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Post by krcrafts on Oct 17, 2015 22:10:36 GMT
A ceramic chicken head (maybe a rooster?) that you hang on the wall and drape a kitchen towel over its neck.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 22:14:35 GMT
we got a sculpture that is an egg..about 1 ft high. coming out of the egg are three baby giraffes..like each half way emerged from the side of the egg shape. still have it..came from dh's sister. would not miss it if it left. the premises. I would love that for spring.
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Post by vspindler on Oct 17, 2015 22:59:26 GMT
It was usable, but one that sticks out was the monogrammed towels dh and I received for a wedding gift. Wasn't anywhere near our monogram. Based on the brand, they appeared to be "not quite perfect" returns.
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Post by pridemom on Oct 17, 2015 23:03:07 GMT
A used and tarnished candlestick. It had melted wax on it. The giver was not a family member, so it wasn't a family piece. We still sent a nice thank you for the candlestick and attending the wedding.
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Post by Nanner on Oct 17, 2015 23:20:41 GMT
Well it was for my birthday, not my wedding. My aunt once sent me a thanksgiving card with the word thanksgiving scratched out and birthday written over it. My birthday is in summer, nowhere near November. Recycling! Love it. We do that at work sometimes just for fun. One person gets a birthday card, then crosses out his/her name and puts the next one on the list. Just for laughs. My grandmother and a friend, who shared the same birthday, did this for about 30 years. Her friend, who was a Scot (as was my grandfather), used to joke about how they were "tight" with their money. So the card he gave my grandmother had a penny on it, and the card said that in order to let him know she received the card, to send the penny back. The following year, my grandmother did one better - she just re-used the card (and the envelope) and sent it to him as his birthday card. The following year, Gerry sent the card back to Nanny. And on and on it went over the years. When Gerry died, the card was in his possession, and his daughter sent it to my grandmother that year. The following year, was my grandmother's 90th birthday, and I made her a huge scrapbook of her life. That card and the story was one of the layouts.
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Post by bianca42 on Oct 17, 2015 23:31:54 GMT
I received a blue metal dustpan with a music box in that plays "whistle while you work". I'm not 100% sure who it came from, because there was no card....but we have our suspicions.
The funny thing is, 13 years later, that's the only wedding gift that is out and visible...it's hanging in my laundry room. (Well, that and the wine glasses my grandma gave me...those get a LOT of use.)
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Post by AussieMeg on Oct 17, 2015 23:32:22 GMT
It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo. I am SO doing that next time I have a wedding to go to!
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Post by SabrinaM on Oct 18, 2015 0:29:03 GMT
We got recycled Corning Ware. With stains.
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Post by scrapperal on Oct 18, 2015 0:33:20 GMT
At our wedding my DH and I received a FITTED sheet. That is it, no sheet set, just a new fitted sheet. It did not have a card attached so we don't even know who it was from. It was ugly, did not fit our bed, and I am so certain it came from my DH's side of the family. So what was the strangest/weirdest gift you received for your wedding (or any other event)? My cousin registered for $270 sheets (each sheet, pillowcases were $130 for a pair) and I considered giving them one sheet for their wedding gift (it was on sale for $180), but everyone I talked to said no way! Too weird! My logic was, if they registered for the sheets, they must want them, right? Back to the original question, I don't think I received anything too weird.
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Post by scrappyoutlaw on Oct 18, 2015 0:40:55 GMT
It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo. DH and I do this to our friends! Nobody has figured us out yet. My MIL is obsesses with the crappy/weird casino freebies and tries to give them away to everyone. We decided to regift them as wedding presents to our friends. We pair it with an ugly card, and just sign it "from your friends at Greektown Casino!" The last item was a grilled cheese maker. Don't worry, we give a real present from us!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 1:08:35 GMT
We got recycled Corning Ware. With stains. [ Hopefully it was the one with the hearts!
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Post by melanell on Oct 18, 2015 1:18:45 GMT
I received a gift from a non-existent guest. One of our invited guests indicated that they would be bringing a date. However, the guest wound up attending without a plus one after all. Which was no big deal to us. We had someone else bring a guest who did not indicate that they would be bringing one, so it all evened out, actually. So fast forward to when DH & I were opening our cards, and we open a card from this guest, which had a check inside. As we make our way through the card pile I find another card with our names on the front in handwriting that I recognize as that guest's. I open it up, and there's 50 bucks in there and the card is signed "and guest" with a bunch of smiley faces. LOL! So, of course we thanked the guest for both cards and gifts, but we referred to it as the gift from the invisible guest.
