Bridesmaid Gift Extraordinaire!

Hey All,

So about 6 Looong months ago, I asked my 6 closest friends to stand by me as bridesmaids. Using a collection of Pinterest ideas, I created the perfect little gift boxes to formally ask them each to be a bridesmaid in my wedding. I'm going to show you what I did, how I splurged, and how I saved to make something special and memorable for all of my lovely ladies!

 

Ok, So I had been looking at things like this for a awhile, and I didn't want to blow my entire wedding savings account before we really even started planning! I loved the idea of a Bridesmaid Tank, something we can wear at little events. Some special piece (in this case a bracelet), and some booze! 

1.

Tank Tops! 

Now you can go online and drop anywhere from $10 - $30+ on these bad boys... I'm going to tell you how I spent $6.50 each on these!

Hobby Lobby!!! 

I purchased Black tank tops for all of my girls at $3.50 each (I think they were on sale that week), and blingy rhinestone iron-on lettering for $2.99 (also on sale). This was a super easy task, that took about 20 minutes total!!! I have a special one for my mom, and my fiance's mom too!

2.

Personal, sweet gift.

I bought these little bracelets on sale for $9.99 each on Things' Remembered website. I got them engraved (which costed a little more), but also got a bonus gift that I'll be giving to my girls at the rehearsal dinner. These were the most expensive at about $100.00 total, but it was worth it seeing there appreciative faces!

3.

Booze!!!! 

I went to the local liquor store and picked up various liquors for my girls. Vodka, wine, and Goldschlager were some of the things that made the list. I tried to pick the girls' personal favorite, or something that we shared memories of. This wasn't too pricey, it's all about where you shop and what you get! 

4.

Alternatives to Booze/Drinkware

One of my BM's was pregnant and I got her sparkling juice, and I had to mail another one, so she got a mixer! You could do mixers all around if you wanted to save money, or have all of your girls over and drink with them! Also, I found some end of season summer shot glasses, and wine glasses that I stuck in their boxes, and wrote their names on them! They were cute and about $5.00 total.

5.

Ring Pop!

I thought this would be a cute little extra for all of my girls. A sweet treat just for them! 

6.

An emotional Card!

I busted out the cardstock and scrapbook paper to make personalized cards for each of my girls. Just thinking about all the wonderful times we'd had in the past, and asking them to be my main gals on my wedding day. I know how much work being a BM can be, and I wanted them to know how much it meant to me!!! 

7.

A sweet Container!!!

I found these at IKEA, for really cheap. They are CD boxes, and come in a pack of two for somewhere around $3.00, they're pretty sturdy (I have one that's 3+ years old) and come in several different colors. These ship well too! 

There you have it! A cute gift for those special girls in your life!!! Let me just say, this is only the beginning of cute gifts for my BMs! The Bridal Shower will yield a super awesome gift that I will give a tutorial of soon! Then the rehearsal dinner gifts are FULL of fun goodies!!! :)

Next time, I'd like to give some advice to newly engaged/soon-to-be-engaged gals that may help them when planning all of these fun, but crazy things!!!

Enjoy

~Amanda

Long Time, No Post

So as you all can imagine, my life has become incredibly and overwhelmingly busy. Sure it happens to the best of us, but I was, at one time, quite proud of this blog, keeping up with it and writing often enough.

So here is my plan to get back on track.
       Wedding Planning - fun DIYs (On the other page)
        Graduate School Living
        Other things that come my way.

Here I am just 5 months from getting married, and I haven't posted much about this, or how graduate school is going. Well, I survived my first semester, and I'm taking this current semester day-by-day. I recently went to a research conference, one that I felt incredibly out of place at amongst MDs and PhDs, there was little room for students as most people already had their degrees and were in their fields. My wedding planning is going well, but let me tell you I have a good idea for a post about advice that you think is obvious, but that you really don't think about until you're in over your head!! :) More to come later, although I think I want to outline what I wish to discuss prior to posting the next blog!!!

I also made another really cute wreath, I'll be posting some tutorials, and some info on how to be an expert meal planner in the recipe blog!

Thanks For Reading,

~Amanda