Opening Shower Gifts

If you ask anyone if they like bridal showers they will all tell you that they enjoy being with friends, but they hate sitting for 2 hours watching the bride open gifts!!!

My assistant Sue is getting married in July. Yesterday we gave her a shower. She told me in advance that we had to figure out a way to open the gifts without the usual sitting for hours...we both dislike that part!

So after thinking about it for a while...I came up with a GREAT idea! We had a gift table set up, as the guests arrived they would stop at the gift table and the bride opened her gift with that guest standing with her. Several guests made a comment about how wonderful it was and they love having a little time to spend with the bride. It was very personal.

At one point, several guests arrived at once. The guests stared to mingle and when it was time for the bride to open their gift we called that person and she came back to the gift table.

For an experiment, it was a great success!!! Everyone really enjoyed not having to sit for the traditional gift opening.