Gift for maid of honor

Parent Cafe
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<p>I’m getting married in less than two weeks and haven’t figured it out yet…</p>

<p>She’s an 8th grade history teacher with interests in the Civil War, Irish Revolution (since college), Native Americans (less so now than when we were kids), Harry Potter (Snape to be exact), and anything haunted…</p>

<p>She’s also getting married herself in July (for which I’m a bridesmaid in)…</p>

<p>Any suggestions that won’t break a grad student’s wallet?</p>

<p>She has a stack of books at any given time to read, so I’m not wanting to go that route…</p>

<p>My mom already bought pendants for all of the girls in my life for the wedding, but I need something more special for her that she could use…</p>

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<p>If she’s getting married, how about a gift certificate for a manicure/pedicure? It’s not glamorous, but she can certainly use it before her own big day – and who doesn’t love pampering?</p>

<p>PS Congratulations to you both.</p>

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<p>Maybe a bracelet that harmonizes with the pendant?</p>

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<p>How about a really nice picture frame and inserted in the frame for now is an IOU of a picture of the two of you on your wedding day? Another idea is to get a dual kind of frame that sits on desktop with a hinge and one one side will be a picture of the two of you on your wedding day and on the other insert a poem or prose you write about your friendship or if you don’t wish to write it yourself, find one and type it in a pretty font in color and insert it on the one side of the dual frame.</p>

<p>PS…I don’t know how long you have known her but if by chance it has been since childhood, you could do the dual frame idea and on one side insert a picture of the two of you as kids and on the other the two of you on your wedding day (picture to be provided later).</p>

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<p>Or a really nice purse.</p>

<p>If you do the dual frame idea ^^^, she could put a picture of her as bridesmaid/you as bride on one side, and then you as bridesmaid/her as bride on the other half.</p>

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<p>I get this catalog in the mail, and think they have a variety of interesting items. They usually have some period jewelry reproductions that might fit the bill. <a href=“http://www.williamsburgmarketplace.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10607&langId=-1&topSelectedId=15863[/url]”>http://www.williamsburgmarketplace.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10607&langId=-1&topSelectedId=15863&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I like chocoholic’s idea/variation too.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

<p>Yeah, the picture frame idea sounds great!</p>

<p>Maybe I can find a tri-frame thing where I could put a picture of us when we were kids in the middle, and save either side for our weddings!</p>

<p>Now…just to find a picture of the two of us…there aren’t too many that I know of… (despite the fact we’ve been friends since first grade!)</p>

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<p>For $90 you can get a Vera Wang sterling silver bow ring. It has tiny diamonds where the bow crosses. I saw it in a bridal magazine (my daughter is getting married in September) and it was suggested as a nice bridesmaid gift. Maybe a little too pricey tho.</p>

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<p>ophiolite…the tri frame thing is even a better idea. I love it and it will be treasured. If you truly cannot find a photo of the two of you together as kids (keep trying though), you may be able to make the center frame a mini photo collage of you both as kids, even if you were not in the same photos…school pictures, anything. Then, reserve the other two sides for your wedding day photos and make sure to have shots taken of just the two of you (bride and maid of honor) on each of your special days.</p>

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<p>I would browse through antique stores and e-bay (using her interests as the search words). When my s. turned 13, I found some civil war uniform buttons in an antique store that were extremely cheap (history/war fan). </p>

<p>Old books in her area of interest might be fun, too, especially for a history teacher.</p>

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<p>Since you are going to be in each other’s weddings, the photo idea is really special. If you don’t have an appropriate photo of the two of you as children, just the two wedding photos would be lovely, side by side. </p>

<p>My sister and her best friend from college were also in each other’s weddings just a month apart. Three years later they were pregnant at the same time, and their babies were born a month apart.</p>

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<p>I was worried…but I found a good picture of the two of us at our senior prom! I think I’m going to do a collage with two photos, the one of us at senior prom, and one from a newspaper in first grade (we just happened to be standing next to each other making gingerbread houses).</p>

<p>Now for my mom to find that newspaper clipping…</p>

<p>I think I’ll use some of these other ideas for part of her wedding gift!</p>

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<p>Yay! That will be very special. </p>

<p>And the very best wishes to you on this momentous occasion and much joy in your impending marriage.</p>

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<p>Hey everyone…</p>

<p>I really need your prayers right now!</p>

<p>This morning I got an email from my best friend (read maid of honor) telling me some bad news…</p>

<p>Her grandmother was just admitted to the hospital with a reoccurrence of (colon?) cancer. She isn’t doing well, something went wrong with her gall bladder and the doctors don’t know how long she will live (some have only lived days, other weeks or even years). :(</p>

<p>I’m really sad for my friend and this couldn’t have come at a worse time (a week before my wedding and hers is only months away).</p>

<p>I can live without her at my wedding, family before friends, always! But it still hurts, in part because she may not be there and in part because I know and love her grandmother too.</p>

<p>Any thoughts or encouragement for this situation is appreciated!</p>

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<p>Life happens, think of the good things, it’s her grandmother, who probably has had a long and otherwise happy life, it is her time to go on to the next one. It is your time to start a marriage, and your friend’s; hopefully both of you will have long and happy marriages and get to be beloved grandmas in your own time. Spend a bit of time reflecting on the cycles of life and how things are meant to be.</p>

<p>Hope you have a really good wedding- the weather in Madison has reverted to early spring- you must be using spring break to get ready for the big day. Weddings are personal- about you and your new spouse- so enjoy your time regardless of what else is going on in the world.</p>