take care of the fundamentals, and the little details, like whether the bridal shower invite card matches the envelope just right, will not matter. The most important thing is to celebrate the brides new life, so get the preliminaries out of the way, and party!

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