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The Hollywood A-List Bridal Shower

Every bride should feel like the star of the show on her wedding day.  Help her get into the swing of things with a Hollywood A-List bridal shower.  The bride and her friends will love feeling like celebrities for a day, with all the lights, cameras and action of this Hollywood-inspired celebration.

Invitations

Send out Showtime film ticket invitations to this fabulous soiree. Indicate that your guests must ‘glam up’ for the event and be ready to have their 15 minutes of fame!

Red carpet arrival

Roll out the red carpet and film each of the guests as they arrive at your Hollywood Hills venue. It’s a great idea to have an interviewer (E-style) and a camera operator to make it super-authentic. Catch each guest’s arrival on film and have your camera operator record a good-luck message for the bride.

Catering

Celebs are used to being fawned over, especially when they go out to eat. Serve up some star treatment with fancy finger-foods from a local caterer or buy prepared goodies that can be heated up or served cold. Boost the party food profile with a signature cocktail named after the guest of honour.

Decor and styling

Hire a spotlight, hang foil stars, and grab a director’s chair for the bride-to-be. Pink Frosting has a great range of “Lights, Camera, Action” themed party decorations for creating this fun look. Lanterns are a wonderful way to create excitement in your decorations without it costing the earth. Black and white paper ball lanterns mixed with miniature mirror balls around your venue perimeter are a great way to create a full effect.

Don’t forget the disposable cameras so your guests can be paparazzi and capture as much of the action as possible.

Activities

Why not have a cocktail bar where your guests can make their own cocktail creations? For some fun, cut out pictures of celebrities from magazines and ask your guests to match the power couples.  Or enjoy a film fest with cocktails, popcorn in genuine popcorn containers and some great Hollywood bridal flicks – Father of the Bride, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and for an Australian flavour, Muriel’s Wedding. 

Favors and guest gifts

Glamorous gals won’t let their guests go home empty handed. They give favors that will remind their guests about the bridal shower for many months to come! Try some personalised hand cream favors with your name printed on them, love heart compact mirrors for Hollywood fashionistas to check their makeup in or fun pedicure sets to show how much you care about your guests' tootsies!

Thank you in style

Burn a DVD of the film taken of your guests’ arrival and send it to your guests with a thank you note. This fun thank you gift is a truly fabulous, glamorous and decadent way to say thank you in Hollywood style!
 

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