(one of my favorite photos of me and the bestie at the pre wedding dinner; promise next recaps will have more pictures!!!)
Event 1: Bachlorette aka Friday the 13th Fiesta
Event 2: "Rehearsal Dinner" aka Pre-Wedding Dinner
I know its is traditionally called a rehearsal dinner but we did no rehearsing. It was making me a little nervous to have no rehearsal but guess what?! Didn't matter. We all made it down the aisle fine. So anyways back to the rehearsal. There were 30 of us at a great Chinese food place. More advice: eat scallion pancakes before your wedding. It will make you very happy. We did an introduction of all family members to one another and I did a quick 'thank you everyone' speech. Then I gave out gifts. I am going to tell you guys what I did since I was really stressed out on what to give so maybe this will help you!
Mom- Maya Angelou book, picture of us (I printed out pictures of me when I was little with them and found a nice quote and framed it. I also found some cool vintage wallpaperish paper to use as the background)
Sister & Hairdresser-stovetop espresso maker (for doing my hair), bridesmaid tin (filled with all yellow things to go with my original color theme, things like candy, earrings, chopsticks, screenprinted dish towel, perfume, nail polish, etc etc)
Best Friend-bridesmaid tin
Out of Towners- canvas bag with iron on map of Mass (easy to make! and cheap!) filled with:
Boston magazine, lobster lollipops, local Marylous coffee, Cape Cod postcards, stuff from the College I work at (baby shirts for the cousins with babies, mugs/water bottles for the other guys), bottled water
Dad- stovetop espresso maker, picture of us, cufflinks (used fabric and cufflink posts I bought off etsy)
Aunt & Florist- picture of us, pot with herb seeds
Ryan's mom- ladybug brooch (ladybugs remind them of Ry's grandma), 'thanks for being so fabulous' wooden sign, vera bradley photo book, picture of us
Ryan's aunt (super helper with venue and on day of!)- ladybug day planner, candy, photo clutch
Ryan's dad- hot pepper vodka, cufflinks, flask (covered blank flask with hawaiian shirt fabric since he wears hawaiian shirts all the time)
day of helpers- bags with penny candy (wax lips, unicorn pops, hot tamales, etc)
I also made gift tags which said 'thank you for everything' and I used pictures of me as a baby with them or pictures of them and little Ryan.
All were very affordable but I really wanted to thank everyone for all their help.
Up next: day of! woo!
Up next: day of! woo!
Gorgeous picture! Glad to hear the empanadas were a hit. I always prepare more food than is necessary, too.
ReplyDeleteLoooove that photo. And good call on the girl time before the big day and for eating a ridiculous amount of food, weddings are the perfect excuse for both.
ReplyDeleteGift ideas are always great! Some people are so tricksey to shop for!
ReplyDeleteMore food = more happy! some goes with some good girl time with the ladies!
Looking forward to the day of recaps!
such thoughtful gifts!!! covering the flask in Hawaiian style fabric for your FIL! so cute!
ReplyDeleteweddings really are big lovefests, aren't they? they show us love and we give it right back. love it.
p.s. you need to change your profile from fiance to husband!!!! weeeeeee!!!
sarah- if only you were local, i'd have to over for leftover treats!
ReplyDeletemiss fp- thank you! i am always looking for excusing to eat like crazy :)
jen- best equation :)
angie- thank you! I know, my heart feels like it will burst from the lovey doveness
You two look so so happy
ReplyDeletemrs. t- we are! :)!
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