Bridesmaid Gifts - What Can I Buy Them

You have recently starting planning your wedding. You have purchased most of your wedding accessories already. You bought for most of the groomsmen, but when it comes to the ladies you do not know what to get them. Well below I have listed some different types of bridesmaid gifts that you can purchase for your them. These gifts are all made by Cathy's Concepts.

3 Piece Pamper Me Terry Cloth Cosmetic Bag Set

This set of terry cloth cosmetic bags will give all your toiletries a home. Features an easy clean lining, pink trim details and zip top closure. Available in white terry with pink trims. Embroidery design features a spa beauty equipped with mask, cucumbers, ruby red lips and "Pamper Me" text written below.

Large bag measures 10" x 7" x 3". Medium bag measures 7" x 4" x ¾". Small bag measures 7 ½" x 3" x 1 ¾".

Bridesmaid Toiletry Case

Have your bridesmaids travel in style with this sassy toiletry case! It's the perfect bag to carry everything from makeup to toothpaste to last minute necessities! Its soft suede finish comes complete with a removable mirror, individual inside compartments, carry handle, easy clean lining and a high heeled bridesmaid logo. Measures 6" X 4".

Available colors:

* Light Pink with white trim and embroidery

* Lavender with white trim and embroidery

* Aqua with white trim and embroidery

Hanging Cosmetic Case

Organization never looked so good! This travel bag has everything you'll need to travel in style. This black and white polka dot bag features four easy zip compartments, a pocket flap for smaller brushes or jewels, frosted easy clean lining, leatherette handles and trim, and a hook attachment for hanging.

May be embroidered with a script name or script monogram in your choice of Medium Pink, Apple Green, Aqua, Lavender or Red at no additional charge.

Measures 10 ½" x 8" x 4" closed.

Personalized Wristlette Bag

Perfect for a night out on the town or for inside your handbag. Smooth synthetic fabric accented with colored leatherette wristlet strap. Features a lightly padded nylon inner lining.

Limited quantity available in black/pink or black/blue trim. Black/white is no longer available.

Measures 7 1/2" x 4" x 1 1/2".

As an added value, may be personalized with up to three block initials or a script monogram at no additional charge.

These are just a few of the many different types of bridesmaid gifts that you can purchase online. These gifts have been made by Cathy's Concepts. These are all very high quality gifts. Cathy's Concepts is a innovative leader in the wedding industry. You can find many different Cathy's Concepts products online. So just browse around and we are sure that you will find the perfect gifts for yourself or your bridesmaids.

Child Recliner - Constructed with Love

Child size recliners have become a very popular gift over the past few years. I currently have over 500 of these recliners in over 2-dozen styles ready for the holiday season. But how do these great chairs come into being?

I recently took a trip to visit several manufacturers of kid recliners. These manufacturers come in varying sizes, from shops with only a handful of employees to full blown factories with hundreds of workers. Surprisingly, the child recliners were all made in a similar fashion, regardless of the size of the manufacturer.

Let's start from the beginning. At some point each of these manufacturers decided to build child recliners. They all have someone, usually the owner in smaller shops, who creates patterns for anything they're going to create. This person probably took an adult recliner, ripped it apart and created miniature patterns for the child recliner. Two sets of patterns are created, one for the material and another for the wooden frame.

The material is then cut to the pattern. Imagine metal tables laid out end to end for 50 feet. Fabric is rolled out across these tables. Because time is money, the fabric is laid out 10 to 20 layers thick and cut to the pattern all at once. The pattern is laid out on top of the fabric and marked with chalk. To make the cut, an electric or air driven knife is used that resembles the electric knife you would use to cut up a turkey on Thanksgiving.

Once the fabric is cut, it goes to the sewing station. The factories I visited all had row upon row of sewing stations set up. The smallest shop had 10 stations while the largest had closer to 100. The pre-cut fabric is sewn together leaving various holes so that the fabric can be put onto the chair and the padding can be inserted.

While the fabric is being prepared, another set of craftsmen are creating the frames. Depending on the chair, they are cutting either hard wood or plywood based on the previously created patterns. They use table saws, band saws and various other saws to shape the wood. Everything is done using stop blocks created long ago to speed the process. Once the wood is cut to pattern, it is combined with a pre-purchased lift mechanism using several techniques depending on the quality and cost of the chair. Staple gun, gang nail, air gun and screws are all used to hold the frame together.

At this point the frame and fabric are combined. The fabric is stretched over the frame and tacked or stapled into place. Usually a combination of tacking and stapling is used. Tacking can create some nice effects in visible areas, while stapling is the standard and used anywhere people won't see.

Once the fabric is attached to the chair, the chair is stuffed with fiber foam. The foam is blown in using a special machine. You can view something very similar at any Build-A-Bear(TM) workshop.

Some final stitching is done to close up the hole where the stuffing entered and voila, a fantastic child recliner is born. It is then wrapped in a plastic bag and put in a specially sized both, ready for delivery.

You can view this article including pictures on my web site at http://www.kidrecliners.com/getarticle.aspx?articleid=7