While, I don’t whole-heartedly agree with that statement (I have a strong affinity for the mountains of Colorado and the San Francisco Bay), I must agree that these are great totes.
Megan Lee Designs
I originally found these on Etsy a while back and forgot about them, but then they popped up on a recent post on Clover & Bee and knew I had to feature them. They would make great out of town bags for your guests (which Rebecca mentions). Plus, it’s a great way to tie in the Midwest into your wedding (of course, if you are a Midwestern bride). I completely love the idea of bringing in some hometown favorites into the out of town bags, and this would be a great tie-in.
I realize that I’m like a year away from having wedding showers, but if someone could buy one of these for me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Flirty Aprons
Flirty Aprons
I love to bake, so owning an apron is pretty much a “must have” for me (flour gets everywhere!). I already own a red apron I bought at Crate and Barrel back around Christmas-time. It is red (which is a color I love in the kitchen) and has that 50s housewife feel. I love it, but it’s got that starchy cotton feel (stiff as a board) and I want something a bit softer (which the Flirty Aprons have that “soft-cotton feel”). Plus, the Flirty Aprons are just fun and they come in some great patterns. And, for all of you moms out there, you can buy a matching one for your daughter (how cute?).
I thought I wanted my bridesmaids to carry small bouquets. That is, until I saw this:
Beth Berry Photography
I have seen the idea before, but this time it really struck me. I think it would be a fun and modern twist on the original bouquet to instead have the girls carry clutches in different patterns of reds and/or oranges. For the sake of the wedding ceremony, we would adorn each clutch with a peony or ranuncula.
Beth Berry Photography
It’s something a bit more fun, and instead of throwing away their bouquets, the girls get to keep a fun clutch. I’m not much of a flower person (although they smell wonderful and I am having a love affair with ranunculas), so this could be another different and unique element for the wedding (even the FI said it’s a “cool” idea). I still plan on carrying a bouquet (I’m sure some of you were asking this in the back of your mind).
Are your girls going to carry flowers, or you going to go for something a bit modern/untraditional?
Besides loving many of the aspects of local stationary designer, Cheree Berry’s wedding, I love the little gift that Darcy from Martha Stewart Weddings gave her on her wedding day. I have eyed that gift since the day I bought the recent issue of “Martha Stewart Weddings.”
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(How can you not love her bouquet, too. More on that another time.)
I mostly love the idea of having handkerchiefs made for my bridemaids (cue to the girls, ignore this post) and have them embroidered with their monogram or something meaningful to them. I REALLY love the idea of finding a different vintage handkerchief for each of them, one that represents their personalities.
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I haven’t thought too much about what I plan on getting them (okay, maybe I have, a little), but when I find little ideas like this, it really makes you thing beyond the whole “Here is a piece of jewelry for being in my wedding” gift. Not that there is anything wrong with that, because there isn’t. Most everyone that knows me, knows I am sentimental, so I want to make sure my gifts to my girls really mean something.
What would you get your bridesmaids? Have you found any fun ideas?
