Did you give anyone gifts on your wedding day?

Yes, it is traditional. The only people you really have to give gifts to are your bridesmaids. Parents are pretty normal as well, but not a necessity unless they’re hosting. We got our bridesmaids gifts based on their interests. My best friend is a tattoo artist so she got a personalized leather bound sketchbook, my other friend loves whiskey so he got personalized whiskey glasses, etc. I got my mom a small gift for the day of, an embroidered handkerchief, and gave her a wedding album once we got photos back.

I gave everyone gifts the night before at our rehearsal dinner

View Quoted Comment That sounds like the perfect time to give it to them! That way they’re not having to hold onto to it the entire wedding day.

I'm getting married in 3 months and I am giving everyone in my wedding party a gift along with on one of my signature handmade cards! My 3 younger brothers are Ushers and my FH brother is our ring bearer and each of them get a pair of cufflinks that is something in their personality, my flower girl got a custom handkerchief for her own wedding as a something old and a robe and personalized hanger, my dad is getting a tie patch and maybe a tie bar too, my FFIL is getting a tie bar, my FMIL and my mom are getting custom handkerchiefs, robes and personalized hangers, and the sets of parents are also getting a wedding album. Our groomsmen are getting matching cufflinks, socks, and a RTIC cup full of mini liquor bottles. Bridesmaids are getting a tote bag with their initial on it full of a Bath and Body Works candle, an RTIC cup, nail polish, a robe with a personalized hanger, and a hair tie bracelet. Almost everything I got on Etsy or Amazon lol

View Quoted Comment Wow these are amazing ideas! Thank you for going into detail! This helps so much!

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No problem! Here are some pictures form Etsy of a few I mentioned:

It's traditional but not required. Many times gifts are given at the rehearsal dinner so they don't get on the wedding day.
Get something that fits their personal interests and is not wedding related.

We got our parents gifts that we're planning to give them at dinner the night before (we don't have a wedding party so it's not really a rehearsal dinner - just going out with our parents, and my future SIL and her boyfriend). We got my parents a handmade glass hummingbird feeder, and his parents a hamsa serving platter. Nothing too fancy or expensive, just that and a nice card! We're also paying for dinner.

I didn't buy his mom anything extra, but I wrote her a nice card that I'm planning to give her on our wedding day.

FH and I are doing gifts for the dads, moms, bridal party (we only have a matron of honor and best man), and ushers. We're keeping it really simple, just something fun. All the mom's are getting quirky coffee mugs, the dads and the usher (my BIL) are getting fun socks to wear wedding day, and the matron of honor and best man are getting a few small things plus we bought their shoes for the wedding day. Then FH and I got each other something small, we kept a $20 limit

We gave the following gifts on our wedding day (or around the time of):

- I gave my husband a journal that I had been journaling in our entire engagement along with a t-shirt that says "World's Okayest Husband"

- He gave me a keychain that mimics the first gift I gave him

- All parents received hand-embroidered handkerchiefs that said "Mom" or "Dad" in our handwriting (I do embroidery as a hobby) and will receive photo books later

- My girls (we didn't have a wedding party but had friends get ready with us) received a note and cartoon watercolor version of my favorite picture of us

- His guys received a Yeti Lowball and airplane bottles of alcohol

- Flower girl and ring bearer received a bunch of candy

We are only doing gifts for our wedding party and we did hand written cards for our parents. We will hand them out as they leave the rehearsal.

I did a custom label <thanks Etsy> on a good bottle of wine with a hand written note delivered the morning of wedding day to my in-laws.

So it's a tradition that occurs I guess. I was going to do it no matter tradition or not because I wanted to say thank you to them for raising such an amazing human!! So my FMIL is so sweet and she only speaks Spanish and loves to cook so I wanted to gift her a cutting board with a note written in Spanish to her. I also want to gift her a photo of all of us on the wedding day on a canvas or something nice like that because her and I just love photos!! My FFIL is a little more tricky, so I decided to get him a wallet picture of everyone at the wedding so he can show it off at work!! I was also thinking about doing a keychain saying thank you for raising my FH. I have seen many things like a handkerchief with a letter on it to jewelry with a sweet poem or dishes that have a letter in the dish. For FFILs I have seen wallets, watches with engravings, a box that has special liquor in it, a special tie, and a glass that has a lovely saying or name on it. I would shop for them like it's their birthday or Christmas that's what really helped me solidify what I wanted to get them. I hope that helps you!