Wedding gift for Sister and her Man?
As the title suggest my older sister is getting married in the spring and now i want to get a present that isn't just the new microwave, clock or whatever you usally get friends for their weddings.
I'm a final year Uni student so funds are limited but thinking of setting aside £300 ($500). I'd be happy of course for suggestion far below this :thumbsup: but thats about as high as i want to go. I want to get something that will symbolise their marrige and will bring them luck and also something that will last a life time. Any ideas? Thanks in advance |
Make them a wedding album --
Send out questionairres to friends and family -- ask questions about them growing up, shared experiences, schools -- whatever you want. Get the questionairres back to you by a certain date (email would work great for this) And put together an album for them with all this stuff -- Or make them a video with the same stuff in it -- though I've done the album thing before and it was a huge hit - in fact it's the most requested gift at weddings, anniversaries and milestone birthdays. Get the moms/aunts/ siblings to supply pictures and either copy them or use the originals (not recommended) and include them as well as the memory of when the pic was taken... Leave some room at the back where they can continue the book on their own for events as a couple - kind of like a to be continued section... If She's having a fancy wedding, and you know what the bridal colors are, decorate the book cover with those colors - and the somewhere in the book - probably closer tot he to be continued section you want to have acopy of the invitation... This may sound like an inexpensive gift but there's a lot of time involved in it -- and don't cheap out on the paper - scrapbooking stores sell a lot of things that you can put on the individual pages to decorate as well as stamps and such. This materials for this project, if done well, probably run around 100 dollars or more...(but stamps, fancy scissors and stuff are reusabble) |
Something similar to Mal's idea is to give an advice book - sort of the same thing as the stories and getting emails about them, but in this case you would have people give pieces of advice to the couple. You can leave room for pictures or other things if you'd like.
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If the grandma's and moms are still around - you could also compile a cookbook for them - of family recipes- -and the book would be the joining of two families... (Include pictures, and Kinko's or such places can do a nice job binding it into a bookf format for you.
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some fine art...
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If there is a piture of a place the two of them have as special, you could get a painting done of the picture. My family did that for my dad, and the painting of his boat is hung proudly in the office.
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It won't last forever... but my aunt got my husband and me what I thought was the coolest gift ever: a cardboard box filled with house/first aid/other supplies. Cotton swabs, toothpaste, peroxide, bandaids, shampoo, dish soap, Pledge, laundry detergent... everything we would've bought after I moved in. It doesn't work as well if they're already living together, but still much appreciated.
And ooh, I really like the wedding album idea, too. |
I got my cousin a trash can full of toliet paper and paper towels... the important things :D
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Thanks everyone for your advice. It seems to me it was a good job to ask early as it all takes along time to do (one of the many things i don't have - time).
I'll start hatching my plans. If anyone else has anyother suggestions they'd be welcome like all the others that have been mentioned. Thanks again. |
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