Saturday, February 4, 2012

Gifts for the (special) guests

Now that we've past the 100 day mark until our wedding, there are a number of things that have started creeping up on the "to do" list.

We interrupt this post to say, AHHHHHH!!!
When did we get into double digits?!?!?!
One of the things that has been coming up in conversation recently is "thank you" gifts. We've finished the bridal party gifts already, but there are a number of other people involved in our day that we want to thank in a special way. The question becomes...how?


Dear Turkey family and those involved in the wedding…please read no further!
Love, Mr. & Miss Turkey

OK, now that we have eliminated any "lurkers", let's get honest...Mr. Turkey and I need.your.help!

When we think about thank you gifts outside the bridal party (when I refer to the bridal party, I mean bridesmaids, groomsmen and ushers), we're feeling a bit lost and slightly underprepared.

The following are people we want to thank with gifts, preferably those that can be given at the rehearsal dinner:
  • Parents of the bride
  • Parents of the groom (x2)
  • Grandparents of the bride
  • Ceremony readers (4)
  • Ceremony soloist (to clarify, this is my cousin, not someone from the church)
  • Slideshow "artiste"
Simple math tells me that leaves us with 14 gifts to carefully and thoughtfully choose and purchase in time for our May wedding. That's a LOT (thank goodness we have the bridal party done!*).

For our parents and grandparents, Mr. Turkey and I are thinking that they might be most interested in wedding albums / the gift of photos. One thought was to maybe get them a nice frame and put an engagement photo in as a placeholder with a note that they'd be receiving a wedding album with their favorite photos. I know, it's pretty "usual".

With all the parents at our engagement party
(L-R) FSMIL, FFIL, FMIL, FSFIL, Mr. Turkey, Miss Turkey, Turkey Dad, Turkey Mom 
We have already picked up these emergency kits for the mothers (adjusted to say MOG as appropriate) as a little something extra / cute for them to open.

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We're also debating personalized / embroidered pocket squares or handkerchiefs for the fathers and grandfathers.

This is one I found on Etsy and have bookmarked (shop by Inspired Stitches)
But that's just about where our ideas end (again, I know our parent / grandparent gifts weren't overly unique). 

Our thoughts for the others (readers, soloist, artiste) have ranged from a bottle of wine,

Only for those not traveling via plane...and over 21, of course
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to chocolates (or some sort of sweet),

Ok, now I want these
to gift cards.

Even if we did a personal design, this feels a little impersonal...
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But we are just SURE there are other ideas we have not thought of. 

So, Hive, please help us out here...what have you thought of / purchased as thank you gifts for those involved in your wedding? Please share any ideas and/or links!

*Will post about the bridal party gifts later!

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