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Second wedding and gift table

We're having our second wedding and I'm not planning on registoring for presents or have a shower but now I'm wondering if I need a gift table. What are other second time brides doing? Do people normally bring presents to a second wedding?

Re: Second wedding and gift table

  • LindaN21LindaN21 member
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    edited December 2011
    We just had a second wedding and I did not register for presents or have a shower.  I did have a basket for cards in case people did bring gifts to the reception so maybe just a spot for that would be a good idea.  Some brought cards and some didn't.  We just wanted them to celebrate with us that day so it didn't matter to us if they did or not!!
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  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_second-weddings_second-wedding-gift-table?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:35Discussion:ffcc5de9-b601-4a15-bb65-0a5cdaadcc19Post:3a77b5bc-e7cd-472d-83cd-38b7ee244c88">Re: Second wedding and gift table</a>:
    [QUOTE]We just had a second wedding and I did not register for presents or have a shower.  I did have a basket for cards in case people did bring gifts to the reception so maybe just a spot for that would be a good idea.  Some brought cards and some didn't.  We just wanted them to celebrate with us that day so it didn't matter to us if they did or not!!
    Posted by LindaN21[/QUOTE]
    The basket sounds like a good idea. I'm the same way I just want everyone to come.
  • jerseydeviljerseydevil member
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    edited December 2011

    If you have a guest book, that table can double for gifts/cards if anyone brings them anyway.

  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_second-weddings_second-wedding-gift-table?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:35Discussion:ffcc5de9-b601-4a15-bb65-0a5cdaadcc19Post:3a77b5bc-e7cd-472d-83cd-38b7ee244c88">Re: Second wedding and gift table</a>:
    [QUOTE]We just had a second wedding and I did not register for presents or have a shower.  I did have a basket for cards in case people did bring gifts to the reception so maybe just a spot for that would be a good idea.  Some brought cards and some didn't.  We just wanted them to celebrate with us that day so it didn't matter to us if they did or not!!
    Posted by LindaN21[/QUOTE]

    We registered our honeymoon.  That pretty much indicated to our guests to either contribute to the honeymoon or give money.  We did have a gift table mostly for the cards that we received.
  • MikesAngieMikesAngie member
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    edited December 2011
    We're planning on having an area set aside just in case people do decide to bring gifts or cards.
  • edited December 2011
    We're not going to have a specific table, as our reception is in a restaurant.  I will probably ask a MOH or FSIL to collect cards, if any are given.  We are not registering - so I really don't expect gifts.
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  • Marrin713Marrin713 member
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    edited December 2011
    Our venue set up a table for the guest book and that doubled as a card/gift table.
  • edited December 2011
    I'm making a card box and we will have a table for our 'guest book' that it will be on.  We aren't planning on registering, even though several of our guests have asked where we were going to do it.
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  • edited December 2011
    I feel similarly!  I am not registering.  We are going to move the guest book down to the reception location, it will sit on a medium size table, if guests have brought a gift they can place it there, however, I am not expecting gifts.  But, I feel like there should a place there, just in case.  It would be a mess to have people bring gifts and have no place to put them.
  • edited December 2011
    We had a formal wedding with a reception. I did not expect gifts either, but we did have a gift table with card box and guest book and everyone brought a card or a gift.

    It depends on your circumstances. I never had a formal wedding with guests and a reception the first time around. This was the first time any family or friends attended a wedding for me.  I had been divorced for 12 years before this wedding.  

    I would do a gift table, guest book table, because people generally bring some kind of a gift when they attend a wedding.
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