Wedding – ideas for thank you gift for parents

by Anna, 14 Feb 2021
Close up on an open photo book and a picture of lovers' hands (engagement ring on woman's ring finger), photo collage on the next page. Photo book on a bright, wooden background.

Is your wedding day approaching? Wedding preparation fever is probably on – wedding dress, suite, menu, wedding decorations, etc. There is plenty of various things on your mind! It's worth to remember to say thank you to your parents for your upbringing and everything that they'd done for you so far. Do you want to give them a unique gift but you don't have an idea what it could be? You should read that blog post and let us inspire you!

While choosing a gift for your parents you need to think what it should be like. Touching and funny at the same time? Unique but not too daring? Unique which will definitely surprise them? Excellent! In this case you should choose one of the photo albums from Colorland. It will definitely suit those requirements!

Photo products mentioned below are the ones that we recommend, depending on what gift you are looking for:
- Photo Book Exclusive – available in 4 formats with eco leather or material cover with a photo slot for that one favourite photo (28-160 pages)
- Photo Book A3 – the main difference is the size of it and fully customizable cover, it will definitely fit in all of your photos (28-160 pages)
- Starbook – our star among all the photo books, printed on an ink printer. It perfectly shows the details and colours of your photos (28-160 pages)
- Luxury Album – available in 5 formats, most of them are square, with sponge-padded matte cover and rigid pages 800g/m2 (20-40 pages).

What photos to put in a photo book for your parents?

We are presenting 4 inspirations available in 4 options mentioned above:

1. Photos from your engagement photo shoot

A picture of 2 photo books on a dark wooden background, flowers and decorative plants on both sides. One of the books is open, on its pages pictures of an engaged couple and a caption: 'Thanks for teaching us how to love!'. Closed photo book with a turquoise eco leather cover and a photo of the same couple in a photo slot.

If you will decide to have an engagement photo shoot (with a professional photographer or an amateur photographer that is close to you) it's worth to use such photos in a photo book for parents. The most important thing is that the pictures need to show the love between the two of you, it will definitely make your parents happy.  Remember that happy kids means happy parents! Thank you caption can be placed on the cover or a first page of an album. Your word of gratefulness can be placed in a caption below the photos.

Close up on two Photo Books Exclusive with eco leather cover and pictures of a couple in photo slots, delicate flowers next to it.

Close up on an open Luxury Album with photos of a couple. White flowers bouquet in the background.

Photos of a couple in a pastel-coloured album on a white wooden background, flower decorations below.

Photos of a couple in an album. 'Love is in the air' caption below a photo. Photo book on a white wooden background, flower decorations and colourful gift below that.

2. Photos of your lovestory – from the moment that you've met till the engagement

Close up on an open Starbook with photos of a couple starting from their childhood till present.

A photo book with pictures showing the story of your love can be a unique keepsake for you and your parents. Such photo book can show them that thanks to their care and love you can create something special with your other half.

A picture of an open square photo book with pictures of a couple starting from their childhood till present. A photo book on a bright wooden background, red ribbon and scissors above that. White flowers bouquet next to it.

Close up on two Starbooks – one in an A4 format and the other square. Both photo books on a bright wooden background.

3. Pictures from your childhood till the engagement

A picture of an open photo book with photos of a little girl and boy – a gift on the right side and white flowers bouquet on the left side of it.

A picture of an open photo book with the photos of a little girl and boy – red ribbon, cup of coffeee, a candle and green branch next to it.

A picture of two photo books – one of the albums with the pictures of a couple and 'Thank you' caption is closed, an open photo book next to it (on the left side page photos from girl's childhood and boy's childhood on the right). Red ribbon and scissors above the open album. White flowers bouquet in the upper left corner.

A journey to the past, especially during such an emotional day as your children' wedding is definitely an amazing adventure. A wedding is a day full of happiness and melancholy so it is worth to go through the journey of your love once again. It's worth to show your parents that they are the ones who had such an impact on your life and thanks to them you are here! Create a photo book with your prictures starting from your childhood till now and give it to both of your parents during the wedding cremony!

Close up on an open photo book – photo of couple's hands (engagement ring on woman's ring finger) on the left side, a collage on the other page. A photo book on a bright wooden background decorated with green branches.

Two open Luxury Albums with pictures of a couple. White flowers bouquet and a candle on the left side.

4. Photos of you holding thank you cards for your parents

Close up on two Luxury Albums. Pictures of a couple holding paper hearts with captions in an open album. Red decorative hearts and a branch next to the albums.

Do you need a different idea for a thank you gift for your parents? Here it is! Organize a photo shoot and take pictures of you holding cards with things that you want to thank them for written down. Remember: one picture = one thank you caption. There is plenty of things to be thankful for: valuable tips, patience, love, siblings... the list is long!

Close up on an open photo book (Starbook) with photos of a couple holding photo prints with captions. White flowers bouquet on the left side and a colourful gift in the upper right corner.

Things that you will include in your photobook depend only on you and the amount of time that you want to dedicate to create fully personalized thank you gift for parents. You can arrange your photos in a form of a fairy tale which will tell the story of your life starting from the day of birth till the day of the wedding – don't forget to start your story with 'Once upon a time...'! ;) How about a comic book with your photos? Don't forget that our editor lets you fully customize your project and add speech bubbles and text just like the ones in comic books!

Which idea do you like the most? Do you have your own ideas and want to share them with us?  Can't wait to see that!

Don't hesitate any more, create a unique personalized thank you gift for parents. Give them a personalized photo book on your wedding day: Exclusive, Classic A3, Luxury Album or Starbook and we guarantee that they will be amazed!

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