The Best Last-Minute Gift Ideas for All the Brides In Your Life
Okay, so we’ll always be on team “Hey, let your friends enjoy their engagement for a minute,” but we’re also well aware that a lot of brides do get bitten by the planning bug pretty early on in the process… So, who are we to say not to indulge those whims?! If you’re racking your brain trying to come up with a gift that checks the boxes for being thoughtful, beautiful, on-point, and right on time (in more ways than one), stress no more, because we’ve got you covered. Our Ultimate Wedding Planning Guides are perfect, especially if any of your bestie brides have been long-time fans of Style Me Pretty, our aesthetic, and our voice.
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The abridged version of the goals of our curated planning guides
We (i.e. Abby and all the editors at SMP + our amazing network of vendors, wedding talent, and celebration tastemakers #SMPLittleBlackBook) wanted to design the most go-to resources for readers who are new to the ‘I do’ world and thirsty for all the knowledge and inspiration it takes to plan a trip down the aisle. Consider our Ultimate Wedding Guides the perfect planning companions — here to provide your faves with support and guidance as they navigate the unique and complicated, yet incredibly-beautiful season of planning their weddings.
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And here’s why they shine as last-minute gifts for your favorite girl
🥂 No shopping or shipping required. As soon as you scope out the guide or guides that you know she’ll love, click “Add to Cart” or “Buy It Now” and pay, and you’ll have the downloadable PDF ready for her within minutes. This is major for you, because holiday shopping at the eleventh hour is never fun, nor are the postponed shipping notifications… Who else has “We’re sorry, but your package will be delayed…” texts coming in on the daily? Ugh!
🥂 Digital means that the details, tips, design advice, and real wedding inspo are easily accessible. While you can absolutely purchase and have the guides printed as a physical gift for your bestie bride-to-be, you don’t have to. In fact, going back to that earlier point about not putting any pressure on the happy couple in the beginning (and letting them celebrate and embrace fiancé-hood first, before the planning starts), going in hot with all the planning books and magazines, vendor reccos, and how-tos can be overwhelming. But sending your girl a digital planning guide that she can discreetly read on her phone, tablet, or laptop (while she’s at work or WFH), gives her something to jump into and square away any preliminary planning curiosities — traditional wedding or microwedding, for starters?
🥂 Great follow ups to all of her recent double taps on the Gram. If one of your VIPs in life just said ‘YES’ to vows to come, then you’ve probably witnessed her starting to follow all of the VIPs in the wedding world. Depending on what she’s been loving on social, lately, you can gift her with a guide that either inspires or provides answers to some of her biggest questions. Going with our venue guide can say “Hey! I know you’ve been going back and forth about whether to do a modern ballroom or a boho barn wedding, BOTH are great, but feel free to take a peek at all your options!! Alternatively, if you know she’s going dress shopping soon (like in the next week or two or over the Christmas/NYE holiday), you can gift her with a style guide that provides a total wedding fashion FYI.
Shop our Ultimate Wedding Guide Shop right now for the pretty and practical gifts (individually or bundled!) your soon-to-be bride will absolutely adore. Each and all of our guides would also pair nicely with a note that says “Your planner is on the way, too!” Not necessary, of course, but certainly an extra special something-something, especially if you’ve accepted the role of Maid or Matron of Honor…