Weddings-- Bridesmaid gift ideas

Ok, now that we've figured out what to get the guys, you need attendant gifts for the girls. A lot of brides make the jewelry or makeup/hair a gift. Other options include getting perfectly lovely gifts, but ones that are purely ornamental. Personally, I ended up going with an ornamental gift for my junior bridesmaids, and more useful ones for my older ones.

This is usually way easier. Here at the Cutlery, we have two main options: cooking stuff and beauty stuff.

Kitchen Stuff

Knives are always useful and appreciated. Even if someone doesn't cook much, a paring knife is a good gift because it's a useful size. My absolute favorite affordable small knives ever are these nylon handled ones from Forschner. Why? Because they're very affordable (ranging from $6.99 to $8.50) and the knives still have and hold a good sharp edge. The nylon handles are very sanitary, dishwasher safe, and they also make this a knife that survives well being dropped. These smaller knives are great to pair with other gifts, maybe other kitchen tools, or a wooden spoon and a kitchen towel, or maybe a pot of herbs.

As far as other knives go, any Wustof knife makes a wonderful gift. It will last generations, literally. My favorite handle pattern is the Classic. Hard to go wrong there.

I can, and have gone on and on about about Kentucky Spring's tongs and cheese slicers. All I'll say here is that they're affordable, classy, and locally made. (Hint: That last bit makes it a great gift for out-of-state people).

Another fun gift idea is to give a bouquet of kitchen gadgets. What do I mean by a kitchen gadget? I mean orange peelers, melon ballers, ice tongs, and all sorts of other eccentric things.
If you only want one, I'd say go with a garlic press. This one has two different sized baskets so you can pick the texture of the final product. Love it, love it, love it (and garlic). If someone isn't a garlic fan, the Tricky 777s are the best kitchen shears ever.

An ulu mincing knife, complete with a block/bowl to chop things up in would make a nice gift for the chef who has everything.


Beauty Items
For in-store customers, I'd like to suggest ceramic nail files. The only problem is that they don't ship well; they have to be unwrapped very carefully or they get broken, so we don't ship them anymore. But other than that, they are wonderful products.


A nail file alone does not an attendant gift make. It needs a little something more. You could pair it with, for example, some hand cream from Caswell-Massey. My personal favorite is the rose scented one. Caswell-Massey also makes a lovely foot creme if you need a gift for a pedicure fiend.

Other ideas
These are gender neutral gifts that anyone would like.
If you have an avid gardener, we have a selection of Felco pruners.
I love my Leatherman Micra, it fits on my keychain and the main tool is scissors. It's one of the smaller multitools and very useful. (Who says says girls don't like tools as much as guys?)

Jon Hart Design also has some good products. Luggage tags are always useful, as are these little bags. Women can use them as makeup bags, or anyone can use one to keep toiletries in. A very nice gift along this line would be a monogrammed toiletries bag, which we're formally calling shave kit. It may be designed for a guy's shaving stuff, but it's perfect for a women. I don't know about you, but I have a lot of stuff. I can fit all my contact stuff, my hairbrush, vitamins, first aid-kit and all my other necessities inside, with room to spare. It also comes in much more interesting colors than the ones in the picture. The ocean blue, fuchsia, or lime are fun and springy.