Wedding Morning Gift For The Bride (Plus a free wedding coffee sleeve printable) #SipIndulgence #ad

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I wanted to get bagels for my bridesmaid to eat on the morning of my wedding. I had set up a mimosa bar and thought I should give them some breakfast too.

My mom said no. All my bridesmaids were staying at a hotel with free breakfast, so they were meeting my parents at breakfast, eating, and then driving over. That made it easier for me except, well, I actually never ate breakfast.

So when I was thinking of what a great wedding morning gift for the bride would be, it was definitely breakfast. Of course, I added coffee because even though the bride is running on adrenaline on her wedding day, she's also running on fumes. I didn't eat from the Wednesday before my wedding until the Sunday after it. I just didn't have time to stop and do it. So coffee helps. And, just to make it more special, I actually made a coffee sleeve. You can print it out (completely free, of course) later in the post.

Wedding Morning Gift For The Bride

What You'll Need:

• Gift basket
• Coffee (I got instant because wedding morning is chaotic and no one has time to wait for a full pot to brew.)
• Coffee creamer (Go with a variety so she can choose what she likes and so she'll have some leftover to offer out of town guests who stop by in the next few days.)
• Muffins
• Grapes (When buying food, remember, you're buying this for a bride who doesn't have time to sit down and eat a plate of pancakes. She needs something easy, like grapes. They're not messy and easy to pop in her mouth when she's getting her wedding makeup done.)
• Disposable cups (Because you don't want your bride to worry about dishes when she gets home from her wedding)
• Napkins
• Paper straws (I opted out of these because I couldn't find matching ones, but they would have been a good addition.)
• Coffee sleeve *see below
• Bud vase
• Fake flower
• A card

What You'll Do (for the coffee sleeve):

I have two options for you. The first is the easy way: Just print out the one I already made. It's below. All you have to do is right click and save it to your computer. It's formatted to print on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper. I printed it on card stock, not printer paper, so it's a little thicker.

To make it, I actually traced a coffee sleeve I already had from a local coffee shop, then scanned it. I opened that file in a design program and made something pretty with "Bride" on it. I knew the cup I was putting it on was very design-heavy, so I wanted to keep the coffee sleeve a little simpler. I printed it onto pink card stock to go with my theme.

If you want to go in another direction with yours, I have a blank template for you below. You can either decorate it before or after, depending on your skill set. 

After you have it printed, cut it out with scissors.

Size it around your coffee cup and glue the edges down. Let it dry. While it's drying, you can assemble the rest of your gift basket.

What You'll Do (for the gift basket):

Line the bottom of your gift basket with napkins. This is really more for looks than function, if I'm being completely honest.

Be sure to do everything you can to make life easiest for your bride. Wash your grapes beforehand so she can eat them right away.

Wrap the muffin in two napkins. When picking muffins, avoid banana nut. It's delicious in general, but you don't know if any of the bridesmaids may be highly allergic to nuts. And the last thing you want on wedding morning is a trip to the hospital.

Affix the coffee sleeve to a coffee cup.

At the very last minute, put the coffee creamer in the basket. That way, it's still cold when you get to the bride's house.

BRIDAL BABBLE: What else would you include in your wedding morning gift?