Hi! I am maid of honor for my friends wedding and I am thinking of doing a cafe theme for her bridal shower, because her whole family loves coffee. I plan to buy a good quality espresso maching to make the coffee drinks at the party, and then give it to her as her gift, but is it bad that it will be used first at the party? I don't want it to seem cheap to give it used, but I cannot afford to buy two so she has a brand new one as a gift and still have one for the party.
Re: Used Gift for Bridal Shower
Besides that, it's time consuming to make coffee drinks. Unless the shower is really intimate, I'd advise against something that can't be mass made.
But yeah, I'd make sure she really likes that particular machine before you give it to her, since she can't return it once it's used.
[QUOTE]If the gift is from her, and she isn't planning on asking for it back, this is fine. Wrap up a note. "Hi, Sue! The espresso machine is YOURS, girl!"
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This! Give her the machine and let her know that no matter what happens with the wedding, the machine is hers. I'm assuming that if you're her MOH, you guys are pretty tight. If any of my friends thought up such a creative idea as a cafe-style shower and went to the trouble of making the drinks, and then let me have the machine when the party was over - I would feel exceptionally blessed and grateful to have such a good friend!
nope, you do not give someone a used gift. i'm sure you could find a cafe in your town that will let you throw a shower there for a low cost. then you can give her a nice, clean gift of that coffee machine. if you can't afford it on your own, ask other bm's and guests to chip in.