Bridesmaid gifts...jewelry?

Re: Bridesmaid gifts...jewelry?

• duckie1905 member

  

  January 2010 edited January 2010

  Personalized stuff isn't really everyone's thing, so I would perhaps reconsider.  Anything that I get that is personalized instantly, if not sooner, ends up in the trash.  Jewelry is fine to give but it shouldn't be their gift as their gift shouldn't be part of the required uniform for your wedding.  Even if you don't intend it to be, they'll feel pressure to wear it.

  
  

  Shop for each BM like it was their birthday.  Their gifts shouldn't have anything to do with your wedding and should be something they can use and enjoy outside of your wedding.

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• mbcdefg member

  

  January 2010

  If you get them jewelry, then get them something else (individual and personal) on top of that. Stuff for your wedding isn't a gift for them.
  
  I saw some nice jewelry in Macy's today. Kohl's actually has some nice stuff once in a while, too. Try Etsy.com for handmade stuff.
  

  

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• aerinpegadrak member

  

  January 2010

  If you're talking personalized as in having their names on it, then probably a bad idea.  The novelty of that wore off for most of us around puberty.  If you're talking personalized as in being tailored to their individual tastes, then sure.  But unless they're all really into jewelry, it's kind of a generic gift, and if you expect them to wear it in the wedding, it's not really a gift at all.

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  Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284

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• KatieD212 member

  

  January 2010

  I have lots of time to go until my wedding, but the thought has crossed my mind a few times, just because most people I know have given jewelry...I was just under the impression that it is kind of standard?
   Kohls is my favorite...I think I may wander in there for ideas

  

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• aerinpegadrak member

  

  January 2010

  Just because it's a standard gift doesn't mean that's what you have to get them.  My attendants are all getting leatherbound books.  Would you prefer to spend your money on a standardized, wedding-industry approved gift that will end up in a drawer or a yard sale, or on a gift that your girls will truly love and treasure?

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  Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284

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• Lbrace

  

  January 2010

  I did end up getting my BM jewelry- cute little rose rings that match their dresses and they can wear at the wedding.  But like some other people have said, I wanted to get them something that they could use everyday too, to thank them for being in the wedding, so I got them some cute "tiny bowls" that are handmade to hold jewelry and are ascribed with whatever you want. I found both the rings and the jewelry bowls on etsy.com. Love that site:)

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