Wedding What should I give my bridesmaids?

[basil]

I have 3 bridesmaids - my college roommate, my brother''s girlfriend, and my fiance''s sister.

My mom is making them jewelry to match their dresses. I''m paying for hair and make-up. I''m planning to get them monogrammed LLBean tote bags and a pashmina wrap to wear with their dress.

I think this is enough, but I want to fill up the bag so it looks cute when I give it to them and I think it needs more than the wrap and jewelry. What can I give them that''s cheap and looks cute? I don''t care how useful it is as long as it''s cheap enough

I thought of flip-flops but they seem to summery for my fall wedding. I''d love to have something a bit New England or preppy in style. Something food? A bottle of wine? Be safe and go with lotion or a candle?

 

[rockzilla]

Newenglandy...hmmm...you could do:

-Maple syrup in one of those cool maple leaf shaped glass containers - Cool but heavy!
-Chocolate covered cranberries -yum!
-Maple syrup candies
-Salt water taffy

Hmmm...all my suggestions are food! The lotion is nice as well....

 

[oobiecoo]

What about a cute beachy novel? Whenever I go to New England I always make sure to get a whoopie pie, so maybe one of those? I think a candle would be nice also. What about a crab cake mix? I bought one at william sonoma and it had canned crab, dehydrated veggies, and seasoning and you just have to add a few things. I left out the veggies and added my own onions and they were amazing! Not fishy at all like I was afraid of.

 

[zoebartlett]

I love your plan of getting LLBean totes! You know Stonewall Kitchen''s stuff, right (condiments, mixes, sauces, etc., -- it''s a company from Maine)? What about getting a few things from there and stuffing the bags with those items? www.stonewallkitchen.com.

I ended up getting jars of blueberry jam and I''m going to put them in our welcome bags. Their things are great! You could do a bottle of wine, specialty pasta and pesto or other sauce from SK.

 

[lliang_chi]

What about a photo frame/album of you guys? Or an album of the montage of you guys planning the wedding? Something that kinda makes everyone go: "AWWWWW!"

 

[bee*]

What about little toiletries with the candle or the photoframe idea is good also.

 

[Sabine]

ballet flats can be a fall alternative to flip flops, one of my friends got them for us, and she said they were definitely cheap! I think she might have added a few cute rhinestones too.

 

[Krissie]

Salt water taffy and a trashy beach read

 

[surfgirl]

basil, it sounds like you''re getting some nice gifts for your BMs, but if you really want to fill up that LL Bean tote (those things can be yooge!), what about a monogrammed beach towel to match the tote? Doesn''t Bean make those too?