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godparent gifts

anyone have suggestions on what to get godparents? i wanna do something other than picture frames.  thanks!

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Re: godparent gifts

  • we did the picture frames :)  despite my husband's family being italian, christenings are low key event in our family so it was appropriate. 

    but i wanted to tell you what my girlfriend did that i thought was clever.  this gift would only be good for the godmother though.  she bought a charm bracelet and the first charm (which she had made somehow) was the baby's finger print.  so now the plan is on birthday's and holidays the baby always has something to give her godmother.  i thought it was clever.  she was saying that only the first charm would be baby-ish in theme, the rest are just going to be regular gemstone type charms so she would actually wear it. 

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  • imagenicinnewyork:

    we did the picture frames :)  despite my husband's family being italian, christenings are low key event in our family so it was appropriate. 

    but i wanted to tell you what my girlfriend did that i thought was clever.  this gift would only be good for the godmother though.  she bought a charm bracelet and the first charm (which she had made somehow) was the baby's finger print.  so now the plan is on birthday's and holidays the baby always has something to give her godmother.  i thought it was clever.  she was saying that only the first charm would be baby-ish in theme, the rest are just going to be regular gemstone type charms so she would actually wear it. 

    what a clever idea! my dh and i both have large italian families.. we are having 90+ people so i wanted to do a little bit more since the godparents are our siblings. thanks for the idea!


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  • we did picture frames when A was christened and being godparents ourselves that's what we've gotten a few times.  However, for my most recent nephew, I got a bracelet with an engraved heart on it (it wasn't a charm bracelent, though)
  • We had over 90+ people and picture frames were still a hit.  I figured when you do pro pictures family and godparents always give them, they can always update the frame.

    Bracelet idea is very cute too.  For my sister's birthday J gave her a Pandora charm of a little boy to represent him as godson.  

     

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  • I have 3 godsons and never got a picture frame. Go figure lol. I did get a beautiful necklace from my nephew who is also my godson. When the time comes, we plan on giving our baby's godfather a fingerprint keychain from etsy (I believe jennynel had posted about it for her dh a while back). As for the godmother, I'm not sure yet. I think melis-n-mike had mentioned a visor clip for your car that I liked as well. Oh and I'm from a hugeeeee italian family as well and I feel these gifts (or even a frame) are nice for godparents.
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  • maybe i came off wrong. i didnt mean that picture frames aren't appropriate for a large christening.. we just want to do something different. 

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  • I always got the silver plated frames but I love that stuff!
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  • I was looking for ideas besides picture frames.  My sister is Baby H's Godmother and she LOVES Willow Tree statues.  I found an ornament statue that she could hang on her Christmas tree every year.  It's an angel with a baby.  Here's the link: http://origin.kaboodle.com/hi/img/b/0/0/17b/f/AAAAC1Y89dAAAAAAAXv2iA.jpg?v=1314086421000

    I found a Godmother poem about how she is his angel here on earth (so it matched the ornament).  I put it in a thick glass frame to display.  

    Baby H's Godfather is Jewish so I didn't want to do anything too religious.  If you saw the third installment of the Meet the Parents movie, they did a play on the Godfather's name.  He was the GodFocker.  Well, his Godfather's last name also starts with the letter F and it was a running joke.  H designed a t-shirt to make it look like the Godfather shirts but with "GodFocker" instead.  

    They both adored their presents. 

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  • This is the Godmother poem I had found:

    Take my little hand Hold it as I grow. Teach me of his love And all that love bestows. Keep me in your prayers And your tender care. Guide me in my faith Encourage me to share. I know that I am blessed You're my gift from above. My angel here on earth Godmother you are loved. 

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  • I did picture frames for both.  I also bought my brother the godfather a visor clip about being a godfather-he drives for a living and it was something that could always be with him.  We also got SIL-the godmother an ornament for her Christmas tree.  
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