for those giving parent albums

taccoten

If you are giving parent albums as your gift, obviously you won't have the hard copy to give to them at the rehearsal dinner.  How will you present them with a gift that is not tangible?  Write it in your thank you card?  Are you giving them something else?

miguelhilary2010

We're definitely doing cards with an IOU.  We're also thinking about a gift card to their favorite restaurant or a show too.

Madam A

Ditto miguelhilary...
We will write a note about how it is coming after the wedding... and we are also going to do restaurant/spa giftcards for them (plus a few small gifts - frames, hankys).

taccoten

Is a hanky a traditional parent gift?  Someone explain please

miguelhilary2010

I ordered cute and reasonably priced handkerchiefs on etsy.  I got a pair for FI and I to use/keep (in blue), and a different pair for our moms (in burgundy).  The seller was ArtfulBeginnings.






I just got them as something to keep first off, but also because the moms will be crying at the wedding so I figured this was nicer than tissues

Bride_to_be_2011

MH- Those are beautiful! I will look into that seller as I was going to get hankies for us and the moms as well. FI won't cry, I am almost certain but in case he does, he will have a nice one to use.

TNMurray

I plan on giving the albums as Christmas gifts, but we often give IOU gifts in creative ways. I would maybe make a mini flip book with pictures in it just to be creative and stick it in a card.

ooodsie

We did a thank you card with an IOU for a parent album (well, DH got fancy and printed out a certificate for a parent album and put it in there).   We also did personalized hankies as well.

delicatefew

We wrote nice cards to them and included in there that we were giving them a parent album and a copy of our video in addition to the other gifts we got them.  We didn't give DH's dad and girlfriend an album, but we gave them a nice 8x10 frame and put a poem inside the frame telling them we'd send them an 8x10 of their choosing after the wedding.  You could maybe do something like that for an album too.

Madam A

tacco - I just got a hanky from an Etsy seller for my Dad. It says "today a bride, tomorrow a wife, always your little girl" Sappy. But so me.

I am going to give him that along with a celebratory cigar (our country club has a really nice upstairs cigar lounge).

krlarentowicz

Our wedding is November, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can give them to our parents for Christmas gifts.  I hope we have them and if not, we will do some type of creative IOU.

benmel31

We are going to wait and give our parents their albums for christmas/hanukkah.  They do not know that we already plan to do this, so it will be a surprise.  I do not plan on giving them an IOU.