We interrupt this post to say, AHHHHHH!!! When did we get into double digits?!?!?! |
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.
Source |
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 Source |
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... Source |
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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