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Post by cmhs on Oct 18, 2015 1:28:31 GMT
My cousin and his wife gave us a swan. She sewed a large satin swan for us. What in the hell are you supposed to do with a stuffed satin swan?
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Post by GiantsFan on Oct 18, 2015 1:49:38 GMT
It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo. I love this idea. I'm going to do this for my nephew and his fiance. LOL!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 1:55:04 GMT
A framed print that said "Your family is Gods gift to you" from my crazy estranged aunt, who was NOT invited to the wedding but showed up at my parents house the morning before to deliver the gift.
Funnily enough, it blessed someone else. It went directly into the yard sale pile and when a lady picked it up at the sale, she started crying and said that her husband who had just passed away used to say that all the time and it was like he sent her to this yard sale just to find that and that he was with her. She hugged me and I gave her the print.
So it wasn't a total loss.
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 18, 2015 1:59:58 GMT
We had a running gag in our family - my siblings. For years our parents had a pair of metal/wood peacocks on their LR wall. My sister wrapped them up for another sister for her wedding with no card. That sister passed them on at the next wedding, and so on. My oldest brother put stakes on them and made yard ornaments for our youngest brother. I'm not sure the in-laws understand, LOL.
Our weirdest gift was probably a bounced check. I still sent a thank you.
DH's crazy sister gave our DS and DDIL a birthday card, not a wedding card. Apparently she never looked at it.
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Post by GiantsFan on Oct 18, 2015 2:01:24 GMT
XH and I received an AirPopper Popcorn Maker. This was back in the late 80's and the packaging had the price tag printed into it. KEY ##. So I knew it was from K-Mart. I tried to return it because I don't like air popped popcorn but they wouldn't take it because they "hadn't sold or made that model for years". I think it was a "quick, pull something out of the closet and wrap" it gift.
I still have it and use it when I make caramel corn so good thing they wouldn't let me return it.
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Post by penny on Oct 18, 2015 2:35:44 GMT
Not so much strange as cheap. My ex's good friend and partner had just arrived from a trip to Mexico and gave us a small cheap rug. The kind that are mass produced. Considering that my wedding 21 years ago was costing me 75$ a plate (not counting wine and open bar) and both were doctors, I thought it was pretty cheap. My puppy promptly chewed it up!! Thank goodness. Fingers crossed it wasn't one of those nondescript rugs that ends up being 100k on Antiques Roadshow
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Post by rumplesnat on Oct 18, 2015 2:50:17 GMT
We got the key to a happy marriage.
Literally.
It is a cheesy silver key with pearlescent doves at the top and a snazzy tulle ribbon. There was some lame ass poem that went along with it. I don't have the poem anymore, but I keep the key in my purse and will randomly pull it out every now and again when necessary. Like when he pisses me off, I'll dig around looking for it and exhale a big sigh of relief when it's found. LOL
Crazy lady from church gifted it to us.
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Post by txdancermom on Oct 18, 2015 2:57:35 GMT
dh's aunt and uncle gave us a sandwich maker called a "WizGrid" we now realize it was an appliance ahead of its time - today the box would say panini maker...but 30+ years ago we didn't know what a panini was!
it went to a community garage sale, in a college town, and probably made some student's day
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 18, 2015 3:10:35 GMT
At the time I thought it was weird but ended up one of the most used wedding gifts we have ever used.. An ice bucket... when we got it we were "ummm when would we ever use this?" But we have used it for almost every single party we have had. We LOVE it to this day. And it is one of the most borrowed things we have.. neighbors borrow it, family borrows it..
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Oct 18, 2015 3:14:50 GMT
My maid of honor gave us a large mountain scene painted on black velvet with a cheap, wooden carved frame. Those "lovely" paintings that you used to see someone selling in a parking lot - all lined up around a car. I have no idea what she was thinking as this was in 1987, the height of country blue and mauve, and cows and geese. It sat in our basement until my brother got married. I wrapped it up and added a card with a fake name, written backhanded and a bit illegible. They got married in a church and then had their wedding reception and meal at her parent's bed and breakfast in the Wisconsin Dells. The wedding was casual, so after supper, they sat down and opened gifts. It was hilarious watching him and his wife trying to figure out who gave it to them, graciously saying thank you and whispering back and forth.
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Post by Really Red on Oct 18, 2015 4:09:25 GMT
I received a blue metal dustpan with a music box in that plays "whistle while you work". I'm not 100% sure who it came from, because there was no card....but we have our suspicions. The funny thing is, 13 years later, that's the only wedding gift that is out and visible...it's hanging in my laundry room. (Well, that and the wine glasses my grandma gave me...those get a LOT of use.) I want this dustpan. I must have it!!!
