Know a friend who has eagerly been waiting to get engaged and the day has finally come! Make her feel extra special and create a DIY engagement basket! Fill the engagement basket with things to prepare her for wedding planning and her favorite things!
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SOTD readers are already familiar with the creative talents of today’s guest poster.
Cherylin’s beautifully handmade cookies have been featured several times on my blog, including ones she made for my bridal shower, work baby shower, Baby’s First Christmas and Brielle’s first birthday party favors! Today she’s here to share another fun gift she put together for a fellow past coworker Britlyn, who recently got engaged! Cherylin’s story:
I have been waiting for Brittlyn to get engaged and like everyone else I was waiting for them to come back from some trip with the great news, but instead it was a random Friday night. My immediate thought was “YAY!” followed by “Oh no! I should have ordered those things on my list!” I had to scramble to pull together a basket of fun engagement knick knacks.
The two most important things I wanted to include were a ring holder and ring cleaner. Since I didn’t have time to order a custom one like Tara so thoughtfully had waiting around for me when I finally got engaged, I hunted until I found one at Bed Bath and Beyond. Note from Tara: I purchased Cherylin’s ring holder from the Miss Pottery Etsy shop and highly recommend them for quality work that is on time and beautifully handmade!
I also included a few other items that were wedding related (wedding magazine and a planner), celebration related (pretty wine glass and bottle of wine), or included a monogram of her letter “B.
Other engagement basket ideas:
- Candy: Ring pop, Hershey’s Kisses, Hershey’s Hugs
- Thank You stationary
- The Knot Book of Wedding Lists
- Nail polish
- Bride Wars Movie
Thank you for the ring dish shout out – I continue to have many views to my etsy shop thanks to your kind words.
MissPottery aka Melissa
Melissa, thank YOU for making such a great item! I’ve ordered and gifted now to two different brides who have both raved about them! for those reading the comments, MissPottery is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!