Presents for Parents?

If your paying for the whole thing then I don't think you need to get them a gift. If they are making a big contribution then I would get them something like a gift card to their favorite restaurant or a photo frame and have a note saying you will put a professional pic in it once you get your photos back.

I'm giving them a grandchild after the wedding...

Ha! Brilliant Yardiegirl!

Depends on what their "input" is to the wedding. If you're paying for everything- they something small would work, just as a keep sake. Like a monogrammed "father/mother of the bride" hankie or a cool pair of cuff-links and personalized frame or something. But if they're making a large contribution then a gft cert to a spa day, fancy restaurant, or weekend at a hotel or something might be a nice gesture.

My folks are each contributing a lot- in their own way but my FH & I are still paying for the bulk of it. I'm going to wait till after the wedding & give them each something special as a thanks. Not sure what though. But we'll see where I'm at financially after the wedding. lol.

My dad just got married in Feb- I was thinking of ordering him one of those really nice coffee-table wedding ablums of his wedding as a thank you for helping out w/mine.

We're planning to get them a photo album after the wedding. -- My parents are paying for the photographer (but not pictures) after all

I love the photo album idea!

I figure our parents gave birth to us and raised us so that's contribution enough to the wedding that they deserved a gift no matter what.

I gave my dad a photo frame/clock from Things Remembered with a picture of us when I was a baby, engraved with "No matter how much time passes, I'll always be your little girl." He cried.

I gave my mom a Vera Bradley bag.

H gave his dad a bottle of nice cognac.

Then we gave each other's parents a handkerchief that said, "Thank you for raising your son/daughter to be the man/woman of my dreams" with our name and wedding date. My dad cried again.

We are getting our parents a night at a local bed and breakfast. (Note: My parents are paying for 2/3 of the wedding and we are paying the additional 1/3. And we declined FH's parents offer [it came with strings-FMIL would expect a say in the planning]). We just wanted to say "Thank you" for raising us right.

I am not sure if the parental gifts are "traditional" per se, but I had heard of them prior to planning our wedding.

Love those Kris We purchased my mom's shoes and jewelry similiar to the bridemaids. For fmil we got her a nice bracelet and earrings. We got the dads a nice mug, a t-shirt, gun log book and a knife all the the National Rifel Assoc-NRA)-FH is an avid gun collector and the dads will appreciate it... I wish we got them something a little more heartfelt... but I think we did pretty good

We are doing gifts just as a thank you for being great parents. I got the mom's these necklaces:

http://www.kay.com/product1|10101|10001|-1|503726200|22137|22137.22142.22144

And FH's dad is getting a new waterproof watch which is an inside joke because he broke his the last time he visited by tipping over in a canoe We will pair these with nice thank you letters so they will know how much we appreciate them.

Our parents are playing big roles in our wedding so were definitely doing gifts, My parents collect antiques so were looking for jewelry for my mom and an old sign or set of scales for my dad. No idea what to get FH parents...

FH and I were just discussing this. We are paying for the majority of the wedding ourselves. My parents have given us about 15%. His parents are not contributing to the wedding but they threw us a wonderful engagement party and they'll be hosting the rehearsal dinner as well. Regardless of any contribution, we thought it would be nice to have albums made for them after the wedding. We'll either do that or get them a framed picture.

We are paying for our own wedding, but we r still getting our parents gifts to say thank you for raising us and always being there

I like Yardiegirl's idea! haha

We are doing an album for our parents as their gift.

Each set of parents are also getting an album. I was thinking about doing the hankies for the parents too.

My parents are paying for most of the wedding, so my parents would be upset if we spent a lot of money on them. They would be happy if I just got a better job.

We are keeping it simple - both mothers are getting an embroidered hanky that says Thanks for raising the Man/Woman of my dreams.

My dad is getting a pair of cufflinks, FH's dad passed 15 years ago

And then both sets of parents will get photo albums afterwards

I wanted to give them this plate, but now I think I like the idea of jewelry a little better.

Although this plate is customized, I just think the jewelry is always appreciated! =)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/99728489/parent-wedding-gift-thank-you-platter

So are most of you giving the gifts AFTER the big day?

We are doing these frames! I've worked with this company before and they were great but they personalize the frame with your name/wedding date and everything! Plus they have background options to match our parents' homes! Can't wait to give them to our parents with our wedding pics in them!!! They're called memoryscapes.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MemoryScapes?ref=shop_sugg

His parents are paying for the rehearsal dinner for 30 people and also gave us a small chunk and my parents threw the shower and gave us a small chunk. We got them some personalized frames which we will present at the rehearsal but we are strapped due to the large amount of money we are paying for the wedding ourselves. We will add photos after the wedding.