Okay...so I need to buy an inexpensive, meaningful wedding gift. This is for the friend who is marrying the bad choice boyfriend. They flew off to get married, they have planned this for all of 3 weeks. CRAZY! But this is my very best friend, I have been completely left out of wedding plans, etc, so I wanted to give her something borrowed and such. Anyway, any great ideas for just a token of, I love you and accept you and if I have to will celebrate with you?

I know very little about him. She is an outdoor girl, dog lover, they have 4 kids between them, ages 15-17. They are selling both their homes and moving into a new home, but I don't think they have purchased that yet.

By Annie2 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 05:58 am:

Here's a good one that came to mind: A small mantel clock. Also print out and frame the lyrics to Jim Croce's Time In A Bottle song. Write something personal on the bottom, like their wedding date and a short message....or put the lyrics into a card.

By Reds9298 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 09:04 am:

Annie- I'm calling on you the next time I need a wedding gift. I love that one!

Sorry I don't have any good ideas!

By Kaye on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 09:14 am:

So here is my idea...LOL. First off I am a pure tradionalist, and very sentimental. In my family 2 dollar bills are for good luck, for a special occasion, a 2 dollar bill with a corner cut off then has the date written on it. On my wedding day, my grandfather gave this to my husband. My husband family has the same tradition, he got two..LOL. Anyway, we gave them out to our groomsmen in their money clips, etc. So I think I would love to have a "glass" in cased 2 dollar bill, that is then etched with their names and dates. Or maybe even acyrlic. I would love to make it myself so it looks how I want it. Really to make it more perfect, he is canadian, so I would like to put a toonie next to the bill, just for the cheese factor.

So what would yall think? If this was your gift?

Secondly, any idea how to make this myself?

Thirdly, any place I can buy a toonie? We don't find them in texas much!

By Kate on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:52 am:

Well, personally, I wouldn't like it, I'm sorry!! It may be a tradition in your family, but is it in her family? It doesn't sound like something I would display as it wouldn't fit my decor. Giving them to your groomsmen in money clips was fine, as the money clip was obviously the real gift. But this just doesn't sound like something that I, personally, would like or display.

I would do something simple like a vase or a clock, but you say your are sentimental and I am definitely NOT sentimental, so I'm not a good one to comment probably!!

By Dramamamma on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 11:04 am:

We do the $2 bill thing as well so I'd think it was nice. Even if I didnt do it, I would think it was nice because you put thought and effort into getting a gift from YOU. If she is a good friend she will know about your tradition and will think it's nice to be included in it.

How to do? I don't know let me think on it... Where to get one, no clue! lol...

By Tarable on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 11:15 am:

Okay I think that might be a TX thing because that is in my family too.. I think it sounds great. I wouldn't know how to do it either.

By Vicki on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 11:19 am:

I wouldn't have a clue with the whole 2 dollar bill thing either. Never even heard of it. If it is something you know she is familiar with and would "get" the meaning behind it and display it, then I think it is a nice idea. If she is like me with no clue, it really wouldn't mean too much to her.

By Reds9298 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 11:01 pm:

I'm very sentimental. I've never heard of the $2 bill thing, but if you gave it to me and told mea bout the tradition I would absolutely love it. I love anything with meaning. That's why I like Annie's idea so well, too. Not just a clock, but a meaningful twist on the clock, commemorating their special day and all that it signifies.

See.. I'm a sap.

By Yjja123 on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 12:10 am:

"So I think I would love to have a "glass" in cased 2 dollar bill, that is then etched with their names and dates. Or maybe even acyrlic. I would love to make it myself so it looks how I want it. Really to make it more perfect, he is canadian, so I would like to put a toonie next to the bill, just for the cheese factor"

Take two pieces of glass cut exactly the same size (can buy and have cut at Home Depot)
insert $2 and wrap with copper tape (craft stores) to seal. To etch names, buy armour etch (also at craft store) and stencils.

I do not know what a toonie is?

By Kaye on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 09:20 am:

Thanks yvonne. Where can i buy glass? I want something a bit thicker than what you would see in a picture frame. I am going to go to the craft store today.

A toonie is a Candian 2 dollar coin.

Deanna, that is the reaction I think my friend will have. If I do this I will write up a card explaining this. Her family doesn't do anything special, she always comments how much my family traditions are just so cool, so she is starting stuff with them.

She is marrying in michigan so her family can attend (and his), but this was all done so quickly (a long story) that I was unable to get my schedule free.

I am up for any other ideas. I like the clock idea, but actually she has a family heirloom clock, so it won't work. It has to be a sentimental good luck type of thing. She knows that I think she is making a huge mistake. But as a friend I have two choices once she marries, drop her or support her. So I am picking the second and want something to reflect that.

By Kay on Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 11:06 am:

I don't know if the $2 bill is a Texas thing, because I've lived here for almost 50 years and never heard of it!

I wouldn't give her anything inscribed - if you're really not thinking this is the guy for her and she realizes it later, she won't want those types of things around.