Special Gifts for a Special Maid or Matron of Honor
She's your best friend, your confidant and helped you most of all to keep your sanity during the stress of planning your wedding. Make sure to remember this special lady with a very special gift to show your love and affection for one of your favorite people.
Traditional gifts for a maid or matron of honor include keepsake jewelry, often with more than initials engraved, but also usually a sentiment such as "You're always there for me, Thank you" or "Thank you for sharing our special day" are two frequently used phrases for maid/matron gifts. Giving the jewelry in a personalized jewelry box will make a great gift that shows you put a lot of thought into her gift. Other commonly given gifts include friendship vases or a personalized bud vase complete with her initials etched in the glass.
More modern gifts for the maid or matron of honor include personalized tote bag that has items just for her. Those items can be gourmet cheeses and crackers along with a memento bottle of wine from the wedding ceremony. Or a new outfit with a blouse, skirt or slacks or you can put in a gift certificate to her favorite boutique. Personal care items are also popular gifts including make up bags and manicure sets.
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Wedding Favors Bridesmaids Will Love
The other half of the wedding party will include your bridesmaids and their gifts are traditionally chosen by the bride herself. Traditional gifts for bridesmaids include jewelry, such as bracelets and necklaces with a small charm engraved with each bridesmaid's initials. Made in sterling silver, this gift can be a wonderful gift and when you visit with someone that was in your wedding party years from now, she can hold up her wrist and show you the charm dangling, and you can both recall the day you took your vows and remember the lighthearted moments of the things that seem to go wrong and don't seem that funny at the time, even in the most thoroughly planned weddings but are remembered with a smile years later.
Since everyone seems to have a cell phone, cell phone bling is also a popular gift. Crystal or silver charms with the initials of the bridesmaid or date of the wedding engraved on them are also becoming very popular as part of a set of bridesmaids gifts.
Other gifts for bridesmaids include items she can use such as flower seeds to plant in her garden as a commemoration of your special day, a tote bag that will hold items for day to day errand running. Candles are also part of many bridesmaids gifts complete with an engraved candle holder with the date and names of the bride and groom.
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Great Groomsmen Gifts
Although brides tend to do the majority of the planning for the wedding, the choices for the groomsmen gifts has traditionally been left up to the groom himself to do the choosing of those wedding favors.
Traditional groomsmen gifts have included silver cuff links with each groomsmen's initials engraved on each cufflink. Cocktail Shakers with engraved glasses or simply an engraved beer mug with the initials or the date of the ceremony have also been commonly used as groomsmen gifts for decades.
More modern groomsmen gifts include engraved Ipods, engraved golf ball sets with a monogrammed towel or something along the lines of a personalized soft bodied cooler filled with yummies such as wine, crackers and cheese is another way to show your appreciation. You can also give a unique Tuxedo Wine Bottle Stopper make even the wine included in your gift special.
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