This year is the year of weddings for me and Ryan. We are so excited that a bunch of the people we love the most are getting married this year and have thoroughly enjoyed all of the fun activities that surround a wedding… especially the bachelor and bachelorette parties!
A week before my first bachelorette party in Chicago, my girlfriends surprised me with a decorated itinerary, some fun little gifts and a packing list that I thought was absolutely adorable. It also made me feel incredibly excited about the fun weekend they planned!
Last weekend, I delivered a gift basket to Merri filled with bachelorette-party themed gifts from all of her bridesmaids to get her excited for her bachelorette party in Las Vegas in the beginning of September. In early August, I mailed a gift basket to Minda from her bridesmaids before her bachelorette party. Both brides-to-be seemed to love their baskets and I had a blast assembling them!
Here’s a sneak peek into two bachelorette party gift baskets – one with a laid back beach weekend theme and one with a Las Vegas party theme!
Beach Themed Bachelorette Party Gift Basket
In each basket, I tried to include items that reflected the bride-to-be’s taste and personality and the theme of the weekend. Since Minda’s bachelorette party took place on the beach, a towel, sunscreen and an easy beach read made it into her basket!
I also labeled some of the items with little tags.
I used double-sided alphabet stickers to make “Bride” label on Minda’s basket and the “Bride To Be” label on Merri’s basket.
I wanted the baskets to have a little wedding flare, but thought they’d want the ability to remove the letters so they could use the baskets in the future if they wanted to without them looking so bridal.
Just a little tip: Check TJMaxx for cheap glitter. I bought a bunch of glitter from Hobby Lobby and then found glitter at TJMaxx for less than half the price of the glitter from the craft store.
In Minda’s beach-themed gift basket:
- Towel
- Nail polish
- Lipgloss
- Sunscreen
- Davie & Chiyo clutch from Etsy
- Stationary
- Candy
- Tea
- Book for beach reading
- Cutsey cards with fun quotes about friendship and life
- Dog toy for Minda’s dogs to play with while she was away
Las Vegas Party Themed Gift Basket
Since Merri’s bachelorette party is sure to be a non-stop party, instant coffee, a mini bottle of champagne and cocktail-flavored jelly beans found their way into her gift basket.
And some hangover helpers were included in her basket, too!
In Merri’s Las Vegas party themed gift basket:
- Nail polish
- Lip gloss
- Chapstick
- Emergen-C
- Advil
- Hand sanitizer
- Magazine
- Instant coffee
- Cool cucumber eye pads
- Chocolate gold coins
- Plane snacks
- Hanky panky underwear
- Neon tank top
- Cocktail-flavored Jelly Belly jellybeans
- Cocktail napkins
- Bachelorette tumbler
- Mini champagne bottle
- Mini mixed drinks
- Cards from bachelorette party attendees
The numbered cards in the basket next to the magazine are cards from the girls that will be attending Merri’s bachelorette party. Merri is supposed to open up one card a day leading up to her bachelorette party and each one includes a fun message from her closest friends to make her feel even more excited than she already is for the craziness to come!
Congratulations again to two amazing brides-to-be!
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I love this! You’re a great friend/bridesmaid!
I just made my sister a basket of her favourite things, as she is going back to university this weekend! I included: a novel by her favourite author, her favourite candy, new candles, her favourite loose-leaf tea, a calendar and some relaxing bath wash!
I love making baskets for people, so personal and everyone seems to love them 🙂
Sometimes I never know what to get people for special occasions, so these gift baskets are such a wonderful idea! I love all the items you picked to put in them and they look so pretty too!
I adore this idea and any wait to use it on the upcoming weddings that I am in !!!!
I just love this idea! I cannot wait to do it for my girlfriends upcoming bachelorette party!
These are really so adorable!! Makes me want to invite you to my bachelorette party 😉 You are a such a fabulous, fun and crafty friend!
So cute Julie!! I will have to share this idea on Pinterest – most of my friends are already married, but this is easily customizable for babies. Thanks for sharing!!
So fun! This is so helpful for so many! Thanks!
These are both such great gift baskets! Your two bride friends are very lucky ladies!
Not trying to sound like a jerk because I think these baskets are cute, but please for the love of man change that word to “brides-to-be”!!! Sorry–that’s one of my biggest grammar peeves!
