Hens Night Shop Blog

When you are asked by the bride to be, to be her maid of honour, you know that planning the hens night activities is going to be one of your chief duties. And usually that would be a breeze, because you have attended your fair share of hens night, and you can put together a cheap hens night party complete with drinks and fun accessories, at the drop of a hat! But wait, your bestie is a painfully shy, shun-all-people kind of introvert, and you know she is going to run the other way at the first sight of food in the shape of male body parts!

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Living healthy is a priority for most people nowadays, what with Instagram and Facebook flooded with ‘before and after’ pictures of people losing tons of weight, or someone showing off their perfectly prepared chia seed smoothie, or how someone ran a 5k. Fitness has simply become something you can no longer ignore. In fact, it should be a priority for everyone. However, there are some who are more into it than others, and are particular about what they eat, and how it is prepared, or even how many hours they workout in a day. If the bride to be is a fitness freak, then chances are she is not going to prefer a night of binge drinking and eating bar food.

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So, your bestie’s bachelorette party is coming up, and this is probably the fifth one you will attend this wedding season. You are already exasperated with the endless rounds of rose wine, bar-hopping and sleepless nights. Do you want to break the mould a little and do something unexpected, now that you are responsible for the planning of the hens night? Once you know that the same old is not expected of you, it is more freeing! And you can come up with a number of exciting themes for what can turn out to be the best girls’ night for your bestie and all the girls. You have more options for hens night games, and you can challenge the girls to a more action-packed night, rather than sitting on bar stools waiting for your drinks to come.

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If you thought that your bachelorette party options were limited to a night out with the girls, gossiping about the future in-laws or drowning the sorrow of your “last moments of singledom” in pink wine, then think again. Co-ed Bachelorette parties are becoming a trend in recent years. More and more couples are opting for a combined pre-wedding party, celebrity couples included. If you and your partner are inseparable and really want to enjoy your pre-wedding celebrations together, then a great idea would be to bring all your friends and family together in one venue and party the night away.

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Hens nights and bridal showers are two very different celebrations that mark the same important aspect of a bride to be’s wedding week. Some could easily mistake one to be synonymous with the other, as their purpose is basically the same. However, from the hens party activities, the invitees and the gifts given, one is very different from the other! Continue reading →

Hens night party favours are not really a commonly talked about subject, as it is usually left till the last minute. The focus is more on the games, the food, the drinks and the gifts to give the bride herself. However, party favours are definitely a nice touch to the hens night, and are a great way to make the night memorable for the other guests. Hen party favours are a small token gesture to say ‘thank you for coming’. Continue reading →

You are the maid of honour and you are planning your bestie’s bachelorette party. You have planned the most fun hens night games, have invited all your closest friends, and have made sure that the food and drink consists of all the bride’s favourites. Of course, you are tempted to share all the little details about this fabulous day on social media – pictures of the food, the clothes, the bride to be’s grand entrance, and everything that happens that night! Social media makes it oh so easy to share the cute outfits, the beautiful moments and more. Continue reading →

The hens night is one of the most important days in the wedding week, for the bride to be. It is the day that is absolutely all about her, where she can let her hair down, relax and have some fun with her closest friends. It is also the day when she has the least amount of stress, as all the arrangements are usually made by the maid of honour. Continue reading →

As the bestie of the bride, you have a huge responsibility to create the perfectly fun and memorable hens night party for the bride-to-be. However, there are too many done-to-death themes, party games and ideas, that it is quite difficult to be original. So, how do you strike a balance – how do you make it fun, original and also easy to put together? Continue reading →

Dressing up is something that little girls like to do in front of a mirror. Putting on mum’s long pearl necklaces, smearing on that lipstick, slipping your tiny feet into mummy’s heels are all part of the beautiful memories of being a little girl. And women, whatever their age, still have that little girl hidden deep inside of them. She never really goes away. Continue reading →