Something that won't end up in storage,you know top of the cabinet,basement,garage,etc.
2007-01-28 10:27:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
many years ago my husband and i volunteered at a Seniors centre and spent many hours with some lovely people. we would quite often be invited to their homes for luncheons, or dinners.
one thing we noticed was every single one of these people had one wedding gift still with them even though they had been married thirty, forty and more years. whether they were rich, or not so much, the one gift they all still had was a good quality white dining room table sized tablecloth. their tablecloths had been on their tables for hundreds of family events over the years. weddings, births, deaths, Christmas and thanksgiving celebrations, birthdays, anniversaries, christenings, etc.
my husband was so taken with the idea of this piece of cloth that was decades old still being with them, still being used, that we have given every bride and groom in our lives a beautiful, embroidered, heavy white damask tablecloth, and matching napkins as a wedding gift. we send it along with a note explaining where we got the idea and the sentiment behind it.
and at almost every wedding our gift of a fine tablecloth is the only tablecloth they receive. so, to us, this is the perfect gift.
we never received one on our wedding day, but i did purchase one many, many years ago, and it is still with us!
2007-01-29 22:00:40 · answer #1 · answered by tess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, money. I think this is a really good present for a newlywed couple, they have the ability to spend it on something to start their new life with. Most newlywed couples put any monetary gifts they receive in the bank so they can buy a new home, make improvements to the one they have, or use it towards mortgage payments. Stuff like that.
2007-01-28 11:32:37 · answer #2 · answered by Answer Girl 2007 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My most recent wedding gift was a bucket of household necessities. The couple were moving into the groom to be's apartment and it was nasty dirty so I bought all sorts of household cleaning items..a broom, mop, etc they loved it! I also find what colors the bathroom is and buy a full set of towels for each couple. I usually try to go with what they have on their registry, that's always a safe way to go, this is the stuff they have asked for so more then likely will be used.
2007-01-28 11:36:06 · answer #3 · answered by Kitikat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One of the girls that I work with got married not so long ago..
She is the director of the daycare center i work at, and shes a wonderful person.
I got her something a little personal, but not to personal.
I went to a craft shop and got a scrap book album (not a regular photo album..a scrapbook album)...i picked one with some of the same colors as she had in her wedding.
Then I got some of those nifty stickers (They have like bride and groom stickers, love stickers, hearts, etc...) ...
I bought Photo safe glue... some extra paper (again with the wedding color scheme)....
People get married and have so many pictures!! My mother got married last april and most of the pictures are in a box. The scrap book gives them a chance to take out their favorite pictures and arrange them in an album with their own personal touch.
2007-01-28 10:50:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every wedding that i have attended, i gave a little Elephant with it's trunk raised. One was Ceramic, one was jade, one was glass... In alot of cultures an Elephant is a symbol of good luck and will help dispell negative energy. You are supposed to face it towards a window so it can send the bad karma out of the house/apartment...
My way of giving a bit of luck to each couple.
2007-01-28 22:47:28 · answer #5 · answered by noxsophia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer understand why yet i've got self assurance an criminal accountability to spout what etiquette says -- in accordance to the marriage making plans direction i took, you do no longer placed something interior the invitation different than the invitation, reception card, and if mandatory a map to the venue. something could be mailed one after the different. in case you sign in a lot of people will order on line and those presents would be shipped. extremely, i think of it extremely is slightly incorrect to ask people to deliver presents while they are attending your party. I do comprehend you're vacationing even though it is your reception and thes everyone remains your travellers. I certainly think of getting your presents living house could be your accountability. in case you do no longer desire to handle it, you are able to constantly ask for no presents. people sending presents in strengthen might have the handle. something, i could propose getting some containers and making plans on going to the placed up workplace. as quickly as I went to my pal's daughter's toddler bathe in yet another state (she additionally got here from out of state) we've been given her a huge duffel bag and that i paid for her to deliver a 2nd bag so she'd have it while she have been given living house - otherwise i could have taken her to the placed up workplace.
2016-12-16 15:51:22 · answer #6 · answered by bornhoft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money
Clock
Waterford Crystal
2007-01-28 10:51:59 · answer #7 · answered by Halo Mom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go to this site http://www.fairplaymusicalgifts.com/samples.html you can download a song "Song for The parents of The Bride" you can use it as gift for the brides parents, you can also buy it on CD from them. I think they used it in a video production of the bride from when she was a baby up to the wedding day.
2007-01-28 13:18:27 · answer #8 · answered by GW 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I bought my cousin and his wife a gift card to a nice restaurant, they loved it because they said that they were short on money when they got back from honeymoon but were still able to go out for nice meal.
2007-01-28 11:52:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Money. Anything else is odd. You will see when you get there. No one gives presents anymore.
2007-01-28 12:21:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