Bathroom baskets

Maybe some spray deodorant, hair bands, possibly some little tester type perfumes, tissues, wet wipes. I'm going to use a little white wicker basket.

Hi there, With a village all reception with clean but far form luxurious bathrooms we're going to do this.

In ours, if I remember correctly (it's on a list at home) : nice handwash, moisteriser, disposable toothbrushes, toothpaste (yes really! We're having a curry buffet so thought these would be a nice idea, and value toothbrushes are something like 29p for 2!), deoderant spray, nice tissues, wet wipes, wrapped mints/sweets (again, for curry-breath reaosns!), and we'll be providing a nice fluffy hand towel. All this we're putting in a wicker basket, wrapped in the same ribbon which we're wrapping round our centre pieces, which we'll buy from Ikea, or Dunelm, or wherever else has an offer on between now and September!! We reckon this will be a cheap, easy, but thoughtful ?

LB x

Thanks both x

LeicesterBride - glad to hear you've set a date now. How are the plans going?

I like the above ideas. You can even pick up baskets at charity shops, lay a handtowel inside then put the goodies on top. No none will really notie what container the googies are in. A few other things, but obvioulsy depending on budget & your guests:

Hair spray

A few cheap, plastic combs

Hair pins

Cheap, skin colour or black tights

Panty liners/tampons

Hey PP!

Yep, date set for 15th September - Reg office and village ahll in next village (don't want to give too many details on here!). All going fine, but we're keeping it much more low-key than we thought we would. Food, booze, band....and that's pretty much it. It's quite nice to have the mind-set that it's all relaxed and going ot be fine (I'm prone to being control-freakish so this is great!).

Actually, I don't suppose you know of any decent hairdressers for the day? I know you're a distance from me but worth a try. My local salon does salon or home wedding hair but whilst they're fine at cutting I'd prefer a recommendation for wedding as it's a completely different skill set (I pressume).

How are your plans coming on? Are you getting excited?!

LB x

White's Hair and Beauty in Glenfield are meant to be very good. I've used them once myself for colour/cut but not for having a 'do'. They've got a new place too, I think it's in Ratby.

I'm getting there slowly. January and February have been mad thanks to my OH's 30th and our eldest's 6th birthdays (queue lots of suprise party organising for me to do!) so I'm hoping I can focus on the wedding now for a while. It's only 5 months next Tuesday! ?

Good to know - it's Whites in Ratby I was thinking of!

Not decided if we're doing these yet or not but in addition to the things already mentioned what about rennies, safety pins or min sewing kits?

These sound really good might have to put it in my scrap book as something to think about great idea x

I hadn't thought about doing this but it sounds good x

A few other things that people havent mentioned yet.

nail files

nail glue

eyelash glue

breath freshner

plasters (in case of new shoe problems)

I havem mine had got

Tissues
> > > Hair spray
> > > Face wipes
> > > Paracetamol & ibroprofen
> > > Deoderant
> > > Hair bobbles
> > > Rennies
> > > Plasters.

tic tacs

I love the idea of doing one of these too, just please be careful about putting tablets/painkillers in them if you have got children attending your weddings.

Sorry, if that sounds like I'm lecturing! I'm a kids nurse and it worries me x

Am I the only one who doesn't get this idea?? I know my opinion wasn't asked for, so hope I don't offend, but I am really struggling to see why you would do this. It just seems so OTT? I'm just interested to know if I'm on my own on this one?!

Sorry HLT but I am planning on doing this as I totally love the idea! I think it´s a really nice touch for female guests as, when you´re at a wedding all day. there´s is invariably something you´ll need but won´t have with you (unless you have a Mary Poppins style bag ?).

Plus I´ve never seen it done at any weddings I´ve been to, so am actually quite excited about doing it for my girls.

I'm not dead against it or anything, it just seems a bit extreme. But then I'm lazy and tight!! Hehe!

I might do this but not sure yet depends on the loos...I committed the ultimate sin and have booked a venue I visited but didn't use the loos in!!

It's the kind of stuff I think I might need being the bride so it's nice to have it there for the rest of the ladies too. I'd probably add some tampons and pant liners (cannot tell you the amount of times I've gone out thinking I have some and then find I don't...which ended up in a rather disastrous event trying to hide a large box of applicator tampons in my clutch bag at a christmas dinner that cost a fortune from the hotel shop and then ending up leaving the rest in the loo cause there was no way I could carry them around!) some of those face powder papers to blot the grease(!). Could end up being a BIG box! I won't have a lady selling lollies and charging for hand towels ?

I've never seen this before but i love the idea, might see how our budget is going and maybe do this nearer the time. xx

This is such a lovely idea, I always end up trying to cram everything I need into a tiny bag! Im terrible for buying glossy mags and I never use the free samples that you get so maybe you could save some of these? x

I love this idea too- ive been colecting purmfume samples for ages to put in!!!

if I remember correctly someone on here had a poem to add on the basket???

xx

http://genevieveswedding.blogspot.com/2010/03/toiletry-basket-poem.html

http://littlewedplanblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/diy-bathroom-baskets/

I love the idea but our venue is in a hotel & we don't have exclusive toilets so I feel like it might get pinched by another hotel guest

I was just goin to say this too. I love all the ideas for the baskets think I might do one too.

I want to do this but have been desperately wondering how to have headache tablets, rennie etc so that kids can't get to them. Any ideas?

Thank you Tray1980 ?

Could you ask your venue if its possible to leave it behind the bar?

I'm really undecided whether I should do this. There'll be noone else in the venue, so might be a nice touch

I'm KINDA with you HLT. It's not that I don't think it's a nice touch but my first thought when I read this thread was "Does the spending and organisation EVER stop?!!" It's in the same class as flipflop baskets and presents for the hen party goers. I ran it past a couple of friends who'd never heard of it either and they looked at me like I had two heads and asked "WHY?" I think it's a case of horses for courses but I suspect that a few things would get used but the majority not. I'm going to ask a friend who did this at her own wedding and see what she had left over. Not against it at all but not totally convinced either.

Bet you I end up having one now!! ?

I'm just a control freak ?

99% of my guests will be travelling, and just want to make life a bit easier for them

I am ALL for OCD Purple!! In fact that's why I need to have these internal debates otherwise there would be no budget!!!