The Gift Exchange

Ah, June…my absolute favorite time of year! The promise of summer ahead, hot days and cool nights, BBQ’s and friends, kids giddy with anticipation of summer break…and weddings! Did you know June is the beginning of the most popular wedding season? It’s gotten first place for favorite month to get married, followed by August, September, and [...]

This year I’ve been invited to attend 10 weddings so far. Yes, ten weddings and one of them is my brother’s! For each one I have to find a dress to wear and of course, a wedding gift. I usually freak out about the gift giving process because I’m constantly worried that they might not [...]

Gift baskets can be a perfect gift idea for newlyweds. Especially since we all know what an extremely difficult task buying for newlyweds can be particularly, if the couple has tons of family and friends who will have already snatched up every household appliance, dinnerware set, and crystal glassware ensemble available on the required wish [...]

Alrighty, so hopefully some of you remember per my past blogs that I am traveling to my sister’s wedding from the West Coast to the East Coast. I am so excited however, I am not at all excited about traveling with my eleven month old daughter. Not that I think she will be bad or [...]

Question: Carol Drury Says: July 20th, 2008 at 8:00 pm Do you have to buy a gift off the gift registry, or can you get something unique and special, and one of a kind. Sandy – Customer Service Representative Answer: Though I loved all of my gifts, I would have to say that my favorite ones are actually ones that reminded [...]

So now that my daughter is finally sleeping through the night, (thanks in part to some of the suggestions I received from my “Help for a Tired Mom” blog) enough thanks to you could never be given. And, as I’ve become a little more settled in here at GiftTree, I’ve been thinking that maybe I [...]

Several months ago my granddaughter was asked to be a petal girl in a wedding for a friend of mine. She was very excited! The invitations arrived and they were beautiful. A special little pouch contained an RSVP form with a stamped return envelope, a map, a list of accommodations for overnight travelers and a [...]

I guess I am just at that age and place in my life where everyone that is in my circle of friends and even my self are getting married. I am of course starting to think about my wedding, I have four friends planning their weddings, and my sister is getting married this September. WOW! [...]

If bride’s maids and best men of today think they have it tough, they have no clue. Back in the day, the responsibilities of these two now very traditional positions was vastly greater then planning perverse bridal shower entertainment, or bachelor party debauchery. These positions actually consisted of dangerous undertakings, and scary propositions. The best man [...]

The Anniversary…everyone loves to be remembered…Anniversary literally means to return yearly. The Wedding Anniversary originated in Central Europe in the Middle Ages. Medieval Germans presented their wives with a wreath of silver for 25 years and a wreath of gold for 50 years. We now call them Silver and Golden Wedding Anniversaries. In the United [...]