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You guys loved Threadless when we blogged about them in the past, so we thought we’d let you know that they’re having a Summer Vacation sale where every t-shirt is $10 through June 3rd. 6 new and reprinted tees will also be added daily. I always get compliments on the shirts I picked up the last time they had a $10 sale, so I’m gonna pick up a couple more including the doodlebug t-shirt below.
Threadless tees are unique (and affordable!) gifts for your bridesmaids, groomsmen, flower girl, or ring bearer. I like this war and peas one for Miss Snow Pea! 
Mr. Kiwi is in a wedding in June. Actually, we THINK he’s in a wedding in June. We went to dinner with the couple, and the bride-to-be told him, “The groomsmen are wearing black tuxes with red vests, okay?” Mr. Kiwi replied that it would be fine, and we let the conversation drop. Since this was the first I’ve heard about this wedding party, I asked Mr. Kiwi if they had actually asked him to be a groomsman. Yeaaah… nope.
Now we’re wondering if she was just asking our advice as a soon to be married couple as well, or if she assumed he was in the party. It’s not even that it’s just a friend asking, it’s a family member. So, while I suppose we should ASK the groom, there is currently a little familial strife going on, and the groom isn’t answering anyone’s phone calls.
When Mr. Kiwi asked his brother to be the best man, he just called him up and asked him. Simple, right? Although women like to make cards, send flowers, or bake cakes to show our appreciation for our future wedding party, do guys even worry about that?
How did your FI/hubby do the asking? If you’re not engaged yet, do you think he’s more the “give ‘em a call and ask” or a man who goes above and beyond?
Mr. Strawberry and I are having a dilemma of sorts in trying to pick groomsmen gifts. We had originally decided to get the guys custom bobble heads. We did a test run on one of the dolls and were less than pleased. They offered us a deal to redo it, but we are now a little wary in dropping so much money to do the 6 other dolls. So my conundrum is this. Do we continue down the bobble head path or go in a completely different direction? And by other direction, I was thinking this:
We loved the cards JayMonkeee created for her wedding party, so we asked her to share them with weddingbee! Normally we’d link to the post in our new Blog Roundup feature, but her site is xanga locked (only people with xanga accounts can view it), so we’ve copied the post in its entirety.
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I finally kicked myself in the arse (yes that is possible) and finished the gifts that I had for my gals to ask them to be my bridesmaids. They knew I was going to ask them but had been lagging on something…. so I did a drive-by last Thursday and visited each of them individually to ask them in person since we know getting us all together is a major feat. Before I show you the ladies’ gifts… here are some pics of the ultimate cheeseball cards Jay and I made for the groomsmen. It was hilarious to make and friggin hilarious to give them to the boys.
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David’s Bridal has a cool new feature on their website to help you coordinate the wedding party. At Dress Your Wedding, you can create and dress caricatures in the likeness of everyone involved. It’s got different body shapes, skin tone, and hairstyles–which is ideal! It really gives you a good picture of what everyone will look like on the big day. 
Uneven is ok… right? Yea, I am personally ok with it, but Mr. Emerald thinks that it will look “unbalanced.” He wants everyone to have a partner, heh heh. Surprisingly, I want 5 and he wants 6! I have always known that I would have 5 for sure: My sister (maid of honor), FI’s sister, and 3 of my closest girlfriends (one will be matron of honor).
As for FI’s 6 guys: he has 3 old friends that he’s known forever (one will be best man), his old college roommate, his brother-in-law, and lastly my best friend (who’s a guy, duh 
). Ok, so the fact that he will have 6 is kinda my fault. But it’s important to me that my friend be up there (well, they are friends too, but not super duper close).
Initially I was gonna ask a 6th girlfriend to join my gaggle of bridesmaids, but then I realized that although we are relatively close, I wouldn’t be asking her if I didn’t have this 6th seat to fill. Is that really fair to her? I’m thinking not. So should I ask my best guy friend if he would mind taking a different role? Giving a reading during the ceremony? Usher? I don’t really like the usher idea because it doesn’t seem important enough. Even if I have him stand on my side versus FI’s side, we’d still be uneven. 
And 6 on each side does sound pretty big… Aiya! What should I do?
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Previously I posted my thoughts for GM gifts — and they ended up being all food. So, here’s a list of non-food related GM gifts I have come up with:
What guy doesn’t like Best Buy?? (Available at Bestbuy.com or at your nearest BestBuy)
Coach Legacy Card Case
You guys loved Threadless so much I thought I’d share another cool t-shirt site I stumbled upon today via Shirt Snob. I’m a total nostalgia buff so I love these tees from Nerdy Shirts!
Yet another idea for a groomsmen gift–a personalized pub sign! From The Pub Sign Store, your groomsmen can have a sign that reflects their personal interests. I know a few of Mr. Strawberry’s guys would love to have a sign hanging in their den denoting it as their “bar!”
Have you heard about Threadless? It’s a cool site where anyone can submit designs for t-shirts. Users then vote on the designs, and the most popular ones are made into t-shirts and sold on the Threadless site.
I’ve been a fan for awhile, but I am cheap when it comes to tshirts - I hate paying more than $15 for a printed tee. But Threadless has a 30 Days of Threadless $10 Holiday Sale going on right now where almost every tshirt is only $10!
These are some of the designs I’m considering buying:
This charging valet from Brookstone would make a great groomsman’s gift! It charges up to 6 devices at a time and keeps all your wires hidden inside the valet.
I’ve always wanted a charging station to hide my gadget wires galore. But the only one I could find was this one from Design Within Reach. Unfortunately the price wasn’t within reach. (Though it is on sale now for $178 down from $238.)
Still looking for the perfect groomsmen gift? Something unique? A little out of the ordinary? Well, I think I have found it!
Photo: Courtesy of Just_JRM.
Custom bobble heads! At Whoopass Enterprises, you can create mini versions of your groomsmen with just a sample picture. They customize the bobble head with various body styles, clothing, shoes, and personalized text. I think Mr. Strawberry’s groomsmen will be very excited to receive these…I know I would be!
Mr. Orange insists on just giving his boys a monogrammed glass beer mug. But, I am trying to convince him to give something more than a glass with an initial.
Here’s some ideas I am toying with — They’re all food. I’ll also come up with another list of non-food related gifts.
Mr. Butterfly picked up the rest of the groomsmen’s gifts yesterday! Yay! Another thing off our to-do list.
We decided to go with the fake business cards for the groomsmen and ushers, with fake wedding titles. I absolutely loved the idea, but we needed something else aside from just the cards. At first, we wanted to get them business card holders, but to be honest, most people do not use them. After months of thinking about it (being lazy about it), Mr. Butterfly found these.
From reading what people have to say on Xanga and Weddingbee, I’ve noticed that we all seem to have a different idea of our attendants’ level of involvement. I’m sure we all have our own reasons as to why to involve or not involve them, and I think it’s really interesting.
Mr. Blueberry and I are having one attendant each to stand at the front of the ceremony, but two of my dearest friends will be “honorary attendants” receiving mention in the program, and Mr. Blueberry may do the same.
I haven’t talked about my MOH and Mr. Blueberry’s BM much not because they’re not important–to the contrary!–but because we haven’t (so far) requested them to take a really active role in the wedding planning. Maybe it’s because I’m anal, maybe it’s because I don’t want to occupy them with something I view as our “problem” (though of course it’s not that), but so far the only request I’ve made is that they each show up and look nice and have fun.
But I’ve noticed some Xangans and Weddingbees rely on their attendants for help with the daily tasks of wedding planning, and I think that’s great, too.
How involved are your BM’s or GM’s in the wedding planning?
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