Our Pre - Wedding Parties

For my Hen's night my friends and I went to 'Wild Boys Afloat' an all male strip review that travels up and down the Brisbane river. I wore a veil and everyone else (including me) had naughty shaped nametags. Louis went down to the Gold Coast to night clubs and strips clubs it was held on Saturday the 28th of October. We both had alot of fun, here are the photos.

My bridal shower was on Sunday the 12th of November at 1:00pm at my mums house. About 20 people came we played pass the parcel, toilet paper bride, 20c coin game , the clothesline game, handbag scavenger hunt game, the name game, we drunk white wine and ate lovely food made by my sister ,myself and my mother. I also received some fantastic gifts including a wedding keepsake book from my sister/bridesmaid and a blue garter which I am going to keep. I would do it all over again I had so much fun, here are some of the pictures that we took

Toilet Paper Wedding Dress

This is one of the more popular games played at bridal showers. We divided the guests (including me and my bridesmaids) into teams of three. Each team was handed four rolls of white toilet paper (recycled, of course) and were given 20 minutes to design a wedding dress. Each team chooses a "bride" and then proceeds to design a dress and wrap the "bride" within the allotted time. Each team bride was then paraded in front of the guests (it was hilarious on how some of my friends' creative juices flowed!) and votes were taken to determine the prettiest bridal gown. A gift was then awarded to the chosen bride and her design team!

Purse Scavenger Hunt

Divide the guests into teams of two or three. Provide each team a list of items to be found in their purses. Each item is assigned a certain number of points. The most likely found item such as lipstick is assigned 20 points. Whereas an item such as a rock is assigned 75 points. Can you believe at my bridal shower that one of my co-workers actually had a rock in her purse? It was her lucky rock and needless to say, her team won!

What's My Word?

This is a great icebreaker for wedding showers. (It can also be modified for a baby shower.) Before the shower, make a list of wedding-related words (gown, honeymoon, love, groom's name, etc.). Write these words on nametags, and as guests arrive at the shower, give each a nametag. The guest is not allowed to say the word on their nametag. If someone hears her say the word, that person takes the sticker. At the end of the shower, the person with the most stickers wins a prize. This game never ceases to amaze me -- inevitably the quietest, shyest guest will race across the room in pursuit of someone else's sticker.