Silver Engravable Ring, Wedding Present for Groom
Help!! I need ideas for wedding present for my groom - something
around $2-300 budget. So far I've thought of a pocket watch
(feels like a retirement gift - congratulations on your retirement
from singlehood :)! ), a print of lyrics from a pretty love song
(he didn't like the song - oh well), and cuff links (he loses
them, so maybe not). Something he can look at in 20 years and say
"Denisen gave me this as a wedding present." This may be an
impossible quest - I'm starting to lose hope. Any suggestions?
My fiance suggests a recliner. I don't know if that would be
feasible...but he thinks it is "manly". Oops, he says it is a tipical
manly thing. Oh well. Good luck...
Oh, btw, are you going to get the inside of his ring engraved? I have
always thought this was neat. It is something he can look at for years
to come and remember your special day.
Is there any possibility of asking someone who lives near
the location you're travelling to (for the wedding, I mean)
could purchase your groom's gift for you so you can give it
to him immediately prior to/after the wedding? That way,
you won't need to worry about the trip out (to Wisconsin,
wasn't it) and that would also take care of you not having
to give it to him too early nor too late.
We just got married a few weeks ago and I gave my husband two things.
The first, a family tradition, was an 8"X10" framed formal portrait of me
in my wedding gown. Since I didn't want him to see me in my gown until
the ceremony, I gave him this gift after the ceremony. But the other
thing I got him was my favorite and his. I went to a store call Things
Remembered (I don't know if it is a national chain or not, but
essentially it is a gift-type store geared toward things that are
engravable) and got him a beautiful small wooden box that was covered
with felt on the inside and had a silver engraving plaque on the lid. I
engraved "My love and honor forever, March 23, 1996" on the lid (that's
engraved in his wedding ring, as well as in my parents' wedding rings).
Inside, I placed a small love note on nice stationary telling him how
much I loved him and how happy I was about marrying him. I had the box
and the enclosed note delivered to him just before the ceremony began.
It turned out to be a huge hit, and now he has something in which to keep
all the love notes I have given him and will continue to give him, which
he saves.