Wedding Gifts For Bridal Party And Parents?
Im not sure what to get for the bridal party and our parents. Ive been in 3 weddings recently and dont want to use the same idea as them.
They used:
Engraved bracelettes
White gold rings
bracelettes with words and meanings.
We are on a tight budget but i dont want these gifts to be cheap because these people do mean a lot to us and we want to thank them for helping with our special day.
Any gift ideas?
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Thank you in advance!
For my ladies I got them;
-Bath robes with their monogram on it (Target)
-Jewelry to match their dress
-Flip Flops to wear at the reception (Old Navy) on these I glued beads on the top to make them pretty
Also a tote monogrammed that I put it all in
For the men;
Beer Mug monogrammed
Cuff links monogrammed (Both at Things Remembered)
Mom;
Gold Charm for her charm bracelet
Handkerchief (David’s Bridal)
Dad;
Double sided Sliver frame with a picture of us when I was young with “Once Daddy’s little girl” on the top and my birthday on the bottom
and on the other side I left blank so a wedding picture of us could be put there it says on the top “Always Daddy’s little girl” and my wedding date
For my wedding party they each got a wooden box to keep their corsage in. My mom was given a bracelet. What I did for my dad was get an 11X14 frame and put a picture of me and him together (I was a few days old), a picture of him walking me down the aisle and the lyrics ot the song “My Little Girl” (the song he and I danced to). On top I had written the words Daddy’s Little Girl.
My ring bearer got a book about Dinosaurs (his favorite yopic). I was looking for a book that talked about a ring bearer but could not find anything.
For your bridesmaids, you can get them a necklace and/or earrings to be worn the day of the wedding so that they all look identical for photos, etc. Although it isn’t necessary to buy the parents anything, that is kind of you to remember them…as parents we received a very meaningful handwritten note inside of a card, you can always add in a certificate to their favorite restaurant to go and enjoy an evening alone so they can reminisce and tell stories about the wedding.
There is a place in the mall; I think it’s called Things Remembered where they have a ton of ideas for things to be engraved. For the women I think that a really beaufitul jewelry box would be great. For the men, a very traditional gift is a money clip. I don’t think that either are budget busters.
Hopefully they have a registry at their favorite stores. Ask them about that. If this is a new couple, why don’t you consider household items, like blenders and that sort of stuff. If people are giving them bracelettes and rings, buy some earrings, or a really pretty opal hair piece with pearls or something like that.
As a bridesmaid i received a MaryKay gift set that had the mini size lotions in it. And for the parents just show your appreciation through dinner or a meaningful card with a gift card in it. People don’t really expect much when they participate in a wedding. It’s all about the bride.
For parents some VERY inexpensive that I did…I bought wooden frames…you can get these from Michaels, I got mine from dollar tree….and paint them. Take an engagement pic of you and your hubby and put in each frame. I spent about 16 dollars total and that covered gifts for parents, out of town guests, and hostesses.
You can also use anything paintable that Michaels has. For example they have wooden jewelry boxes, mugs, just a variety of things.
Try edible favors they are cheap and want go to waist,for my wedding I am doing cookies I went into my local bakery and patries shop and asked could thay custom design some cookies wit our initials on them and the cookies are like a 1.49 a piece and I found some tin favor boxes that i gonna put them in. Its cute and cheap! P.S. the initials are the colors of the wedding
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