A Gift For: Your Bridesmaids

Shopping Mistress, the personal shopping and bespoke wedding gift list service - aka Gift Mistress - is ready to solve your purchasing dilemmas for those tricky friends, relatives and gift giving occasions.

What can I give to my bridesmaids that they might actually enjoy?

It's a tough one. Tradition dictates you give your bridesmaids a little present or memento of your big day. A necklace, a jewellery box, perhaps a photo frame, the problem is that it’s often... well, rather boring! And if the bridesmaid in question has done the job on more than one occasion, then how many photos frames does a girl really need?

So think outside the box. How about getting a bespoke scent from Miller Harris for them to wear on the day? And this unique idea gets better... the bottle comes engraved with their name and the date of the wedding.

Instead of a pearl necklace or bog standard charm bracelet, if it was us, we’d love to receive something more comtemporary... something by Lola Rose perhaps?!. The Classic Flower of Faceted Heart Bracelet (£69) is pretty and modern and they’re available in a range of colours – there’s bound to be one to complement the flowers and the bridesmaid dresses.

What better way to dissect all the wedding details and happenings from the day than with a post wedding spa day? Treat the girls to a trip to Bliss Spa and it’ll be something you can all look forward to on your return from honeymoon when your days suddenly seem empty again.

If you overspent on the wedding (who doesn’t?), or ended up with more bridesmaids than you originally intended (easily done!), £25 will get you a beautiful monogram candle.

Finally, once the dreaded dieting to get into dresses can finally be put to rest, how about a bit of indulgence – a box of For Goodness Cake cup cakes spelling out your thank you message. Not exactly long lasting (they won’t last longer than 5 minutes) but a nice touch all the same!

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