Gifts for Mother of the bride and Mother of the groom?

Trins

So I don't know why I'm finding this so difficult but for the life of me I can't figure out what to get our Mother's for gifts. Anyone else having a hard time with this? What are others doing for them?

rbwashington2012

There is only the MOB in my wedding and I still don't have a clue what we should get her. We are getting parent books of the photos from the wedding for both her and the FOB and FOG. FI has talked about doing something special that is engraved with the wedding date and our names or special quote. Still shopping around for ideas.

caterpillar85

I am having my grandmother embroider a handkerchief with a saying on it, somewhat similar to this one.
For MY mom I was thinking of saying something about being my best friend and 'this is to dry your eyes as you have always dried mine' yada yada... and for HIS mom say something along the lines of 'thank you for raising the man of my dreams'

With moms, personalized is definitely the way to go!

BMcLeodTeam

This is something that's had FI and I TOTALLY baffled as well lol so you're definintely not the only one!

junebug19

I was thinking about this too, I wanted to do something NWR for my parents b/c they are helping out so much, and they are already getting a parent photobook, but I have NO CLUE!!

mamameech

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[QUOTE]I am having my grandmother embroider a handkerchief with a saying on it, somewhat similar to this one . For MY mom I was thinking of saying something about being my best friend and 'this is to dry your eyes as you have always dried mine' yada yada... and for HIS mom say something along the lines of 'thank you for raising the man of my dreams' With moms, personalized is definitely the way to go!
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</div><div>This def applies to my mom - she's the one who taught me how to be so thoughtful ;) </div><div>
</div><div>But, it doesn't really apply to FI's mom. His family is so polar opposite of mine and they never give each other gifts or cards or anything. She is big into gardening and seeing as we will all be living together soon, I am going to make her a garden stone that says "Love makes a family grow" withe some pretty jeweled rocks and such. I hope she likes it.

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CowgirlK39

I've been stumped about parent gifts as well. We were going to do one gift for each pair of parents instead of for moms and dads individually. I thought about getting my parents tickets to their honeymoon destination but they would end up spending money on the trip, and they would have spent enough on our wedding, so that wouldn't be fair.

kmschuler

My cousin is making a picture from for MOB parents that says something along the lines of, Today Im a Bride tomorrow Im a wife but forever your little girl.  Then it will have the date.  We are also getting MOB parents Cardinals baseball tickets (we live in St. Louis, they love baseball so I figured a night out for them would be great after all the effort they put towards the wedding).  But FI and I are sumpt on what we should get his Dad ( he too loves baseball, but only likes going with his 2 sons so we thought it would be weird to get him tickets and FI say Im going to go with you Dad).

volleygurl0306

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[QUOTE]I am having my grandmother embroider a handkerchief with a saying on it, somewhat similar to this one . For MY mom I was thinking of saying something about being my best friend and 'this is to dry your eyes as you have always dried mine' yada yada... and for HIS mom say something along the lines of 'thank you for raising the man of my dreams' With moms, personalized is definitely the way to go!
Posted by caterpillar85[/QUOTE]

This is what I am doing.  For FMIL I am doing the "Thank you for raising hte man of my dreams."  For my mom I'm still working on the wording of something unique.  Essentially I'm trying to tell her that she has been the best role model of a wife, mom, and woman and that if I'm only half of what she is I'd be great.  Obviously still trying to verbalize something big on a little hankie.  Those are just for the moms though.  For moms and dads we'll be getting a photobook like othersof wedding pics.  Plan on buying a living social/groupon closer to the wedding to make sure it doesn't expire before we get our pics back.

BMcLeodTeam

Ya, we're doing the photobook thing but wanted to do something else, and not sure what. The other person who has me baffled is my mother's bf. He's not my father, and been in the picture for a few years now, but he's definitely someone I want to get something for and acknowledge. He makes my mother SO happy, is part of our family hands down.

kellycatalo

yeah, we're doing photobooks, but totally stumped on something to give them at the rehearsal.

we toyed around with the idea of getting dan's parents a tree for their backyard, but we're still not sure if they have room for it or would like another tree, etc. i think it's a fun idea though.

i feel silly getting my parents things that won't last long, but i honestly think my parents would really enjoy getting things like baseball tickets or a spa treatment, but i just don't know. i feel like it should be something to keep, not a one-time use thing.

mamameech

I am making a bookmark for my mom. She reads ALL THE TIME! I found a seller on etsy who hand stamps a pretty metal bookmark so I will have our initials and the date stamped on there. I will add my own charms and whatever else to it to make it perfect for my mom. She'll also get a hanger and shirt the day of.