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Savvy September 2013

Bridal Shower "Open House" question

Melinda, on May 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4

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Has anyone been to, had or have been thrown an open house style shower? I heard this g idea a few years ago and LOVE it.

If you are not familiar, the shower guests arrive between a set amount of time. As the guests enter you greet them and you may open their gift and thank them. I feel like this builds a display of gifts for the OTHER guests to walk by instead of sitting "oohing and ahhing" and frees up time for mingling.

I realize that it can get a bit chaotic but its so great for moments of "oh where is mrs smith?" when she is actually sitting right in front of you.

Any suggestions or does tradition work better?

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Latest activity by Out the Window, on May 30, 2013 at 3:01 PM

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Laudie · on May 30, 2013 at 2:57 PM
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I feel like that is more awkward because of what Amy said. I would just prefer to either open them in front of everyone or none of them at all.
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Danielle · on May 30, 2013 at 2:59 PM
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Never heard of this. One thing that I like about bridal showers is getting to sit down and chat with the other ladies invited ... getting to know people who will be attending the wedding and if its an open house style it doesn't sound like this would happen as much as guests would be coming and going throughout your time frame.
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Kristen · on May 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM
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I've never heard if that either. We're planning in opening gifts but not passing them around (thank goodness). I feel that this can be done quickly and guests can browse all the opened gifts if they're interested leaving plenty of mingle time.
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Out the Window · on May 30, 2013 at 3:01 PM
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Don't do it. It's just awkward. And if there was a line to greet you, I (as a guest) would just drop of the gift somewhere on a table, wave hello to you and grab a drink and wait until you were free (if you ever became free) to say congrats.
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