help with wedding gift

[wishiwereindisney]

i have multiple weddings coming up and they are breaking my vacation bank!! these are people that I don't know that well and I am not attending the wedding. can anyone suggest wedding gift ideas that look nice/expensive but won't break the bank!

Thanks!

 

[Bren's Mom]

What kind of budget DO you have?

Perhaps something from the registry, that you are able to find at an outlet or on sale or purchased with a coupon, or purchased elsewhere less expensively?

A nice picture frame, crock for their front porch, good bottle of wine?

 

[wishiwereindisney]

Maybe $50-75? I am particularly stuck on 2 weddings where the registries are mostly filled with only the really big ticket items left.

 

[mafibisha]

i have multiple weddings coming up and they are breaking my vacation bank!! these are people that I don't know that well and I am not attending the wedding. can anyone suggest wedding gift ideas that look nice/expensive but won't break the bank!

Thanks!

Me too!

We have two weddings we are NOT invited to but I'd like to remember the couple with something, and yet not break the bank. Its so hard!

They probably would prefer cash but thats always more than buying an actual gift.

What to do, what to do....

 

[okeydokey]

If you don't know them well and aren't going, how much of a gift do you really have to give? Maybe just a gift card to the place where they have their registry?

I don't understand inviting someone to your wedding that you don't really know?

 

[DisneyCher]

If you don't know them well and aren't going, how much of a gift do you really have to give? Maybe just a gift card to the place where they have their registry?

I don't understand inviting someone to your wedding that you don't really know?

MTE. If you are not going and don't even know them, why do you feel compelled to give a gift? I don't even know if I'd send a greeting card in that situation (not knowing them much at all).

But if you really feel you have to give a gift, I agree with the gift card for the store of their registry. Then they can decide how they want to use it.

 

[TinknBellesMom]

If I didn't know them that well and I wasn't going to the wedding, I probably would only send a card with a small ($25 or so) gift card to where ever they are registered.

More likely though, I'd just send my regrets in the RSVP card and leave it at that. Is there a particular reason why you feel you should send a gift?

 

[Gigi22]

If the bride and groom consume alcohol, a bottle of champagne--you can some good bottles in your price range--is always a nice present! That or a bottle of Rosa Regale, which seems to be popular on the Dis, might be a good alternative.

 

[java]

Tiffany's always wraps things very nicely and make a gift "look" nicer imho.
this is $75
http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...ams=s+5-p+5-c+563630-r+-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+-k+

 

[wishiwereindisney]

Thanks for the replies - it never really occurred to me that I could get away with not sending a gift. one is a woman i work with and the other is a dh's distant cousin.

 

[alexensmom]

Just came from a reception (wedding was family only at Va Beach) of DH's coworker. It was a second marriage for both of them. We are friends and I felt very comfortable taking a bottle of wine for them.

If it was my DHs distant cousin, I would send a congrats card.

 

[HM]

A nice frame to use with one of their wedding photos?

 

[MrsBanks]

How about a donation to a charity? Most don't include the amount donated on the acknowledgment card. We attended a wedding a few weeks ago - second marriage for both, they each own a business, bride is a breast cancer survivor. We donated to Susan Koman in their honor.

 

[QVCshopper]

Thanks for the replies - it never really occurred to me that I could get away with not sending a gift. one is a woman i work with and the other is a dh's distant cousin.

If you're not going, send a congrats card and leave it at that. I got married 13 years ago, but only got a few gifts from people who couldn't come, and while appreciated it certainly wasn't needed. And years later, I don't really remember anyway. We got invited to a wedding for someone I hardly know, he was my BIL's roommate. I was pregnant, it was far away... I'm not sure I even sent a card. Just my regrets and sorry we can't make it was enough.

 

[momxx5]

I agree, a small gift/inexpensive would be very appropriate.

Since most of the weddings I have known are usually monetary gifts, but I always like to include something as an actual gift/keepsake.....so what I usually do it get a brand new $50 bill or you could even do a gift card....and put it inside a picture frame......the money/gift card is sufficient and the picture frame is a memento, something as keepsake to put their wedding picture in.

 

[Pre]

I'm at that age where a lot of people around me are getting married. (26 and I'm the last single one) I've gotten away with getting a set of bath towels from bed bath and beyond. They always have nice neutral patterns on clearance, the brides have laughed and said oops I had forgotten to register for these! If you have to ship I'd imagine it would be inexpensive since they are light.

 

[TLuvsD]

Gift card to a restaurant or movie tickets for your Dh's cousin--easy to mail in card. I like the idea of a frame for your co-workers desk.

 

[daisyduck123]

Unless they are family, if I were not going to the wedding, I would not be writing a check.

 

[Belle5]

Maybe $50-75? I am particularly stuck on 2 weddings where the registries are mostly filled with only the really big ticket items left.

I had a similar situation a few years back. The items on the registry were outrageously priced! I looked at the color scheme they had chosen and went and bought something I could afford in those colors. My son recently was married and I noticed a few gifts from people where they didn't buy from the registry...but bought something with the color choices that were obvious from the registry.

 

[sunlover13]

Check out personalizationmall.com

I got my cousin a personalized wedding frame for a shower gift and it was a big hit.

The frame had their first names and then Mr. & Mrs. xyz and the wedding date.

It came in black or white.

I had the frame shipped to me and it really was beautiful and under $30.

You can have it shipped directly to them too.

I would just make sure the bride is taking her husband's name first.