Ah! Thanks! I updated the post. I appreciate the correction!
Love, love, love these! Might have to direct my bridesmaids to your site! 🙂
I’m bridesmaid at two weddings next year and definitely plan on putting together similar. So thoughtful. 🙂
That’s such a good idea. I love the idea of gift baskets for everything!
These are awesome ideas! My favorite part are the notes that each bridesmaid wrote for Merri- how sweet!!
What a great idea, Julie! These are wonderful!
I love those baskets! They make the bride feel so loved and it never hurts to have some extra goodies leading up to a wedding 🙂
Love these ideas, they’re so cute and creative! I definitely am feeling excited about working these into my friends’ upcoming weddings
These baskets are super cute! I think they are such a great idea and I’m sure the brides loved and appreciated them 🙂
This is such a cute gift to give to a bride-to-be. I recently was a maid of honor and I wish I had thought of this idea! I will have to keep this in my back pocket for the next wedding I’m in!
SO cute! Youre a very thoughtful friend and I am sure your friends appreciate you so much!
Such cute baskets! After reading craft project posts I am always so inspired to do a project but then don’t ever follow up with this inspiration. Gr! New goal 🙂
Awww this is so fun! I can’t wait to see all my friends have their weddings. They’re now finally getting engaged!!! 😀 And TJMaxx is a treasure trove for discounted goodies~
these are so thoughtful! definitely filing away for future use 🙂
This is such a cute idea!! I love it. I sent moms-to-be baskets like this when they found out they were pregnant too!
This is SUCH a good idea! And you did a great job of including thoughtful & fun items–and personalized them. Wow!
What a thoughtful gift idea! I’m sure it was the highlight of their day to get something so personal and sweet, especially during the last leg of wedding planning 🙂
That is SO SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL of you, Julie!
Where do you get your awesome ideas from? I’d love to know about resources for gift baskets!
These are soo cute.. you’re so creative!
These are so much fun, I love themed gift baskets like this, its like getting a bunch of bonus gifts. I made something like this for my bridesmaids as part of their gift. I made them little “emergency kits” with stain remover, mints, lipgloss, etc. It was so much fun to put them together.
Seriously awesome ideas! So unique and personalised!!! Your friends must love you!
These are so adorable and something they will definitely use! You’re so very creative!! I’ll definitely be using your idea in the near future!! 🙂
Such great ideas! I wish I was as crafty, but I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler.
I wish I had your handwriting! If I tried to do anything like this, the bride-to-be wouldn’t be able to read it! Lol
So cute, you are so creative! I love how well the items go with the themes 🙂
What an awesome idea Julie! I think you must like crafting just as much as me! 🙂
This is such a great idea!! This is perfect for any great celebration. Thanks for including a list of all the things you put into the baskets. I hear about gifts like these but I’m never sure what exactly to put in them ( I’m not that creative lol).
I love these, so much fun! I really need a friend to get married so I can use some of your ideas. You are very creative and crafty (I can come up with ideas, but have absolutely no crafting ability to implement any idea!)
These are such incredibly thoughtful bridesmaid gifts!
I’m a gift basket lover! I make them for just about every gift i give these days. I made one for my sister for her bachelorette party last September and I made mini versions of hers for party favors for the guests and everyone loved them!
Man, I wish I was part of your friend group!!! You guys are so intentional about your friendships and celebrating everyone’s joy and happiness! (And you all have the BEST.EVER bachelorette parties!)
Super cute! I love making baskets/care packages for people, it is definitely my go-to gift idea 🙂
Such a cute gift basket!
This is great! I’m SO doing this 🙂
This is adorable!
You are such a sweet friend!
Cute ideas! My friend is getting married next year and I’m in the wedding, so this gives me some nice ideas that are pretty affordable. 🙂 Love the mini champagne bottles and the gold coins for Vegas.
You are such a sweetheart! So very thoughtful of you!! I love this idea, but don’t know if I’d have the patience to be as crafty as you are! These remind me of care packages my parents used to send me at camp when I was a kid 🙂
Such a cute idea, and I love how personalized you make them! I will definitely have to keep this in mind 🙂
It will be an awesome feeling having a bachelor party before wedding. The gift ideas are great and I will definitely try to one of my friends. But I will definitely try an escape to traveling vacation because it is the time which can’t come back to enjoy wholeheartedly with friends.