Wedding gift ideas

[El1en]

Hi all, can any one suggest any nice but not too expensive wedding gifts?

Bit of background, my oh and I have been invited to an evening reception (evening only) which is an hour away. These are friends of ours but not super close friends.

I am not attending as I have another do on. Generally if I go to a wedding all day I give cash of £100 however I know if I left it to my oh he'd go to this reception empty handed and wouldn't be bothered. Money is a little tight right now and with two more wedding this summer of very close friends and family where we are going all day I need to save money for those occasions

So while I would like to send oh with a gift Instead of cash I'm a bit stuck

Any thoughtful ideas?

 

[Sparklegirl]

Its my second wedding anniversary on Tuesday and since its 'cotton' I bought my husband a pair of pillow cases with Mr T on his and Mrs T on mine and the date with a short message embroidered on. Its something which is thoughtful, costs about £20 and practical so for me its a win-win. Would they like something like that? I love going on ebay and getting gifts personalized there, so many options

 

[El1en]

Thanks for that I'll have a little look on eBay and see what there is

 

[Sparklegirl]

Hope you find something good, I am all for sentimental things. My chief bridesmaid got us a wooden gift with our date of wedding on and 3 hearts on one with my husbands name, one for my name and one to say it was from her, it was lovely

 

[FirstLiner]

For a wedding gift, I always prefer to purchase a gift certificate from a department stores ( they are free to choose and consume the amount of the gift cheque) or a hotel voucher that the newly wed can use for their holiday destinations or even on their honeymoon.

 

[Sugarpop]

eBay have loads of lovely personalised items! I LOVE those and know I really like our personalised items from our wedding day

 

[Keyza]

The best gift for wedding is Wedding Caricature! It's funny and unforgettable. Portrait of the couple will be forever on their wall) By the way I was looking for such a website where I can order such a cartoon online and that what I found: Photolamus. I'll order cartoon of my friends here soon.

 

[lilacdoll]

Try the suggestions here.

http://www.realsimple.com/weddings/registry-gifts/great-wedding-gift-ideas/

The lego one's really cute though not really useful.