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Bridal Party Gifts

Posted by on June 18, 2011 9 Comments

I have two different questions: divorced parents and bridesmaid gifts?

Question #1: My cousin recently got engaged. I’m helping her plan her wedding and she asked me what I thought would be some really cool/useful gifts for her bridesmaids. Unfortunately, I have no idea. Any ideas? Question #2: Her parents are divorced and don’t get along at all. My cousin’s dad is remarried with two [...]

Posted by on June 11, 2011 11 Comments

Is it normal people in bridal shower not invited to wedding?

My friend invited me to her bridal shower but not to her wedding. I am just wondering if this is normal. Cause i thought people in the bridal shower would also be invited to the wedding. We have been friends for over ten years but we haven’t been keeping touch that often. She doesn’t ask [...]

Posted by on June 8, 2011 17 Comments

Is it customary to have food at a bridal shower and should men be present?

I came away from my cousin’s bridal shower perplexed. I always thought some food was part of the celebration. I don’t mean it had to be a 10-course meal, maybe just some cake and coffee would be provided for the invitees and maybe even some party games. All she did was open her gifts and [...]

Posted by on June 5, 2011 5 Comments

Should you open gifts at a house warming party?

I know a lot of people say you shouldn’t. I have only been to a few house warming parties, three I believe, and people have always opened up the gifts with everyone watching, very much like a baby shower of bridal shower. My mother who is helping throw the house warming really thinks we should [...]

Posted by on June 4, 2011 4 Comments

Is this a reasonable standard for shower attendance?

My husband has an absolutely enormous extended family, and we live in the same state as most of them. Hence, I tend to get multiple bridal shower invitations per year, often not for my husband’s actual cousins, but for the cousins’ fiancees. (I know that the shower gifts are often shared with the husband, but [...]

Posted by on June 2, 2011 10 Comments

Any ideas for a bridal shower gift?

A good friend of mine is getting married next month and her bridal shower is this week, I am trying to figure out what would be a good gift. Thing is money is kind of tight since my daughter and boyfriend are in the wedding party (so flower girl dress cost and tux rental cost [...]

Posted by on June 1, 2011 13 Comments

Help! Planning a wedding shower for a total bridezilla!?

I’m the maid of honor in my brother’s upcoming wedding, and I don’t really know the bride all that well. She just wanted to keep the wedding parties as family-only so none of her friends would feel put out. Well, the traditional MOH tasks are still falling on me – a woman who hardly knows [...]

Posted by on May 30, 2011 1 Comments

How much did you spend as a Maid of Honor or Bridesmaid?

Please fill out survey! I’m a maid of honor in a four person bridal party so I’d like to compare other people’s experiences. I know people spend a lot less, or a lot more depending on their specific circumstance so share any extra info if you’d like. How many total in bridal party: Dress: Shoes: [...]

Posted by on May 29, 2011 4 Comments

Anyone have good ideas for a bachelorette party gift for under $10 or $15?

I need some ideas for some good gifts to give my friend for her bachelorette party. Im not looking to spend a lot since i have to get a bridal shower and wedding gift too. My other friend is getting her sex dice and hersheys syrup. So I was thinking something similar to that would [...]

Posted by on May 27, 2011 3 Comments

How much did you spend as the Maid of Honor or Bridesmaid?

Please fill out survey! I’m a maid of honor in a four person bridal party so I’d like to compare other people’s experiences. I know people spend a lot less, or a lot more depending on their specific circumstance so share any extra info if you’d like. How many total in bridal party: Dress: Shoes: [...]