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we bought their dresses, i made their necklaces and i am surprising them with clutches and monogramed note cards.
I paid for their dresses and got each of them a shawl to go optionally with the dress.
I'm paying for them to get their hair done, all food and drink the day of, jewelry to wear, and gifts (Coach wristlet and flip flops).
Yeah, I don't know what to do. One of my bridesmaids complained about how much her dress alterations were and now I feel bad. Like I should try to pay for something else for them.
Get her one of these! I can't stop talking about it. I recently received it as a bridesmaid gift and am going to be giving them as gifts for my wedding also. It was a good "ah-ha" type of moment opening it and made all the work we had done for her so worth it.
P.S. Don't feel bad about the alterations...it's unfortunate, but common and unavoidable at times. I wouldn't pay for the alterations, just show your love and appreciation with a special gift like the clutch or a gift certificate for a massage etc.
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We paid for rush shipment on their dresses, I am making them capes to wear for outdoor pictures, and we are paying for their hotel room for two nights, the night of rehearsal dinner and night of wedding. Because our wedding is at least 2 hour drive for pretty much everyone in the wedding party, we decided paying for the hotel rooms would be the right thing to do. I would hate it if someone asked me to be in their wedding, but then expected me to pay for a hotel room for two nights, on top of everything else it costs to be in the wedding. Because we did the hotel rooms, we decided they could pay for dresses, shoes, accesories. I'm doing capes because I a) don't want my girls to freeze and b) don't want ugly winter coats in my outdoor pictures. The capes are our gift to them, esp since they are made of fancy brocade and velvet fabrics!
We got them a very nice and thoughtful wedding party gift, but everything else they did on their own.
However, I went out of my way to make sure my girls had an easy experience being in our wedding party. I told them they could get any dress they wanted in a certain color, that they could all wear shoes they already had (given they went with the dress, which they all had lying around, yay!), they had an option of doing their own hair/make-up and nails and they all had earrings they could wear since their dresses were halters and didn't go well with a necklace. In the end, they all did their own hair/make-up, so all they paid for was their dress (which they picked the price on) and travel expenses (although, my mom covered the hotel for two of my girls).
I was the MOH for my best friends wedding she was very generous, she paid for my dress, my hair and makeup gave me earings and a bracelet to wear and keep, she let me keep my bouquet, She also let my Fi and I stay at her house on the wedding night (they went to a B&B) so that we didnt need to pay for accom and on top of all that she gav me a Christian Dior Lip Gloss and Nailpolish and a L'Octaine moisturiser and Cristian Dior Perfume. What a Sweetheart consequently I am going to spoil her rotten when she is my MOH next year.
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