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Gold table setting ideas: Elizabeth Ann Designs

Gold Torrent Drops: Anthropologie $48

Golden vessels bearing silver number stickers+ smaller gold-leaf votives: Marthat Stewart Weddings

Metallic Crepe Paper flowers: Creative Jewish Mom

Gold hair comb: Etsy $98

Elephant Card Holders: American Bridal $21 for set of 12

Hershey‘s Hugs and Kisses via Firehow

Glittery accessories: Martha Stewart Weddings

Long gold dress: Trina Turk $298; Short sequined dress Nordstrom $158

Blake Long Faceted Necklace: Revolve Clothing $149

Armani Gold tie: Nordstrom $145; Elie Tahari silver tie: BlueFly $59

Wedding cake via Pretty Little Things

You have many things on your mind while planning a wedding, but don’t forget to say thank you to the bridesmaids who have stood by your side through it all! A small (or large!) bridesmaid gift will let her know how much you appreciate all her loving help and support.

Choose something special that she will treasure throughout her life. It doesn’t have to be expensive, just something thoughtful that you think she’ll like. It’s best to buy the same gift for everyone, but you can personalize it by engraving their names on it, or choosing different colors for each gal. Make sure to order them in advance, so that you can present it on the wedding day itself!

Some Gift Ideas to Get You Started!

A handbag or clutch makes a perfect gift for the bridesmaid to carry her personal belonging during the wedding. Each bridesmaid can be given her favorite color bag with her initials on it. Click here for lots of bridesmaids bags, totes, and clutches!

Beach wedding? Destination wedding? Bridesmaids who love the great outdoors? Give them a gift that will be useful on many more happy outings. Personalized totes and picnic blankets are just the thing to keep them smiling!

Beautiful silver jewelry, such as cuffs, charm bracelets, pins, or necklaces.  Click here for sterling silver bridesmaids gifts!

A personalized compact mirror is stylish and useful, adding a touch of glamor to her daily beauty routine…and her makeup touch-ups throughout the day. Click here for compact mirror gifts!

Capture the moment with pretty photo frame with a picture of you and your bridesmaid in it. This will always remind her of your friendship and good times shared. Click here for bridesmaid photo frames and albums!

A spa or aromatherapy kit will help the bridesmaid to relax after all the hectic days and late nights you’ve spent together. If you can afford it, you could even give the bridesmaid a gift certificate to a spa.

For a girly gift, a nice perfume is a sweet option. Here is a gorgeous perfume bottles for her dressing table!  For something more sassy, how about a girls-night-out flask?

Get creative!! At American Bridal, you can buy unique gifts such as pink flasks for the girls who like to party, Sushi-for-two gift sets, tool belts for the fix-it type, rhinestone belts for the gal who likes bling, aprons, jewelry boxes, tank tops, mugs, hair clips, and so much more!

The bride can present the gifts at the wedding rehearsal, on the wedding day itself,  or plan a fabulous girls night out for all the bridesmaids (you can involve their spouses/partners too, if you like).

Remember, it’s not the gifts that matter most to your bridesmaids, but the appreciation you are showing them. Give them a card with a heartfelt letter to let them know how special they are!

Silver Streak

A silver motif is always classic, no matter how modern the design.

Pictured: “Embroidered” Collection, Jasper Conran, 5 pc. place setting, $149; wedgwoodusa.com or Macy’s and Bloomingdales store nationwide. Gardner St. Platinum” Collection, Kate Spade, 5 pc. place setting, $139; katespade.com or 1-800-999kate.

Ruffles

The soft, petal-like edges provide a decorative element without the addition of color. The scalloped border softens the edges to give the setting a more demure feel.

Pictured: Olivier Gold” Collection, Royal Limoges, 5 pc. place setting, $395; michaelcfina.com. Linden Street Collection, JC Penney, salad plate, $9.99; mug, $7.99; JC Penney stores nationwide.

Butterflies

The Victorian-inspired style feels like an heirloom collection passed down through the family, bringing old-world elegance to your table. Alternatively, the cool black & white keeps the butterflies from being too girly.

Pictured: “Kurland Meadow Flowers” Collection, KPM, 5 pc. place setting, $2,040; michaelcfina.com.  “Flutter” Bone China Collection, Simply Fine Lenox , 4 pc. place setting, $143; lenox.com or 1-800-63LENOX.

Visit InStyle Weddings for more wedding registry trends and ideas!

“The reception carried the theme of glamor way into the night. To start, we laid down a powder blue carpet to create an understated demure look. Then I added a white lacquer dance floor with the bride’s and groom’s initials projected onto the middle…”

“…To add texture and keep it interesting, I used four different interpretations of a theme of flowers on the tables. Additionally, we topped some of the tables with mirrors and added satin and silk blue bengaline linens to others…”

“…The chairs were all elegant silver charivaris covered with ice blue crushed satin cushions. Satin and bengaline fabrics were used throughout the reception room, along with the cool blues and silvers similar to what was used right from the very beginning, with the invitations. The look was sophisticated and elegant and it took you way back to a time long gone but not forgotten.”

“And of course, the wedding cake was the pièce de résistance of this extraordinary wedding. Powder blue icing quilted with pearls graced every other layer. A draped white chocolate pearlized icing was used on the layers in between. On top was one single beautiful over-scaled gardenia, the quintessential flower of the 1940s. For added drama, the cake was placed on a mirrored pedestal, adding to the room’s glamorous ambience.”

Of all the beautiful touches that went into this wedding, I admit that the wedding cake is not my favorite aspect. But that dress!! I absolutely love the bride’s gown, “an extremely elegant dress with a single embellishment; a beautiful 1940s David Webb diamond pin. The look was simple; a creamy white silk satin cowl neck in the front and a low cowl in the back, complete with opera-length ivory satin gloves. Complimenting the look, the bride carried a tight pomander of creamy white spray roses.”

As an aside, it doesn’t hurt to note, as Manolo Brides points out, that navy blue is very elegant and very chic right now.