2024 Holiday Gift Guide For Her (Your BFF Who is Getting Married!)

When it comes to shopping for the best friend who is in the midst of planning her wedding, the best holiday gifts for the bride-to-be are thoughtful, personal, and fun. Each woman is unique – the key is to focus on what you think she’ll appreciate during this exciting, but also very hectic period leading up to the big event. If making decisions about a venue, dress, and catering have her feeling stressed out, a journal maybe just what she needs. Perhaps she and her partner just bought their first house and could use stylish decor to make it feel more like a ‘home.’ If you’re looking for an arts & culture lover, a scarf inspired by an Impressionist painting is a must-have accessory for the season. And she’s sure to find her signature wedding day scent by sampling the luxury fragrances in a perfume sampler set. Read on for more ideas from our 2024 holiday gift guide for her – aka your BFF who is getting married!

It should come as no surprise that the first idea on our holiday gift guide list is flower related. The ceramic ruffle vase from Mark & Graham (from $39) comes in an array of styles from striped to solid colors and is sure to add a note of whimsical elegance to the home. For a personal touch, add your friend’s initials or wedding monogram to make the vase a one-of-a-kind keepsake she’ll cherish for years to come.

Gigi Hadid, Kate Hudson, Kaia Gerber, Sydney Sweeney, and Brooke Shields are celebrity fans who swear by Laneige lip masks ($21 on Amazon). Formulated to address dryness, dullness, and loss of firmness and elasticity, the ultra-hydrating midnight minis lip set is just what your friend needs to get her pucker first-kiss ready.

Would you believe that your’e looking at fitness equipment, not a minimalist work of art? Support your friend on her health & wellness journey for 2025 with the Obshay Swirl 7 lb. weight from Free People ($95). While most at-home gym accessories are cluttering eye soars that need to be hidden after use, this weight doubles as modern home decor and can simply be placed on the coffee table post workout.

Now all the emotions your friend felt while holding her wedding bouquet can be preserved forever as a custom work of art. Olive Branch Studios transforms “the beauty of life’s most significant moments into lasting keepsakes through skilled floral preservation.” The women-owned business is offering Bride & Blossom future brides 10% off their total purchase with Discount Code: Bride&Blossom10.

Here’s the perfect gift for the stylish culture enthusiast on your list. Guaranteed to elevate any everyday look with artistic flair, this 100% silk twill neckerchief from the Metropolitan Museum of Art ($28) features four poplar trees, which Impressionist master Claude Monet painted near his home in Giverny.

Whether running to her next wedding planning appointment or dashing out for happy hour, this bucket tote from Portland Leather Goods (from $84) is the must-have cool accessory for the bride-to-be in 2025. It comes in a rainbow of colors ranging from madrone brown shown here to sugar snap green and sunflower yellow. 

Wedding flowers that last forever. Capture the most important day in your best friend’s life with a custom, one-of-a-kind painting from Kate Murphy Art on Etsy. Bride & Blossom readers and future brides can enjoy 15% off a wedding bouquet painting with coupon code: BBFRIENDS15.

Personal and imbued with meaning, a bride’s fragrance is a very important part in her wedding story. Scent is strongly tied to memory – a spritz on the neck years later will whisk her back to that special day. Help your friend find her signature fragrance with the perfume sampler set from Sephora ($95), which includes luxury designer names Valentino, Tom Ford, and Burberry among others. Major Bonus: After choosing her favorite, she can take the included scent certificate to Sephora to redeem for a full size bottle.

Mental health is wealth and this is especially true when getting ready for your big day. While fun and exciting, wedding planning also comes with many stressors. Help ease your bestie’s nuptial journey with the Dig Deeper Journal from Inside Then Out ($34.95), which contains prompts for intention, healing, and growth that she can add to her daily wellness routine.

Your favorite bride-to-be foodie will love spicing things up in the kitchen with her partner using the Maker’s Collection by Torchbearer Sauces ($54). Curated by Heatonist, the gift set features a range of flavors to suit all heat levels (mild to sizzling hot) and includes fan favorite bottles featured on Hot Ones.

Shopping for a friend who views coffee as part of her daily ritual? This pour over kit ($65) provides all the tools she’ll need to make the perfect cup of joe each morning just like the ones served at the neighborhood Blue Bottle café. Included is a 65-page guide with information that will take her at-home brewing skills to barista level.

If your friend never leaves home with a layered stack of necklaces, then she’ll love this one featuring a crescent moon from Satya Jewelry ($79). Focused on crafting pieces using sacred and meaningful symbols – the crescent moon represents protection, goddess, and nourishment – the jewelry brand donates $1 from every order to the Satya Foundation, which provides help & opportunities to children all over the world.

Since we’re on the topic of jewelry, you’re friend is likely accumulating sparkling baubles to wear to special events such as her engagement party, bridal shower, and rehearsal dinner leading up to the wedding. Functional, fun, and aesthetically delightful, this modern geometry jewelry stand from the MoMA Design Store ($40) is an ideal gift, offering a place to safe-keep her new earrings, necklaces, and bracelets.

A cool coffee mug always makes a great gift and we are obsessed with this Eleanor Bowmer stoneware collection from Anthropologie ($16) featuring vibrant and playful designs of each astrological sign. Show the friend who never goes a day without reading her horoscope you care by giving her a Zodiac mug this holiday season.

We’re of the mind that if an ‘It’ luxury handbag means business, then the coin purse inside should be where the party’s at. The beaded Tacos & Tequila ($23.99) coin purse is just one of the many bright, bold, and fun designs available at Twine and Love. We suggest bookmarking the wedding themed purses for upcoming bridal shower and bridesmaids gift ideas.

Putting together this holiday gift guide, our goal was to find meaningful gift ideas for all the amazing types of woman in our friend circle. The items were selected to elevate your BFF’s life in some way whether that means wearing a goddess moon necklace, finding motivation to stay active using a chic weight, or practicing self-care with a nightly lip mask. The recipient doesn’t have to be getting married – many of these finds can be saved and hearted for future special occasions… or as a present to yourself!