Up-and-Coming Trend: Mix-and-Match Bridesmaid Gifts

Your bridesmaids. The one thing they have in common is you, and beyond that, each has her own distinct personality and sense of style. Typically, a bride-to-be identifies one item, often personalized, to thank her bridesmaids for their love and support. Instead of obsessing on pleasing every one with the same gift, why not go with your own sense of style, yet make each bridesmaid feel special with a different gift in the same design?

Unique Unity!

I highly recommend a look at this trend! Bridesmaid-gift designers are now creating collections—a variety of gifts in one pleasing pattern. You can choose to give your girls the same item in a particular collection, or you can choose items in the collection based on what you know each bridesmaid would be more likely to use. The pattern maintains the connection between your bridesmaids, and the individual gift shows you gave each of them special consideration. Here are a few examples:

Cosmopolitan and Cute

Premier wedding favor designer Kate Aspen gives you plenty of choices in “The Cosmopolitan” black-and-pink polka dot collection that lets you personalized the gifts with each bridesmaid’s initital. With a cosmetic travel bag, jewelry pouch, flip-flops and manicure set, you might even want to give two gifts to each girl—maybe a cosmetic travel bag and flip-flops, or the jewelry pouch and manicure set. Everything in the collection is pure, practical fun!

Bamboo-zled?

Absolutely! The color combination (brown, white and bright green) in the “Bamboo Lattice” collection really pops, and this choice lets you mix and match an eco-friendly shopping bag, an stainless-steel water bottle and a laptop case. If one of your bridesmaids is a stay-at-home mom, she’d probably like the shopping bag and a water bottle. For your career girls, the laptop and water bottle is ideal. You might even want to get a couple of items for yourself!

A Gifted Choice

You can go wild with “The Gifted Initial” collection! The name tells you anything in the set can be personalized, and the trendy polka dots on green, pink and black give this group eye-catching pizzazz. Items include an adorable ruffled apron, a set of four 16 oz. tumblers, lunch tote, cooler tote and a travel tumbler.

I love this hot, new trend because, let’s face it, variety is the spice of life!

Susan Hawkins is a writer for My Wedding Favors, Google’s number-one online site for unique wedding favors, bridal shower favors, wedding accessories, bridesmaid gifts table décor and a library of articles filled with helpful wedding planning ideas.