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Sometimes it seems as though surprise parties are impossible these days with Blackberries, email and text messaging all posing as a spoiler. The perfect surprise party is possible though. 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 surprise shower possible.

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.

Write up the guest list not forgetting to include the bride-to-be’s best friends and family members, the number of people that you invite is really up to you and how big a party you think the bride would feel comfortable with.

Picking the Perfect 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 to Be Busy

For the duration of the planning and preparing stages of the surprise Bridal shower you are going to need to make sure that the soon to be bride is kept blissfully in the dark and busy.

Without making it too obvious that you are trying to get her out of the way, you should have her occupied with other tasks while you and the other girls are busy working away to make sure that her bridal shower is just right.

Keep Everyone Quiet

Bridal showers can be very exciting, especially a Bridal shower surprise, but you have to make sure that everyone keeps quiet.

The more people that know about the surprise party the greater the risk of a leak becomes and the chances that the guest of honour finding out about the surprise increase, so making sure that all of the guests are tight lipped and keep it on a need to know basis.