Is this a "useless" wedding present?

[pixy0stix]

The hearts say, "He asked. She said yes." and the names of the couple and dates.

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[pixy0stix]

I'm a bit conflicted. It would depend on the couple and their style, I think. In my house, it would have been thrown into a closet and forgotten.

[heightsyankee]

NMS but I know A LOT of people who would love it. Is the bride on Pinterest? THen she definitely wants it!

[marie427]

Not gonna lie, I'd toss that shit. But luckily the people who actually know us know that is so not our style.

[pixy0stix]

A 4 cup coffee maker is definitely worthless.

[katietornado]

It's definitely NMS, so worthless to me for sure. But some people would like it. If you know their style well enough to know that they'd like this, then go for it. Otherwise...this is what registries are for.

[Deleted]

It would be perfect for throwing in the couple's first huge fight where dishes get thrown ;-)

[Deleted]

I'm on Pinterest and I wouldn't like it. I'm not a fan of the cutesy. Now if the bride is Zooey Deshanel, just make sure it's made of recycled materials and everything should be golden.

[meshaliuknits]

SBP, of course that's useless. That only fills two mugs at a time!

I don't care for it. If the person who gave it to me was at my house frequently, I'd probably put it up somewhere I wouldn't have to look at it a lot.

[heightsyankee]

May 23, 2012 9:58:09 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I'm on Pinterest and I wouldn't like it. I'm not a fan of the cutesy. Now if the bride is Zooey Deshanel, just make sure it's made of recycled materials and everything should be golden.

Yeah, I'm on Pinterest too and wouldn't like it. But you know some of those pinterest gals are psycho!

If she is on the site, check her pins... That should give you a lot of insight.

[osulori]

Useless for me, sure. But I have a few friends who would absolutely love that.

[Deleted]

Yes

[NitaX]

It depends on the couple. If it were given to me, I'd hang it as a part of my wedding photo wall. I once made my friends a shadow box with their wedding announcement from her hometown paper, their wedding invite, and a picture of the couple. It was a bit more personalized and they loved it.

[Daria Morgandorffer]

This seems like something The Knot would try to sell us.

[laurenpetro]

it would be in my house. i could see other people liking it, though.

[sb]

We have one of these! It's black and has plain white hearts though. And it just has our initials and our wedding date. None of that he asked, she said yes stuff.

I like it, but not everyone would. I only give personal gifts like this if I know the couple VERY well.

[charminglife]

Yeah, it's useless - but I have a lot of useless crap in my home. This would probably be stashed away somewhere until it 'broke' or 'got lost' in a move.

[emilyj]

For us? Yes. I would have tossed it. It is 100% not our style at all.

[interro]

In my house, it would be NMS and therefore useless. But I know a lot of people who would love it. Mostly people who live on Pinterest.

[pixy0stix]

To clarify, I'm not going to be making this. It popped up on my blog reader this morning.

[statlerwaldorf]

It would be to me. I wouldn't want to hang that in my house.

[Deleted]

It would be beyond useless got us because a) not our style and b) we didn't have that kind of proposal.

[msmerymac]

May 23, 2012 10:11:28 GMT -5 NitaX said:

It depends on the couple. If it were given to me, I'd hang it as a part of my wedding photo wall. I once made my friends a shadow box with their wedding announcement from her hometown paper, their wedding invite, and a picture of the couple. It was a bit more personalized and they loved it.

THAT is actually helpful. I wanted to have my wedding invitation framed. Currently I have it in the middle of a large collage frame with 8 wedding photos around it.

This? Seems to take up a lot of space and isn't even that sentimental. I have a lot of crap with my wedding date. Like the framed invitation.

[Bumblebee]

Yes it's useless. I would get something more practical and let them pick out their own decor.

[secretlyevil]

yes unless they're bebes.

[basilosaurus]

I'd throw it in a box and forget I ever had it. I honestly can't think of anyone IRL that would want something like that.

[2vermont]

Depends....is it made with glitter?

[pixy0stix]

May 23, 2012 17:11:27 GMT -5 2vermont said:

Depends....is it made with glitter?

I bet we could decoupage some on.

[Deleted]

May 23, 2012 10:53:00 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

To clarify, I'm not going to be making this. It popped up on my blog reader this morning.

Thank goodness. I was questioning your style!!

[sillygoosegirl]

For one thing, he didn't ask. For another, I didn't say yes. Such a thing wouldn't necessarily be NMS, but it's revisionist history, so I wouldn't like it for that. But it wouldn't be useless since I'd put something else in the frame...