Bridal Gifts For Your Wedding Party Peeps
No more cuff links and stationary for your bridal gifts. Besides, those items are not only lame, but they are overpriced and not cheap wedding ideas! It's time to step it up with some interesting and unique wedding party gifts that your closest friends and family (they better be close, they are in your wedding party!) will drop their jaw at.
Personalized Products Per Person
These ideas are personalized wedding gifts. For the groomsmen, one of my favorite items is the customized shoes. You can do up a pair of vans for each guy or a pair of high top Converse All-Stars. For beach weddings or outdoor weddings, consider some high-end sandals. You can even get them done so they can be worn on the wedding day! Um, get permission from your bride first, guys. And maybe not at the wedding chapel and only at the banquet hall.
For the girls, check out the massive selections of robes available, and they all can be monogrammed with their initials. Adding the word bridesmaid (small, small wording of course) will make them extra special. You'll be able to find the best bridal prices on these, even with them being higher quality fabrics...don't get the ones that are as thin as a bridal veil (although most bridal veils are beautiful, they don't work well as robes)! They are typically one size fits all so even if you've got a couple girls in plus sized bridesmaid dresses, you'll still have a great wedding gift.
For The Spiritual
I'm referring to distilled spirits, that is! Groomsmen love their beer. Doing a search on the good old internet will yield a lot of companies providing beer of the month club memberships. For 3 to 6 to 12 months, you can subscribe your bro's for brew for a gift that keeps on giving. I wouldn't suggest giving them this gift before the wedding. They may think they can take over your DJ services--and bust out the Vanilla Ice.
For the gals, you can go for a wine club. it works the same way, but with chardonnay, pinot noir, and the ever popular Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill. All kidding aside, the wines are fine enough for a dinner party or just a party with the girls.
Games People Play
If you've ever hung out with a man, you know that he wastes a lot of time watching the world series of poker. Why not get them more involved with a nice set of poker chips? What's great about this gift is that it gives the guys a reason to get together, and there's no need to haul the chips from house to house. They can even be personalized with monogrammed initials.
Girls don't really play games...at least, not board games so much. They like to get together and talk and talk and talk. Well, there's nothing better than dimming the lights while sharing. Get them hooked into another monthly club, this time with candles. They will love getting a seasonal scent sent to them monthly. If you get this gift going early, think about all the discussions you can have about your wedding songs, your wedding favors, your dress, and your bridal tiaras (do I hear fashion show?)
A Unisex Gift That's Snappy
Finally, here is one of those awesome wedding gift ideas that keeps on giving. Matching point and shoot cameras for each bridesmaid and groomsman. Whenever you all go on a trip together or gather for some fun, someone is bound to bring their camera. Plus, they can take some extra pictures of you on your wedding day! Bonus! Even with wedding photography prices being up there, getting candids of your day is like cheap wedding insurance...then again, you may be facing insurance claims with some of those "candid" photos!
These items can also work for you non-brides that are searching for bridal shower gifts that won't break your bank account and that you can give to your soon-to-be-married friend. Take care of these gifts so you can close this section of your wedding organizer for good! Have your attendants thanking you for your awesome gift during their wedding speeches! Now, I've saved the best news for last. All of these wedding gifts for your wedding party come in under $100! So you'll save money, your attendants will actually use these bridal gifts, and everyone is happy.