As I’m packing to leave for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for a destination wedding this week, I have a super exciting giveaway for you guys! Like most people, I love shopping at Target, and I’m always excited to see friends and family register with the Target Wedding Registry for their wedding registry because it makes shopping for that special day so much easier – and fun!
Target just has everything and the Target Wedding Catalog makes it so easy to shop for the special bride and groom! Whether it be new bedding, a Keurig coffee maker, the traditional set of wedding dishes, or a set of gorgeous wine glasses and corkscrew, you can find everything you need to give the perfect wedding gift at Target!
Because my friend’s wedding is in the Dominican Republic, and she lives in California, I didn’t get to go to her engagement party, bridal shower, or bachelorette party – heck, I don’t even know if she even had one! Of all of the pre-wedding festivities, the bridal shower is my favorite.
Even when I am not a bridesmaid, I love helping throw together bridal showers! The food, the games, the decorations – it’s all just so much fun! I think that the bridal shower is when the wedding excitement really comes to a head; talking about the dress, giving gifts that make the bride oooh and ahhh, what’s not to love?
With my friend getting married in 2011 and my sister getting married in 2012, I have been involved in two fantastic bridal showers recently, and I’m psyched to share my best bridal shower tips with you today!
3 Tips for a Fab, Fun Bridal Shower
1. Serve Finger Foods
Instead of a traditional sit down lunch or dinner, serve an array of finger foods so that guests – and the bride – can go from table to table and mingle, instead of being tied down to their seat. Bridal Showers move quickly and every minute is precious! Don’t waste time sitting down and eating when you can be spending time chatting with the ladies and enjoying the company!
You can find lots of tools at Target to make serving finger foods easier – like this cute Bella Cake Pop Maker!
2. Set Up a Beverage Bar
Instead of assigning someone to handle the beverages, set up an easy beverage bar so that people can refill their own drinks!
A fun twist on this idea is to set up a Keurig and/or Soda Stream so that guests can make their own specialty drinks, and attach a little note for the bride that their gift for the bridal shower is to take home the kitchen gadget!
3. Play Bridal Shower Games!
Playing games is a great way to get everyone excited before you begin opening presents! Here are three of my favorite Bridal Shower Games:
Bridal Shower Bingo – Using bingo cards, replace the word BINGO with BRIDE. Instead of playing with numbers, write facts about weddings, or specific to the couple in each square. Follow the traditional bingo rules, and award a prize to the winner!
The Purse Game – I always played this when I sold jewelry and did jewelry parties. Simply make a list of items that people might have in their purses and have everyone try to find that item in their own purse. Whoever has the most items on your list wins!
Items to include might be: a nail file, a cell phone, a wallet, a key chain, lipstick, Band Aids, tweezers, Tylenol, a pen, a checkbook (that’s a good one because hardly anyone carries a checkbook anymore!), coupons, mascara, etc!
The Newlywed Game (I grabbed this from Wedding.TheKnot.com)
Before the bridal shower, interview the groom and ask him questions about the bride and their relationship: “Where was your first kiss?” “What’s his most annoying habit?” Then at the shower, ask the bride the same questions and see if she can answer correctly. To get the full effect, record video footage of the groom’s answers and play back his responses to each question for everyone to see and hear (allow a pause between questions.)
Are you getting ready to throw someone a bridal shower? You can enter to win a $25 Target gift card to help you buy fun stuff for your party right here! This giveaway is open to US residents and ends at 12:00 AM on November 14th!
Keurig in red is a great choice.
I like the Rachael Ray cookware set
I would love to get the Rachael Ray Hard Anodized II 10 piece Set.
Entered the rafflecopter as “Wild orchid”
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
i want the Rachael Ray cookware set
i like the Threshold 16 Piece Carnigan Field Stoneware Dinnerware Set
Love the cocktail shaker (margaritas!) or the soda stream – something I want but would probably never buy for myself.
