Any good wedding planner knows that the secret to the success of a smooth wedding-day is to act like a good little boy scout and BE PREPARED! Here’s the emergency essentials for any good chief bridesmaid/Best Man.
FOR THE BRIDE:
- Makeup and beauty tools
- Nail file
- Nail polish in the same colour she’s wearing
- Pain killers/headache tablets
- Perfume
- Safety pins – prob the most important of the lot! For holding things in…or up.
- Small sewing kit – tears in the dress/veil, hems etc. It DOES happen!
- Snack
- Stain-remover wipes
- Tissues
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Water and a drinking straw
- White ballet flats
- White chalk for covering up dress stains
- White gaffer’s tape (available at hardware stores) to patch tears in your dress – might be a bit on the extreme side but hey, you never know!
FOR THE GROOM
- Breath mints
- Cologne
- Compact steamer for creases in the shirt/suit (this is probably only for the extreme best, Best Men!)
- Deodorant
- Extra bowtie or tie in case the groom or a groomsman forgets
- Extra buttons
- Extra copy of the groom’s vows
- Extra cuff links
- Extra dress socks
- Extra handkerchief or pocket square
- Extra shoelaces
- Floss
- Hair styling products and tools
- Lint brush
- Pain killers/headache tablets (coz he probably had a few drinks the night before/morning to calm the nerves!)
- Razor
- Shoe polish kit
- Small sewing kit
- Snack
- Stain-remover wipes
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
Oh, and from the ACTUAL Cub Scouts – I love this Cub Scout Roundtable Survival Kit – cute sentiments true for life as well as scouting! 🙂
