Published: January 16, 2023 | Updated: July 17, 2025
Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing so many of my friends transform into beautiful brides. With each passing wedding, each of them were given the long-standing tradition of a “bridal shower”. Bridal showers actually date all the way back to the 16th-century when a dowry was not available for a bride to marry and start her new life. The town would gather together and provide small gifts for her and her new home. Over the years, this tradition has continued to evolve and grow. Modern-day bridal showers are thrown to not only share and exchange gifts for the home of the bride-to-be, but they are truly a time to celebrate with close family and friends!
Each bridal shower is also uniquely coordinated to surprise the bride and to creatively delight her guests. I’ve seen so many beautiful showers over the years with amazing themes! So many that I decided to dedicate an article to these beautiful showers, which could hopefully inspire the shower of a future bride and her bridal party. Below you will find some themes and decor I was totally obsessed with! If I have any of the vendor information, I will share this as well in case you wish to recreate some of these details for your next event. Enjoy!
The Garden Party Bridal Shower Theme
This beautiful shower was a beautiful garden party theme. Photos and links to decor can be found below:
My Favorite Amazon Buys To Plan This Party:
The Haute Couture Fashion Show Bridal Shower Theme
If you have a fashion lover in your life, why not throw her a Haute couture themed bridal party! One of my close girlfriends was thrown a fabulous Fashion Show Themed bridal shower a few years ago by her best friend & sisters, and it was absolutely beautiful! Some of the details put into the design were:
- VIP Backstage Fashion Show badges given to guests (try making a game out of this by not allowing guests to say certain words like “dress”, “fashion”, “runway”, or “ring”)
- Design magazine subscriptions as your guest’s RSVP invite:
- A Haute couture fashion cake with her favorite designers and matching backdrop
- Fashion mannequins as center pieces
- Fashion Show Step & Repeat for red carpet photos
- A runway for the bride to open open her gifts on
- Use a TV or a projector screen play fashion shows in the background for guests to enjoy
- Fashion themed dessert table – Designer cupcakes & cake pops (the ones shown below were baked and served by Elegant Pleasantries)
- Themed chocolate covered strawberries are also always a guest favorite and easy to serve. The ones shown below were designed and provided by Tummy Travels from New York:
- Creatively include quotes in frames from their favorite fashion designer or well-known designers:
- Consider fashion themed prizes thank you gifts or favors:
My Favorite Amazon Recommendations To Recreate This Party:
Tacos & Tea Party Bridal Shower Theme!
If you have a bride-to-be who loves tacos or tea, why not throw her a Tacos & Tea Party! One of my close girlfriends was thrown a creative and beautiful bridal shower a few years ago by her best friend & sisters, and it was absolutely beautiful! Some of the details put into the design were:
- As part of the guest sign-in, why not have guests share ideas for the couple to try! These can anonymously be placed inside of a cute mason jar and the couple can pull from these for inspiration:
- As a creative party favor, allow guests to take a tea cup home with a full of goodies such as tea and candy:
- Paper flower welcome wall inspo:
- A sombrero fit for a bride to be!
- Taco and tea cake inspiration:
- Sombrero and flower center pieces
- Tea kettle and tea cups for guests to enjoy at their table:
- Each table to could have a cute sign to play on words for tacos or tea as shown below:
- You could create a poster board called “Bridal Jeopardy” and allow guests to answer questions about the couple or bride to be:
- For meals, you could setup a build-your-own taco station for guests:
My Favorite Amazon Buys From This Party:
Brunch & Bubbly Bridal Shower Theme
If you’re thinking of hosting a bridal shower in a restaurant, throwing brunch for your bride-to-be and guests can be so much fun! One of my close friends received a beautiful “Brunch and Bubbly” navy blue and gold themed party! The restaurant was the perfect idea because they gave us a private room, tables were provided, chairs were provided and all guests were served by a wait staff. The only items were needed to bring in was decor, favors, and outside dessert (which we previous gained approval from the restaurant ahead of time). Here are a few decor photos for inspiration:
- Cake pops on the dessert table with a copy of the invitation:
- Place setting for each guest included a pre-set menu and coffee favor that stated “The Perfect Blend”
- Bride to Be Sash for the Bride’s seat. She can wear this throughout the brunch and while opening gifts:
- Gold sequin table setting with blue accents. Table was setup by the restaurant:
- Dessert table for guests. Table contained a variety of options such as a cupcake tower, custom cake or cake pops:
- Gold and Blue backdrop for brunch bridal theme
Bride in the City Bridal Shower Theme
If you have a bride who is a city girl, loves fashion and all things glam, then this is the perfect shower theme for you to consider! The close friends of the bride worked with a lot of amazing businesses that were all owned by black women to make this vision come to life! I will link the contact information to these vendors below some of the photos:
The roses on the tables were provided by Global Rose, who ship flowers in an eco-friendly manner.
These beautiful acrylic name placements were provided by KKS Designs. You can follow them here on Instagram.
All table decor rentals were provided by: @curatedeventsdc . They have multiple locations in different cities. Learn more by visiting their Instagram page.
This beautiful custom made cake was designed and delivered by: @dreamcakesbyteinisha. You can follow her on Instagram here.
Boho Chic Bridal Shower Theme:
Most recently, one of my close friends decided to host a bridal shower for her future daughter in law. We wanted to create a beautiful backdrop for her gift opening area, so we hired a party stylist in Charlotte, NC called “alldaysoireeclt” on Instagram. She made the most beautiful boho chic balloon backdrop below:
These color schemes are so pretty! Never too early to think about wedding ideas! Thank you so much for sharing!
absolutely loving the themes, designs, food! everything is just gorgeous 🙂
I absolutely love the pictures showcasing such unique and lovely bridal shower themes. The taco idea is adorable, but the garden is my favorite. A bride would have trouble picking between these fun ideas!
Getting married is a big deal! It is important to select a bridal shower theme that will be memorable and one that the bride feels is the right fit for her. There are many excellent ideas here.
I really love the garden theme for the bridal shower. Sometimes I’m sad I’m already married because there are so many fantastic ideas for showers and wedding ceremonies. Maybe I’ll take my husband to Vegas one day!
Garden theme bridal showers are just awesome! All of those are absolutely beautiful.
The different drinks and milkshakes look nice. And I want to try them all!
These look so pretty and love the decoration. The color and everything is just amazing.
I am hosting a bridal shower soon and I’m loving all of these ideas! Definitely incorporating some of them in my planning.