Gifts for the bridal party

[londonloves]

Can anyone advise who we are supposed to get presents for?
There are no bridesmaids but three sets of parents (fiancé's parents are divorced). Slightly tricky as my parents have paid for most of the wedding and my mum will want their larger contribution reflected somehow - she's already said that she expects us to refer to this in the groom's speech. Which he won't of course because that would be crass and awful... but is there a way to handle this delicately?
I've just seen a Pinterest link to father of the bride gifts and I have no idea really about any of this!

We bought both dads a bottle of something nice anf cuff links as we knew that they would need them on the day. Mum’s got a piece of jewellery that was to their taste- my mum some Art Deco style silver earrings and DHs Mum a pearl bracelet.
I also did a photo book with lots of my favourite memories described for my parents.

I don't think you can give her a better present because she gave you more money for the wedding. That's really crass of her.

Get all 3 sets a similar present; flowers, wine, whatever they like.

@Shoxfordian I agree! The whole situation is becoming a bit awkward really.
Is it the norm to get a present for the best man?

Unfortunately we only had 1 set of parents to thank and give a gift to at our wedding (my DM died just before we married and no father around).

We got PIL a frame with wedding photos in (one from their wedding and one each from DH's sister and brothers wedding) with a space left for a photo from our wedding. MIL loves it

Yeah I think it's normal to give best man a present

Try notonthehighstreet because they have some nice presents for weddings for bridal party

@MsSquiz so sorry you lost your mum just before your wedding. I am grateful to her of course, I should appreciate her more. It's just a bit tetchy at the moment with all the wedding stress!

Thanks for the ideas everyone. I like the photo book or frame idea.

Best man we got a mont blanc pen, bridesmaids got Tiffany bracelets. Mums and Nan got flowers. The dads got new suits but we didn’t buy them anything gift wise.

Tricky one, flowers seems to be the standard mum gift I have seen.

@londonloves thank you.

The gift was the only thing I left up to DH to sort (that and the gift for his sister who was our vicar for the ceremony) but obviously I ended up doing all the groundwork and all he had to do was take the photos to be framed and collect his sister's gift after I ordered it. 🙄

I would just get your DH to thank both sets of parents in his speech. Monetary value is not the be all and end all. Don't let it stress you out 😊

I've just asked my dad for a photo of their wedding day so I'm going to do the photo frame thing. And flowers xx

We didn’t buy presents for the bridal party, I didn’t know it was a thing. I paid for a mini break for my parents afterwards but that was because they looked after DC while we were on honeymoon. We didn’t get PIL anything, I didn’t see any reason to. We paid for the wedding ourselves

Both sets of parents got photo frames. Bridesmaid - jewellery Best Man - hip flask. 2 friends who did readings got a bottle of fizz

We got both of our Mums a Tiffany initial pendant necklace which they both loved. It was something they wouldn't have bought themselves.

I always find the dads a bit harder so went with different gifts based on their tastes.

Could you take your Mum out for a nice dinner to say thank you?