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bridesmaid gifts

mhickey426mhickey426 member
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Hi
Ok so i bought all 8 of my girls earrings to wear the day of the wedding (i got a great deal at a wholesale jewelry store in NYC). I also wanted to get them all ballet flats in brown to wear if their feet start to hurt. I was going to buy the shoes from Dessy bridal online but 2 probs 1. one of my bridesmaids is a size 3 she is really short 2. Im worried about that size i dont know if they are true to size. I was thinking about ordering myself a pair but i dont know any more. Does anyone have any ideas for a bridesmaid gift. I wanted to get them something else since we are getting the groomsmen coolers.  What are you guys doing for bridesmaid gifts??
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Re: bridesmaid gifts

  • stina93446stina93446 member
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    Look in my married bio....I put a whole page in there for my BP gifts. Not one of the gifts was something they had to wear for the wedding.....Those gifts you bought them....yeah, not really gifts for them....they're gifts for you.
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  • trix1223trix1223 member
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    The gifts should not be matchy-matchy nor should they be wedding related.

    Personally, I would NEVER buy someone else shoes.  As an adult, I am responsible for my own footwear, and wouldn't find a "gift" of shoes that someone else likes a gift.

    Take the words WEDDING and BRIDAL PARTY out of the equation.  Shop for the person, not the WP member. 

    Again as pps have said:  have a wine lover?  How about a cool bottle opener or bottle stopper to go with a great bottle of wine.  A reader?  A book light or GC to a book store or for her kindle.  A music lover?  Concert tix.  Sports fan?  Tix or an autographed photo of their favorite player.  Cook?  A cookbook, piece of cooking equipment.

    Are you seeing the pattern here?  Go shopping for your friends, not your WP
    "Trix, it's what they/our parents wanted. Why so judgemental? And why is your wedding date over a year and a half ago? And why do you not have a groom's name? And why have you posted over 12,000 posts? And why do you always say mean things to brides?" palegirl146
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  • glennona79glennona79 member
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    Ive been a bridesmaid in two people's weddings.  Both of them gave me jewelry that I wore on the wedding day. Both of them bought the same thing for all the other bridesmaids, with a slightly nicer version of the MOH.  Both of them were nice necklaces, that I liked, that I wore again, that I would have been happy to receive if they bought it for my birthday. 

    I have heard that its poor form to do this but I didnt mind.  I think if you can do something tasteful that people will like and want to rewear, there is nothing wrong with it....unless you have really fussy bridesmaids.

    The shoes tho....no.  Better to give them a gift certificate to a shoe store so they can pick something thats comfortable to them.
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