Groomsmen's Gifts

FH hasn't decided what he's doing for GM gifts yet, but for my one male BM I'm getting him a 24 pack of his favorite 'nice' beer. Might not be appropriate for all, but I know he'll love it just as much as my female BMs liked their necklaces. lol

When I got married each of our groomsman received something different, unique to their personalities. It's a bis task to be in a wedding and a large expense... it's nice to let your guys/gals know you thought about them and their interests and didn't do the same old stuff... with no thought. We made sure we spent the same amount on each BM/GM within a few dollars... For example, my cousin was a groomsman and he loves to golf, we got him an electronic score keeper and new putter, our best man got tickets to a Giants game, and my brother got an i-pod touch because he loves music... and so on! Same story with the ladies, they each got a different diamond bracelet unique to their personality...

Good Luck!!

We're having a hard time with this as well.... I was thinking personlized pocket knives but FH isn't so sure.... maybe personlized maybe dog tags...

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Possibly cuff links, but I haven't really put much thought into it, all our GMs are FH's friends from childhood so he knows them very well, I might leave this up to him entirely

Our groomsmen are getting Leatherman Tools.

For obvious reasons, we didn't have groomsmen. However, we got both our dude of honor and our maid of honor Swiss army knives. After that, our only issue was how to stop the dude of honor from spending the entire reception playing with his.

My husband stood in a wedding, and they gave him a digital photo frame that had photos of the couple getting married. I thought it was a bit different and seemed kinda expensive. I like the beer idea

We are spending more then most would on the gifts because it is a destination wedding and they are paying for the travel and everything. They are all getting Mavado watches.

Lol once FH discovered etsy, he's been hooked! He's always looking on there under the 'geekery' tab and wants to get something small but unique to each guy. They do have some awesome stuff on there! I want to get FH shotgun cufflinks from there cause he's always talking about how cool they are, lol.

We are still deciding ourselves on this... The FH is thinking maybe monogramed Vans sneakers or very cool remote-control helicopters. Something fun! We have 5 GM though, so we have to try to keep the prices down- but he may splurge for the Vans.

One of our groomsmen is a recovering alcoholic- so we are trying to stear clear of flasks, pint glasses, etc.

We did a set of poker chips with their initials engraved on each chip. they were a huge hit

My FH bought them really nice Case pocket knives and is having their initials engraved on the blade. My FH and his groomsmen are all hunters and farm boys so they will love them!

I own an innovative business where people have purchased Download Cards for their groomsmen and bridesmaids. You create a custom and personalized wedding song at songvow.com then people can go to the web-link provided on the back of the card to download the song. All they have to do is enter the card number and unique code to download the MP3 to their computer. It is cheaper than you may think for the song and cards, and you can give them to your guests as well, or even as invitations. Go to songvow.com to check it out under wedding gifts.

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My husband and his brothers grew up playing Cribbage. So we ordered custom made cribbage board with a nice family picture and a thank you plaque on the board. I am an artist and drew pictures of my BM fur babies and framed them. I have been to a wedding where the guys got decorative beer handles that go on tappers. They can go on a tap in a personal basement bar, or just be decoration. If they are big sports fan, and you have the money, you can get personalized jerseys and go to the game as the Man's night out event.