Si­mone Sant-Ghu­ran

Some­times we know our brides­maids and grooms­men so well, yet we are stumped when it comes to get­ting them a 'thank you gift."In the lead-up to the wed­ding, these folks would have run our er­rands, heard our trou­bles, shared our laugh­ter, giv­en of their time and ad­vice, pur­chased their at­tire and bought gifts for you, so it's fit­ting to say "thank you" for all the ef­fort.

Here are some gift-giv­ing ideas:

Ac­ces­sorise

A prac­ti­cal gift that most bridal par­ty mem­bers would ap­pre­ci­ate would be some sort of ac­ces­so­ry that they could wear to the wed­ding. Think about match­ing lock­ets, broach­es or bracelets for the brides­maids or even a chic clutch.Brides­maids al­so al­ways ap­pre­ci­ate any­thing mono­grammed with their ini­tials–so how about a jour­nal, make­up case, styl­ish um­brel­la, flip flops, beach tote or pash­mi­na? Grooms­men's gifts can be ties they will use to the wed­ding, hand­ker­chiefs, pock­et squares, cuff links or for a sur­prise pop of colour–funky socks!

Go lo­cal

Give a gift from a lo­cal artist or ar­ti­san, par­tic­u­lar­ly if your bridal par­ty com­pris­es for­eign­ers. Lo­cal mu­sic or paint­ings and hand­craft­ed items such as can­dles, sta­tionery, jew­el­ry, soaps or cloth­ing would not on­ly be thought­ful but would al­so help our lo­cal en­tre­pre­neurs, too.

The gift of food

No one would refuse a fresh fruit bas­ket, a crate of im­port­ed beer or a box of lo­cal­ly-made choco­lates or sweets. At­tach a mean­ing­ful note and you're all set.

Give the gift ofan ex­pe­ri­ence

This is a great op­tion for bridal par­ty mem­bers who seem to have every­thing. You can get them tick­ets to a con­cert, a play, movie or gift cer­tifi­cates to a pho­to shoot, short course, spa or restau­rant.

Hand­made

Some­times the most cher­ished gifts are the ones that are hand­made. If you're crafty you can make a gift your­self or com­pile a pho­to book or pho­to al­bum.

Be­fore you go shop­ping,here are some tips:

Con­sid­er the per­son's per­son­al­i­ty–if they're a mem­ber of your bridal par­ty, chances are, you're al­ready fa­mil­iar with some of their likes, dis­likes, per­son­al tastes, style and favourite colours and brands. It might be a good idea to jot down some ideas be­fore­hand and a price range to go with it.

Ex­am­ine the per­son's hob­bies–Buy­ing an ac­ces­so­ry that will com­ple­ment a per­son's hob­by is a sure-fire way to get gift-giv­ing right. An ex­am­ple would be to get gad­get cas­es, hob­by books, games, play­ing cards, team mem­o­ra­bil­ia, a bas­ket of craft items or even tick­ets to a match or game.

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