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Post by ro on Oct 18, 2015 4:26:56 GMT
Not so much strange as cheap. My ex's good friend and partner had just arrived from a trip to Mexico and gave us a small cheap rug. The kind that are mass produced. Considering that my wedding 21 years ago was costing me 75$ a plate (not counting wine and open bar) and both were doctors, I thought it was pretty cheap. My puppy promptly chewed it up!! Thank goodness. Truthfully, the fact you chose to spend $75/plate doesn't mean guests have to offset the cost with a gift. Otherwise it's not a gift but an attendance fee. I've never wanted to attend a wedding enough to pay for the privilege. You've taken it the wrong way. I guess -- as is the rule in the interwebs -- I guess a little explanation is in order. In my culture, a wedding celebration is to give the couple a head start if you will. So yes, we spend a lot of money on the reception, and people usually give a fair amount of money to the couple. These particular guests were not unaware of the tradition. They were also well to do. The gift was cheap. There was no sentiment behind it. My BFF at the time was a poor artist and she gave us one of her paintings that she knew I loved. I still have it hung on my wall. I also received pots and pans, so it's not about the privilege of attending my wedding at all. I can see why you'd think that was the case. But I assure you it was not.
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Post by RiverIsis on Oct 18, 2015 4:42:38 GMT
We got a stuffed Squirrel (cuddly toy variety not taxidermy).
My DH was living in England and I was in the US when planning our wedding. His mother made him do at gift list (SMH) and he got bored and used the lines from "The Generation Game" final conveyor belt game which normally went something like "A microwave oven, an exercise bike, a cuddly toy..." So our Dear Auntie and Uncle got us it.
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Post by FurryP on Oct 18, 2015 4:58:59 GMT
It is because of these threads that every time we go to a wedding, I am inclined to purchase something very strange and wrap it up with no card. Then put money in my card, so I will be ruled out as the weirdo. DH and I do this to our friends! Nobody has figured us out yet. My MIL is obsesses with the crappy/weird casino freebies and tries to give them away to everyone. We decided to regift them as wedding presents to our friends. We pair it with an ugly card, and just sign it "from your friends at Greektown Casino!" The last item was a grilled cheese maker. Don't worry, we give a real present from us! Great idea for those freebies! Now I am doing it too. Can't wait!
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Post by tmarschall on Oct 18, 2015 6:19:02 GMT
One of those old fashioned douche bags that hangs with the long rubber hose and a GIANT jar of vaseline. It was from one of my mother's nutty friends...true story. For the win.
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Post by fofana on Oct 18, 2015 6:35:53 GMT
I received a blue metal dustpan with a music box in that plays "whistle while you work". I'm not 100% sure who it came from, because there was no card....but we have our suspicions. The funny thing is, 13 years later, that's the only wedding gift that is out and visible...it's hanging in my laundry room. (Well, that and the wine glasses my grandma gave me...those get a LOT of use.) I want this dustpan. I must have it!!! I was thinking the same thing!
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Oct 18, 2015 12:33:30 GMT
Just over a year after I got married, I received a wedding gift. We lived in London, this box was mailed from the US. Inside was the oddest assortment of things.
One was a santa clause ornament, it was velvet and really dusty, like it had been sitting around for years. Then there was a pair of lovebirds, ceramic and again dusty. There was also a book, Praying for your Husband, I nor my friend are religious, so it was an odd choice, there was a 4th thing I can't remember what it was but it felt like she went through her basement and just randomly picked things and put them in a box and sent them.
We have been friends since we were 5, and still are... but what made this whole experience really odd is that for at least 6 months she kept emailing me and saying she had my wedding gift and was going to mail it and she was so excited about it. At the same time she and my maid of honor got to be good friends, and my MOH told me how my childhood friend was always buying her amazingly thoughtful gifts. So I was pretty excited to finally receive this gift thinking it would be amazing!
My ex DH and I laughed about it for years...
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Post by artbabe on Oct 18, 2015 13:04:24 GMT
I guess I am the one who gave the weird gift. When my sister got married I had not been to any weddings before as an adult and had no idea you were supposed to give a fairly expensive gift.
So I got her a bottle opener. It was a really neat one- probably $20 at the time, but it was still a bottle opener.
Well, twenty years later the marriage is over and guess which gift my sister still uses every day? She tells me that it was one of the best gifts she got. So I guess I didn't do too badly.
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