Grooms, are you looking for a special gift to get your groomsmen? If you want to splurge, a monogrammed Montblanc pen could be the perfect thing. Handsome, practical, and personalized — all make it a special gift idea. There are several different ways you can have the pen monogrammed, including a selection of different fonts. My favorite is initials on the clip of the pen.
Janie & Jack — one of my go-to stores for children’s attire gifts — has the most adorable collection of celebration and flower girl dresses. Like these two which are absolutely adorable!
Daisy Organza Tiered Dress from Janie & Jack
Tulle Rosette Dress from Janie & Jack
Clients I work with are always looking for special gifts to give to their wedding party. This Tiffany Cigar Tube would be a great splurge for groomsmen. Fill it with a great cigar and when your guys are celebrating the evening, they can smoke their blunts in style!
Tiffany Cigar Holder
When coordinating wedding rehearsals, I often like to bring practice bouquets for the bridesmaids to use. Having bouquets helps them to practice holding the flowers at the correct height; coordinate the hand-off of the bride’s bouquet; and walk with a groomsman or collect their dress as they go up stairs while holding the bouquet.
Just in case, I often bring a practice bouquet for the bride in case she is not using the traditional ribbon bouquet compiled from her bridal showers.
The bouquets can be a thoughtful gesture for the bride to bring to the rehearsal as one more way to show her bridesmaids how thankful she is to have them as a part of her wedding.
Recently, I was inspired to create practice bouquets made from herbs in my garden.
ornamental sage bouquet
lavender practice bouquet
The bouquets are simple, but practice bouquets do not need to be elaborate. Creating an herb bouquet for your bridesmaids can be cost-effective, too. Snip some herbs from your garden or a family member’s garden and voila! They also smell wonderful. Just remember not to cut them too far in advance of the wedding rehearsal as many herbs wilt quickly and do keep them in water until they are ready to be used.
Other ideas for practice bouquets include small bouquets of inexpensive flowers (think the ones you see for 3 bunches for $9 at your local grocery store) or tootsie pops tied together with a ribbon.
Practice makes perfect!
Ring Bearer Pillows can often be last on the list of priorities in light of all of the other details that go into a wedding. But with these beautiful choices, it’s easy to see how the rings could take center stage (but never over the Bride, of course!).
Gorgeous cashmere pillow from White+ Warren.
White and Warren Cashmere Pillow
This pillow from Tinarie21 on Etsy is similar in style to a lot of the Bridal Collections that recently came out — romantic, boasting rich fabric folds, with a floral motif.
Tinarie21 Cream on Cream Flower Blossom Pillow
A unique and beautiful customizable ring bearer dish from Rae Dunn — that can be kept and used in the newlywed’s home after the wedding.
Custom Ring Bearer Dish
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