Hi girls, can you please offer some advice?? FH and I have been asked to be godparents to his sister's child. She emailed me the cross necklaces she likes, they're $325-425 Family members have dropped hints as to not forget to give a monetary gift as well..ummmm what would be appropriate??? I'm a first time god-mother and clueless!
chicky724
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We were just godparents to FH’s niece on Sunday! We got a tiny little cross with diamonds on it at Zales. It was really cute and I think only $130. The ones they had in the display case were much more expensive, but we asked if they had any others and they brought out a bunch.
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Posted by chicky724
We were just godparents to FH’s niece on Sunday! We got a tiny little cross with diamonds on it at Zales. It was really cute and I think only $130. The ones they had in the display case were much more expensive, but we asked if they had any others and they brought out a bunch.
Ooh, that's a great idea! I didn't even think of Zales
kabo0831
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well im a godparent to my neice i got her a necklace from LUNDSTROMS for 100 and it is a gold one with diamonds in it. You can go to lundstroms or whitehalls now they are having a closing sale and everything is 40-80% off. Im sure you can found something there.
HTH
JamieAnt06202009
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Posted by BlueEyes
Hi girls, can you please offer some advice?? FH and I have been asked to be godparents to his sister's child. She emailed me the cross necklaces she likes, they're $325-425 Family members have dropped hints as to not forget to give a monetary gift as well..ummmm what would be appropriate??? I'm a first time god-mother and clueless!
I was just a godmother to FH'S nicce and we both spent a fortune. We had to but the christening dress, diamond earrings, a bracelet and FH got her a necklace. We did give money as well. It was a lot.
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I'm a godparent 2 times over.
At the last one... I bought the Christening gown/outfit which was $400 + And I gave a little precious moments Christening statue with some money.
MaggieLuvsJoe
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I was a godmother last year to my little cousin, I bought her christening gown, blanket and accessories which cost well over $500, plus a cross which was over $700. Oh I also bought her an outfit just in case her mom wanted to change her out of the gown so she would more comfy.
I spent a fortune but I did not give extra money on top of that.
BlueEyes
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thank you all for your advice!
littlepixie12
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ummm no ... your the godparents so you choose the cross .. my FH was the godparent for his neice and he bought her a really pretty cross from tri county although it was a bit expensive so you might want to go to canal st or whitehall since its closing, he didnt give a monetary gift either I think, just the cross and they bought her the Christening dress too
aimerlena01
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Holy cow!! Where do they expect you to get this money from?? You'll be able to find a nice cross for much less.
Angelica80
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My brother and I were the godparents for my niece and we also paid for the christening outfit that my sister picked out. We then bought a diamond necklace from fortunoff as the other half of the gift. It def can get expensive.
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It def gets expensive.. do what you can. With my niece we paid for the outfit and gave money. Sooo many other ppl got her jewelry and I figure, I'll get her a cross when she can pick it out.. so yeah, I did money.
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In my family the GM buys the outfit and blanket and the GF buys the cross. That ends up being a very generous gift so we don't give an additional monetary amount. If you feel akward and expected than I would give a savings bond.
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FH was asked to be the god-father for our best friends new son, we got him his rosarys, a pendant, all 14K gold at the advent shop ran about $100 for both & chose to get him a stock as well & that ran about $100 also, plus someother doo-dads! In this economy no one can afford that price tag... check out Oneshare.com... hope this helps.
MrsDtoBe09
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I'm sure you can find another one in the style she likes for less. And as for a monetary gift, why not a savings bond? That way, you pay half of what you give and you look like a big spender!
