Help with wedding gift

LeanneM

LeanneM

Cathlete
Hi everyone,

In a couple of weeks, we'll be attending the wedding of a family friend (before my mom passed away, she was my mom's best friend for 35 years), and I have no idea what to get the couple as a wedding gift! She and her fiance are both in their mid-60's, and both have been divorced for about 15 years. They already have separate households set up, which means that they have a full complement of kitchen items, etc.

I thought about getting a gift card to a nice restaurant, but I'd like to steer clear of the gift card route. Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance for any help! I'm really stumped by this one!

Leanne:)
 
I recently bought a wedding bowl as a wedding gift for a couple who didn't need anything and didn't register for gifts. It's beautiful and they loved it. It's a large pasta powl made by a local pottery and it's personalized with the couple's name and wedding date. It takes a few weeks to make, though, since it's made to order. You pick the colors, style, etc.

Erica
 
>As I was reading your post, I was going to suggest a gift
>certificate to www.bedandbreakfast.com -- sorry!
>
>Are they registered anywhere?

That's actually a great idea! Even though I was trying to stay away from gift cards, this sounds like a very unique kind of present! Maybe I could go in on it with my two brothers. Thanks for the great idea, Katie!!

They're not registered anywhere, which is why I'm struggling with ideas! :)

Leanne
 
>I recently bought a wedding bowl as a wedding gift for a
>couple who didn't need anything and didn't register for gifts.
> It's beautiful and they loved it. It's a large pasta powl
>made by a local pottery and it's personalized with the
>couple's name and wedding date. It takes a few weeks to make,
>though, since it's made to order. You pick the colors, style,
>etc.
>
>Erica

Thanks for the great idea, Erica! I don't know if I'll have time to get one made, though, since the wedding is in two weeks. But I'll definitely look into it!

Thanks!
Leanne
 
Leanne, I can give you the name/number of the place I used if you'd like. I can even email you a picture. I doubt that it can be done in two weeks, though. Especially with the holidays.

Erica
 
It's a tough one, and I love Katie's idea. We were in our forties when we got married, and we didn't need any of the usual stuff. I would say of all the gifts we received, the ones we appreciated the most were the cash gifts. We pooled all of the cash and were able to buy a large-screen TV and Surround Sound speaker system. HTH.
 
>Leanne, I can give you the name/number of the place I used if
>you'd like. I can even email you a picture. I doubt that it
>can be done in two weeks, though. Especially with the
>holidays.
>
>Erica

Hi Erica,

Thanks so much for the offer, but it sounds like it won't be here in time. Could you give me the name and number anyways, though, for future reference? It sounds so lovely!

Leanne
 
Hi Nancy,

Thanks for the idea . . . but I feel a bit funny about giving money. But maybe we'll do that . . . .

Leanne
 
My husband and I were both older and married before. We received money as wedding gifts. My maid of honor gave us a gift card to Home Depot which we loved and spent immediately. We received gift cards to Starbucks and Lowes. And we loved them! And cwe used them right away!
Ellen
 
Those are great ideas for gift cards! Thanks for the suggestions, Ellen!

It's nice to know that gift cards and money are appreciated! I always feel funny about giving them for some reason, but I know that I always love getting them so I can get exactly what I want. So I think that I'll go in that direction!

Thanks for all the great ideas, everyone! I really appreciate it!

Leanne
 
I'm wondering if, at their age, they even want gifts. I might be inclined to do something sentimental, especially in view of the long and close relationship she had with your mom. How about writing her a letter that kind of summarizes her importance in your and your mom's lives. If it were me, I'd really appreciate something like that, and letter writing is such a lost art anymore. If you really want to give a gift I'd give something small -- I like the bed and breakfast gift card idea, too. I personally don't care for money gifts either, and again, at their ages what could they possibly want or need?
 
>I'm wondering if, at their age, they even want gifts. I might
>be inclined to do something sentimental, especially in view of
>the long and close relationship she had with your mom. How
>about writing her a letter that kind of summarizes her
>importance in your and your mom's lives. If it were me, I'd
>really appreciate something like that, and letter writing is
>such a lost art anymore. If you really want to give a gift I'd
>give something small -- I like the bed and breakfast gift card
>idea, too. I personally don't care for money gifts either, and
>again, at their ages what could they possibly want or need?

Michele, that is such a sweet idea! I really like it! After my mom passed away, I made her friend (whom we "kids" all call Aunt Cookie) a small booklet of old photos of the two of them that I had reproduced. A letter and more recent photos might be a wonderful accompaniment to that! I prefer the sentimental, too! Thanks for the lovely suggestion!

Leanne
 
Leanne, I am glad that you like that idea! My brother and his wife love to travel and stay at bed and breakfasts, so I love getting them gift cards there for special occasions. You've gotten some other great suggestions here, too!!
 
I've always liked to get really pretty silver or gold picture frames (8x10) and engrave it with the couples name and wedding date. For my wedding, a girlfriend actually gave me a small photo album with our first names and wedding date on it, and I put the best pictures from the cameras we gave out at the wedding in it.
 
>I've always liked to get really pretty silver or gold picture
>frames (8x10) and engrave it with the couples name and wedding
>date. For my wedding, a girlfriend actually gave me a small
>photo album with our first names and wedding date on it, and I
>put the best pictures from the cameras we gave out at the
>wedding in it.

Oh, that's another lovely idea! Maybe I could do that, along with the letter . . . .

Thanks for the idea!

Leanne
 
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