Help Your Bridesmaids Survive Disaster
The girls in your wedding have always been there for you in an emergency, from your childhood friend who cut gum out of your hair before your over-reactive mom could find out, to the college roommate who stayed up all night proofreading your term paper while you stayed in bed with the flu. Obviously you can never repay them for their tried-and-true friendships, but you can be the one rescuing and adverting disasters for once by treating each to a bridesmaid “survival kit” as purposeful bridesmaid gifts.
This choice in bridesmaid gifts might seem overly practical at first blush but once a calamity strikes in the bridal line-up, your friends will be so grateful that they have just the right thing to fix their little problem be it a fly-away hair strand or run in the pantyhose. Plus, if you package your emergency kit in a monogrammed cosmetic bag or reusable fabric covered box, you’ve created bridesmaid gifts that can be used again for other purposes.
Let your problem-solving skills shine by putting together an emergency bridesmaid kit. Gather up items to fix all the little mishaps that occur for your wedding attendants on the big day. Look for travel size toiletries such as hairspray, deodorant and hand cream and other small must haves such as a mini bottle of aspirin and a tiny package of tissues. To take care of clothing catastrophes these bridesmaid gifts could include double-sided tape to keep deep necklines in place, clear nail polish to stop hosiery runs, a mending kit and stain remover, static spray, and any other fix-it item you can think of. To make sure their hairdos remain “dos”, slip in extra bobby pins, hair elastics and small bottles of styling products. If you have extra room, a little treat (such as a chocolate bar!) will be appreciated in case stomachs start growling before the wedding march is queued up.
For the frazzled bride, don’t fret! These bridesmaid gifts can be purchased “preassembled” with all sorts of emergency must-haves along with a personalization and sentiment of “Thanks for being my bridesmaid. I couldn’t have survived without you”.