I like the Sunbeam Panini Maker.
I love the Rachel Ray 10 piece cookware set!
A Keurig of course!
I like the Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3
The KitchenAid Mixer!
KitchenAid Ultra Power 4.5 Qt Stand Mixer and I want one of them myself
The Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3 would be great for serving finger foods.
getting a keurig K65 would be awesome.
The tiered cake stands. One word: cupcakes!
The Cake Pops and Donut hole maker, for the sweet table!
a keukrig coffee maker would be a great beginning gift
I wasn’t really sure how to answer this one, I love some of the knife sets, but I’m not sure how anything on that page is for a bridal shower.
I like the Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates
I like the Nescafe Pixie – gotta have coffee!
I like the Threshold 16 Piece Carnigan Field Stoneware Dinnerware Set.
I like the KitchenAid Candy Apple Red 12-Piece Stainless Cutlery Set. I love Target. They have everything.
I love the Rachel Ray 10 piece cookware set!
I like the KitchenAid Glass Coffee Maker – Black (12 cup)
I like 2 the rachael ray cookware set and keurig in silver, both useful items, thank you so much for the chance
Definitely the Keurig
I think the Soda Stream would make a nice gift!
The Keurig for sure!
I Like The Libbey Classic Martini Glass Set of 8
I like the KitchenAid 3.5 Cup Food Chopper 🙂
shebebes@yahoo.com
I like the Rachel Ray sets
I WOULD GET THE AWESOME KEURIG!
My favorite for a bridal shower is the Threshold™ 16 Piece Carnigan Field Stoneware Dinnerware Set .
There is NO better kitchen gift other than a KitchenAid Mixer for a gal just starting out on her Chief Cook life!! NO other kitchen item (other than really good stainless steels pots and pans!!) will be more appreciated. I love to gift a newly wed with a KitchenAid!
Giada De Laurentiis for Target 10-pc. Stainless Steel Cookset!
I like the Soda Stream Machine! Great Gift!
a keurig!
I would love to give a newly married couple a keurig
the Rachael Ray cookware set
I like the Kitchen Essentials® from Calphalon® 5-pc. Bakeware Set.
KitchenAid 4.5 qt. Ultra Power Stand Mixer – Green Apple
the Hamilton Beach Mess Free Waffle Maker looks fun
I like Giada’s red cast iron dutch oven!
I think the Cake Pop maker would be a lot of fun
annabella @ centurytel dot net
the Hamilton Beach Food Processor would be awesome
i think the kitched mixer would be a good gift to give.
Cakepops! Soda is bad for you. Well, maybe cakepops are too!
the kitchen aide food chopper would come in handy
I love the KitchenAid 4.5 qt. Ultra Power Stand Mixer – Empire Red.
I would choose the Pyrex 19 Piece Bake and Store Set – Clear so after the party things can be stored or sent home with the bride and guests. It is all so versitile!
Definitely the Kitcheinaid.
Definitely the Bella Cake Pop Maker.
The Keurig
Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates would make for a fun shower of course you could certainly use the KitchenAid Ultra Power Stand Mixer to make the treats 🙂
the keurig for sure. thankyou, ken
I would like the Keurig.
I like the Kitchenaid mixer!
I like the kitchenaid mixer.
I love the Sunbeam panini maker! Yum!
Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3 for displaying finger foods and cupcakes.
KitchenAid 4.5 qt. Ultra Power Stand Mixer – Cobalt Blue
The weber genesis would give some great food for the party
the egyptian cotton count sheet set is great
I love the squish measuring cups, such fun colors!
Calphalon 12 piece cookware set. Every bride needs to cook–or her husband.
keukrig coffee maker
KitchenAid 3 Piece Stainless Steel Gourmet Cookie Cutter Set is super cute and fun
I like the tiered pedestal serving plates–you can use them for food and for other fun things at a bridal shower!
