Engagement Gift Idea for a Couple Where $$$$ for Them Is Not a Problem.

I always find a tabletop wine rack (something that holds between 1 and 4 bottles) is good for that sort of friend. Good luck!

just gave this idea to my bf yesterday: a very nice candy dish (she is going to buy Mikasa) filled w/ their fav candy.....with a note which says "Wishing you a Sweet Life together". Simple, elegant, & it works. AND hopefully will be kept as a keepsake!

I have a friend who is VERY successful and they are the same way. In her case, I try to do events--like dinner out or tickets to a show or concert. It's always appreciated!
Also, a nice bottle of wine is an appropriate engagement gift.

When a person has money to buy anything they want, an appropriate gift is always one of sentiment. Maybe take a picture of both your husband and best friend together sharing a guy moment or him and his fiancee and inscribe that onto something he likes - a golf club, a cup, a neck tie, etc.

If you know the couples friends and/or family very well you can ask for several photos of the couple to be emailed to you. In their early dating stages until current, maybe even baby pics. Then take the pictures and go to an online site like Costco or Blurb etc,.. to make a photo book. They are super sentimental and one of a kind and can even be used in place of the Guest Book at the wedding (have cover bound in wedding colors), have guests write directly on the pages. Especially cute if the guests were present for said picture etc....

One of the best gifts that we got when my husband and I were married was a very thoughtful card from this beautiful national forest. A tree was planted in our honor. I thought that was a really thoughtful gift and it had a lot of meaning behind it. I would suggest something like that for your friend- something they will remember and treasure F.! Or anything pampering is nice too-- if they are into manicures/facials etc-- you could get a certificate for a couples spa date or massage,facials, etc. Good luck!

for my bfs engagement, i found an artist on etsy.com that i liked and i sent her a bunch of pics and personal details (hair, eyes, clothes, yankees visor, princess cut ring, big boobs on her, big muscles on him, etc) and she created a fun awesome portrait for them. they loved it so much

You could donate money to charity in their newly married names.

How about a good bottle of Champagne.. I like to use a gold pen to write on the bottle.

I agree about an experience. Tickets to a performance center so they can pick out the event. A wonderful restaurant. A chef to go to their home and make breakfast in bed. A bed tray with goodies for breakfast in bead.

A donation to their favorite charity in honor of their marriage.

For people that are particularly hard to buy for, I usually like to give them experiences rather than objects. A few years ago, I gave my best friend, who really is the pickiest person I know, and her husband a gift certificate for a moonlit gondola dinner cruise. I'm not famiiar with your area (I assume they may live in or near Missouri) so I don't know what kind of unique restaurants, shows or events you have available but, if they are real foodies and are into cooking, you may want to consider a gourmet cooking class for the two of them.

Hope this gives you some inspiration.

I amazed that gifts are required for an engagement party. That seems pretty tacky to me.

great suggestions! i second the sentimental or event options. i got my best friend and her husband tickets to a concert for a shower gift. one of my favorite shower gifts was a nameplate for my desk at work with my married name on it. that might not work for the engagement party since it's just for the bride-to-be, though. if you go out with them much, a "double date night" package could be fun. 4 tickets to the movies, gift certificate to a restaurant, etc. or whatever it is that you like to do when you go out. it would be more about being able to spend time together than the money. good luck!

My husband bought us an anniversary book for our first Christmas together, and we've since used the idea as a wedding gift for friends. He bought a nice photo book at Things Remembered and inscribed it with our names and wedding date. Then each year on our anniversary, we take a photo of us and put it in the book. I make a small card to go opposite the photo with the year and date (One Year: July 4, 2007).

You could make the cards and put them in the book, and put a small note to explain what the book is. If you have a photo of the couple, you could start it out with an engagement photo.

do they know where they are going on their honeymoon yet?
i like to give spa gift cards to the place they are staying, that way they can enjoy it together!

There are a couple of good websites, PersonalCreations.com and PersonalizationMall.com Both have lots of cool engagement/wedding gifts to personalize to the couple, we recently got friends a frame where the openings were their names. They loved it! Both sites are full of cool stuff!

I would say get them a gift card to somewhere like Target or a nice restaurant in town. If they are people who have everything and money for more, I would not waste my time trying to pick something out. Just let them know you are thinking of them with a gift card.

I like to get spices in bulk from a nice spice store. It is unique and doesn't have to be too expensive. I got to Antoine Seed (www.antoineseed.com). You could get applewood smoke, gourmet garlic, rib rub, etc for a nice BBQ theme, for example. I also think a subscription to Cooking Light or Taste of Home might be nice for a couple.

