Stress Out Baby Shower Planning - 6 Golden Tips for Planning A Baby Shower (Part Two)
Stress Out Baby Shower Planning - 6 Golden Tips for Planning A Baby Shower (Part Two)
by: Qing Gu
If you're just starting your baby shower planning and want to make sure it a huge success, you'll probably feel that as you try to take care of everything and hard to even find time to take a break.
The good news is, you're not alone.
Here are some of my useful experiences that I learn through as the guest of other's baby shower.
Sooner or later, you'll be finding out that becoming an experienced baby shower hostess takes a little bit of getting used to.
Just keep a fun attituide and enjoy your baby shower planning.
Golden Tips 4: If You Really in Need of A Baby Shower Book, Buy A E-book.
According to the report, "How Women and Men Use the Internet", published by PEW Internet & American Life Project in December 28th, 2005, there are trends showing that women are catching up in overall use and are framing their online experience with a greater emphasis on deepening connections with people.
So what you can learn from it for your baby shower planning? Definitely a lot!
Not only are most of the print version of baby shower books outdated, these books are not suitable to feed the needs for today's busy and web-savvy women.
I've read almost all the baby shower related books sold on Amazon, some of them are good written. But compare to e-books, they are not able to update with fresh content in a timely manner.
Even more, a busy 9-and-5 Shower hostess is able to organizing party ideas while every and each co-hostess can read the same Shower planning book, exchange ideas, and provide solution using emails.
Of course, this only works with e-books since you can send as many copies to your partners without paying extra money.
Golden Tip 5: Do It or Deliberate It.
Do you understand that how does the 80/20 rule work for baby shower planning?
You're probably be good at creating great Shower games or making delicious food and drink, but you can't be an all-star-team on your own to plan something that please all the family members, close friends, and even co-workers.
The smart way is to do what you're good at and deliberate the rest to your co-hostess.
I have yet to meet a baby shower hostess who's been able to accomplish everything while trying to turn the party into a one man's show. Though Shower hostess must make sure that everything is well-organized, but working with a few partners is a wise decision.
As that, you could focus on only the most important baby shower planning and activities that you've been familiar with."
What's more...if you're a friend to the soon-to-be-mom or soon-to-be-dad, you should ask their family members to help in the planning details like suggesting an invitation list, gift ideas, or providing refreshments.
Golden Tip 6: Build Your Very Own Family Web Site, And Start Showing Off Your Baby Shower Albums.
Even you are a frequent shower hostess, you probably have no idea to remember what you've done for all those oh-so-cute baby cakes and oh-so-funny activities in detail.
It comes to be a problem when you want to reuse them for a coming baby shower, and that's why I suggest people find a way to put their used baby shower planning ideas and photos online.
Imagine this: One day, a friend of you ring your home phone to ask for diaper cake making tips, you can say, "Oh dear, I did make a 4-tier rubber ducky diaper cake months ago, but I really can't remember how many diapers and what baby items I've used, can you visit my website at...".
See how it works?
You don't have to be a computer programmer to create a Web site. If you know how to browser the Internet, you can build a Web site in minutes.
It's full of fun when you're writing your ideas, uploading your photos for people to share and learn from.
A few web site building tools to recommend: Online-hosting services like Namezero.com, and Web album programs like Picasa (owned by Google).
About The Author
Copyright Qing Gu, All Rights Reserved. Reprint allowed with all the text and links intact.
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This article was posted on April 07, 2006
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