What present to give a friend getting married when I'm unemployed & skint?

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I've been invited to my friends wedding & I can't go empty handed. The thing is I'm VERY VERY skint. In all honesty £10 for a gift would be about my budget. It's a small registry office do with dinner after & party back at her house in the evening. It's the evening bit I'm invited to. Has anyone got any really brilliant but cheap present ideas?

Photo frame covers most things.

Friends gave us a tree in a pot which they had decorated with our names and the date of the wedding. I thought it was a lovely present.

I think a photo frame would be a lovely present x

Sounds an extremely casual wedding and small too if you've been invited your special to her and she knows your situation a bottle of prosecco and a card perhaps but im sure she would rather you use the money on essentials instead

Get a personalised label printed and a nice bottle of wine ( you can soak off old label and add yours). Lovely and thoughtful too.

You can get photo books on line for free , not sure of app , how about making a fun one after the day of people there with their comments about how fab the couple are? Silly shots ? Or a days labour? Gardening ? I’m sure others will come on with fab ideas but I’m sure they just want your company. Enjoy the celebration 🥳 and congratulations to happy couple x

A bottle of Prosecco covers most occasions?

A fun voucher is quite a good idea, ‘ a couple of hours ironing/cleaning’, something like that? Or a voucher for a home cooked meal?

I’d go with a bottle of Prosecco & a lovely card - who needs a million photo frames?

One of my favourite gifts was a handwritten letter from a very dear friend, with a poem she had copied out.

It was tied with a ribbon, and to have something so personal to keep and re-read made me very emotional! I love it.

Can you contribute in a different way to their celebrations? I was super skint for one friends wedding but they mentioned they weren't having a honeymoon as they'd nobody to look after the (nervous, rescue, not suited to kennels) dog, the dog knows me very well and is comfortable with me and I knew his quirks and how to calm him so I offered to housesit/watch the dog and that allowed them to get a honeymoon.

They were really grateful and I was glad to feel I'd contributed/helped.

She doesn't know my personal situation - how hard up I am. I like the Prosecco idea, who doesn't like Prosecco?

Can you give her the gift of your time? Do you have a talent/skill/love of ironing that she admires?

Be honest and say I hope you'll love this bottle of Prosecco and I'd also like you to have XX hours of my time to do XX

Time is the most valuable gift.

One of my favourite big birthday gifts was someone who took me out for the day. A Groupon afternoon tea and a trip to a free art gallery. Was amazing.

Do they have children already? If so, a babysitting ‘voucher’? Or a voucher for some other service using your time not your money.

House plant

My 'go to' present (skint or not) is a book about the place they will be visiting on their honeymoon so they can make the most of their trip.