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| Presents with Presence |
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| Truly successful wedding gift is one that endures. It is something a bride will use after one year of marriage and after fifty. Something she will remember as the decades go by. Something she would want to pass on to her children. Something personal, or personalized. Or something that in its daily or in its very presentation – stainless tableware from a grandparent who bought all the place settings in one grand gesture – will come to have great emotional value over time. |
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Planning may be everything but the surprise gift is the one that truly touches the bride and the groom.
An array of superb gardening tools and books is a perfect gift for the cultivated couple.A pile of fine towels is a wonderful present. When monogrammed, the gift becomes truly personal. Most brides are happy to receive the essentials. Generally, plates, bowls and pans should be selected from a bride’s registry. |
An unusual and memorable gift is one the bride and groom wouldn’t buy for themselves, such as antique glasses and decanters.
Personalized gifts are the most treasured. A fine bottle of wine – scheduled to arrive on the couple’s day-of-the-month wedding anniversary for a year, along with two silver goblets – literally a gift that keeps on going. |
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| E-mail simply wont suffice. Nor will a phone call. The thank-you note – four or five lines handwritten on informal stationery – is still a mainstay of wedding etiquette. |
| Gifts are traditionally sent to the bride, grooms are now sending some of the thank-yous. Often, brides and grooms each have their own stationery printed for thank-you notes or have paper engraved with a joint monogram. No matter who is doing the writing, it is important to keep the voices straight, and it is not appropriate for one person to sign the other’s name. |
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