Sometimes it seems as though surprise parties are impossible these days with Blackberries, email and text messaging all posing as a spoiler. There are ways though that it can be done. If you wish to throw a surprise Bridal shower there are a few things to keep in mind and which will help to make it the best Bridal shower surprise ever.
The First Step
The first thing you are going to need to do is make up the guest list. You really cannot go any further before you do this because you are going to need to find out who is willing to come, what days are good for everyone, how far they are going to be able to travel and so on.
Make up a guest list of the bride-to-be's best friends and closest family members, the number of people that you invite is really up to you and how many people you think they would like to have come.
Choose the Date
The phase in planning the surprise shower is to actually set the date. This can be somewhat tricky, because more than anything you are going to have to make sure that the bride herself is able to make it on that date, but without letting her know what you are up to.
You can speak to her fiance to see what his opinion is on this, and if you can get a hold of her date book or calendar, without being overly nosy, you can check to see what dates she has free.
Keeping The Bride In The Dark
Over the time that you are planning and preparing for the Bridal shower surprise you are going to need to make sure that the soon to be bride is kept busy.
While trying not to make it too obvious what you are up too try to keep her occupied and out of the way, you should come up with some emergency (eg. Shoes for flower girls) to keep her occupied while you and the other girls are busy working away to make sure that her bridal shower is just right.
Keeping Everyone Quite
Bridal showers can be very exciting, especially a Surprise Bridal shower, but making sure that everyone keeps quite is the trickiest part of pulling it off.
The more people each person tells about the surprise party the more likely that it is going to leak out and the guest of honor will find out about the surprise, so make sure that all of the invited guests are tight lipped and keep it on a need to know basis.
