My fiance and I plan to give special gifts at our wedding to both sets of parents as a thank you, not only for the wedding but for being constant role-models in our lives. Ideas? Suggestions?
2006-07-22 13:45:15 · 9 answers · asked by SleepyJeanne 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My father and mother-in-law helped with a lot of stuff for my husband's and my wedding. They helped organize, entertain people...etc.
So...as a thank you gift the morning after our wedding, we had a limo pick them up early in the morning and take them to a hotel on the beachfront that serves wonderful brunches.
They had no idea we were going to do this and they told us it was a lovely surprise. After all the commotion and stress of a large wedding, the last thing somebody wants to do is get up to cook breakfast!
Lol...I am sure anything you come up with will be a good idea!
2006-07-22 17:34:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something they will like.
You know them better than we do. If your father is an avid Republican, a thick biography of 100 famous Democrats isn't going to please him. If he is a tee-toaller, a bottle of really good French wine as old as you are isn't going to make him happy. And on and on. If you insist on material gifts, spend some time asking your self what they would like.
Or - sit down now and compose a 3 - 5 page letter (OK, 20 pages if you have the material). Tell them about the high and low points you've had together, the lessons learned, paying particular emphasis on the parts where they told you "No" and you hated them, but it turned out they were right. (This is where it is really handy if they didn't let you date someone named "Snake", who later died with a friend and their dates in a 110-mph car crash while fleeing a botched liquor store holdup.)
Put in the happy times, too.
A friend of mine's daughter did that for him at his 50th birthday. Hers was normal paper folded in half to make a booklet, with some pictures. He looked at the other gifts, then read the booklet. He looked up from the last page with tears in his eyes.
He said "I'll use those", and pointed to a new set of golf clubs, "I'll drink that" and pointed to a case of Mt. Veeder Cabernet, "but I'll read this until it is tattered, and when the time comes I want to be buried with it next to my heart."
2006-07-22 21:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by Adam Zapple 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here is what I am doing:
I am making 2 photo slideshows myself - with this website - www.onetruemedia.com - It's REALLY easy and you can even send them your prints that they will digitalize for you if you don't have a scanner. You create the slideshow with as many pictures as you want - you can upload any song you want into it.
Then you can order it on DVD for I think $24.95 each.
I am doing one for each set of parents. Each one will be one song long - from childhood until today. Showing me as a baby, growing up, etc. At the end it will say something like "Thank you for loving me .. etc. etc." The song I am using for my family is "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion. My husband has not picked a song yet.
At the end of the slideshow I will present them each with a rose. I will give my parents a hankerchief that says something like "Thank you for loving me .. etc. etc." and my husband will give them a rose and a hankerchief which says "Thank you for raising the woman of my dreams"
And visa versa for his parents.
2006-07-24 01:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I got married 3 days after my parent's 25th Anniversary. As a special surprise and "Thank You" to them, we had them renew their vows.
After the pastor, who is a friend of the family, married us and we left the sanctuary, we went back in through a side door. I grabbed my dad and my husband got my mom. They thought we were going to escort them out of the church but instead we took them up onto the platform. The pastor then announced to our guests that my parents had just celebrated their anniversary and that we wanted them to renew their vows.
My parents were very surprised since the only people who were in on it were myself and husband, my sister and my aunt (and of course the pastor). Our guests loved it, and my parents thought it was great that we were willing to share our day with them. I can still see my parents beaming at each other like love sick teenagers and it's been 6 years. It is one of the best memories from my wedding.
We had wanted my husband's parents to renew their vows as well, but they found out about it before hand (my husband's big mouth!) and asked that they not be included.
2006-07-23 04:36:27 · answer #4 · answered by Just Jess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a trophy shop and have a pretty plaque custom-made with a thank you engraved. "best parents ever" or something. Sounds cheesy, but still special. You might be able to add a picture of you with them. Choose something from one of your awkward stages in life to commemorate getting through the tough times.
2006-07-22 20:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by water 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never heard of this, but a well written thank you letter would make their day - or maybe a thank you letter along with a gift certificate to a hot air balloon ride or something really creative and different they always wanted to do, but never did. (such as a dinner cruise, mountain climbing, etc)
2006-07-22 20:49:29 · answer #6 · answered by M J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We made picture frame collage things with pictures of us with our respective parents... then a wedding picture in the middle
2006-07-22 21:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by lustfulfaerie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't remember what company it is, but the make hankies for the moms that can be embroidered with names, dates, and a saying. i had one done for my mom-in-law that said: "thank you for raising your son to be the man of my dreams."
2006-07-22 22:36:22 · answer #8 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think you should give them a nice thank you note that is really sweet and give them something that u know they really want
2006-07-22 21:09:03 · answer #9 · answered by peaches w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