Rustic Bridal Shower Trends : An Overview
Rustic (ruhs-tik) adj. “of or pertaining to living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.” Big or small, extravagant or casual, bridal showers come in all shapes and sizes. But every bridal shower has one simple theme in common: LOVE. This year, you can expect to see brides getting back to basics and celebrating their love with simple & unsophisticated {think INVITING} country charm. Rustic Bridal Shower Trends forecast super sweet charm, romance and simplicity. Conjure memories from your childhood for inspiration – clothes hanging on a clothesline on a warm summer day, sweet daisies blooming in your garden, lemonade served in your Mom’s mason jelly jars, striped paper straws at the county fair and coloring on your chalkboard while the fireflies begin to flit through the early evening skies. Rustic Bridal Shower Trends are the new kind of fabulous this year!
Rustic Bridal Shower Trends: Setting the Stage with your Invitations
There’s no better way to honor a bride-to-be than with a bridal shower, but where do you start? The first place to start is the rustic theme of your shower – there are lots to choose from when considering rustic spring and summer bridal shower trends this year. Again, let’s get back to basics since rustic doesn’t really have an obligatory scheme per se…it simply focuses on simplistic country living. So, before jumping in and panicking, let’s as a few questions:
- Does your bride to be have a favorite memory from her childhood to direct us? For example, did she love playing hopscotch and tossing jacks with friends?
- Does her wedding design incorporate elements that jump out at you? For instance, woodgrains, old country windows, lilacs? We can use that- so keep note!
- Is the wedding venue outdoors? We can bring in lots of natural elements and tie the rustic elements of nature into the bridal shower {think: grasses, leaves, barks, twigs and spanish moss}.
Keep in mind that just as we highlighted in our recent post, BABY SHOWER TRENDS FOR 2013 , the guys are also getting in on the act with coed bridal showers this year . Let’s take a look at some of the rustic bridal shower themes that are popular this year!
Rustic Bridal Shower Trends 1 {Mason Jars + Chalkboards}
Mason jars continue making their way back into wedding showers and wedding venues in 2013- you will see them everywhere this year. Once used solely for canning all those wonderful peaches, tomatoes and other wonderfully delicious edibles for eating year round- brides and party planners are making John Landis Mason proud {he invented them way back in 1858} by coming up with tremendously creative ways to bring the charm and sweetness of our grandmother’s kitchen into our events for spring and summer.
Chalkboard elements have become more and more popular over the years- allowing party planners to add doodles and sketches to the bridal shower and wedding venues they serve. Everyone remembers chalkboards from their childhood whether it evokes memories of being a student in a classroom or playing on summer evenings, sketching out our dreams in chalk. Chalkboards get an A+ for adding a touch of sweet childhood memories and making it to the A list in Rustic Bridal Shower Trends for Spring and Summer 2013. We’ve happily included some great mason jar and chalkboard bridal shower invites from the designers at PartySimplicity to get you started when planning your bridal shower this year.
Rustic Bridal Shower Trends 2 : {Textured Backgrounds}
We love the fact that brides are becoming inspired by natural elements in 2013 and this starts off with the use of fun, nature inspired textures in not only invitations but in their venues as well. Some of the hottest trends we are seeing are burlap and woodgrains. What’s super inspiring about both elements is they are totally green {think eco-friendly}, natural products and add unique charm with their inherent natural flaws. Here are some ideas for your bridal shower invites incorporating the wood grains and burlap elements, all, again, from the designers at partysimplicity.
Rustic Bridal Shower Trends 1 {Birdcages and Lovebirds}
It comes as no surprise that sweet little love birds and bird cages continue to be hot trends for wedding and bridal showers in 2013. Love Birds are the quintessential symbol of everlasting love so really, there are no surprises why this theme remains super popular among brides and bridal shower planners in 2013. A Love Tweet Love theme is sweet and works well in weddings for all seasons- but especially so in the spring and summer months of rebirth and renewal. We’ve showcased some of the fun invites offered by our designers at PartySimplicity to let your imagination soar!
We will be posting more DIY decor ideas, rustic bridal shower trends for meals and super trendy and creative ways to make your rustic bridal shower a one of a kind affair.
So, stay Tuned for our next Post in this series: Rustic Bridal Shower Trends : DIY DECOR
About Sandy at NotedOccasions
Sandy Buckley is a graphic designer, blogger and owner of NOTEDOCCASIONS.COM, an online site catering to everyone who loves having a party. Focused on custom wedding suites, Sandy also designs everything from custom graduation announcements to trendy holiday party invitations - with each design being handcrafted out of love and with an eye for detail. She also has a shop on ETSY to attend to the DIY crowd who wants fun designs but would much rather print at home. Thank you for visiting and let us know if there's a topic you'd like to see covered! Happy Parties!