Bridesmaid and Maid of Honor Gifts

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dormars1979

Cathlete
Hi everyone,

I love this forum and all that everyone here has to say. I've been looking for some creative ideas and thought that this forum might be a great place to get some :)

I am getting married in August, and all of the plans have been taken care of except for getting gifts for my bridesmaids and maid of honor. I don't really want to get something like jewelery since I don't want to get something that they might not like.

I was wondering if anyone could share any ideas with me. I am very stumped here.

Thanks very much,
Doreen
 
it depends somewhat on where you live and what you'd like to spend - perhaps spa gift certificates - it also depends upon your bridesmaids - is there a theme to your wedding in any way that you could use as a jumping off point? are they sporty types across the board? I personally don't think you have to do one identical thing for all of them, so maybe tailor the gifts slightly to suit the differing personalities; is it something you want them to keep - perhaps pretty picture frames or something crystal? if you do jewelry, keep it simple - earrings or a tennis bracelet rather than necklaces or pins. Sterling key chains?
Try redenvelope.com - they have a great collection of unusual gifts that you could purchase and/or use for inspiration.
Good luck!! (let us know what you decide)
 
This is something completely different and it worked well for me:) When my best friend got married 6 years ago I was Maid of Honour, she blew me away with her gift, she bought me a York Barbell set.}( I know it wouldn't work for everyone but I love it:7

Take Care
Laurie
 
Hi, I just got married in May and I had five bridesmaids. I was on a very tight budget but managed to put together some great gifts. . I bought pretty baskets for cheap and made my own 'spa package' if you will - i bought bubbles, bath salts, lotions, scented candles, some aromatherapy socks for the girls, loofas and other various items. I found an eye gel mask and also some cute brideamid/maid of honor coffee cups. I was also able to get coffee packets personalized with our names on them (the perfect blend i think the package said lol) and i put those in the coffee mugs. It was a bunch of items that were cheap but didnt look cheap and the girls loved them! You could probably find some pretty nice things at the dollar store or target if you are on a tight budget. Not sure if this helps. Good luck and Congrats!!
 
When my sister got married she gave everyone totes with their initial monogramed on them. (my sister is into monogramming everything) It was perfect for carrying our stuff that we needed to get ready at her house.
 
Congrats first off on your wedding!

I got married 2 months ago and made all of the bridesmaids' jewelry with crystals and fresh water pearls. Very simple and elegant. I made earrings and bracelets. They loved them.

I also bought them their purses for wedding day. I stuffed the purses with the jewelry and breath mints (didn't want anyone chewing gum!).

I presented this to them at the rehearsal dinner the night before.

If you do not want to do jewelry, that is fine. The monogram bags sound wonderful with spa stuff inside.

Good luck and enjoy!


"Life is short - Be the best you can be every day of your life!" :)
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when I got married, my now ex got luggage for being Best Man. Now, I have the overnight bag. :) If I were to remarry and have a wedding, I would individualize each gift accordingly to that person. Gift cards are always safe for "after the wedding and thank you" treat.
 
I like the spa basket idea. Here is what I did one Christmas for my DH's partners.

I picked a "theme" and went and got baskets to fill with the theme items. For instance, one of them loves hot and spicy food, so his theme was jalepeno peppers and such. I went to Michaels and got the fake peppers and stuff to decorate the basket with-his basket was green by the way, I then found some cheap wine glasses and painted peppers on them with dishwasher safe paint-it isn't hard really! And then, filled the basket with two red cloth napkins, salsa, chips (from a "gourmet" store so they looked fancier)a bottle of spicier tasting wine, and other related items. Boy was it too darn cute, and very original if I do say so myself.

One of the others had an herbal theme. I stuck packets of seeds, painted parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme (he is kinda of a hippie!)on his wine glasses, green cloth napkins, a rosemary chicken recipe, bread mixes, etc...it was so much fun, fairly easy but really personal too. They loved that I took the time and did it myself :)
 
Now this might seem like a strange gift but I gave out framed pictures of the individual bridemaid and me. I gave it to them at the reheresal dinner so you have to see the people enough or be close enough that you have a picture of the two of you together. I wrote a personalized letter to each person to tell them five or 10 things I love about them and all the reasons I was so excited to have them share in the special day.

The bridesmaids all really seemed to like them and two of them said it made them feel less "random" on the wedding day and more like someone who had been individually selected.

Now this only really works if you aren't required to have some bridesmaid that you have no real relationship with or have bridemaids who expect "stuff" mine did not.

CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY DAY

KIM
 
My best friend recently got married and I was a bridesmaid. The night of the rehearsal dinner she gave us all a pair of fake pearl earrings that we were "instructed" to wear at the wedding with our hair up.

Can you tell I'm a little bitter? I added up everything I spent for that wedding including the shower, bachelorette party, hair, nails, maekup, dress: all came to $940. I almost puked when I realized that.

Never even got a thank you...

Allison
 
Wow those are some other great ideas. I definitely don't want to make any of them feel unappreciated or instruct them to do anything they don't want to do on the day of my wedding.

For my maid of honor in addition to the spa stuff I was thinking of getting her a very nice gym bag (she is a big gym nut) and filling it with things that either she would like, like lip glosses, lotions, etc and also some things that are sentimental to times that we spent together like a pumpkin carving kit because she usually comes up to visit me around Halloween and we pick/carve pumpkins together most years...She also LOVES the grocery store Wegmans which we have close to me and she doesn't have near her, so I'd like to somehow work that in there...

2 of the girls are my fiance's sisters, who both live somewhat close together and close to my fiance's mom. So I was thinking I could get all 3 of them a day at the spa that they could go to and spend together...

The other 2 girls are girls I went to HS with, and I think the spa certificates would probably be enough because we're not as close as we used to be and I don't really even know what they would like anymore these days...Maybe a restaurant gift certificate to a place local to them too..?

Do those sound like nice ideas?

Thanks again everyone - I knew this would be a good place to bounce ideas off and get creative feedback :)

Doreen
 
I agree - great ideas, Doreen. I think doing a little something extra & personalized for the MOH is appropriate. For the others, I think spa certs are fantastic. No need for a restaurant cert on top of that, if you ask me.

Allison brings up a good point on this issue, IMO, that brides ought to consider the amount of expense the bridal party is putting out and choose gifts accordingly.

Cathy :)
 
Hi, I'm getting married in September and will only have an honor attendant.

I'm giving her the very traditional gift of pearl jewerly (necklace, bracelet and earrings, but yellow ones) and her three daughters baroque pearl jewelry sets (they are in the wedding).

I know it's not very original, but I know they have other priorities than jewelry (who wouldn't with three daughters?) and I always think every woman needs at least one set of pearls.

Also, my father is in the business, so I got a very, very good deal. I'm certainly not made of money!

Vanessa
 
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