Next weekend a young couple from our church will be getting married. I don't know them super-well, but well enough to attend the open-church wedding and celebrate the happy occasion. I wanted to get them something, but as they are not close friends, I don't really feel the need to spend a huge amount of money, so this is what I came up with.
They had registered at a local store for cookie sheets. I bought one when it was on sale and picked up a spatula (on sale) that they had also registered for. I bought several dry cookie mix packages and also picked up some nice recipe cards and wrote out a few family favorite cookie recipes. A couple of potholders later, and we have a nice baking gift set for under $20.
I know some etiquette *experts* think that you need to spend $50 or more on a "proper" gift, but back when I got married, I never thought about the money part of it. In fact, about the only gift I can match a name to now is the older lady who gave us a pair of hand-embroidered pillowcases. (And those pillowcases outlasted the marriage!) I'm pretty sure the couple getting married next week will be the same. They seem to have their focus on their marriage and not on the wedding. It's too bad more couples don't do the same!
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