Wedding gift for couple on the move

[Prana]

Hello all! I posted this here to get a bit more traffic, because I need to enlist your help!

I need to find a good wedding gift for a good friend of mine and his FI. They are getting married in August, and hope to move to Colombia shortly after their wedding.

I don''t want to give cash or gift certificates, I would like to give them something special but easy to be packed/convenient. I''d really like to get them something artsy/handmade, possibly something made in Colombia.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[lilyfoot]

hmm maybe something from tenthousandvillages. com?

 

[Prana]

thanks Lilyfoot! I''m going to go check out the site right now!

 

[lucyandroger]

Feel free to ignore this but...if they plan to move to Colombia shortly after the wedding, I would not get them a gift that they can easily get once they''re in Colombia (and probably for much cheaper). Perhaps you could get them something that will remind them of home/their current location or would be difficult for them to buy for themselves once they are in Colombia.

 

[Prana]

Thanks Lucyandroger. I thought of that, it does seem sort of a stupid idea. They don''t have definitive plans as of yet as to whether or not they will be moving there or when.

Cash seems like it would be the easiest way to go, but it''s sort of like a dud gift because he is a really close friend, and I''d like to get them something that they will have forever.

 

[iheartscience]

Hmmm...I totally appreciate the thought but if they''re moving I bet they would really prefer cash or checks. But if you want to get them something sentimental I would make it small. Maybe a small vase or something like that?

 

[lizzyann]

At my friends wedding shower I brought an 8x11 frame with a white matting. I had everyone sign a special note to them on the matting. Then when she gets her wedding pics back she can put one of her and her hubby in it! She really loved the idea and sentimentality behind it.

 

[iheartscience]

I forgot to ask-are they registered anywhere?

 

[katamari]

I would also not get them something from Columbia. If you want to go that route, you could get them a gift certificate for a nice restaurant in Columbia, or arrange for them to have a tour of the city they will be living in with a local agency. What about a gift card to an airline or travel agency? If they are not from Columbia, they probably want to visit friends and family as often as possible and cost is always the barrier to travel. Any tangible item regardless the sentiment behind it will, in all seriousness, only make their move more difficult and more expensive. As someone who is just moving cross-country soon, I am so very glad we didn''t get much "stuff" for our wedding.

 

[Prana]

thanks for all of your suggestions everyone!

Katamari- My original plan was to do this, maybe this would be the best route to take.


And for anyone wondering, this is not a permanent move, they are registered and will have all of the makings of a ''house'' for when they move back.

I''ve got some thinking to do!