Best Bridesmaid Gifts?

Wow, it sounds like you have a lot of gifts for your bridesmaids! Love the pajamas idea! I’m thinking about satin robes for my bridesmaids. So, as for snacks, I have some ideas depending on what your bridesmaids enjoy eating. If there are no nut allergies, you can make your own grain free granola with nuts, seeds, allergen friendly chocolate chips (I like Enjoy Life), maybe some raisins/dried cranberries/chopped dates, and coconut. Any other creative mixes with GF ingredients like banana chips, coconut, dried pineapple, allergen friendly chocolate chips, and pecans. The sky’s the limit as long as everything in your mix meets the standards. Grab and go olive packs. Rice cakes and peanut butter (or another nut butter). Kind bars/Rx Bars/other certified GF bars that are also dairy free. There are also brands that make gluten free pretzels. Anyway, just some ideas. If you go to Walmart, Wegman’s, Safeway, Giant, etc - they usually have a gluten free section you can easily peruse. Hope that helps! 🤗

To me that sounds like plenty, if not more than enough, gifts. Of course, a lot depends on your budget, and the circles you run in, but it seems like most brides provide some type of getting ready outfit (pajamas, shirts, robes) and one or two other gifts like jewelry or a framed picture. Of course, if you have the budget and want to spoil your girls, go for it! I love the personalized portraits done by your FH. That is so sweet and different from anything else they will ever get. And also putting thought into their food restrictions is very sweet.

I'm doing BM proposal boxes with personalized wine tumblers that I hope to use for the bach party and getting ready (they are in my wedding colors, and I got myself a white one to match their purple ones ). I'm also including some beauty products like face masks and hair ties. For the day of, I will have robes for everyone, and I plan on purchasing any accessories like shoes or jewelry that I decide to specify. I will also do one personal gift for each BM, but I haven't gotten that far yet.

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much Erin! I really appreciate the ideas and education on the snacks. 😊 🤗
Satin robes for your bridesmaids sound delightful. Have you picked out your wedding colors yet? I am having the absolute hardest time with that and I thought it would be one of the easier tasks.

View Quoted Comment Happy Friday Dayna! Thank you for your comments and sharing your bridesmaid gift ideas with me. I've only ever been a BM once, so I get nervous about not giving them an appropriate gift. My girls are the best and I know they will love anything. I love your tumbler proposal idea and think it is so thoughtful of you to provide your girls with the specific shoes and accessories you want them to have for the wedding. Everything you are doing sounds lovely and I would love to hear/see what wedding colors you have picked out. I am having a hard time figuring mine out. I have an idea of the general look I want for the reception and for the guys, but my girls have such varying complexions and hair colors that it has been tricky to find the right dress color(s) that work with my vision as I don't wash any of them out. I want everyone to be comfortable and feel pretty in their dress. Best of luck with all of your planning. I too am just in the very beginning stages of planning and know I have much more to do. I have only booked our venue and asked my Maid of Honor to be my MOH. My FH drew this for her and I gave her a few culinary gifts as she is my cousin, loves to bake, and is making our wedding cake(s) for us. The picture is a little silly and is of fun characters we made up based on fun adventures we have shared together over the years. My poor FH must have thought I had lost my mind when I told him what I needed him to draw. Lucky for me he had fun with it and matched my vision perfectly. We are even planning to use the characters he created for her MOH proposal in a future children's book. Please keep me posted on how your planning is going. I love hearing what unique and fun things everyone is planning for their big day. 😊

Those sound like great gift ideas

View Quoted Comment Awe. Thank you Melle! I see you are a newlywed. I wish you and your husband a lifetime of happiness and great adventures together. How was your big day? What was your favorite part of your wedding day? Any planning or day of advice for us soon to be wed ladies? 😊

View Quoted Comment That’s so fun and unique that you worked together on drawing that for her. I’ve also only been in one wedding before (my sister’s) when I was 16, but I’ve been to a few others and found the forums on here to be pretty helpful. You know your girls better than anyone else! We have also booked our venue (who also provides the catering) and talked about a lot of ideas. Our color scheme is lilac and sage since our wedding will be in spring. We ordered swatches from Azazie to help us narrow down the shades. Purple is my favorite color and green is FH’s so we thought it would be a fun way to combine our favorites. I thought I had some in progress pics of the boxes but I can’t find them. I’ll post pics sometime when they are done! Here’s a pic of our color inspo.

View Quoted Comment Erin! I just found your photos and see that your colors are very similar to what I am thinking of. I love charcoal grey suits and I wanted to blend burgundy, gold, and pink/peach for my girls and decor with white candles, greenery, and our natural wood tables. Also, I love your dress! You are going to be absolutely stunning.

I think what you listed sounds perfect. I'd be happy to receive them! As long as the pajamas don't say "bridesmaid" or anything wedding-related, I'd wear them. Not sure what I'd do with the key ring, but regardless it's cute.

View Quoted Comment Thank you Mrs D! I appreciate your feedback. Luckily the pajamas don't say anything on them. I tried to go with something cute and playful. They are navy with pink flamingos wearing crowns. Our wedding is in the Fall in PA so I wanted to make sure the girls stay warm while getting ready. I enjoyed seeing your photos from your wedding and planning. My FH is also in the military so thank you and your husband for your service and all of the sacrifices you make every day for the safety of us all. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness and success together. 😊

The pajamas are from Shein and so is the picture. I want to be sure to give credit to them since I'm sharing their product and photo. 😊

I think your gifts are so personal and so thoughtful. Love it!

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You're so sweet! Thank your fiance too! I love those pajamas, I'd be super happy to receive them!

The portrait idea is so sweet, love it!

View Quoted Comment This is so pretty and perfect for Spring! I think it is so cool that you decided to combine your and your FH's favorite colors together for your wedding colors. I look forward to seeing your BM proposal boxes. I bet they will be amazing!!

View Quoted Comment Thank you Heather! I really appreciate the kind words and input. 😊

View Quoted Comment Oh yeah! No problem! Any time😁 The allergy stuff can be hard to navigate sometimes, but I have to be GF and free of some other things, so, you know. 😂

View Quoted Comment Thank you Courtney! Hearing that makes my heart happy. You are so kind. 🤗

View Quoted Comment I was just looking at this picture of fun PJs and they are super adorable! Also noticed that your FH is military!! Mine is, too!! Well, he’s a vet and in the reserves, but his status will change to active for deployment next year 😬. Yay for military wives!!!💕

View Quoted Comment Awww!! Oh my goodness, thank you!! I hope to make his jaw drop 🤪. Anyway, that’s so awesome!! It’s a longish story, but my bridesmaids dress color was changed to plum, so I’m kicking around color ideas with it. Someone posted a picture of burgundy, dusty rose, and cream. So many beautiful colors! You’re definitely going with the burgundy, blush/peach, golds? What color is your bridesmaids dress?!