Wedding Blog

I wish I would’ve taken better pictures of my bridesmaids’ gifts, but it got busier and crazier the closer it got to our wedding, so I never had a chance to take a picture of all the bridal party’s gifts. Here’s what I did come up with:

- 1 large tote to hold of all the gifts (a friend of mine bought the totes while she was in Hawaii just recently)
- 1 black wristlet from New York & Company
- 1 pack of Target note cards with their respective initials
- 1 gift card (I gave my 2 married bridesmaids a Melting Pot (a fondue restaurant) gift card for them to have a date night with their hubby while the non-married bridemaids got a Visa gift card.)
- 1 pair of pearl earrings (to wear on the wedding day)
- 1 pashmina shawl (to use on the wedding day)
- 1 bottle of our favorite wine, Stella Rose (red) or Moscato Asti (white) from San Antonio Winery in Ontario , Ca. We  discovered this wine late last year from a gathering we attended and just loved it.

Along with everything that was listed above, we also bought the shoes for our bridesmaids as a thank you gift to them.

Most of them didn’t expect to receive their gifts during our rehearsal dinner, so it got them really excited to use the stuff for the wedding. I ordered some personalized satin ribbon and used that to tie all of the gifts together.

Here are 2 of my bridesmaids anxiously opening (& reading) their gifts:

Personalizing each gift was really hard since they are all so different (yet alike) from one another.  I found that getting something I knew everyone would enjoy was the key component while shopping for these things. I didn’t want to give them something just for the sake of getting them something.  Luckily all of our bridesmaids loved their gifts and the presentation too!