The robe-and-tumbler bridesmaid gift lives in a drawer within a month. A coordinated pickleball paddle set — one design language, one color per bridesmaid — becomes the thing your bridal party actually picks up on a Saturday morning years later. Here is how to build the gift, palette and all.

For brides assembling proposal boxes for a pickleball-loving crew, a paddle replaces the robe and tumbler with something that gets used past the bachelorette. Here is how to theme a paddle per bridesmaid, style a court-day proposal, and think about a matching set for the wedding-party tournament.