Bridesmaid Gifts Get Catty

Be catty to your best girls? Perish the thought. We love our friends too much for backstabbing or grade school insults, and we've got the bridesmaid gifts lined up for them to prove it. But we won't lie, we've been inspired by the latest catwalk craze of leopard print everything, seen from New York to Milan clothing runway walkers for everyone from Dolce & Gabbana to animal print provocateur Roberto Cavalli with his capsule H&M collection.

Here are four fabulous ways to add a little leopard to your bridesmaids' lives with these fun ideas for bridesmaid gifts:

1. Give the Personalized Leopard Carrying Case as bridesmaid gifts. It's big enough for all the bridesmaid essentials, so they'll have room for everything from an extra pair of shoes to a complete bridal emergency kit with extra pantyhose, hairpins, nail polish, and whatever else you might need! If you're having a destination wedding or a weekend affair away, this bag is even big enough to carry as luggage for bridesmaids who pack lightly - or, if not, it works just as well as a cute carryon.

2. Check any local upmarket bed and bath store for the cutest bedroom accessories around: leopard print pillows. Whether you find fluffy, comfy overstuffed ones or slinkier satin leopard pillows, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser when given as bridesmaid gifts. They're adorable in the boudoir, or even propped up on the couch for the more daring ladies in your wedding party!

3. Leopard's best in accents, and nothing accents a great outfit better than a fantastic pair of shoes. A bit much for bridesmaid gifts? Ha! We say, why not give the gift of fabulousness no matter what the occasion? All you need to do is get each girl's shoe size and then present your bridesmaid gifts for a pleasant surprise for each one. It's bad bridesmaid karma to get them all matching shoes, though, unless your ceremony is leaning heavily toward the wild side, in which case why not clothe your maids in black satin and pep up their tootsies with matching leopard sandals or heels? Come on, you only get married once!

4. For truly unexpected bridesmaid gifts, try giving out a whole handpicked set to decorate a room. Consider wrapping up a package made to sexify the bedroom or lounge, and include such bachelorette necessities as crimson candles, sheer scarves (or just swathes of sheer fabric), strings of beads for artfully accenting tables, tasseled curtain pulls and the crown jewel, one wall's worth of leopard wallpaper. We're not saying commit to the full feline, but one small leopard wall in a room or even a walk-in closet instantly expands a girl's space to accommodate a world of sass. And isn't that the world we should all be living in?