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Gifts for Parents

DanielleD405DanielleD405
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I could use some ideas for parent gifts! Also, is it customary to give the gifts before or after the wedding? Our pictures won't come in for several weeks, would it be wierd to wait for 2-3 months after to give a photobook or special wedding picture?

Secondly, I'm giving gifts to both, but my parents have paid for everything except the rehearsal and been very active in the planning process whereas his have not........any ideas on how to do a little something extra for them without making his parents feel slighted?

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  • rlavachrlavach member
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    You can give gifts before or after. Many give gifts at the rehearsal dinner to the entire wedding party. If you're doing albums, it is quite obvious that you'd have to wait to give them that. I highly doubt they'll mind. 

    My parents are contributing substantially more than my fiance's parents, but we're getting them both gifts. The gift for my parents will be larger. But, my fiance's parents won't really know because we're giving everyone their gifts privately.

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  • hoffsehoffse member
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    We're doing a small token gift during the rehearsal and then the larger photo album later.  We're giving them a picture frame and a gift card to shutterfly to make digital photo books once our pics come back.
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  • hoffsehoffse member
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    Oh and my family and his are in the same situation you just described.  I'm going to privately give my parents each an extra thank you.  Probably a spa gift certifcate for my mom and I'm undecided for my dad.
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  • ShakeUpTampaShakeUpTampa member
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    My mom asked for her choice of photo to be put on a canvas. We might do those for his mom and step dad as well.
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  • Kristin789Kristin789 member
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    Traditionally, the bride's parents get a full photo book, and the groom's parents get a small collection of wedding photos which includes several of the bride and groom, and the other pics of the groom's family at the wedding.
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  • Ash61612Ash61612 member
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    I plan on giving each parent a handkerchief with a quote embroidered on it. They will both get albums after the wedding. I want to get my parents something extra special because they are covering most of the wedding costs.
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  • jlawheedjlawheed
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    I say personalize it.  For my mom, I'm painting a canvas of their wedding picture (if you can't paint, you can have it put on canvas or hire a painter).  For my dad, I am taking images of him giving me kisses throughought my life (birth, child, prom etc) and adding them to a large frame with a poem modeled after the ones he always wrote for me and my mom (roses are red... etc) leaving space for wedding day picture.

    His parents are trickier because I a not as cose to them.  But I do remember his mom saying she kept all the letters her husband wrote to her while he was in the military, and I thought it might be fun to maybe find them and put them in a book.  I'm clueless on his dad though, and my Fiance isn't doing any better.  1 year supply of his favorite beer is the best I can come up with and that's kinda lame.
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  • jamilaijamilai
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    My sister makes these adorable wedding pendants you could put the photo in as a keychain, necklace, etc.  It is very personalized.  Here is the link, hope that gives you a different idea of what you could do.

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