Bridal Party Gifts: Fun Gifts Your Friends Will Love
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Many weddings take place during warmer weather, which makes a pool party perfect as a way to say thank you. If you or a friend doesn’t have a pool and the beach is too far away, consider using the pool of a nearby hotel. Contact the meetings manager. You might be surprised to learn the cost of the party is just the catering for food and drinks.
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The bridal party plays an integral role in your big day. These are the men and women who’ve given their friendship and support over the years. They’re proud to stand by your side as you enter this new and exciting stage of life.
Taking the time to find fun gifts to express your gratitude is an important step in the wedding planning process. Here are some great ideas that will serve as gift giving inspiration.
Day at the Beach or Pool
Many weddings take place during warmer weather, which makes a pool party perfect as a way to say thank you. If you or a friend doesn’t have a pool and the beach is too far away, consider using the pool of a nearby hotel. Contact the meetings manager. You might be surprised to learn the cost of the party is just the catering for food and drinks.
Many hotels have casitas or cabins that have pool privileges. Rent the casitas for the night and bring your own food and drink. If your reception will be at a hotel that has a pool they may be very willing to allow you the use of the pool the day before the wedding at little or no additional cost.
Get a beach bag in bright stripes for each member of the party, guys included, they can always give it to their significant other, sister or mother. Fill the beach bag with a bright beach towel, suntan lotion, squirt gun, water balloons, all natural lip balm and personalized wedding party T-Shirts for everyone.
Serve standard pool party fare of hamburgers and hotdogs with all the fixins. Another nice gift would be personalized stainless steel koozie to keep all the drinks cold.
Tasting Dinner
Most brides and grooms choose the menu themselves based on tasting a selection of menu items from the caterer. Catering a wedding with 100 guests can be big business with costs running more than $50 per person for the food alone. Ask the caterer if they would be willing to provide an expanded tasting to include your wedding party members. You might be surprised when the answer is yes for very little additional cost.
Have the tasting at your home or another residence so you can serve wine and other beverages without paying the caterer's cost. Some caterers won't have the proper liquor licenses to serve alcohol so it shouldn't be a problem to have the tasting at your house.
Top off the evening by giving each guest a personalized beer mug, set of personalized montego flute with intertwined heart set, or personalized toasting glass. The glasses can be used at your wedding reception as well.
Night at the Movies
Schedule a romantic movie evening with the spotlight on your wedding party. Choose a romantic movie that's special to you and your sweetheart for all of you to watch. Add in lots of good food and wine. Play off the theme of the movie or your wedding theme with the menu and decorations.
If your wedding is beach themed, then a movie night menu of shrimp bruschetta , salmon pasta, hearts of palm salad and tropical fruit compote would fit right in. Serve the food in mini portions, but lots of it. Pearls would be a perfect thank you gift for the girls. The sterling silver freshwater pearl set includes a pearl necklace and bracelet. Place it in a mini sandbucket or castle as an added gift. The sterling silver CZ starfish pendant is fun and fashionable. For the guys, consider personalized round beaded cufflinks or personalized silver brushed pocket watch. The watch should make it easy to get the groom to the church on time.
Be a Kid Again
Have fun with an afternoon of bowling, visit a water park, go roller skating or to the zoo. The responsibilities of adulthood are just beginning with a marriage. Take a little time to act like a kid with your wedding party. Ask each member of the bridal party to bring a photo of themselves as a child. See if they can guess which photo goes with whom. Give the winner who makes the most correct matches a kid's game like Chutes and Ladders, Candyland or Go Fish. If the wedding is in the winter, personalized crystal snowflake frame would make a lovely gift.
Take photos of your outing and give each person a "Calla Lily Memories" photo album with space left for pictures of the rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony and reception. Beach memories photo album is less formal but just as meaningful.
Whatever your choice of thank you party and gift your wedding party will feel special if you go the extra step of thanking them with both a gift and an event just for them.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Bridal Party Gifts: Fun Gifts Your Friends Will Love_13978.aspx
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Author Resource :
Dee Power is a freelance writer who writes about Bridal Party Gifts.
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Society
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