Bridal Gift - need ideas...

Guill

Being a typical Irish man i.e. head in the clouds, I just heard of the tradition of getting the bride a gift for the wedding day. That is fine, of course I would like to get her something but the thing is the wedding is on Monday week! So while I wreck my head for the ideal wedding gift for my future wife, could ye please suggest thing for me?








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moco

depends on your budget and what sort of thing she's into. Would she appreciate a piece of jewellrey?

moco

If it was me I'd love something like this..presuming she doesn't already have a pandora bracelet. the bracelets come in silver, gold and silver, or pure gold, depending on what you'd like to spend, then you could get her a few of these lovely charms to remind her of her wedding day..

http://www.pandora.net/en-gb/jewellery/collections/moments/790549D

http://www.pandora.net/en-gb/jewellery/collections/moments/790347

http://www.pandora.net/en-gb/jewellery/collections/moments/750119

moco

http://www.pandora.net/en-gb/jewellery/ranges/bracelets/550702

http://www.pandora.net/en-gb/jewellery/ranges/bracelets/590702HG

http://www.pandora.net/en-gb/jewellery/ranges/bracelets/590702HV

Guill

I already got her the Pandora, i usually get her a charm every occasion,

I seem to get her jewelry everytime, Rings, bracelets, chains etc.

Budget is about 200 euro, funds are tight with weddig and all that!

moco

Are you supposed to give her this gift at the actual wedding?

Guill

moco wrote: »

Are you supposed to give her this gift at the actual wedding?

No, i think it's the night before or something, again i just found iout about this so called custom so i am lost.

moco

You might get some ideas here..

http://www.ohsocherished.co.uk/section/407/1/my_bride

moco

or here..

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/weddings/my-wedding-day

eefums

try maybe a really elegant very dressy watcht aht she could wear with ehr dress on the day.
A lot of people donthave soemthinglike this to wear forthe occasion!
you could aslo do soemthing like the barrys add and tell hern ot to be late....please ur nervous enough as it is
haha

moco

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/elbo/product/328_ivory_silk_handbag_with_flowers

snowstreams

Im getting married Saturday week. I must admit I never heard of this tradition. Is it really needed?
I suppose it would be a nice suprise for her, because I dont think she knows much about this tradition too!

Guill

snowstreams wrote: »

Im getting married Saturday week. I must admit I never heard of this tradition. Is it really needed?
I suppose it would be a nice suprise for her, because I dont think she knows much about this tradition too!

Yea, just e-mailling friends here and not many of them ever heard of it, but it would be nice to surprise her. There more i think of it the better it sounds.

snowstreams

Guill wrote: »

Yea, just e-mailling friends here and not many of them ever heard of it, but it would be nice to surprise her. There more i think of it the better it sounds.

Yeah i asked a few and they hadnt heard of it either. But it would be a nice suprise for her late in the last evening before the wedding.

stargazer 68

Its not needed, not essential and not even a tradition! Some people do it and some dont. I have seen gifts been given by the groom after his speech and some the night before. Some not at all. Dont sweat it OP - if you want to buy her something then do but dont get tied up in it!

ElleEm

I wouldn't say you HAVE to do it but maybe send her a nice card through a friend or something on the morning of the wedding. If you stick to tradition of not seeing her before the wedding, this will be a nice thing for her.

Although, one lovely thing I saw on the TV one time was the fella giving his bride something old, new, borrowed and blue on the morning of the wedding, (again through a messenger on the morning of the wedding). Really sweet idea, and you could rope others in to help you get stuff together, (ie, family members for something old and borrowed, you could get her a little blue ribbon or broach for her dress/ bouquet and then something small for the "new" thing.

I still think a love letter or card would win!

Nelbell

I don't want to come across as an old scrooge, but why is there a need to buy a present? Surely there's enough expense and stress on both of you already without adding to it! Your bride will more than likely have already got all her jewellery for the wedding, so you giving her another piece may put her in an awkward position, i.e. will she wear it on the day or not, if she doesn't will it hurt your feelings etc...
Personally a little gift/memento from your honeymoon would be better, as this will mean something to just the two of you. That's my tuppence worth anyway!

Heineken Helen

It is a lovely idea... we didn't do it, simply cos we forgot but I've heard the bride and groom getting eachother perfume or something? But then again, it would put pressure on her to wear the perfume! Watches are considered bad luck by many, me being one of them . I wonder if you could get her some kinda charm for the inside of her dress or something? Something blue? The shop I got my dress from sewed a blue ribbon inside the dress. She probably already has her something blue but there's nothing to say you can't have two something blues and it's then something that nobody else will see also.

amdublin

I think it is a silly "tradition" perpetuated by bridezillas.

But if you really want something I think you should get her either a nice handbag or a pandora charm.

Wouldn't sweat it tbh.

carolinespring

I got a pair of beautiful diamond and pearl earrings from my husband the night before our wedding and flowers and balloons the morning of the wedding with a lovely card. A total surprise and really made the day more special, but as I was not expecting anything it really as lovely.

I did get my husband a pair of handmade silver cufflinks that I gave to him the evening before the wedding. It was a pair he had looked and and like the day we picked my wedding ring from the designer so I went back and got them as a surprise. He loved them and wore them on our wedding day.

A friend got a lovely silver locket from her husband to be with a picture of them both inside. Really lovely.

I honestly dont think it matters if you do or dont get a gift but it can be a lovely surprise. I had never heard of giving present to each other when e got married but it sort of happened that both of us did get something for each other. I wear the earring at least 3 or 4 times a week.

Toots

My husband got me lovely present on our honeymoon, a beautiful marbled glass heart on a necklace. It's a lovely memento of our honeymoon too, and he didn't have to worry about picking something out before the wedding when we already had so much to do.

Heineken Helen

Toots* wrote: »

My husband got me lovely present on our honeymoon, a beautiful marbled glass heart on a necklace. It's a lovely memento of our honeymoon too, and he didn't have to worry about picking something out before the wedding when we already had so much to do.

Now THIS I like We're not big spenders at all but it would be gorgeous to have something we can each look back on and say that was a wedding/honeymoon gift... and we can get something relatively cheap in Mexico

Guill

Here's a though after reading through the replies:

Is there something i could get delivered to her room on the morning of the wedding. We are getting married abroad so i would have to bring it with me. I was thinking champagne and flowers with a pandora charm attached. Card saying 'DONT BE LATE!!!!!'

What do ye think?

stargazer 68

Guill wrote: »

Here's a though after reading through the replies:

Is there something i could get delivered to her room on the morning of the wedding. We are getting married abroad so i would have to bring it with me. I was thinking champagne and flowers with a pandora charm attached. Card saying 'DONT BE LATE!!!!!'

What do ye think?

I think thats a great idea. Pandora have lovely charms and Im sure you could find a bridal one or even something to remind her of the place you get married in. Good luck. xx

ana_conda

It is a tradition but its a fairly new one... If its possible to have new traditions!

Anyway that's not helping... I guess it only necessary if your new wife is actually expect something? I suspect that on the run up to the wedding it is probably the last thing on her mind.