Gift to parents of bride and groom

We gave our parents wedding albums a couple months later when we got our pictures. But I’ve seen people give parent gifts at the rehearsal dinner as well.

We are planning on doing parent albums for both of our parents. They probably won’t be in for 2 months after the wedding though.

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Oh nice! I didn't even think of that. How did you make the album? You bought your own album and got photos printed to add into it?

View Quoted Comment There are quite a few online companies where you can make an album. You upload your pictures and they make it. We used Artifact Uprising but I know a lot of people have also used Shutterfly.

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Cool! Thank you, that's really helpful

We're getting our parents each a gift certificate for a nice steakhouse. We'll give them those at the rehearsal dinner when we give our party their gifts.

Then after the wedding and we get photos back we'll do albums for each set of parents.

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Nice! That's a great idea too! Thank you

I got my step mom some jewelry I know she’ll love and my dad a special bottle of Jack Daniels he loves

still trying to decide on mom and step dad

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i feel like its fine to give them album after but that should not count as their gift like the jewelry we’re giving bridal party won’t be their gifts even though it’s nice diamond jewelry

We are giving gifts to our parents the day of the wedding, at the hotel. One gift from both of us, and letters from each of us. Right now, we bought my FMIL a handkerchief that says "only happy tears". But we are also paying for her dress (she can't afford it) so that's her only gift. I'm buying a personalized frame for my mother, I'm not sure about other parents.

I am giving my own parents something sentimental as a gift and FH can give his parents a gift as well. I understand his parents will now be mine, but they didn't raise me so I have things in mind that will be very special to my mom and dad. We are also doing photo albums gifted to both sides after the wedding from the both of us.

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and do you do a gift each or a couples gift for each pair?

View Quoted Comment I agree with you. I will give my mom, who is a single parent, something sentimental. My FHs parents, while they are married, they do not get along and are technically separated yet sleep in the same bed haha. Yeah weird. But I will not give them a couples gift for that reason.

View Quoted Comment My mom is a single parent, so I will probably be giving her something sentimental. My FHs parents do not get along. They are techically separated I think but still sleep in the same bed. Haha it’s weird. So I will probably not be giving them a couples gift. I will probably give his mom something from me, and maybe for his dad, it will be from both myself and FH. I do like the photo album idea, and we will probably gift both our parents that too later on.
However, if the parents get along, are in love, and enjoy each other’s company, I would probably do a couple gifts like a nice dinner or getaway like people have mentioned. But that’s not the case for me lol.