Wedding Details Part One

INTRO: So I have several things that I would like to post about now (before the wedding) that I realize would spoil the surprise for some people who read this blog occasionally. So instead, I am writing this now, in July, but won't publish the post until after the wedding. I have a feeling there will be more similar posts, so I am naming this Part One, of the Wedding Details series.

Bridesmaids gifts!!!

I finally feel like I have a pretty good line-up of gifts for my bridesmaids, and a few other ladies at the wedding.

I got these clutch wallet type things a long while back off of Etsy.


I got one for each of my bridesmaids (my sister Hilma, my high school friends Kim and Tori, and my college friend Jessica), one for each of my friends from here in Virginia that are coming out for the wedding (Katie and Dani), and one for my adorable flower girl slash future niece (present niece by the time I post this) Rylan, and her mom Mellisa.

Bath and Body Works was having one of their usual big sales, so I stopped by after work one day and picked out my favorite scents in lotion for the bridesmaids and bubble bath for Rylan and Mellisa.


So before I go on, Rylan is about 2 and a half. I KNOW 2.5 year olds probably wouldn't give a crap if they got bubble bath and a clutch wallet for a present, but I figured if I was giving it to her in the context of all the other ladies getting similar stuff, I wanted to make sure she felt like she was a lady like all the other grown-up ladies. I was looking for the kiddish section at Bath and Body Works- they used to have one. There was like little kid lipgloss and stuff that they could accidentally eat and it wouldn't be harmful. But apparently they did away with that. ANYWHO, I figured little kids have to be entertained in the tub, so bubble bath might be a hit.

Right, so that was my justification on that one. We'll see how that goes over with her. I guess I'd better get her a stuffed animal or something too so she doesn't totally hate Aunt Emma's presents for the rest of her life.

Ok moving on. I found these colorful scarves at Five Below (which is basically the Dollar Store, but sells things that are $5 or less. These happened to be $1 each). I thought they would at the very least make for a festive present and add to the colorfulness of the whole package. I actually also got enough of a variety that I was able to more or less color coordinate them together, so I folded them up and put them inside their cooresponding clutch.


I picked up loofas from there as well in various colors, which I initially bought because I got Rylan and Mellisa the bubble bath. Then I thought I might as well get 4 more for the bridesmaids- plus there were 6 colors... Really liked my idea of colorfullness I guess.


I also picked up some very cute green and black damask gift bags that were on clearance at Michaels. I got 4 of those- one for each bridesmaid. Then I was back at Michaels and they were discounted even more, so I got 4 more. hahaha.


Right. So then I realized my Virginia friends didn't get that much of actual stuff, BUT, I made them something special that I hope they deemed comparable. I made them a "tour guide" booklet that fits inside the clutch, which was basically a mixture of short articles about Seattle-specific things (the Freemont Troll, the Space Needle, Pike's, etc.) and several quizzes to name famous Seattle things (bands, movies/TV shows, companies, etc.)


Then I was worried that the bridesmaids would feel like their presents weren't big enough for them being my bridesmaids, so I got them some pearl-looking dual strand bracelets and wrapped them in the scarf.


I figured that all together it made for a pretty good gift package. Still unsure as to how to put the clutch in the bag, and still need to make decent name tags. Other than that, I'm pretty proud of what I came up with.