Wedding party and bridesmaid gifts
So two parts to this:
I am between have 8 bridesmaids (three of which are honor titles- I know 🫠, but i am pretty much equally close to all 3 and they are all local) or 4 bridesmaids (no honors) and a bridesman. I am leaning towards the 8 to include a lot of my and my finance’s favorite people. The five is just the most paired down version with just about everyone being who I talk to or see the most, it does get a little more complicated with the 8 since more people are out of the area. How has everyone navigated a similar decision?
Then there is the gifting part of this, I am trying to keep a reasonable budget ($400-$500 total). Is this average or low? Obviously that spreads thinner with 8 people, but my thought is quality over quantity (which is hard when every box I received or see online is pretty jam packed). Currently, I am thinking of a single mid range piece of jewelry vs a box with a bunch of Amazon goodies, maybe something with a gemstone or lab grown version. Then a little something extra for the honor titles. Then I would get them all a matching set closer to the wedding so I can get the most accurate sizing/ as a thank you. I am running into a lot of issues on Etsy in the midrange area with so many pieces that look nice, but in deep inspection are likely drop shipped from alibaba and marked up. Do you have any recs? Is this a lame gift? I’m just trying to get something special that people can use for the wedding and again afterwards.
Analysis paralysis on these are so real 🙃