Gift Ideas?

Question

I'm getting married 09/30/06 and would like to get two of my close friends who have helped me out with the wedding something relatively inexpenive that is also special and/or personal. Any ideas?

Additional Info:
One of the girls has planned and prepared my bridal shower and she is also singing the first dance song that my fiance and I will dance to. (she has a beautiful voice)

My other friend has helped me shop for my wedding dress and has been a great deal of support and help in the wedding preparations.

Answer 1

Do these girls have homes? More info is needed. But if they have a fireplace I am including a cute idea. Be sue to search the site for other ideas you can personalize.

Of course you can also throw in a gift certificate for a massage or spa somewhere.
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_floral_arrangements/article/0,1793,HGTV_3418_1383373,00.html

Answer 2

I had two good friends help me. One helped a lot more than the other. One friend planned a pre-wedding party. We moved out of state a year before we got married and were getting married in Key West. We wanted to have a party before the big party in our old home town for those who could not make it to Key West. She planned everything, sent out invites, caterer...etc. We actually paid for everything, but I suspected she went over budget and didn't tell me. I am sure it was a hassle. And my other friend was mostly support, ran errands, took care of other things locally that I could not do 1300 miles away. I gave the one friend a $200 gift card to a day spa. The other friend got a $75 card to the same spa. They weren't friends with each other---so that was ok. I gave them the gift cards before the wedding--just in case they wanted to use them before--for manicures, pedicures....etc. Not sure if this is inexpensive...but I know it was useful to both of my friends. A way to wind down and relax. Other gifts you can get are jewelry, earrings, bracelet, necklace. You can find some cute things for $50-ish.

Answer 3

I would get them something they can keep forever, such as jewelry or a photo frame (you can send a photo after the wedding) or something engraved. It should be something they can look back on and remember. I will be getting married next year and have thought about getting the bridal party some sort of carry bag with their initials on it, it's also useful!!

Answer 4

femail creations (google it for the website) has some beautiful and relatively inexpensive jewelry. There is a lovely sterling silver celtic knot necklace, among many others. Happy wedding!

Answer 5

First of All Congrats sweetie!! I am getting married the same day, and acutually have had to do the same thing with a friend who is not in the wedding but has done so much, I went to my local dollar tree... and picked out a basket, and filled it with all stuff for her.. I spent 20 but it was all worth it for all she has done for me... Best wishes and I will be thinking of you on our day!! Hugs..

Brenda

Answer 6

Go to Bath and Body and have them create a beautiful basket for each one with items you know each would prefer. Most of us adore great scented bath products and a nice basket says you cared enough to get them what they like.

Answer 7

Depends on the person- Bath stuff from Body works or Victoria Secret is always nice and they alway have sales.....
Candle gift packs are nice as well....
Jewerly- try overstock.com for ideas...
Or if your crafty try making your own jewerly, that's what I am doing to save money.. firemountaingems.com
Also check Amazon.com for gift packs, they sometimes have great sales!
Good luck.
Oh and don't forget Marshalls- they have lots of glass, crystal, candle holders and kitchen stuff that also makes great gifts!

Answer 8

Congrats on your upcoming wedding!

For your friend who sings I would see if you could get her a nice necklace with a musical note like this http://www.tace.com/antiques_and_collectibles/items_forsale/23282.html or these earrings: http://www.zulumoon.com/details.asp?ProductCode=EA-2591.
Or you could get her a picture frame with a picture of you guys on your wedding/shower in it. These are a few nice ones http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1155593659/ref=sr_1_1/602-5616576-7020654?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B0002HRLU8,
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1155593740/ref=sr_1_1/602-5616576-7020654?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B0006B5SXC,
or http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-7/qid=1155593740/ref=sr_1_7/602-5616576-7020654?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B0002U2YX4

For the friend who helped you with the dress I would get her a gift certificate for a massage or manicure at a local spa. That tends to be between $25 and $60 depending on where you are. Something else that would be nice would be a few bottles of wine and a box of chocolates like this sweet treats basket: http://www.wagnervineyards.com/wag3_gift_catalogNEW.taf
or make your own with http://www.pleasantvalleywine.com/pvw_order.taf (their chocolate lab wine is excellent, especially when mixed with their strawberry zinfindel) and godiva (http://www.godiva.com/catalog/product.aspx?id=934&SE_Section=Shop&SE_Category=61).

Congrats and Good Luck!

Answer 9

I would get them each somthing they could where in the wedding. Or maybe get then each a $20.00 gift card to
some store that they each like. good luck

Answer 10

Look on line for a site called things remembered you can get great personalized items.