My Favorite Things

Attention everyone!

 It’s Labor Day Weekend. It’s the end of the summer, and everyone is headed down the Cape, or up to NH or someplace where there is water  and I am working all weekend. I don’t mind at all. As a matter of a fact today on my way home it only took me 40 minutes, due to everyone being stuck in traffic trying to head elsewhere. So while all of you are soaking up the sun. I will be at the MACYS 3 day Labor Day Weekend Sale buying gifts off of everyone’s registries. If you haven’t registered yet and you are planning on getting married within the next year, please feel free to head on over to Macy’s before the end of day Monday so I can use my coupons on your gifts.

In all seriousness, I am not a registry girl. I almost never buy off of registries not for babies or for brides. I like to find something special that they can use and think of me.

Here are a few of my favorite things:

The Beloved Special Plate !  If you are special you’ve received this gift from one of the Maher’s. The special plate is a red plate that can be purchased from Wards Gifts in Medford or off of the RedPlateStore.com.  The Special Plate is a red plate that says you are special today on it. In my family and maybe yours you get to use this plate on special days. If it’s your birthday, you got your license or anything that might be special to you then the plate is yours for the day. The Special Plate is something my nana gave to everyone in my family and we all love it. So when my nana passed away my mom took it over and now gives it to everyone she knows and I do the same.  I strongly encourage purchasing this for anyone for an engagement/shower/birthday or anniversary gift. It’s provides memories that last a lifetime. And if you are giving it for a birthday, may I recommend the Money Cake on top of the plate. The Money Cake is an angel food cake, made best by my Auntie and you wrap coins up in wax paper (after the cake is baked) and put them into the cake. The Money Cake is a HUGE Hit !

The Wedding Dress Hanger. The Wedding Dress hanger can usually be purchased through Etsy. There are hundreds of people who make them. You pick the wood color and tell the designer what you would like the wire to say, usually I pick the bride’s soon to be last name: ie: KAMAS.  My “MAGNET” first introduced me to this gift years ago when she gave it to our friend the Bride the night before her wedding. The hanger is a wonderful treasure to have and can be used on the day of the wedding to take pictures of the wedding dress before it’s on the bride. You can add flowers or whatever you’d like to jazz it up as well. I usually like to head over to Victories Secret and purchase some fun undies or lingerie(depending on the bride) to put on the hanger for the ultimate presentation.

 

The Wine Basket. A favorite for my wine drinking friends. This is my latest gift to give. This consumes a lot of time. So don’t wait until the night before to do this. The wine basket is something I found on Pinterest. First you will want to choose a basket. Then you fill the basket up with 8 bottles of wine and attach poems to them. The poems are for different events that will occur for the bride and groom. They go from First Christmas, to First Fight, all the way to First Baby. I like to make sure I do fun wines to go with each poem. For example I did B*tch Wine for First Fight and Mommy’s Time Out for First Baby. You will want to punch a hole in the paper that the poem is printed on, attach it to cardstock if you’d like and then tie a pretty ribbon through the hole and attach it to the wine bottle. The only complaint I have ever gotten on this was that I needed to provide a wine for the wedding shower? Yes, apparently brides are stressed and like to drink wine immediately. This will be helpful for the bride and groom once they get home. They can drink this as  they are going through and unpacking all their gifts.

 

And now since I am in Baby Land. I have a few gifts for Baby Showers and Introduction to Baby Parties.

The Everywhere Chair from Pottery Barn is a must. This chair is the greatest thing ever, you can pick out a fabric and get the child’s name monogrammed on the chair (if the mom tells you ahead of time, which none of my mom friends do…THANKS A LOT!) You can take your babies picture on it every month to see how they grow. Then you can post it on instragram  and tag @brijie to show me and everyone else how nice I am. #bestsecondcousinever

 

Another fun gift for my girl babies is of course Bitty Baby. Everyone needs a Bitty Baby. 1. Because she is the best baby doll ever 2. Because you are contributing to my future. Bitty is the most lovable baby you’ll ever meet, and years down the road when she gets older and plays with Bitty you can buy her outfits, a crib, and product galore.

 And lastly my new hot gift on the market is the Blanket Prince George came home in from the hospital. I cannot tell you where you can buy this because they are currently sold out everywhere.  But if are lucky enough to catch this hot item, make sure you buy an extra one and save it for me. I mean come on I deserve this celebrity baby blanket just as much as the next girl.

 

When purchasing gifts for your friends, remember it’s ok to buy something for yourself too! You deserve it.  If you feel like purchasing me a gift I am registered at Lilly Pulitzer, Sperry, Kate Spade and many other stores. And if your TK, I am registered at Barmakian Jewelers. 

 

   Congratulations to all my friends and family who are lucky enough to have me in their life and receive some of my favorite things!

 

Xoxo

B