Bridesmaid Survival Kit

During the wedding process and a special thanks to Pinterest, I found about 100 ideas for our weddings be it guest or for a member of the wedding party. But despite my Pinterest Board of imaginary unlimited spending, most came down to the same principle as everything else in life $$MONEY$$. You know, the thing everybody loves, yet hates to talk about?

Honestly, if I had it may way all 300 chairs would have been covered in satin bows, each guest would have left with a case of wine, and the girls of my party? Well, let's just say after all of my OCD's they tolerated they probably deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.  -------->

None the less, I wanted to do something small, fun, yet inexpensive to add to their bridesmaid gifts.

Inspiration:

My Version

The cosmetic bags were purchased at the Flower Factory during one of our wedding decor excursions. I was fortunate enough to have my Matron of Honor with me to distract the rest of the crowd while I shopped for them so in the end, these were a fun surprise. Items were purchased at the dollar store and Wal-Mart over the course of 3 months (as I saw things on sale or what not I picked them up). 

Items included: nail file, razor, toothpicks/floss, cotton balls/pads, band aids, Ibuprofen, Q tips, moist towelettes (less messy than hand sanitizer), Shout wipe, chapsticks - flavor/color and medicated, bobby pins, tissues, extra deodorant, hairspray, Colgate Wisp toothbrushes (one of my favorite beauty secretes!) and various feminine hygiene items (where applicable).

I also used Puffy Paint to write each lady's nickname in pretty cursive. Puffy Paint + Glitter + Cute Print. Honestly, where can you go wrong, but seriously, what did we DO before puffy paint was invented?!

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*a few notes. The two individually patterned bags were for the MOB and MOG. They enjoyed being a part of the "girls". I also considered each person individually an eliminated some inapplicable items where needed (ie: our Jr. Bridesmaid was 11. Certain an ah, more male related covering was not appropriate) So bottom line is, make it fun, but make it personal.