mother of the bride/groom

[gordy_b]

what do you buy the above for a thank you present? Any suggestions welcome?

[meltoadhall]

last year my brother got married and to both mothers they gave a huge bouquet of flowers which were presented at the reception when the bridesmaids got their pressies.. the mothers were highly delighted with them.in fact one cried - i suspect it was relief tho :)

[beejaybee]

when my so got married, the brides mother was given a "make over" & pampering on the day paid for by the couple. As I don`t wear make up, I chose a small locket as my gift.

[Sausagegirl]

This was before the days when anyone i knew had a digital camera, so it would probably be easier now......

At my wedding, I had a friend go mental with a camera, taking lots oand lots of pix of me and my new hubby.

A couple of weeks before the big day I went into my local boots to ask if they could do processing for me in 20-30 mins. They agreed, so on the way to the reception, my friend took the film into Boots, then dashed back to the hotel, gave me the prints and my hubby and I chose two really lovel pix and put them in silver frames we'd bought for the occassion, then one of the hotel staff kindly agreed to wrap them up while we were eating sop that when we did the presentations of gifts to best man, bridesmaods etc, our mothers were given these photos. They were absolutely astounded that we'd had time to do it, and were really delighted because they had an instant memory of our special day.

As i said, this would be a lot easier to arrange these days because with the advent of digital cameras, you can print pix off really quickly at the Kodak machines that boots have nowadays.

[textmum]

My daughter and son in law presented us with 4 dinner plates, side plates, bowls and mugs, before the wedding. They also gave bridesmaids and ushers gifts before, so that there didnt have to be a public giving of pressies, just a public thank you. For the grooms parents they apparently gave them a thank you card as they hadnt been invovled at all!

[beejaybee]

Hi Textmum. I was unable to do anything re helping with my son`s wedding as I`d had a major op 6weeks before. However, I was not left out at all & apart from feeling as if I was involved by having a running commentry, I also was given a "Thank you gift".