The Threshold Dinnerware Set.
The Keurig. Everybody loves coffee.
I like the sunbeam panini maker
You can’t go wrong with Kitchen Aid anything. However, I love the Kitchen Aid mixer.
The Nespresso bundle would be the perfect appliance at the party: delicious espressos coming up!
KitchenAid Ultra Power 4.5 Qt Stand Mixer would love this!
I would like the Kitchen Aid Mixer to make a lot of awesome wedding appetizers!
Loving that tomodachi knife!
The kuerig for coffee hour
My favorite is the Nespresso Pixie Espresso Machine Bundle – Chrome.
A Keurig would make an amazing gift.
A red Kitchenaid mixer of course!
The Kitchenaid mixer hands down.
Threshold 16 Piece Coupe Dinnerware Set – White
kitchenaid mixer
I would probably not be giving a shower but I’m sure my wife would like to use the Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates for her trademark brownies.
A KitchenAid stand mixer
KitchenAid Candy Apple Red 12pc Stainless Steel Cutlery Set
I love the 16 piece Corelle set in Sketch!
I like the glass cake stand with cover.
Those are some great tips! Many people are not fans of wedding shower games but I enjoy them!
I love the Kitchen Essentials® from Calphalon® 12 Cup Cupcake Carrier and Pan. I need one for myself!
Kitchenaids are great
I like the Threshold™ 16 Piece Wellsbridge Dinnerware Set – Brick
Something I would have on my list. The KitchenAid stand mixer.
Ladyblueeyez1960 (at)(aol)(dot)(com)
Definitely a Keurig!!
Kitchen Aid stand mixer!
I really like the Dyson DC34 Handheld vacuum. Great for a speedy cleanup after the shower.
I’d love the Riedel Vivant Champagne Flutes Set of 4 – perfect for celebrating!
I love the Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer!
The Hamilton Beach Smoothie Smart Blender would be a perfect choice. I’ve been on a smoothie kick that last few days and this is perfect to make the best smoothies
sweetheart4171(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like the KitchenAid 7″ Santoku knife.
You can’t go wrong with anything KitchenAid. Their products are fabulous 🙂
The Keurig of course!!!
KitchenAid Glass Coffee Maker
KitchenAid 3.5 Cup Food Chopper
I like the Kitchen Essentials from Calphalon 5-pc. Bakeware Set.
Thank you.
I like the sodastream
I think a Keurig K65 Special Edition Home Brewing System is great because you can make coffee fast to go with the bridal shower desserts
The tiered cake stands are gorgeous!
Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 piece Stainless Steel Cookware Set
I am torn between a keurig and a Kitchenaid mixer.
The sodastream
Keurig K65 Special Edition
The Rachael Ray Hard Anodized II 10 piece Set
Hmm there’s a lot of great items, but I think I would pick the Crock-Pot® 6 Qt Slow Cooker – Red. Crock pots are something that can be used year round and even brought on vaca to cook wholesome meals in a snap.
The Oster Belgian waffle maker, my friend did an early morning shower and used bite size waffle pieces and dipping cups for syrup, it was so cute!
gotta have an oxo xorkscrew
The Keurig would be my choice.
OXO corkscrew
OXO SoftWorks Corkscrew
The 10 pc Rachael Ray Cookware set!
Vineyard Reserve Stemless Wine Glass
the http://wedding.catalogs.target.com/
Threshold™ 16-Piece Round Dinnerware Set – Black and Cream
The Tomodachi knives – everyone needs knives and these are funky!
Love the game ideas(:
the Sunbeam Panini Maker.
A sunbeam panini maker (great to serve at a bridal shower, too!)
kenhall013@gmail.com
Kenny
I love the Rachel Ray 10 piece cook set!
I would love the Kitchen Aid mixer!
The Nespresso Pixie espresso machine!
