Hi ladies!
I am looking for some ideas for the bridal shower, hoping someone out there has had their shower (or been to one) in a similar fashion! Here's the situation:
We are planning from out of state, 2,000 miles away, and will be flying into town for all of our wedding events. We are going to be asking for guests to either give gift cards or send gifts to our home (from our registry) in lieu of bringing gifts to the shower. It is crazy expensive to ship gifts across the US (we learned this during the holiday season $$&dollar, so we will not be having a "formal" gift opening at the shower. Because of this, and because of blended families, I liked the idea of an open house style shower where people can come and go whenever they want. FH's family is quite traditional, though, and were surprised that there would be no shower games or formal activities. Honestly I had just planned on setting up a table where people could take a party favor on their way out and never really thought of having shower games.
Does anyone have any ideas? Does this sound like a reasonable thing to do since we live so far away? FH's family has me stressing and questioning things.
Thanks in advance!