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Thoughts on personalizing BM gifts

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What are thoughts on getting/giving personalized items to your BMs?  I got my girls robes to wear the day of to get ready.  I was originally going to have them made by an Etsy vendor who would personalize them b/c I wanted to get them purple robes and couldn't find them anywhere, but lo and behold I was in Victoria's Secret last week and they had purple robes right there in the store!  There is a small shop near me that will do the embroidery if I choose, but now I'm not sure if that's lame or not.  What do you guys think about personalized items? 
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Re: Thoughts on personalizing BM gifts

  • JoanE2012JoanE2012 member
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    Don't care for personalization.  Skip it.

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  • msuprincess04msuprincess04 member
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    I voted first initial only, because I don't see a robe as something you'd wear out in public. It's something private and special to me. And I certainly wouldn't re-use a robe or special item. So, I'd be ok with a first initial. But, the full name, probably too cheesy.
    "There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness." -Friedrich Nietzsche, "On Reading and Writing"
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  • misssunshine17misssunshine17 member
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    Also, if you're buying them robes for a cute photo op, it's not really a gift. 
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  • kmmssgkmmssg mod
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    Why does each girl need to have a purple robe?  Is this your wedding color?  buying matchy matchy gifts is crazy and something invented by the wedding industry so they could suck away some more of your money.

    Skip the robes altogether and shop for each girl like it was her birthday or Christmas.  Buy each gift so that it is tailored to the individual, not matchy matchy.  TBH, I would be kinda disappointed if I received a purple robe as a gift because I don't own purple anything.  I look horried in purple.  My close friends know I don't wear purple  It would tell me there was no thought of what would kmm like, it was more "what identical gift shall I buy all the girls?"  

    I do agree with missunshine - if this is photo op (matching robes while getting ready for your wedding) that really isn't a gift.
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  • Summer2011BrideSummer2011Bride member
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    No on monogramming. I don't wear monogrammed anything.

    Also, do you know for sure each of these girls likes purple and will wear a purple robe at home? I never wear a robe. It's something that, if given to me, I'd wear to appease the bride the day of the wedding and then it would sit in my closet until I eventually got rid of it. It isn't a gift if it's something you want them to wear for YOUR wedding day. If you go through with this idea, please also give them a gift for themselves, something they will personally like and use outside of your wedding.


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  • NurseLilyNurseLily member
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    Since I have a unique name I never had anything with my name on it as a kid, so I still (at almost 30) would really get down with an initaled bathrobe, plus it shows you didn't just buy 4 of something!
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  • jessandkalebjessandkaleb
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    Creepy! The Bride of the wedding I was MOH for last month did the same thing! We all had black silk robes and she had a white one which we wore while getting ready and the pre-ceremony getting ready pictures. :) All of our robes had just our first initial on them which I thought was very pretty and a great touch! Ultimately, the choice is your's and no one is going to be upset if they aren't personalized. I would say, though, if you decide to get them embroidered, do just the first initial.
    "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Genesis 2:23-24
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