I’m not even a big coffee drinker but I love the idea of the red Keurig
Threshold 16 Piece Carnigan Field Stoneware Dinnerware Set
Rachael Ray cookware set
kport207 at gmail dot com
I really like the Vineyard Reserve Stemless Wine Glass
I like the Hamilton Beach Smoothie Blender.
Calphalon Kitchen essentials
The KitchenAid Ultra Power 4.5 Qt Stand Mixer.
The SodaStream – we love ours!
Love the Hamilton Beach 12-cup BrewMaster — love to have coffee with cake and cookies at a party!
An empire red kitchenaid stand mixer!
I like the Rachael Ray cookware set
my favorite is the bella cake pop maker
Everyone needs a KitchenAid stand mixer!
the kitchenaid mixer
the keurig coffee maker
green kitchen aid mixer
The kitchen aid mixer
Keurig!
the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS19K 14.1MP Digital Camera with 20x Optical Zoom -Black so that the bride can take more personal pictures
I love the idea of using a Keurig coffeemaker at the shower
I think the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 piece Stainless Steel Cookware Set would make the best gift! It has all the cooking essentials and it has a very sleek design
I would pick the KitchenAid Glass Coffee Maker.
i think i would go with the Oster DuraCeramic Flip Belgian Waffle Maker – Silver (1.5 Inch), why can’t you serve waffles lol?
I would love the stand mixer from kitchenaid
I like the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 Cup Cupcake Carrier and Pan.
I like the Corelle 16pc dinnerware set in sketch.
Threshold™ 16-Piece Round Dinnerware Set – Black and Cream
cake pop maker!
Soda stream maker
I like the Sunbeam Panini Maker!
The Keurig! Coffee is always great and can fuel great conversations.
I love the red kitchen aid mixer
i want a kitchenaid mixer so bad
The KitchenAid Mixer
The Keurig K65 would rock my world.
the panini maker!
I love the KitchenAid Mixer in Red. I could make all kinds of great desserts for the shower.
I love the Keurig 🙂
I think the Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3 would be great to have for a bridal shower. Thank you!!
I like the Kitchenaid Mixer.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
The waffle maker would be great for a brunch shower!
I like the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 Cup Cupcake Carrier and Pan
Keurig K65.
Rachel Ray cookware sets are always useful!
The Sunbeam Panini Maker.
The KitchenAid 4.5 Qt Ultra Power Stand Mixer in Contour Silver
I want the KitchenAid stand mixer in red!
I love the Hampton Forge Continental 15pc. Cutlery Set w/Block.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
This 3-piece tiered serving pedestal would be perfect for a bridal shower!: http://www.target.com/p/tiered-pedestal-serving-plates-set-of-3/-/A-741571#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink
My favorite is the chrome Nespresso Pixie Espresso Machine Bundle.
The KitchenAid 12pc Cutlery set is a useful item.
Would love to give the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 piece Stainless Steel Cookware Set – would be something that they would use!
I like the Rachael Ray cookware set
I like the Rachael ray cookware
I love the Corelle dinnerware set in folk stitch! Such great choices and very practical items, thanks!
the KitchenAid 12pc Stainless Steel Cutlery Set would be very nice!
The KitchenAid Mixer!
Kitchen Aid stand mixer
tiered cake stands
I definitely love the KitchenAid Mixers!
I love the Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3.
My favorite is the Kitchen Aid stand mixer.
I like the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 5-pc. Bakeware Set
I think the KitchenAid Personal Coffee Maker could make a good gift.
Henckels Premio 14-pc. Metal Cap Knife Set because every kitchen should have good kives.
Bella Cake Pop Maker
Giada paring knife
The KitchenAid Mixer is a must have.
I like KitchenAid Contour Silver 7 Cup Food Processor.
the camera to take pics with because mine has bit the dust and the kitchenaid mixer because I only have a small one that would not handle that much baking.
i love the RED KitchenAid mixer! so gorgeous!
