How Do I Say This In The Nicest Possible Way?
Decorating By maryak Updated 24 May 2007 , 4:16am by maryak
I'm making a cake for a friend's bridal shower party that she doesn't know about. Our other friend is organising it. The cake is going to be pretty big and cost more than what I would normally pay for a gift. So how do I make it known, in the nicest possible way, that the cake is my gift without sounding cheap. Or is this cheap? Should I also buy a gift? I'm not too sure what the correct etiquette is here.
Any comments, opinions, advice would help me out hugely.
definitely! i would absolutely make it clear up front to the friend organizing the party that this will be your contribution. i think you are being extremely thoughtful and generous to do this for your friend's shower. some people don't understand the cost and time that goes into making a cake for such an event. if thats the case, you just have to explain until they get it (or give up listening to you 
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Why not buy a pretty blank card with a cake on it--or print one off of your computer--and give it to the bride-to-be at the shower? Tell her in your written message that the cake is your gift to her and promise her a copy of the photo you've taken of the cake.
Perhaps you could even find an inexpensive cake stand or plate and give that to her with the card?
If I were to give a gift like that, I sure wouldn't be shy about it 
Rae
I did this for one of my friends. I got her a card and wrote to her that the cake was her gift from me. She loved it because I took the time to make something special for her, it wasn't something that was chosen off of the registry at the store. She still tells people about it and the bridal shower was a year ago!
Erica
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