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Baby showers have come to be an extremely important affair in a soon to be mommy's lifetime. A baby shower is a wonderful way for the families and close friends of the expectant mom to display her how excited they are for her. Another option to your traditional baby shower is the baby shower tea. This is a more formal affair which provides the new mom and party guests a different way to have fun.

When holding more classic showers, invitations can be pretty informal. From time to time shower invitations are communicated through word of mouth. Showers usually involve intimate friends and family, so they can often tell each other when they should arrive. A baby shower tea, however, is best served when giving out proper announcements that display a lot more formality. The goal isn't to make the baby shower tea feel pretentious, instead helping to establish a more formal feeling for the whole event. Also, the total number of people invited should be smaller. When holding a traditional shower the hostess generally chooses to ask a large number of guests since large groups tend to work wonderfully with typical shower games and activities. On the other hand, a baby shower tea would be best served with a small number of guests. Typically, you don't want any more guests at a baby shower tea than can sit at one small table together. The key is intimacy, and games are not typically played.

A traditional baby shower can be held almost anywhere. Most often the baby shower is in a house of the hostess, although they also take place in a simple hang-out-spot, restaurant, or a hall. The locale needs to be based on what the expectant mother wants, so if she happens to have a favorite hang out or restaurant that could be the perfect spot. A baby shower tea, however, needs to be held in a quiet location. Most often this will mean in a private home, but the celebration can also be held in a tea room. The decoration of the party location should be elegant and formal, but that doesn't mean the baby shower needs to be ostentatious or that a house needs servants to be appropriate.