Bridal Shower Piggy Bank

This Spring I was the Maid of Honor (or Best Woman) in my very dear friend's wedding. Our families are very close and she is basically the little sister I never had. We joke that we were forced to be friends so it is a good thing we like each other. Anyway, while her mother and I were planning her shower she told us that her fiance might be attending the Shower. We had already planned a wishing well for the Bride (cookie cutters since she is a outstanding baker and makes cookies to DIE for) but now we needed to somehow include something for the Groom. What can you ask people to bring for the man who has everything? Well, after some conversations and texts with the Bride we found out that he likes cash and gift cards. Now we had the challenge of finding a creative and non-tacky way to ask our guests to bring money for the Groom's wishing well. This is what we came up with...

In the invitation we asked our guests to bring some spare change to "stuff the grooms piggy bank". That's right a Piggy Bank. But not just ANY piggy bank but one that people could write on. I found this one at the local Walmart. It is a chalkboard piggy bank. I left it on a table with some colored chalk and a note for people to put in their "Two Cents" for the Groom.

People utilized all sides of this bank!

After everyone had added their advise I simply sprayed it with some clear coat. Some of the writing looked faded once it was sprayed. In the future I would have guests use metallic Sharpie markers. 

One of the guests was the Groom's sister-in-law. She brought with her part of the family coin collection that her husband was holding on to. That gift tied in perfectly with our Groom's Piggy Bank.

So the next time you have a Shower to plan, whether it is for a wedding or a baby, get yourself a piggy bank and you can create a advise or well wishes gift that can double as a way to start a savings fund.