Good gifts for bridesmaids and ushers?

[ScrimpAndSave]

I have 23 people in my wedding party including junior brides maids and a flower girl and ring bearer...and then 6 bridesmaids and ushers...

I would like to give them really great gifts...not just the boring personalized stuff...


Any thoughts? I've budgeted $1000 for it.

[gamecock43]

lottery tickets

[ScrimpAndSave]

That is a very cool idea.

[MiikeB]

I was an usher and if I recally correctly I got a watch...

I am sure gas cards would be greatly appreciated nowadays

[ScrimpAndSave]

Wow gas cards is an awesome idea! Watches are very nice, too...hmmm...I probably couldn't afford a really nice one for everyone, though.

[cptacek]

I made pearl necklaces and earrings for the women/girls and we gave pocket watches to the men (with 30% off coupons from Shepler's). The ring bearer got a toy truck

I had a friend from work that does jewelry as a hobby and she helped me pick out everything and showed me how to make them. They were really easy.

[disneysteve]

lottery tickets

I'm not sure if you were serious, but I don't think that is a good idea at all. Lottery tickets are worthless unless they happen to be winners, and the odds of that are astronomical.

OP, typically the bride gives gifts to the women in the bridal party and the groom gives them to the men. So I think your husband-to-be should handle the guy gifts. That said, I honestly don't remember what I gave the guys at my wedding. I'll have to ask DW. I'll ask what she gave the women, too. I seem to recall it was a necklace of some sort that we put in shell boxes we bought in Disney World.

[hopefulfirefly]

So I think your husband-to-be should handle the guy gifts.

I had to laugh. No matter how much we ask our dh to handle that stuff (as you suggested above), the same result ends up happening, the dw handles it (as evidenced below). No offense, I just thought it was funny

I honestly don't remember what I gave the guys at my wedding. I'll have to ask DW.

[ScrimpAndSave]

Exactly.

[disneysteve]

I had to laugh. No matter how much we ask our dh to handle that stuff (as you suggested above), the same result ends up happening, the dw handles it (as evidenced below). No offense, I just thought it was funny

Sorry. Just because I don't remember what I gave them 16 years ago doesn't mean I didn't handle it. I'm quite sure I did. I just know DW is more likely to remember something like that than I am. And I know it wasn't anything fancy or expensive. Just some little token gift to say thanks.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

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[vsjhoc]

Ummmmm ... excuse me while I go against the wedding etiquette, but is it really necessary to get gifts for 23 people?

I can understand getting something for the kids (ring bearer and flower girl) but I don't think the attendants will be upset if they don't get something. Yes, I have been a bridesmaid in numerous weddings, the bride always gave me a gift, and it was always jewelry that wasn't really my taste which I wouldn't have selected.

How 'bout a handwritten note to each expressing your thanks and why you chose them (i.e., spelling out why they mean so much to you).

JMHO.

[ActYourWage]

I had to laugh. No matter how much we ask our dh to handle that stuff (as you suggested above), the same result ends up happening, the dw handles it (as evidenced below). No offense, I just thought it was funny

I got married about 8 months ago, I too bought the guys in my wedding a gift - $15 dollar gift cards from Books-A-Million. Just something that said thanks. $1000 dollars just for gifts is ALOT of money for gifts.

[gamecock43]

I actually got a lottery ticket for attending a friends wedding 2 years ago and i loved it. I dont buy them for myself so it was fun having a 'free' oppertunity to play. I didnt win, but others did. Its the tickets that cost a few dollars and you will win $10 or $15.
Everyone would crowd around you as you scratched it off and cheer when you won something. The memory was better for me than the bottle of monogrammed bubbles i got for attending another friends wedding.

[disneysteve]

I actually got a lottery ticket for attending a friends wedding 2 years ago and i loved it. I dont buy them for myself so it was fun having a 'free' oppertunity to play. I didnt win, but others did. Its the tickets that cost a few dollars and you will win $10 or $15.
Everyone would crowd around you as you scratched it off and cheer when you won something. The memory was better for me than the bottle of monogrammed bubbles i got for attending another friends wedding.

I see your point. There are worse gifts than lottery tickets.