Low-budget wedding gift for the couple who has everything?
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rhiannon r
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| i think a nice basket of littles they may need would be nice like buy a wicker basket and fill it with some cleaners for the house or like some odds and ends they may need that no one never thinks to buy. |
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Christine D
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| My husband and I had the same problem. One of the coolest gifts we got was a 3 month membership to a wine of the month club. We really appreciated it and enjoyed getting the bottle of red and white each month!!At amazingclubs.com a 3 month memerbship is around $100. If you both chipped in $50 each, it would be a nice gift! |
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gileswench
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you have a nice photograph of the four of you together? You could frame a copy of that nicely. Or ask the parents for pictures of the happy couple at similar stages of their lives (baby pics, first day of school, junior prom, etc.) and put them in a nice album. Leave a page for their wedding portrait.Do either of you do any handcrafts? It's nice to get handmade things from the people who love you.Write them a long letter about what they mean to you, individually and as a couple. I guarantee you that while it won't cost more than the price of a sheet or two of paper and an envelope, it will be a priceless treasure.Arrange to make a special meal for them when they come back from their honeymoon.If they garden, get them a small rosemary bush to plant and grow. Rosemary stands for remembrance and love, is a mighty tasty herb to cook with, and is a very hardy plant.Most importantly, use your imaginations. If you look around with your eyes properly open, you'll find something meaningful to give them that doesn't hurt your pocketbook. |
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Marissa Di
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| A set of bowls. You may call these mixing/baking bowls. There are three of these, the large bowl, the medium bowl, and the small bowl.. Get a really nice set, there is a nice Cottage Grove set for $19.99. Shop around and make sure they are new and gift wrapped, which you can do yourself or with your boyfriend.. The largest bowl should be as large as you can find in the color you like. Don't give outrageous colors, give colors like yellow, or gold. In the South, a famous "home=warming" gift was set of these bowls, they were beige with a few stripes near the top. The yellow bowls with the blue stripes, i did find earlier. Online, you can find a zillion sets of inexpensive bowls, and she will appreciate these, get the best you can for the money, including S+H, and they will use these for years. It is a good family gift, with a low budget. Good luck finding the bowls. |
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YOUNGS J
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| 101 condoms, beautifully wrapped. |
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pspoptart
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Date night. Get a collander and a pasta ladle. Fill it with spaghetti or tortellinis, sauce, spices for the sauce like galric and onion powder. A box of awesome cookies, coffee, creamer, sugar for dessert. That kind of thing whatever their fav. meal and desert is make a kit. Include a nice candle and a gift card to rent a movie or two at Blockbuster.I've also done the same thing where we go buy a big bean/stock pot and fill it with everything you need to make a southern dinner like black-eye peas, spices, jar jalapenos, cornbread mix. Then we take a mason jar and layer it with all the ingredients for something like a lemon bar or include a pair of baby pecan pies. Clear cellophane bag with a pretty card that has the recipe/instructions and a nice bow. His family up north loves it and it only runs about 40 bucks if you get a really nice pot.It might not be the most exspensive gift in the world but it's thoughtful. I undertand about being on a budget. I'm a student myself. |
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Kitty
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't they have a registry? Ask them, and pick an inexpensive and special gift from there. |
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jen
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Why not do something sentimental!?! Think of something they enjoy doing and play off of it! I had a friend in a similar situation before and they actually gave the gift the bride and groom cherished most! They put together a cookbook for them! They compiled all of their favorite recipes, typed them up and put them in a binder inside protective sheet covers. At the bottom or on the next page (depending on space) they added a note about why they enjoyed the recipe so much, or a story about why the recipe made them think of the couple. They had done alot with the couple, several dinners and such, so they included photos of them together and included captions about how this was the night they ate this recipe... Or for a couple I knew when I was I college, I knew they enjoyed camping, so I got them something I knew they didn't already have but that didn't cost alot of money either! You could also give them a "Gift" certificate (you create on your computer) that entitles them to a dinner and games (or movies) with you and your boyfriend! It can say that on the night of their choice, you will have them over for a home cooked dinner and games! You can add that they can choose the meal, or that you will surprise them! You could do a honeymooners basket! Get some chocolate sauce, some cans of ready whip, a bottle of wine (the Yellow Tail is good and inexpensive) o even champagne, two wine glasses (cheap also), you could buy some cheap handkerchiefs and attach a note that says, be creative with these-blindfolds, hand ties, etc!, honestly just be creative and think fun! This is a very inexpensive way to give a cute gift! I must say, I wouldn't put this out on the gift table, I would stow it away in their getaway car or with their luggage before the reception starts or at some point during the reception! Be creative and remember that as long as you put thought into it, then no matter what, they will appreciate it, especially since you're dating the groom's brother! I know they will understand the money situation, as most people have been in that situation at some point in their lives!And who knows, maybe your money situation will be a litte better for their one year anniversary and you can get them another gift then! But odds are, as long as you put thought into the gift, they will love it! Good luck and have fun! |
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Rosebee
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| How about if you put their invitation in a pretty matt and frame? Shouldn't cost more than 25 bucks. My sister gave me the same for my wedding ten years ago and it's one of the few gifts I still treasure to this day. |
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lady bug
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| My favorite thing to give and receive is gift cards, because I do have everything I need! I don't want a bunch of junk! Mostly, I like to give gift cards/certificates to restaurants or bed and bath stores. If you know where they are going on their honeymoon, you can choose a restaurant in the area. |
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beckjar
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| weird, i'm in the same situation. i'm going to a friends wedding 7/14/07, i know both bride and groom. they both have everything already too. my date and i are giving a card with money, $100.00. |
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Melissa S
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| One things that I like doing it putting together a personlized Cookbook. I put recipes in there that I like, family recipes.I decorate it to personalize that person I am giving it to. Another gift idea that I like and recieved at my wedding was old family dishes. One close friend gave me some of her nice old serving dishes it meant so much to me to receive something that she treasured and now I can treasure. I found that the personal gift I revieved meant soo much more to me than the fancy store bought gifts. |
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odiosapura
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Either try to get them a couples massage or get them "toys" so they can really have fun on their honey moon! |
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grizzliesgurl
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Something personalized believe me as a newlywed I knew who could and who couldn't afford an expensive gift and the people who couldn't afford something I understood when they gave us a pretty picture frame or something else that didn't cost much. |
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randadell
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Adopt a zoo animal in their names for as little as $15, or much more.http://www.auduboninstitute.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Adopt_An_Animal |
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