Toolbox Party
As an experienced event planner, I've seen how practical themes like this delight couples. Outfit their new home with essential tools and hardware. Encourage guests to arrive in jeans. Attach a plastic kids' tool to each invitation with ribbon. Hand-print or design clever favors on your computer.
Toast to the Couple
Celebrate with an extended toast theme. Tuck a elegantly worded invitation inside a Styrofoam cup, tied with a ribbon handle.
Gourmet Kitchen Shower
Request kitchen essentials like cookware and cookbooks. Secure invitations to pot holders for a thoughtful touch.
Honeymoon Adventure Shower
For couples heading out of town, craft invitations as luggage tags and attach to destination brochures.
Garden Party
Fill miniature watering cans with flower seeds, securing the invitation to the handle with narrow ribbon.
Work Bee Party
Have guests pitch in to paint a room or lay sod. Attach the invitation to a small shovel or garden tool.
Mint Rolls
Stuff a toilet paper roll with a small bag of mints, wrap in crepe paper (cut 3" longer than the roll on each end), and tie ends with ribbon. Glue on a name tag.
Mini Cowboy Hats
Perfect for western themes—print names and attach to tiny hats as place cards.
Flower-Filled Mugs
For garden parties, use affordable theme-fitting mugs with silk flowers inside. Add name tags to serve as place cards.
Draw from household items for authentic, budget-friendly centerpieces trusted by pros.
Decorated Birdhouse
Ideal for country garden parties—place a painted birdhouse in a bed of raffia.
Chef's Hat Planter
Fit a chef's hat over an empty coffee can, add potted mums, and glue on kitchen utensils.
Money-Filled Easter Basket
Line with decorative grass and fake currency to encourage cash gifts.
