Wedding presents for Newlyweds who have been together numeros years!

Sambucus_Nigra

VK-2008 wrote: »

I don't like gifting over money or gift cards
I did ask them but I got no response as to what they want
Probably be happy with just a card but wanted to get a minding

Notanewuser what's wrong with nappy cakes?
As for towel cakes it was one of my fave gifts the way it was presented I had never seen it before and white towels are used all time in my house

Sillybilly2001 is that offer in all argos stores or online I never knew they were doing thst

If someone bought us a towel/nappy cake, we'd seriously be reconsidering our friendship with them. Unless it was a cynical gift but I am struggling how it could ever be that cynical.

notanewuser

VK-2008 wrote: »

Notanewuser what's wrong with nappy cakes?
As for towel cakes it was one of my fave gifts the way it was presented I had never seen it before and white towels are used all time in my house

What's wrong with nappy cakes.......... where to start. I was bought one by a relative when DD was born. The best thing about it was the way it looked (which was naff).

Would you normally buy a new baby a massive box of nappies in a massive size? No? Then don't buy a nappy cake!

floss2

When we married, we had lived together for several years, and each had our own home before then. We had everything we needed, and 2 of most things.

Our best wedding gifts were the Debenhams, John Lewis and Thomas Cook vouchers our guests kindly gave us. They allowed us to buy special items and a fabulous honeymoon.

OP maybe you should either ask what they would like, or accept that gift vouchers are the most useful option, to allow them to choose things they need or would like in their home. Taste is a very personal thing!

Sambucus_Nigra

Now, a cake in the shape of a nappy cake; would be cynical and tasty. And acceptable. As long as there was a lemon layer and a chocolate layer. :eek:

Luella-14_2

Conversely my sister loved the nappy cake she received on the birth of her daughter last year. All were in newborn size and with the muslin cloths and clothes included it saved her trips to the shops.

However, I agree the same with towels would not be appreciated by me. The cinema / meal voucher thing is a lovely idea, a treat ready for when they want it.
Gift is also a verb.

menollyke

I made a nappy cake for a friend and she absolutely loved it. Mind you we only used the things we knew we used ourselves. (size 2 nappies, muslin cloths, teething toys, a small baby bath towel etc in the middle was a bottle of champagne) They still talk about it and have asked me to make one for their friends when the baby is born. And because I made it myself it wasn't expensive. I must say I would never buy them because they are way to expensive for what they are, but the idea is really good.

The best gift we got for our wedding was a name a star gift. A lovely card with it that he wanted to gift us something that lasted forever just like we would last forever. We have the certificate on the wall of the study and I have a look at it when walking past. It bring back a lot of nice memories.

I am gonna follow this, as some friends of us get married later this year and I don't like giving them money. They have asked for it, but I rather give them a gift. Even though we asked for money for our wedding it were the presents that were really thoughtfull.

oscarward

My wife's cousin got married a few years ago. They had lived together for a number of years and had pretty good jobs in the isle of man, so didn't need anything really.

So vouchers were no use as there is only an M&S there and they had most things anyway.

They set up a wedding list type thing with a travel agent where they had chosen an Australia package as their honeymoon and everyone could chip in with what they felt appropriate. They got notified when someone contributed so they could send thank you cards. Not sure the if the contributions covered everything but understand total cost of trip was 5k

They had the trip of a lifetime spending 3 weeks doing all the touristy bits going all over the continent.

Saint_Chris

we explained to people that we had everything that we needed, as we had lived together.

but we had booked a honeymoon on a cruise and would love some extra spending money.
I'd say 90% of our guests gave us money, and we used it towards our cruise.

thunderbird

I am another who things that towels disguised as a cake is weird! and how disappointing...

Unless they have asked for towels on a wedding list then I wouldn't buy any. If they are close enough friends that you know what they would like then get an actual item otherwise just get a gift card - personally I would love a John Lewis one!

mumonashoestring

We married after living together for 6 years - vouchers were useful as there are always things wearing out and needing replacing, but the only thing we put on our 'list' was donations to our favourite charity. Mostly we just wanted people to come along and have a great time.