Mother & Father gifts

We're making all of the parents and FHs grandma photo books once our professional pictures come back.

View Quoted Comment That's a cute idea!!

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Thank you. The moms are the types who need pictures of everything and grandma may not be able to make it so we want to send her something as well.

I got my dad and his wife this. They payed for a lot for the wedding. Fiancé is getting jus mom a water bottle and his dad a beer stein.

View Quoted Comment So nice! I was thinking of doing a craft beer subscription for my dad because he is helping a lot with the wedding as well!

View Quoted Comment We may do that for Christmas.

We just both both sets of parents a generous gift card to a nice steakhouse. No trinkets or anything.

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We're skipping Christmas this year lol. These may be Happy New Years gifts instead.

We made our parents photobooks of our engagement photos for like $13 from Walmart and our parents LOVE them. But those were a "just because" kind of thing. I'm getting my dad a hanky that says "Keep your s*** together" with my name/wedding date but that's only because it's who we are as a father/daughter. I'm going to do picture frames for my future in laws.

View Quoted Comment Adorable!! Lol

View Quoted Comment Was also thinking gift card as an option too!!

I've seen cufflinks, beer stuff, handkerchief, as standard dad presents. Unusual dad presents are personalized axes I saw and loved.
Jewelery is common for mum's, also handkerchief, I've seen compact mirrors too.
Unusual mom gifts are more like purses or photobooks.
I was thinking of personalized fleece sweaters for all of them. Mums run cold, dad's go through the airport a lot so a good light fleece is super useful

View Quoted Comment Ahh interesting ideas!! Thank you!!

Cufflink is a good idea. I did that for my brother.
We got our dad's each a limited edition bottle of their favorite alcoh

Alcohol* woops idea didn't finish
Our moms like jewelry so we got them necklaces

I was actually just talking to my FH about this! Do they get it day or wedding or before or after? I was thinking these for my parents. I told him idk about his parents. Be doesnt like shopping for his parents (they are so difficult) his dad likes pretty much anything which makes it easier but his mom hates everything and will compare values of gifts... she doesnt have a daughter only him so shes been living vicariously through my mother and I and she gets jealous so quick. She got upset because she wanted to gift us her champagne flutes from her wedding that said mr and mrs but my mom actually bought us our own (my wedding is the only wedding my mom gets to be apart, one sister got married in the park at the drop of a hate without telling anyone and another sister just passed away and then my other 2 sisters are my dads mids from his first marriage)

***pardon my typos on the app and it wont let me edit them from my phone.

For my Dad, I’m going to give him a nice double frame. On one side will be a photo of us dancing at a wedding when I was 16. The other side will be a spot for a photo of us dancing at my wedding. I’m planning to give it to him the day of.
My mother passed away 4 years ago, but I plan to use a silver letter K (her name was Kelly) keychain she always carried as a charm on my bouquet. My stepmother has been amazingly helpful in planning and I bought her a beautiful embroidered bag and plan to pay for her hair and makeup. I may try to find something more sentimental for her.

I have been wondering about this and I think we are planning on getting them a stay at a bed and breakfast or hotel in a cute town full of wineries. A little break to celebrate their love and thank you for helping us celebrate ours on our big day.

My parents are not in my life therefore won't be at my wedding. But, My FILs are incredible so I really wanted to get them something I knew they'd like and use. They are retired so I knew cuff links and such were not an option because they'd only be worn once. Im definitely getting this printed on a canvas for them. We may get them something else as well. Im not sure what 'etiquette 'rules state on gifts for parents but in my opinion, etiquette isnt always right.