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Special touches! > Thank You Gifts: when to present them?

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- CommentAuthor**MrsFarrelly2B**
Hi ladies
I am wondering when to present gifts to the wedding party ? We have table favours for guests, but have personalised wine bottle stops for the bridal party and the witnesses.....how do we present these? I am reluctant to put on table as other guests may feel "oh where's mine?" .... but we need to make it special and there isn't a lot of time on the day!
I have bridesmaids gift bags for the morning so that's ok....but what about his parents and groomsmen - they'll be at church so we won't see them til ceremony.
What are you guys getting for the parents? Are you presenting at speeches ?
Thanks - Any ideas/advice welcome

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- CommentAuthorTeresa
I'm still not sure what to get, I've bought my bridesmaids necklaces, might get groomsmen cuff links,still not sure what to get. Mum and mil though?

I'll be presenting the bridesmaids and mum& mil at the speeches and if we get the groomsmen cuff links they can have those in the morning as they will be able to use those for the day xx
- CommentAuthorVelcro
we're not presenting them as such, we are just leaving them at their place settings for the parents/flower girls, my bms will get theirs the morning of the wedding as will the groomsmen.

i think it saves the speeches dragging out plus there is a certain person I don't want to acknowledge in the 'thank you' sense as they have been nothing but a nightmare, and of course you can't thank one without the other, so it is easier all round just to leave their gifts at their place settings

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- CommentAuthorFlossie
We will be giving out our pressies during the speeches xx

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- CommentAuthorbeximo86
Cufflinks for the guys (not officially groomsmen but very good friends of H2B) are being presented the night before the big day as he is having them round for a few beers.

my BMs have jewellery which they will be getting the morning of the wedding so that they can wear it on the day and everything else will be presented during the speeches.

BMs have a personalised bottle of wine, our flower girl is going to get a keepsake of some sort, we're getting mum and fMiL flowers, and FoG and Best Man are getting whisky presented in a personalised wooden box with some cigars. I'm stuck on a gift for my step-dad who will be walking me down the aisle as he doesn't really 'do' presents or grand gestures (and is really picky haha) x

- CommentAuthor*KelBel*
My h2b is presenting them as part of his speech, kind of lengthens the thank yous on his part without him feeling awkward in front of the guests, as not everyone enjoys being centre of attention during speeches x

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- CommentAuthorElinor Claire
Normally gifts are presented during the groom's speech. We'll be doing that, and H2B's nephew, who is an usher, will be given the job of presenting them to people where they sit.

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- CommentAuthorAmyK
  
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We gave our gifts the week before, for the mothers and bridesmaids jewellery so they could have them in advance to wear on the day.
For the dads and brothers we gave engraved glassware, so not wanting them to be damaged/left behind on the day, we gave those gifts to them in advance too.
The best men's gifts were their suits, so they had them weeks in advance.
Doing it in advance was one less thing to worry about - there's enough stuff to carry home on the day without gifts, we felt