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Groomsmen Gifts

Your wedding day is done. You and your groom are now back to normal life a week of having a honeymoon vacation. But, you are not done yet. You must not forget about your bridesmaids and your bridesmaid gifts for them.

Your bridesmaids deserve gifts. After exerting all their efforts to play their respective roles (read: assistants) in your wedding, they all deserve something from you and your groom as a token of appreciation. What are the best gifts for them?

Customized tote bags

Ladies love bags. So your bridesmaids will appreciate them much more if their initials or name is on the bags. Pick different colors for each bridesmaid. It is better if you are aware of their favorite colors so you can match it to each of them.

Initial pendant necklace

A sterling silver for an initial pendant necklace for each of your bridesmaids will not hurt your budget much (unless you have 10 bridesmaids). Your bridesmaids will surely appreciate this type of gift because jewelry is synonymous to classiness.

Cosmetic Bag

Boys are crazy about women - I mean, women bags. They say there is always a bag inside a women’s bag. And what is this? Cosmetic bags! Females, especially professionals, require a cosmetic bag so that they could easily get their make up, powder, and lipstick, among other things in one touch. This is a must - have for every bag - every women’s bag.

Jewelry Case

Women, like your bridesmaids, have ‘affection’ for jewelries. They treat them as their priceless possessions; thus, they need a jewelry case. So, do not think twice. Buy each of them a piece.

Key chain

If you are tight with budget, after spending too much on your well - and grandly - celebrated wedding, you are down to giving your bridesmaids key chains as bridesmaid jewelry gifts. Do not feel ashamed. The key here is to make it personalized. Having their initials engraved on the key chain itself is a sure whay to show your appreciation no matter of the price. Women are easy to please.

Perfume

Women do not run out of perfume. In fact, they have collections of different scents. Your bridesmaids are no different. If you know what scent they like, then you can get them a nice bottom of perfume of that scent. This may be a common gift, but remember, a perfume is always appreciated for a gift.

Bridesmaids Handkerchief

Buy each of them a white handkerchief. But, no, this should not be an ordinary handkerchief. Write in each item their names and the word below it: “Bridesmaid”. They will definitely feel your positive reception of the role they played in your wedding. They may opt not to use this. They may choose to keep this for memory’s sake.

After finally deciding from this list which cool groomsmen gifts you will buy for your bridesmaids, start wrapping and distributing your gifts - together with your husband, of course. Do not wait for too long before you decide when. It is very possible that they forgot they are your bridesmaids.

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My sister recently got married. It was the typical Catholic wedding that we celebrated in a famous church in my country, Philippines. After which we headed on to the reception; an al fresco dinner by the garden where live music and band serenaded the happy couple and their guests. I am claiming that my sister’s wedding is typical because it was the most common type of wedding us Catholics celebrates: Church and Reception and then a bunch of farewells here and there. But what made my sister’s wedding different, other than it being my sister’s wedding is that is was the most beautiful wedding I have ever attended in my entire life given that the preparation only took place in a span of two and a half months.  Which reminds me that I need to help her select her bridesmaid gifts for all the girls in the wedding.

As you might have probably guessed, I was my sister’s bridesmaid. It was the most perfect event of my life because it was actually my first time to be part of an entourage. Many of my friends became flower girls when they were little, as for me, I never had that experience.

Prior the wedding and during the preparations, I kept on daydreaming about how my gown would like and what my future husband would buy as groomsmen gifts. All I knew is that it would be in a mixture of silver and blue; my sisters’ favorite colors. I imagined how I will walk down the aisle and kept neither telling myself that I should not trip nor fall despite my gown being too long for me. I imagined too how beautiful that special night would be as my sister and her soon-to-be husband will bind their hearts as one.

Weddings bring about different kinds of emotions. It makes you feel ecstatic and nervous all at the same time. It makes you feel nostalgic and even detached sometimes. It brings you back memories of home and your childhood. My sister and I grew up together but are not really close and that’s why buying cheap groomsmen gifts for our wedding is not a good idea. Our relationship was all about the usual fighting and quarreling and a series of bullying on her part. She is older therefore she demanded respect from me as though I didn’t need any for myself.

On her wedding night, all the negative thoughts vanished. I was there as her bridesmaid and I walked and sashayed in the very long red carpet leading to the altar, she walked after a couple of seconds behind me and I looked at her with so much anticipation and love in my heart. All the memories we shared growing up will never fade; now there’ll be more memories to build… with our families and future children.

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