HELP! Wedding thank you gifts for parents?!

[jmc325]

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the non-related post... I've been a lurker on this board, but I'm needing major help and thought this would be the best place to ask. My fiance and I are trying to think of what to get our parents as a thank you gift. We're having a destination wedding, so we'll be giving them the gifts at a family dinner we're hosting a few weeks before we leave, so anything with a picture from the wedding is out. We know of the usual jewelry for mom, watch for dad, but we wanted something different.

What did you get your parents as a wedding gift?

Thank you!

[melaniesc]

I know we definitely gave them framed wedding pictures after we got those, but I'm almost certain we also got my parents tixs to a Broadway show (we live near NY and they enjoy going to those). Can't remember what we got my in-laws.

[orval]

We did tickets to a dinner theater that they like. So dinner and a show. But I think a nice restaurant gift certificate is good too. We gave nothing to my in laws - they didn't contribute to the wedding.

[hz80408]

This won't be helpful, but we gave both of our parents wedding photobooks after the wedding.

I gave both of my parents embroidered handkerchiefs:
Dad's: "Today a bride, tomrrow a wife, forever your little girl"
Mom: "I'll love you forever. I'll love you for always. As as I'm living, your baby I'll be" <we used to ALWAYS read that book!

From etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/designsbyGloria?ref=ss_profile

[fashionx]

I just gave them a card and framed wedding photos after the wedding. Our parents aren't big into gifts first of all, and secondly we paid for our wedding ourselves so didn't feel like a huge thank you gift beyond that was necessary. All parents were really happy with what we gave them.

[kris356]

I gave mine a picture of the university chapel we got married at by a local artist they collect. My dad already had two of the three print, so it just finished their collection.

I got my MIL crystal candle holder and my FIL an engraved Zippo.

[bimbi284]

We got the moms a handbag, and the dads nice Swiss Army Knives.

[jmc325]

Thank you everyone! We're probably over thinking it, but we want to make do something special. I'll talk to my fiance about the suggestions made on here. We've asked our families to travel pretty far for the wedding, so we want to show them how thankful we are for that... and of course for being awesome parents in general!

[karebear304]

Kind of random, but we gave both my parents and the ILs nice wooden salad bowl sets. My mom loves hers and uses it all the time. I've never seen MIL use hers, even at family dinners when she puts the salad out...in a Tupperware bowl.

I guess that's not a very helpful reply either!

[Laura Palmer]

We had a DW (no one was invited, not even parents) and we sent each set of parents flowers.

MIL let them sit outside all day and never said ty. But I'm not bitter... ^o)

[natablue]

We gave them photo books of our engagement pictures. They got another book if wedding photos after we got married. They really enjoyed them both because they didn't have a lot of pictures of us, even though DH had been together a very long time before we got married.

[Deleted]

I found a beautiful piece of pottery at a local store for my parents. They dig that kind of thing, and they really liked the one I picked out for them.
We gave H's parents a gift card to a local restaurant. They don't usually take themselves out to super nice meals so we wanted to ensure they could get a nice dinner at a non-chain restaurant.

[mrssavy42112]

We got my parents tickets to the NY Philharmonic. They've always wanted to go, but never took the time. We also paid for reserved parking, which wasn't cheap. Later on, we made them an album of our pics & printed one in a frame.

DH went traditional and did a necklace & watch for his parents.

[summerkutie]

We gave them the "parent albums" of our wedding pictures (mini wedding albums), a nice card, and a framed 8x10 of us with each set of parents to hang up in their homes.

[msgeeksout]

We had a DW and gave them photo books of wedding photos. Then I blew up their favorite photo and framed it. Easy peasy and they all love it.