Bridal Shower Gifts: Robes, Candles and Things for the Bride to Keep

Bridal Shower Gifts: Robes, Candles and Things for the Bride to Keep

Bridal shower gifts she will use before and after the wedding: robes and slippers, spa candles, champagne entertaining pieces, kitchen favorites and keepsake journals.

Before the Big Day

Bridal shower gifts sit in a nice middle spot: more personal than a registry item, less formal than a wedding present. I like gifts that help her get through the busy weeks ahead and still feel special afterward. These are the bridal shower gifts I would bring.

Robes and Loungewear

A robe is a classic bridal shower gift because she will wear it on the morning of the wedding. The Brooklinen Bigtime robe is generous and soft, and the Parachute Cozy Knit in garnet is the one I would pick for a winter bride. Add glerups slippers and a Drowsy sleep mask for the weeks of early alarms.

Numbered collage: 1. Brooklinen Bigtime Robe; 2. Brooklinen Super-Plush Shorty Robe - Last Call; 3. Parachute Home Cozy Knit Robe (Garnet); 4. Parachute Home Moccasins (Natural); 5. glerups Slip-on with natural rubber sole - honey - Sky; 6. Therabody SleepMask; 7. Drowsy Eyelash Protecting Mask; 8. Blissy Sleep Mask - Chill Edition - Champagne

Spa and Candles

Planning a wedding is tiring, so give her a night off. The Flamingo Estate Coriandoli candle and the goop Beauty bath soak make a quiet evening out of nothing. Herbivore hand cream and an OSEA body oil are small enough to tuck in with a card.

Numbered collage: 1. Herbivore Botanicals COCO ROSE Tremella + Magnesium Bath Soak; 2. Herbivore Botanicals BAKUCHIOL Retinol Alternative Hand Cream; 3. OSEA Malibu Undaria Algae™ Body Oil Fragrance Free; 4. Flamingo Estate Coriandoli Candle; 5. Flamingo Estate Exfoliating Sappho Fig Soap Brick; 6. P.F. Candle Co. Celestial Teakwood & Tobacco – Standard Candle; 7. goop Beauty "The Martini" Emotional Detox Bath Soak; 8. Snowe Cone Candle

Champagne and Entertaining

She is about to host more than she ever has. Selena Liu serving pieces are playful, and a Hawkins New York tray in red holds a whole round of drinks. Graf Lantz coasters and a MATCH shaker finish the cart.

Numbered collage: 1. Hawkins New York Large Essential Tray - Red; 2. Selena Liu Large Flowers Serving Friends; 3. Selena Liu Wavy Serving Friends; 4. Viski Glass Makoto Jigger; 5. Viski Cold Smoke Electric Cocktail Smoker Kit; 6. Graf Lantz Bierfilzl Merino Wool Round Coaster Multi 4 Pack; 7. Graf Lantz Bierfilzl Merino Wool Square Coaster Multi 4 Pack; 8. MATCH Cocktail Shaker

For the Kitchen

The kitchen is where a marriage actually happens. The Our Place Titanium Always Pan and Great Jones bakeware are the ones I would give a bride who has just started cooking. Heath Ceramics bowls in pesto and sunflower are the pretty ones.

Numbered collage: 1. Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro 12.5"; 2. Our Place Titanium Always Pan Pro 10.5"; 3. Great Jones Deep Cut - Base; 4. Great Jones Big Deal - Base; 5. Heath Ceramics Coupe Dinner Bowl In Pesto; 6. Heath Ceramics Plaza Dessert Bowl in Sunflower / Turmeric; 7. Material The Angled Board; 8. Farmhouse Pottery French Country Mixing Bowl

Something to Keep

Give her a place to write the whole thing down. The Baronfig Draft journal and Rifle Paper embroidered journal are lovely for the planning and for the first year after. A framed Sonic Editions print is a gift she will hang in the new home.

Numbered collage: 1. Baronfig Draft Writing Journal; 2. Baronfig Grow Daily Journal; 3. RIFLE PAPER Co. Embroidered Journal - Portico; 4. RIFLE PAPER Co. Softcover Journal - Portico; 5. Wilde House Paper goop x Open Journal; 6. Intelligent Change The Stoic Journal; 7. Sonic Editions Birkin, Paris 1970 Print; 8. Sonic Editions Fiordo di Furore I

What I Would Bring

A robe and a candle is the combination I would wrap. She uses the robe on the morning of the wedding and the candle for the quiet night before it. Everything else on this list works as a second gift if the shower is a big one.