Any suggestions on bridal party gifts?

igiggletoo

I was a bride in 2005 and had a hard time finding hankies for my bridal party so I designed a line called happy hanky. Of course I am suggesting these hankies as a bridal party gift! but does anyone have any other suggestions for a basket or bag for each bridesmaid? I had bought pink lipstick for each person to wear the day of but I'm hearing this is not a good idea now. No standard monogrammed gifts!

frogurt814

Shop for them like it is their birthday.  What things do they enjoy?  Love Starbucks?  Get them a gift card for Starbucks.  Like wine?  Nice bottle of wine and a wine stopper.  Avid baker?  Find out if they need any special bakeware or buy a cool cookbook. Etc.

The pink lipstick for them to wear on the day of the wedding is not a gift for them.  It's a gift for you to support your wedding "image."

stina93446

Get them something that is solely for their use and not your wedding. Pink lipstick might look awesome on one or two of them, but I am pretty sure that the same shade will look funny on some other people. You need to get them something that fits their own personality that isn't meant for the wedding day, like a movie if they like movies, a cookbook if they like to cook, a nice clutch they've been eyeing but can't bring themselves to purchase....etc. Do your research.

lalap69

Shop for them as friends first and bridesmaids second.  What would you buy them if you were shopping for their birthdays?  That's their present. 

mbcdefg

For my MOH, I got: an everyday tote bag from Etsy.com in a pattern I thought she'd like, a Coach makeup bag, an apron and a cookbook, and a Visa gift card.

For my only bridesmaid, I got: an everyday tote bag designed by Gwen Stefani that I found at Marshall's, a novel, a set of bookplate stickers from Etsy.com (she's an MLS student and an avid reader), a Gwen Stefani-designed makeup bag, and a Visa gift card.

I also got them each a green pashmina and a black clutch purse to use at my wedding if they wanted, but I don't count those as gifts since it was for my wedding. They were just things I threw in so they wouldn't have to spend their own money for a purse and for something to keep them warm.

suz62984

What the heck is a happy hanky? Can it be used for a dusting cloth at my house? Hankies and lip stick for the wedding are not gifts...in fact anything for the wedding is not considered a gift. Do your BMs even wear lip stick? I don't so I would just throw it away and not wear it for your wedding. 

Shop like it's their birthday!

frogurt814

Suz - I just googled Happy Hanky and came up with this:


 
I guess OP is getting her BMs squirrels.  I personally think that would be fairly disruptive during the ceremony.  OP, do you expect your BMs to carry Hanky down the aisle with them?  Are they going to be carrying squirrels instead of bouquets?  That's definitely unique....

Manwaithiel

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-party_suggestions-bridal-party-gifts?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:37Discussion:bc071c48-5ad5-4f34-874c-adb899dd6560Post:04f4cd44-9413-4b1c-bf17-03298118be91">Re: Any suggestions on bridal party gifts?</a>:
[QUOTE]Suz - I just googled Happy Hanky and came up with this:   I guess OP is getting her BMs squirrels.  I personally think that would be fairly disruptive during the ceremony.  OP, do you expect your BMs to carry Hanky down the aisle with them?  Are they going to be carrying squirrels instead of bouquets?  That's definitely unique.... :)
Posted by frogurt814[/QUOTE]

*snicker*

stina93446

OP, the hankies (if they're wedding hankies like you claim) are definitely NOT a gift either. I'd nix the lipstick completely if I were you because make up varies so much from one person to another, keep the hankies and give them out (but not as a gift), and then either get the girls a gc to a place THEY like, or get them something that has to do with them, not you.

stina93446

So is this post bs then? Are you not getting married?

suz62984

LMAO Frogurt - I've heard of releasing doves at the ceremony but I personally love the squirrel idea!

Are you expecting these girls to just uncontrollably cry their eyes out at the ceremony? That is what a kleenex is for; you can throw those away...esp since they are filthy after you use them. This "gift" would go straight to the dust cloth pile at my home. Unless of course you are actually giving them a squirrel, in which case, I would let him live rent free in a tree behind my house.

lalap69

No one's ever though to get me a squirrel for any occassion.

aerinpegadrak

Matching lipstick?  Wasn't that one of the main features of that horrible wedding Meg was in?

Just shop for your friends.  Not only are the things you've described not really gifts, they're not really...  how should I put this...  things that people would actually want.

aerinpegadrak

Oh wait, nevermind, you're just a vendor in disguise.  Lame.