From bustling your gown to fetching relatives for photos, your bridesmaids' wedding-day work is never done. Miniature lunch boxes, packed in advance, provide a midday snack and a small token of gratitude. Choose the nibbles (make sure they don't stain!) favored by your attendants, and nestle them in boxes with napkins and drinks. We secured ours with bands of decorative paper and adhesive seals bearing each name.

To turn wedding-day accessories into lovely keepsakes for your bridal party, why not add customized labels bearing your wedding date, monogram, or some other personal note?

The leaves of a four-leaf clover are said to stand for hope, faith, love, and luck -- a fitting sentiment for a wedding.

This old custom is charming indeed: At the bridesmaids' luncheon, each guest pulls one ribbon from the center of a Bundt cake to find a good-luck charm and message dangling from the other end.

How not to be a bridezilla? Pick something your bridesmaids really can wear again, then list the details on a handy card. Download our template, type in contact info, and print onto card stock. Write in other details, and add fabric swatches and images. Use a rotary cutter with a perforating blade to create a tear-off card that can be tucked into a wallet for easy reference.

Silk flowers never wilt or fade, which makes them a fitting memento of your wedding. Share them with your bridesmaids by making these pretty hair bands. Begin with a full-bodied silk flower, such as camellias, and attach a metal-free hair elastic with a twist of the flower's wire stem. Clip off any excess wire. Cover the wire by sewing a bit of 1-inch wide ribbon, ends folded under, to the base of the blossom using a few stitches.

Bridesmaids -- an important part of a wedding as well as of the bride's life -- should be put in touch with each other early and then kept abreast of all the wedding plans as they develop. Send out a letter complete with all the fine points they will need to know: Begin by listing the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all the bridesmaids (they will be thankful when it comes time to plan the shower). Also include a photograph of the bridesmaid dress, a swatch of the fabric, any information about fittings, and a photo or sketch of the bridesmaid shoes. Finally, a few fond words from the bride will make them feel special -- as all bridesmaids should.

Stash items in a makeup bag to help you get through any little mishaps that might befall your bridal party.

Now there's a way your bridesmaids can make sure their dresses really are worn again. The nonprofit Illinois-based Glass Slipper Project collects formal dresses and accessories and distributes them to disadvantaged girls to wear to their proms. Similar programs can be found in many states; look online to learn more on how to donate your gently used wedding attire. Dress by J.Crew.

Keep bridesmaids' dresses from blowing in the breeze at an outdoor wedding with these handy weights (available at sewing-supply stores). Simply slip the metal buttons inside the hem, and stitch into place.

No doubt your attendants have the best chance to record behind-the-scenes video of your wedding day, but until now, it was impractical for them to carry around a handheld camera. New reasonably priced and utterly portable digital models (this one, for $108, is from RCA) are small enough to tuck into a clutch or pocket. Buy one, and ask a bridesmaid or groomsman to use it throughout your event, then view those magic moments on the way to your honeymoon.

Custom rubber stamps, each bearing a bridesmaid's name in elegant script, let you -- and your attendants -- make a good impression. Ask a calligrapher to pen the women's names, then have a specialty vendor or office-supply store turn them into rubber stamps (Stampworx 2000 made ours). Use the stamps to imprint names on pretty box tops; place stamps inside with ink pads nestled in tissue paper. Calligraphy by Elizabeth White-Pultz.

Honor friendships that bloom eternal by sending potential bridesmaids a handwritten note adorned with a miniature bouquet. The gesture is more personal than a phone call, and the cards make lovely keepsakes. We attached millinery flowers from Tinsel Trading to a deckle-edge G.A. Lalo card by making holes on either side of the stem with a Japanese hole punch, then threading through and knotting a velvet ribbon.

According to tradition, you'll have to wait 15 years to give glass to your spouse as an anniversary gift, but a glass is a perfect present for bridesmaids even before the wedding. Etch a set of tumblers with the bridesmaids' names and a decorative motif, such as a ring of leaves. You can take them to a professional, or etch them yourself with etching solution sold at craft stores. To make the presentation even more special, buy a flat of pansies at your local nursery, and set one in each glass, to be transplanted after the wedding.

Wedding days can be long, especially for the attendants who are with the bride every step of the way. Having some snacks close by will ensure that the bridal party has enough energy to make it to the last dance. Line flip-top kraft-paper boxes with natural parchment, and fill them with finger foods such as pretzels, crudites, small sandwiches, and dried fruits.