THE WIFE Guide: Gifts for The Bride

Whether you’re the  friend of the bride, bridesmaid or maid of honor, sometimes coming up with gifts for the bride can draw a major blank. Click “continue reading” for thoughtful gifts for your newly engaged best friend to sentimental gifts to give the night before or the day of the wedding. Photographed Above: Bridal Sailor Tee, $58.00 at Jcrew.com -Taryn Cox for THE WIFE

Always a Step Ahead:  Pinch Provisions Bridetastic Kit: The Bridetastic’s 101 must-haves are neatly organized into four removable compartments: beauty, fashion, personal care, and bridal, $75.00 at Jcrew.com; The Laundress New York for J.Crew Wedding Pouch: A bride’s (and bridesmaid’s) best friend, this emergency kit is designed to keep your dress looking flawless with fabric spray, stain remover, wrinkle release, spray starch and antistatic spray. $39.50 at Jcrew.com

Marriage Monograms: Monogram a white Goyard tote with the Bride’s new married initials, $1,250.00 at Goyard.com; To Have and To Hold Greeting Card, $4.50 at Sugarpaperla.com

Something Blue: The Wedding Blue Book by Crane & Co. is the ultimate for guidance in etiquette for your wedding stationery and correspondence. $20.00 at Crane.com; This beautiful grosgrain ribbon, monogrammed with the bride’s initials and wedding date in a delicate bridal blue is perfect to be sewn into the bride’s gown, $20.00 at Jcrew.com

Mrs. Wedding Night: Dolce and Gabbana Lace Trimmed Stretch Silk Satin Balconette Bra, $495.00 and Matching Panty, $275.00 at Netaporter.com; The Mrs. Knickers, $50.00 at BHLDN.com

Love Language: Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda’s Love Poems are the most celebrated of the Nobel Prize winner’s oeuvre, captivating readers with earthbound images and reveling in a fiery re-imagining of the world, $12.00 at Barnesandnoble.com; Congrats Wedding Cake Card, $4.50 at Riflepaperco.com

Bridal Baggage: The perfect clutch to accent any wedding gown on the bride’s special day. Oscar de La Renta Crown Goa Swarovski Crystal Embellished Satin Clutch, $2,250.00 at Netaporter.com; Charlotte Olympia Pandora Squared Perpex Clutch, $1,565.00 at Charlotteolympia.com

Little Miss Engaged: Engaged Tablet Box contains 3 tablets whose covers are stamped with motifs from our collection of hand engraved dies in gold metallic ink and the corresponding phrases “Blissful Bride,” “Wedding To Do,” and “Lucky in Love” in metallic silver ink… Perfect for wedding notes, $98.00 at Mrsstrong.com; Put together a bridal care package with Martha Stewart Weddings and C Weddings Magazines to spark wedding ideas.