What gifts did you give your bridesmaids?

[BaliHai]

I did beach themed totes for all of them.

Anchor earrings
Locally made, summery scented soaps
A beach towel
Flip flops
Sunblock
Chapstick
A compact brush and mirror
Make up removing towelettes
Cape May magnets
A map of the town just for fun
And then we paid for brunch the next morning.

My SIL and bff also got necklaces. I feel like I'm forgetting something else I'd put in their bags, but that was the gist of it.

[mrsgoontz]

I gave them each a monogrammed tote bag, flip flops and matching clutches that went with their dresses.

[cville]

Jewelry I thought suited them (not for the wedding)--big silver cuff for SIL, earrings for BFF. And a MONOGRAMMED (lol) mirror compact.

[speckledfrog]

I had two and got them each a GC to a salon near them. After it was all said and done, I wish I had just given them that money to help pay for their dresses. We were all young and poor and it would have been better that way. I also paid for their hair and make up the day of.

[rupertpenny]

Lol I know I'm the only freak who hates monogramming!

I was really into it in college, but I was really into a lot of questionable things in college...

[BAMFMrsB]

Personalized compact mirror: (name only)




Chanel lipstick:




and I feel like there was something else, but I can't remember now!

[KKD]

Pearl drop earrings and a matching necklace, to be worn for the wedding. My sister did earrings for the wedding and flip-flops for the reception along with cute pouches from Anthro.

[Marle]

A nice tote with a pashmina, sparkly hair accessories, lip balm and a hand written card. I think there were other random goodies there but I can't remember.

I also gave the same things to the mothers and those also had a framed picture of DH and I. Now I have my mom's tote.

[BeagleMama]

Silver Tiffany frames with their monograms engraved. In each frame I put a good picture of me and her.

[Deleted]

Jewelry. A friend got me a really cute robe which I probably liked the best.

A picture frame is tough unless you know it matches their decor.

[anastasia517]

I'm in the process of deciding what to buy for bridesmaids as well. All I know is that they're going to all get different things.

[themoneytree]

Tiffany silver knot earrings.

[vampsterdam]

I thought the jewelry to be worn on the wedding day (as a gift) was a big faux pas? Or maybe that's because I hung out on TK and everyone was flamed who considered it.

I will admit the earrings/necklaces that I got, never get worn because the pearls look really, really cheap with bad beading.

[ZoeHart]

Coach leather wristlets and a gift card. Not the most original but I think they all liked them.

[pantsparty]

I paid for most of their dresses.

[Buttercup]

Apr 9, 2014 9:14:53 GMT -5 vampsterdam said:

I thought the jewelry to be worn on the wedding day (as a gift) was a big faux pas? Or maybe that's because I hung out on TK and everyone was flamed who considered it.

I will admit the earrings/necklaces that I got, never get worn because the pearls look really, really cheap with bad beading.

Really? I've never heard this (but I never lurked/posted on The Knot). I've been in 7 weddings and got jewelry to wear the day of 5 times. The other two times the bride picked out the jewelry she wanted the bridesmaids to wear and we bought it ourselves. 

[Deleted]

$100 toward dress
Professional hair and makeup
$100 spa gift certificate
Tiffany necklace
Personalized messenger bag

[jennistarr1]

Victoria Secrets Lotion, body splash, and shower gel...

Real pearl necklaces, fake pearl earrings to wear that day

[Deleted]

Apr 9, 2014 9:14:53 GMT -5 vampsterdam said:

I thought the jewelry to be worn on the wedding day (as a gift) was a big faux pas? Or maybe that's because I hung out on TK and everyone was flamed who considered it.

I will admit the earrings/necklaces that I got, never get worn because the pearls look really, really cheap with bad beading.

The necklaces I bought for my bridesmaids did not have to be worn on the day of the wedding.

Two out of six of them wore them, though.

[Brie]

I got them all something different. For my sister, I bought a half marathon race registration and running survival kit for us to run a race together. I got one BM a prenatal massage GC, one a bunch of gear for her favorite NFL team, and one a nice monogrammed backpack (she's a teacher and had been carrying a beat up old one for ages).

H got all the groomsmen tickets so they could go to a college football game together at their alma mater.

[takeonyou]

$100 gift card to a local spa/salon and cute sandals to wear at the reception (two of them were pregnant and the other was 2 months PP, I knew they would want comfortable footwear, lol).  I put them in cute baskets with a handwritten note to each of them thanking them for being amazing.

[adhdfashion]

I paid for all their dresses and got they all different pearl jewelry.

[kayl84]

Best gift I have received was slip on Uggs, no back to it. It was a winter wedding & after dancing all night I left those suckers in my bag I had at reception site bridal suite. Threw them on so I was warm and didn't bust my butt on the ice headed out to the shuttle on their NYE wedding.

[lilafowler]

A personal lap dance from my H.

[justkly]

Coach make up bags and a GC to Sephora.

[trafficgirl]

The first time around I got them personalized jewelry boxes by a local artist (NOT monogrammed) and necklaces. The necklaces didn't have to be worn the day if but I think they all might have.

The second time around I just had a MOH and I gave her a really nice pair of Judith Jack earrings from Nordies.

[captainobvious]

Paid for hair and makeup the day of.
Necklace and bracelet (not for day of)
Robe, flip flops (meant to be day of but neither one wore them.)

[audry80]

I bought them the Tiffany bead bracelet. Nine years later, I see some of them wear it still.

[sugarbear]

I ordered monogrammed totes from LL Bean and filled them:
a scarf
a book I thought each would like
flip flops
a Burt's Bees gift pack
... and something else that I can't remember. A bottle of wine, maybe?