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Mrs.Levitt · #1 01-12-2006, 01:27 AM

I have a son and my FH has 2 daughters. After we say our " i do"s we are going to have vows to the kids, me to the girls and jeremy to my son saying we promise to love and treat them as our own for the rest of our lives. after these vows we would like to present gifts of jewlery to each of the kids. any suggestions? the girls will be 8 and 6 and my son will 9

Marge129 · #2 01-12-2006, 01:33 AM

Suggestions on what? The jewelery or the vows to be said?

Mrs.Levitt · #3 01-12-2006, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Marge129

Suggestions on what? The jewelery or the vows to be said?

good point. on the jewlery please

Marge129 · #4 01-12-2006, 01:54 AM

For the girls I'd say a necklace, earrings, or a bracelet would be your best bet.

Anything you give your son will probably just sit in the box it comes in, KWIM? I really have no ideas on what to give him.

What's your price range for each child's item? Are you wanting them to match or all be unique? Do you want them to "go with" your wedding bands?

Mrs.Levitt · #5 01-12-2006, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Marge129

What's your price range for each child's item? Are you wanting them to match or all be unique? Do you want them to "go with" your wedding bands?

I dont want to be dirt cheap but not too spendy since their are 3 kids. They are each unique kids so I d like to get them each something a little different.

Someone once suggested a family pendent, but I dont really know what that is and when I look it up all I get is "mother birthstone rings or necklaces" and thats not what I want.

Marge129 · #6 01-12-2006, 02:08 AM

Oooo... what about ID bracelets that you can have personalized for each child?

555Ann555 · #7 01-12-2006, 02:50 AM

I would vote for silver chains with pendants for each of the girls because if the chains get too short they can always transfer the pendant to another one and silver because it's lovely and doesn't cost a fortune so wouldn't be the end of the world if they lost it/broke it. For your wee boy I'd suggest a plain chain coz that's quite manly...

syringa · #8 01-12-2006, 02:53 AM

What about the Family Medallion? The pendants come with a booklet of presentation readings. You can find information at www.familymedallion.com.

whiddle · #9 01-12-2006, 02:57 AM

One of the other women on here is doing something similiar........MTGH where are you?????

ljeagle · #10 01-12-2006, 02:59 AM

Ive seen the parents given them a ring. It was nice but I don't know if the ring meant something different. How about a photo watch. The little boy might b more likely to wear a watch then a neckace...

Complicated Woman · #11 01-12-2006, 03:12 AM

I like the idea of medallions. Necklaces w/ a pendant for the girls sounds nice as well, and maybe something the boy can keep and use for the rest of his life, like an engraved money clip?? IDK...I just know men typically wear watches, rings and chains, but he'll outgrow all those. Let us know what you decide!

PlanetClaire · #12 01-12-2006, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by syringa

What about the Family Medallion? The pendants come with a booklet of presentation readings. You can find information at www.familymedallion.com.

Damn this board is awesome!! That is a beautiful idea! It's "unisex" and could pass for trendy Celtic jewelry.

My only thought was a Dog tag necklace for your son. Kind of "macho" and you could have the wedding date and a little something engraved on it.

The Mom rings and so on are usually rings, pendants with all the birthstones ofthe kids or all the family. Could be nice for the girls but could be pricey!

555Ann555 · #13 01-12-2006, 04:56 AM

Those family medalion pendents are lovely but quite expensive...

Marrying_the_Good_Husband · #14 01-12-2006, 02:19 PM

Yes, I'm doing the same thing! I didn't like those Family Medallions, and neither did my kids--I knew they would never wear them! We're doing a beach wedding, so I figured something that went to the theme of our family weddingmoon would be a nice remembrance. Personally I picked out a pendant of "threes"--representing child, mother, and step-father: three dolphins for my son, and for my daughter three flowers in a circle. Here's the thread I posted pictures in:

http://www.pashweddings.com/weddingf...ead.php?t=1018

And I would definitely check out the web site: silverenchantments.com

They had REALLY good prices and an extremely large selection, so anything the children might like. They also had celtic knots, etc., as were mentioned. I kind of skipped that because they also had a lot of Wikan and pagan stuff mixed in, and I didn't want to take the risk of mistakenly getting something that I didn't know the meaning of!

Jacqueline · #15 01-12-2006, 03:22 PM

what about getting the girls a ring with there birthdtone in it (dose not have to be a real one) and the idea of have dogs tags for the bog is good with the date of the wedding and a msg would be nice

with all theses hides hope you work something out but please let us know

Mrs.Levitt · #16 01-12-2006, 04:38 PM

Thanks everyone for such great ideas, I love this forum! Such nice people and great ideas.

We really like the idea of the three things intertwinded representing the child, parent, and stepparent like MTGH was talking about.

We also like the birthstone ring idea for the girls. And dog tag for my son. I was thinking we could get them rings and put them on necklaces until they were older were they could wear and apprieciate them (and not lose them lol)

Lizbet · #17 01-13-2006, 04:27 PM

If you want to go with the "threes" you may get the girls rings with 3 birthstones: yours, FH's, and theirs. That would suggest the bringing together of the family that MTGH was talking about. I don't know how you would make that work with the dog tags for the boy. But, it's another option to consider.

bebe · #18 01-13-2006, 07:50 PM

My sister and her husband got engraved lockets for the two girls, and an engraved pocket watch and chain for the boy. Ages 10, 11 and 8 at the time.