Threshold™ 16 Piece Wellsbridge Dinnerware Set – Brick
The Giada De Laurentiis® for Target® 6-qt. Cast-Iron Dutch Oven (red)
I’d love the SQUISH MEASURING CUPS:)
jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com
I think either one of the Rachel Ray cooking sets or the Keurig would be great for a bridal shower.
I like the SwissGear Zurich Upright Spinner 20″ Burgandy – so the newlyweds would be ready for their honeymoon travels!
I like the Threshold Luxury towels from Target.
I’d love a KitchenAid Ultra Power 4.5 Qt Stand Mixer, so I think it would make a great gift too!
Threshold 16 Piece Carnigan Field Stoneware Dinnerware Set
KitchenAid Ultra Power 4.5 Qt Stand Mixer
I want the black Keurig.
Liking the Giada Dutch Oven
Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3
this would be lovely loaded with puff pastries and canapes
Kuerig!!! I want one!
I would have to say the the Keurig is my choice
I love the Fieldcrest Luxury Goose Down Comforter it would be cozy.
Panini maker
the Hamilton Beach Black 2-Way Brewer would be the ideal gift
I like the Threshold Bath Towel – Trout Stream
Kitchen Aid Mixer
the cocktail shaker for mixed drinks would be my pick. Nothing like little alcohol to spice it up!
My favorite is the Hamilton Beach Die Cast Smoothie Smart® Blender!
I love the Sunbeam panini maker!
Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 Cup Cupcake Carrier and Pan would be great for a bridal shower!
I like the Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3
The KitchenAid 4.5 qt. Ultra Power Stand Mixer
Bella Cake Pop Maker
Thanks for the contest.
The Keurig is a great choice.
I like the Rachael Ray cookware set 🙂
I love the cake pop maker, so cute!
The KitchenAid mixer is always a very nice gift.
Love the red or black Keurig. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
the sunbeam panini maker.
xdanimarie(at)yahoo(dot)com
The KitchenAid Mixer
I like the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 piece Stainless Steel Cookware !!
jofo120 at yahoo dot com
My favorite item is the KitchenAid Ultra Power 4.5 Qt Stand Mixer in cobalt blue
i like https://twitter.com/robynparis9/status/400606061826031616
I like the 10 piece Rachel Ray Anodized cookware set.
my favorite is the Giada paring knife
Calphalon Kitchen set.
I would choose the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials.
I like the Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 12 piece Stainless Steel Cookware Set
The Soda Stream would be the best.
I like Giada De Laurentiis® for Target® 6-qt. Cast-Iron Dutch Oven
I love the Rachael Ray cookware set
The Rachel Ray 10 piece Cookware Set!!
my favorite is the Hampton Forge Continental 15pc. Cutlery Set w/Block.
I like the keurig coffee maker
KitchenAid 3 Piece Stainless Steel Gourmet Cookie
The Bella Cake Pop Maker which is great for finger foods
I like the Rachel Ray 10 piece cookware set
the kitchen aid stand mixer for the lovely couple!
I definitely love the Rachael Ray Hard Anodized II 10 piece Set.
I like the Threshold 16-Piece Round Dinnerware Set – Black and Cream
I love the KitchenAid Glass Coffee Maker
The Rachel Ray Cookware, what bride would not want that??
I want a Keurig coffee maker so bad!! I have it on my Christmas list I hope santa get its for me lol
Tiered Pedestal Serving Plates – Set of 3
I like the Rachel Ray 10 piece cookware set.
I would go with the Panasonic DECT 6.0 Link-to-Cell Convergence Solution Phone (KX-TG7733S) with 3 Handsets – Gray
Thanks for the giveaway… Ninja 3-in-1 Cooking System !
Gotta love the Keurig or Rachel Ray cookware set! I’d personally love either!
I like the KitchenAid Candy Apple Red 12pc Stainless Steel Cutlery Set.
The Keurig!