Good thoughts make good gifts

August 16, 2006 in Gifts with 10 Comments

Breakfast in Bed

If your bridesmaids are stressed, why not treat them to breakfast in bed? This totally sweet gift basket includes pancake mix, gourmet apple maple breakfast syrup, Ghirardelli rich and creamy double chocolate hot cocoa, strawberry preserves, Gavina coffee, Canterbury cuisine tea and scone mix, sweet apricot preserves and golden Ceylon tea. It also comes with the tray so your girls can replicate their b-i-b experience in the future.

Thinking about buying your groomsmen cufflinks? Dataceptionist sent me a link to a wonderful cuff link resource, Hot Cufflinks. They ship their wares all over and, boy howdy, is their selection of merchandise diverse. You’ve got your alphabet cufflinks, your Scrabble cufflinks, your animal cufflinks, your comedy cufflinks, and more. At under thirty bucks a pop, you can’t go wrong. Heck, buy extras and slip ‘em to your grandpa. He’ll love ya for it.

Finally, if you can’t possibly squeeze another cup, plate, or bowl into your cupboards, and are overwhelmed by family and friends asking for your registry info, why not send them to a charitable registry? Reader Lee pointed me toward a Salon Broadsheet discussing two charitable registries benefiting the newly renovated Bowery Mission Women’s Center in NYC. Send your pesky loved ones to Bed, Bath & Beyond (#1718811) and Gracious Home (in-store only, #639), and enjoy the warm glow of their generosity.

About Christa Terry: Christa Terry is a writer and wedding and lifestyle expert whose book iDo: Planning Your Wedding with Nothing But ‘Net is a one-stop planning resource for modern, free-thinking brides and grooms. With one husband, one toddler, and more on the way – kids, not husbands – Christa somehow manages to stay on top of the tricks and trends that make getting married and living life stylish and fun.

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10 Responses to “Good thoughts make good gifts”

  1. Twistie August 16, 2006 at 2:17 pm #

    Must. Get. French-cuffed. Shirt!

    Those cufflinks rock!

  2. Style Graduate August 16, 2006 at 4:02 pm #

    Oh my goodness! I am the maid of honor in an upcoming wedding, and sombody needs to send this post as a hint to the bride! I would love this stuff!

    And Twistie – I’m a few steps ahead of you – I have several shirts with French cuffs, and a few pairs of cufflinks too! My favorite ones are mother-of-pearl. So pretty!

  3. Never teh Bride August 16, 2006 at 5:17 pm #

    I hear ya both. Some of those cufflinks are so dang cool.

  4. Dataceptionist August 16, 2006 at 6:51 pm #

    I have this cool Calvin Klein watch that has it’s face as a cufflink (the band of the watch is a leather “french cuff”) but as cool as it is, sadly, there’s only one!

  5. Twistie August 16, 2006 at 7:50 pm #

    (wibbles) Dataceptionist, I covet your watch.

  6. Dataceptionist August 16, 2006 at 9:02 pm #

    heheh it’s the coolest. I’ll try find a pic.

  7. Dataceptionist August 16, 2006 at 9:09 pm #

    Here it is Twistie
    http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgicid=75694&PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=1625913&fp=F
    You’ll have to cut and paste cos I’m HTML-ignorant and can’t make it go blue : (

  8. Dataceptionist August 16, 2006 at 9:09 pm #

    hey it worked! heheh

  9. Twistie August 16, 2006 at 10:56 pm #

    That’s freakin’ cool! I want one.

  10. Stephy Garmola March 4, 2009 at 1:43 am #

    Hello. I think you could also make more of it through a bigger exposure about \”Manolo for the Brides\”. Perhaps you can have some ghirardelli white chocolate syrup.