But rather, let's talk about wedding party/family gifts. Note: I am a terrible blogger when it comes to this post as the only pictures that I have are from the bridesmaids' gifts. Sorry.
For our parents, we wanted to do something sentimental and also something that they could use.
1. For my mom/step-dad, we gave them tickets to the local Discovery Center (they've been wanting to go together) and also a plate that I wrote on with Sharpie and baked in the oven. A picture would be great here, but it said:
"For all you've done,
For all you've been.
For all you are,
Thank you"
It also had some parenting words written on the edges like love, guidance, caring, etc. and then had
our names and the wedding date at the bottom. My parents have several plates on display in their house similar to this. When my brother and I were both born, they ordered some with our birth information on it and they also received one as a wedding gift when they got married.
2. For my dad/step-mom, we got them an Omaha Steaks gift certificate and a picture frame. The frame had three 4x6 openings so I put a picture of my dad and I when I was little in the first one, a poem about Dads in the second one and drew a picture of stick people in the third one saying, "Lindsy-Dad wedding picture goes here." My parents divorced when I was three, so I imagine that Dad doesn't have a whole lot of pictures of me from when I was little. He really seemed to like it and mentioned how long it had been since he had even seen that picture.
3. For Adam's mom, we also made a plate for her and then got her a gift certificiate for a massage. We struggled with what to get her, but it seemed to go over well.
4. For Adam's Dad, we also had a rough time. Adam's dad doesn't have the greatest living situation, so chances are, to get him something nice, he either doesn't have a place to put it or it will get lost and broken. There is one wall where he hangs all of his pictures and things so we wanted to give him something that could be put up there. We went to hobby lobby and bought a wood slab. We then found a Dad poem that was more fitting for a son and wrote it on there/decorated it with a fine-tipped sharpie. We bought some mounting hardware and slapped that on the back. We also got him a book because he loves to read (Game of Thrones, of course!).
For the groomsmen and ushers
Adam and I went to Wal-mart and bought large beer mugs. Adam tried to engrave the mugs with etching cream, but he's not as OCD as me and didn't want to take the time to do them like I did for the Will you be my bridesmaid gifts. He did etch their first initial into the bottom of the glass free-hand. We then went to the liquor store and bought a variety of mini bottles of alcohol and then filled the mugs with tissue paper and liquor.
For my 17-year-old brother, however, we got him a bottle of sweet tea and attached three $10 Chipotle gift cards to it. He wasn't disappointed.
And for the bridesmaids (finally, pictures!)
I bought 5 tote bags off Amazon for about $5 each (with shipping). I wanted to make them a goody bag with some different supplies for the wedding.
I bought some iron-on transfer paper and made a design that I wanted to add to the front. I decided to use their first initial and use a variety of shades of blue so that each girl had a slightly different color.
I did have to reverse the image so that it would iron on correctly!
I followed the instructions on the iron-on paper (melting the tote bag a little!), and we sucessfully had 4 bridesmaids tote bags:
I filled their bags with flip-flops from David's Bridal that matched their dresses, a make-up bag with deodorant, lotion and chapstick, their bracelets and necklaces that I made them for the wedding day, some granola bars and chocolate to help cure their hunger for the day and a couple mini-bottles of alcohol as well (just in case!). I also told the girls that I would pay for their hair updo's or or any other salon service of equal price (since only two bridesmaids did get their hair done) as the rest of my gift to them.
So there are our gifts! I am so glad that we only had 4 bridesmaids/groomsmen because they can certainly add up! Having a few extra sets of parents didn't help either, but by making some of the gifts ourselves, it made them more personal but also helped us save some money!
What did you do for wedding party gifts? Any cool ideas for me to regret missing out on?
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