Baby Products Guru

Have you checked the priceofparty cakes and decorations lately?  Throw in the price of  a baby gift and the total cost  of a baby shower can be astronomical .  For this reason, hostesses working with limited funds are searching for tips on   how to throw a cheap baby shower without looking cheap . 

After making some price comparisons on the big ticket items  I found that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did on how to save money when hosting a party .  For one thing, the greatest advantage to making your own shower invitations   is that you get to boast  about how you made your own invitations . Bragging rights are important , but right now we are going to focus on inexpensive baby showers , not boosting our egos and working on our reputation for being the most creative hostess . 

CHEAP BABY SHOWER INVITES

If you have plenty of colored ink cartridges  and pink and blue card stock  on hand  , by all means, pick out a free baby shower template online   that you like and go for it.  But if you find yourself having to stock up on ink  and printer supplies , not to mention finding time to print the cards , do yourself a favor and take a trip to your local party supply store  and go digging through  the offerings on the sale table .   Save even more money by not paying for postage , taking a walk and hand delivering the cards  to your friends who live in your neighborhood .   

CHEAP DECORATIONS

Again, the  discount table at the party store is your best bet .  Even if find a virtual mixed bag of discounted decorations , resist the urge to buy everything you see just because the stuff is on sale .  Buy only the exact number of items  that you will use .  Leftover party supplies are  nothing but a reminder that you overspent .

PLANNING THE MENU

Be sure that your party invitations are delivered fourteen days before the date of the celebration   with a request for the recipient to RSVP so that you can have a good idea of how many guests that you should expect .  Knowing exactly how many guests  you will be expecting is  important .  Another tip for saving money  is to select recipes according to what’s in season or on sale.  

Shopping for deals and discounts is important but one of the best ways to insure that the cost of your baby shower is not out of line is to carefully plan so  that you buy only what you need .  Resist the urge to stretch the budget to the limit , do away with waste and you can have a lovely party for a reasonable price without looking like a  cheapskate .