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@hokie bee: I dont think we are exchanging gifts.
We also have a new house together and are getting ready to have our carpets replaced so the money for that would be great.
Maybe you could just exchange cards with sweet personal messages instead. That way you'll still have the ritual of exchanging something, but you'll only have spent a few dollars on the cards.
We didn't exchange gifts... and, while I think it would have been sweet (I love wedding photos where each person is opening their surprise), I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything the day of the wedding. Exchanging presents didn't even cross my mind.
There is SO MUCH going on that day - not to mention it took some stress off figuring out a perfect gift for each other during the planning process.
However, now that I think about it - I DO wish DH and I did 'something' (like exchange cards, etc) - on the other hand, considering I was running around like a chicken with her head cut off that last week, I'm glad I didn't have the added pressure to figure something out.
I figure, we have the REST of our lives to surprise each other with awesome gifts!
I like the idea of exchanging a letter or card if you both would rather save the money. Then it's much more personal.
I'm all for the exchanging of letters but I don't think we'll exchange gifts. I just don't find it necessary.
We exchanged cards while getting ready. The best man delivered a card to my hotel suite from DH and it almost made me cry (but I held back the tears since I had JUST gotten my hair/makeup done)! Our gifts to each other are just that... each other! :)
I love the idea of exchanging letter the day of, I think that is really sweet.
We are exchanging gift, I did get FH a nice Movado watch for our wedding, I have it on lay away at our Jewelers. FH is a metal worker so he is making something for me, I love his jewelry and it is so personal.
we are exchanging these cards (with handwritten notes to each other inside, of course). no gifts.
@hokie bee: We're exchanging gifts. Maybe get him a piece of furniture that he wants. Take a picture of it and put it in a card for him.
i battled with this - i am writting him a note - message in a bottle type thing - i found these really cute bottles with corks at michaels.
We both originally planned NOT to get each other anything but i just cant do it. i plan on getting him something small even if it cufflinks
we have wedding on the 12th - valentines day the 14th and his birthday the 17th (while we are on our honeymoon!) FI loooves coca cola - he pretty much just drinks coke and water so i bought him 2 glass coca cola mugs and filled them with his favorite candies for vday - for his birthday i got him flying lessons (he wants to get his pilots license) but im at a loss for a wedding gift!
I am looking forward to doing something sweet. Maybe fun gag gifts like my fiance loves mcdonalds or dunkin donuts so either something fun like that with a cute note and he doesnt something nice for me in exchange. I just think telling each other you cant wait to spend the rest of your lives together during the craziness of that day is something nice to escape for a moment.
FI asked me if it was ok that we do not exchange gifts, he says our wedding rings are his gift, and i agree that this is more than enough. However i will give him one or two little gifts, not expensive though. Just some cute little DIY things, a card and a fun t-shirt. I also bought black flipflops yesterday, they were on sale for 10 cents! I will embelish them with his initials or something similar and he can wear while getting ready.
I don't think that gifts are necessary, but i love giving gifts, seeing the joy in other people's eyes and surprising them, so that's why i'm doing it.
Nope. We spent enough money on the day of the wedding as it was! Exchanging cards is nice, though.
I love the idea of exchanging a card or letter. I know DF will ask if he can just buy one. He will claim he has “writers block” but I know it will be "sappy romance block".
We exchanged gifts and I am really glad we did, it was a fun part of the day seeing what he picked out for me and he looooved the gift I gave him which made me so happy. I gave him something that he can use for many years to come (a very good camera) and he gave me something we will have in our house forever. I would say at the very least do cards.
just talk to each other before hand so that you both have the same expectations. cards are a great idea. you can go after the honeymoon and pick out a great piece of furniture together as your wedding present to each other.
We exchanged gifts and I'm glad we did. We just agreed we wouldn't spend tons of money, because we didn't have tons to spend! I bought him some customized Keds. They had a wraparound picture of us on them (which sounds really weird but I promise they weren't tacky) and our wedding date on the back. He got me tickets to a show I had really wanted to see. Which was great, because it ended up as part of an impromptu "mini-moon" we had the weekend after our wedding!
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Hi bees!
I am having a very traditional wedding, doing all the typical things. I have always just assumed that my future husband and I would exchange "wedding gifts" the day of, as we're getting ready. Now that we have found a place to live and are thinking about all the furniture we will have to buy I feel like I would rather just put our money towards something we need like a computer.
Did you exchange gifts? Looking back, do you think you would rather put the money towards something else? Thanks!