Vintage Bridal Luncheon by Lauren Poole
Vintage. Retro. Mid-century. These labels reveal that the tastes and style of a bygone era are still quite alive. And their presence in the wedding world confirms a widespread appeal. Maybe we feel we’ve progressed a safe enough distance from the social upheaval of those times to enjoy the charm and comfort of uber-homemaking.
Hosting a retro wedding shower is the perfect place to tap into the the sentiment and charm of the mid-century era. Have a little fun with outdated traditional roles, and play up the happy homemaker with gifts that remain central to today’s wedding registries.
Go Vintage with Wedding Shower Invitations
Start with vintage wedding shower invitations like the one featured above. You can include a description of the theme when you personalize the wedding shower invitations. One great idea would be to fire up your guests with copies of the now infamous Good Wife’s Guide, published in 1955. It’s a great ice-breaker, but you can also put it to good (and fun) use.
Inside each wedding shower invitation, assign each guest one of the 18 bullet-point tips from the Good Wife’s Guide to use in their gift buying. If you haven’t yet seen this circulated on your own email box, here are some excerpts, along with suggested gift ideas:
“Have dinner ready…This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal (especially his favorite dish) is part of the warm welcome needed.”
- Crockpot
- Serving tray
- Buffet server
“Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you’ll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair, and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.”
- Vintage silver-plated brush and mirror set for the dresser
- Pampering accessories such as eye-covers, heating pad or bath salts
You get the idea. This list of tips goes on and gets steadily, hilariously worse. There are many great wedding gift ideas to pair with each point, many which remain useful to modern day brides (and their soon-to-be-spouses too!) Think blenders, ironing boards, vacuums, house-cleaning products, and more.
To find your perfect retro or vintage style wedding shower invitations, look at the collection at www.looklovesend.com. Invitations are printed on your choice of paper textures and you can personalize your text and upload images for certain designs. You may order in quantities as few as ten, but orders greater than 50 ship free.