Are you crafty?

Honestly, we do not need anything and we have been fortunate through the years, HOWEVER, my SIL has this craft ( I have no clue what it is called), somewhat like crochet but making doiles and putting our name in them.

They are special to us because she took her time to make it for us and I use the doilies she made in my formal area. They are beautiful designs, one year she did one with our last name in it, had it framed and gave it to use for Christmas. It is proudly displayed in our home.... something I do not have an idea of how to do yet she manages to do these things for friends having babies, people getting married, gifts for family, etc all the while fostering 2 children and raising her 3 (one of whom is an adopted foster child).

I have the latest and greatest Waterford, etc but I love gifts from the heart.

I love the idea of a photo book, or maybe a photo collage in a nice frame. Or you could simply buy a wonderful frame and give it to them, to put one of their engagement pictures in to display in their home.
Personally, I have never heard of taking gifts to an engagment party, I would think that would be reserved for a Couples Shower or the actual wedding.

If they like wine, you could get them a subscription on wine.com for "a year of wine" or something similar. They send a different bottle every month for a year. They have all sorts of gifts and packages like that. I have a best friend that is the same way and it's so hard to buy for them, but they loved this because they are big wine drinkers.

You could also look at spas in the area and get them a gift card for a couples massage. My hubby and I did a "spa day" like that one time and it was great!

For my best friend's wedding, I made up a large gift basket with scented lotions, bubble bath, candles, a bottle of wine with glasses, some Godiva chocolates, a book of love poems, and a cd of romantic music. She and her husband loved it because it was something personal. They actually took it with them on their honeymoon!!!

When people have all the money in the world, I go for something sentimental. My mother and I collect these. They are called Willow Tree Angels. This is one of their figurines. I actually received this one when my husband and I got married. =0) I adore it. Even now, 10yrs later, I still adore it. The best part is that I now have the Miracle one (for our first pregnancy), the Our Gift one (when our daughter was born), and the mother and son one (when our son was born). It's a lovely collection that I cherish very much! It may not be right for your friends, but if they are at all sentimental, I think they would love it. And you could become the person in their life to get them others down the road to commemorate the big milestones in their life. =0) Here's a link to the one I was talking about. It's called "Together" and it's caption is "For those who have found their true partner in love and life".

http://willowtree.info/product/together

I just went to a friend's 40th. Gifts were not expected but were taken. I took pictures of EVERYONE at the party. Then went to www.kodakgallery.com and made a photo book. They will mail it directly to her home. I am SOOOOO excited for her to get it. It will be a great memento of a wonderful night in her life and all the friends there to share it.

I honestly had no idea that engagement party gifts were required....We've gone to a couple of engagement partys and never bought the couple anything. We used the bridal shower/wedding to provide gifts or money. I am now sitting here wondering if we looked like chumps because we didn't do a gift LOL

Maybe a gift certificate/gift card to a portrait studio so that they can do a small photo sitting of the two of them....You can do something like that through Sears or JCP. It doesn't have to be overly expensive. Find out the cost of a simple sitting and small package and purchase that (I think Sears has one for about $50 as a starting point). Someone once did this for me at my 1st borns baby shower and it was such a nice gift that no one else had thought of. And we definately did put it to good use. Even though I ordered more than initially allotted, I did it knowing that would be the case and paid the difference and it helped defray some of the cost of the pictures. You could even put the certificate/card in a pretty silver frame (something wedding styled, maybe 8X10) that they can put their picture in afterwards.

***ALSO*** I don't know if you have a store called "Things Remembered" near you, but they have a beautiful couch throw blanket and you could have their names and the date of their wedding (if you know the date already) stitched on it. If you don't know the date of the wedding, just put their names only. We also got one of these (though we got it at the bridal shower). It was beige in color, so it would go with any color scheme in their house. It was so pretty and I still have it to this day.

How about a really nice bottle of wine in their favorite varietal? Can't go wrong with that. Also, a nice photo album or nice picture frame that would compliment their home decor is always useful for upcoming engagement/wedding pics. Tickets to an event are great. You could get them separate gifts--the bride-to-be a wedding planner and the groom-to-be a day of golf with your hubby? Sorry--I'm not very creative! Good luck!

Are they wine drinkers? You could get a personalized label with their engagement date on it. Add in some cheeses crackers and make a nice basket.

I've found lots of great gifts at www.personalcreations.com they have a wide variety of gifts for all occasions that are reasonably priced and everything can be personalized.