Hi. I'm lifestyle and etiquette expert Elaine Swann, and we are here at Va Lena Valentina Couture and in La Jolla, California. Today I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what types of gifts a bridesmaid should get for the bride for her bridal shower. Now I say personalize, personalize, personalize your gift. Make it something that's special to that bride. And one things that's really great that any bride will love is to have this pillow here that's personalized. By Red
Envelope you can put the bride's name, the grooms name, their wedding date and how cute is a silhouette of a bride and groom kissing. That's something that's really neat. Now after the wedding is over a lot of brides and grooms are going to be thinking about what to eat. So we have a really really great newlywed cookbook here for both the bride and groom. But again personalize. Red Envelope makes these personalized aprons. You can put both the bride and the grooms name on it and they can enjoy their cookbook once they get back from their honeymoon. Now when you're home and making your nest and kind of putting it all together, Brighton makes some very very beautiful keepsake jewelry boxes. She can put her wedding ring in there or dainty little jewelry, and they come in beautiful beautiful styles and shapes. There's one here square and then there's also a heart shape one that's here as well. Both of those are by Brighton. Now after the wedding the bride is going to be inundated with tons and tons of gifts, and that's the time that she should say thank you, but she can say it in style. So why not select my line of stationery right here by Elaine Swann. Give the bride a little set of stationery and then if you include a pen, which I have by Brighton, and even a letter opener as well, she can use it when she's getting all those extra cards in the mail. Now one thing a bride can do to kind of set up her vanity at home as she's getting her nest together, is to get this beautiful beautiful vanity mirror here an tray. They come in all different shapes and sizes here. This one is oval and it can set right on her vanity counter or her bathroom counter or her dressing table, whichever one it is and all of her little trinkets can go there as well. Now something you can get for the bride and groom that would be great to be used during the wedding and then even afterwards, Brighton makes these very beautiful cake server and a cake knife here. This is an excellent excellent style and again this is something that you can maybe dress up for the wedding, but they can also use it for year around in their life after. And how about slipping a little something fun in the bride's hand or even in a little basket once she get's married and goes on off her way. And what I've got here by Red Envelope are some really great get lucky dice. On each die, there's a little part of the body, whether it's the knee or the hand or the lips, so the couple could have a lot of fun rolling that dice and enjoying their honeymoon for days and days and weeks after. Well there you have it. Those are some great gift ideas that a bridesmaid can get for her bride, for her bridal shower. I'm lifestyle and etiquette expert Elaine Swann.
