Bridesmaid hamper in India: matching handmade candle chests for your bride squad, sisters and cousinsBridesmaid hamper in India: matching handmade candle chests for your bride squad, sisters and cousins

A thank-you to the girls who carried your wedding

In an Indian wedding, the bride squad does the real work: the sisters and cousins who sat through the lehenga trials, learned the sangeet steps, ran the haldi and held your dupatta at the pheras. A bridesmaid hamper is how a bride says thank you, either as a "will you be my bridesmaid" box months before, or as a gift on the morning of the wedding.

The usual rule: every girl gets the same box, so nobody compares, with one personal touch each. Raajkosh can make the box part. With the gift chest builder, you choose 3 to 6 handmade soy pieces, then the chest style, a ribbon and a personal message, delivered across India. Four or more pieces get 10% off the pieces. Build one chest per bridesmaid and write each message separately.

Pieces that suit a bridesmaid box

• Floral Candle Duo, Rs 649: two peony candles, rose pink and ivory. Looks bridal and lives on a dressing table afterwards.
• Blossom Candle, Rs 299: a round ivory candle ringed with pink and yellow wax blossoms. A haldi colour.
• Heart Bubble Candle, Rs 249, white or light blue, dotted with tiny red hearts. The playful one.
• Daisy Tealights, Rs 449 for 10, mint or purple with ivory, if your palette is pastel.
• Vanilla Reverie, Rs 549, our only scented candle, for the bridesmaid who loves a nice smell in her room.

Chests for the squad, priced per girl

Multiply by the number of girls for the squad total, and set the budget per girl before you pick: the same chest for everyone matters more than the size of the chest.

These are the pieces at shop prices; add the chest style for each chest. At four pieces per chest, 10% comes off the pieces and the builder shows the new total.

Making each one hers

The builder's message step is where each box becomes personal: one line about the moment she saved you. If you want her name on the tag, initials on the box, or candles in your wedding colours (we work in pinks, coral, mint, gold, ivory and more), that is a custom order by enquiry. Tell us the number of girls, the names and your date, and we reply with what is possible, a timeline and a price. Weddings fill up fast, so ask as early as you can. Custom pieces cannot be returned unless damaged or wrong.

If you also need return gifts for all the wedding guests, that is a bigger order: see our page on wedding favours for guests.

What else goes in a bride squad box

We make candles only. Brides often add things we do not sell: a satin robe or a "bride squad" dupatta for the getting-ready photos, a scrunchie, a small jewellery piece, bangles in the haldi colour, chocolates, a face mask for the night before. Buy those from clothing and accessory brands and pack them beside the chest, or ask a bridal gifting company for a ready box if you want everything in one place.

A candle chest is the right core when you want something that stays in her room after the wedding album is printed.

Ordering for a wedding date

We dispatch in 24 to 48 hours and deliver 2 to 7 days after dispatch, anywhere in India. We cannot promise a date, so order well ahead of the function and have the chests delivered to you, not to each girl, so you can hand them over together. Each three-piece chest here crosses Rs 999 on the pieces except the pastel one; the builder shows the shipping. Payment is prepaid only, no cash on delivery. Damage reported within 24 hours of delivery is replaced or refunded.

A note for each card: trim the wick to about 5 mm, keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours, and never leave it lit.