Wedding parents gifts

[nickymanley]

I am getting married in September and really want to buy nice (sentimental) gifts for my parents to say thank you for all their help, but I haven't got a clue what to get. I can't get the Mum's flowers because my Mother in law is going on holiday the next day so there is not much point (plus you can't keep flowers!) and I don't have a clue what to get my Dad. Any ideas? What did other people buy their parents?

[cassimer]

Theatre tickets are always good...

[mellymoo25]

I got mine an engraved photo frame thanking them for all their help and support. I put a poem in it to give them on the day and now they can put a wedding picture in it.

[nickymanley]

Thanks! Thought about theatre tickets Cassimer but I am sending them to the theatre for their 30th wedding anniversary in June! Plus I'm not sure if it fits into the sentimental - something they can keep category!

[ratbag66]

As thank you presents after our wedding last october we bought our mums silver/glass trinket boxes and our dads bottles of port.

[helpme!]

As thank you presents for our parents we are going to ask our photographer to make up an album.  The albums are reasonably priced and this way your parents will also have their own professional album of photos of their son/daughters special day.  The front the albums are titled 'our daughters wedding', or 'our sons wedding'. 

[lilyfrog]

My mums 60th birthday was also my wedding day. I bought her a beautiful Charles Rennie Macintosh brooch that she could wear on the day and a silver photo frame for her to put a photo of myself and my husband in.
I also had a similar problem with the flowers in that my mum wouldn't actually get home to her house till two days after the wedding on a plane journey.
I sent her flowers the day after she got home that matched my bouquet, and that bought a tear to her eyes.
I also bought a glass engraved perfume bottle for my cousin who sang dufing the ceremony

[Solarjunkie]

What about a rose bush? I'm sure there'll be one with an appropriate name which can be a reminder for years to come.

[The Tiggster]

We could not give fresh flowers as thank you gifts as father & father-in-law are both allergic to pollen. We ended up getting everlasting silk & dried flowers made up in a display which will last for years. They don't have to be old fashioned, we got nice contemporary displays made up.

Both sets of parents were delighted.

[crisgal]

I had dried flowers at my wedding, and they can dry almost any flower these days. Anyway, for our mums I had arrangements made up to match the flowers THEY had on their wedding days.

I took photos in to the florists and she copied them as best she could. They were delighted.

As for the brooch idea - jewellery is always acceptable and you could get a special silver letter opener engraved for the dads - that way they'll think of you every day!

Or what about one of those frames that fits more than one photo in? You could put lots of phoots of you and them together through your childhood years.

[crisgal]

OOPS! I don't know what a phoot is - but it sounds a bit smelly!

Anyway, obviously I meant photos!

[yashdahiya]

You can gift them personalised mug pair or personalised cushion with photo. I think personalised gifts are the best gifts for anyone.