I am planning to give my friends....

KSParker2012

Ok how does this sound for my BM gifts:

Emergency Kit for each in a cute bag
Jewelry
Flip flops for reception
Their own clutch
A frame with a personalized thank you in it
And then each a gift card to their favorite store

And I am just putting all that in a gift bag.

Suggestions?

aerinpegadrak

The gift card sounds like the only thing in there that's actually a gift, to be honest.  Everything else sounds like it's more for you than for them.

KSParker2012

Hmmm. K, guess i'll throw out the kits and make the gift card worth more.  The flip flops can be worn after the wedding so I don't consider that wedding only.  The clutch can too.  And the frame isn't wedding related.  What do you suggest that I add to make it more of a gift?

aerinpegadrak

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[QUOTE]Hmmm. K, guess i'll throw out the kits and make the gift card worth more.  The flip flops can be worn after the wedding so I don't consider that wedding only.  The clutch can too.  And the frame isn't wedding related.  What do you suggest that I add to make it more of a gift?
Posted by KSParker2012[/QUOTE]
But do they wear flip flops?  (I don't.)  Is the clutch their style, or yours?  Just because the possibility exists that something can be used outside of your wedding doesn't mean the person would actually be inclined to do so.

Pretend it's their birthday or Christmas, and get a gift they'd appreciate independent of your wedding.  They don't all have to get the same thing, either.  I'd planned on getting each of my attendants different gifts, but I hit on one thing (a leatherbound Grimm's Fairy Tales) that I thought each would appreciate.  DH got each of his attendants something vastly different.

Annas2013

I'd say just make the gift card bigger.  At least that's always an option if you can't find something for each of them (shopping like it's for their birthday or Christmas).  That way they can get something they like and will use after the wedding.

KSParker2012

Good ideas.  Thank you!

lauralaur

I received flip flops for a wedding I was in and they were somehow super uncomfortable. I would try to pick something that each likes if you're going to go the gift route. That may mean they each get different things.

lpowers1118

Something I received after last summer for being a BM, and I plan on getting my girls this as a gift coming up, is a birchbox (spelling?). 
They are these neat boxes where girls get boxes of makeup, they can customize it online.  They get them once a month (depending on how much you get the gc for). 
Something nice to pamper yourself once a month with. 

Summer2011Bride

I think making the gift card bigger sounds good, and *possibly* still including the clutch if each is tailored to the girl's tastes (and also if they use clutches!) Do they like drinking wine? That's something else you might give along with the gift card IF they drink wine, and if so, then get each girl a bottle of wine that she would like (so not necessarily all the same bottle). That's what I did as part of my gift for my BMs. Each girl likes to drink wine, so I got each a different bottle from a local winery that is the same type of wine she likes drinking.

The Fords

I am also going to go against the grain. I think that your gift sounds great !! A gift is definded by anything you give to someone out of the kindness of your heart so a gift is all the things you listed !! I am sure your BMs will love everything !! Good Luck !

KSParker2012

Well thank you! Haha I was beginning to think I had to redo everything.  I think I may stick with most of what I have and modify a few things.