Thanking your wedding party with special gifts is a favored tradition. Depending on the size of your wedding party it can be an expensive one as well. With so much money spent on the wedding ceremony and the reception, this can often be an aspect of the ceremony that you can have a hard time in deciding upon because it can be difficult to find inexpensive, original and thoughtful items that will be good enough to express your appreciation to your wedding party.

Here are some great and unique gift ideas that are not expensive:

• Personalized shot glasses
• Personalized candles
• Personally engraved items such as ornaments, plaques etc.
• Personalized musical CD recordings commemorating the ceremony and reception music such as bride and groom’s songs etc.
• Specially labeled wine bottles commemorating your special day
• A personalized picture frame of the wedding of the wedding party
• Make your own wine and give a bottle to each guest
• Make beaded bracelets with you and your couples initials on them and the date of your wedding

These are just some ideas, but you get the general thoughts on this matter. Of course, there are literally millions of gift ideas that you could choose from or create with your own hands.

All you have to do is think about how you would like to say thanks, and what you can afford to do. Here are some visual pictures to help your with your creative ideas.

   Personalized bottle stopper

Personalized magnets    

Personalized mini chocolates

Affordable Pre-Wedding celebrations
         
Perhaps one of the most popular and best loved wedding traditions is the pre-wedding celebrations like the wedding shower and bachelor parties. Usually these parties are supplied by the mother of the bride or the best man etc. Some couples find that they would rather host their own either out of necessity or desire.

Really, it does not matter who throws the party because in the end, it should still be affordable. There are ways to make this happen.

1. Throw a jack and Jill party which combines the bachelor and bachelor party together. If it is hosted at a home, your guests can bring their own alcoholic beverages.
2. Have your bridal shower at your own home providing home cooked food.
3. At your bridal shower purchase decorations that can also be used as parting gifts such as personalized candles etc.
4. Celebrate your wedding at a local pub or tavern. This will give you the benefits of having all of your friends with you and none of the financial responsibility. Basically this night is no different than spending an evening with friends to celebrate a promotion, only the focus is on your wedding instead. Many couples will do this together instead of a bachelor/bachelorette party.
5. If you or a family member have memberships at a local legion, you can often convince them to let you use their halls for you bridal shower.

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