Gifts
Your presence celebrating with us is the single best gift we could hope for.
Seriously! We are grownups with a well-equipped house and a very full kitchen. By holding our wedding on the East Coast, we know that many of you are making BIG trips to come see us. Travel expenses, child care, time away from home and work—showing up is an enormous gift and we can’t thank you enough for choosing to fit this weekend into your life. Thank you for all it takes to come gather together to bear witness and celebrate!
If, even after all that, you feel that gift-giving is your love language (or you’re not able to join us and prefer to send something to us), we’d love gifts in any of the following forms:
Records - bringing music into our home that makes us think of you
Supporting a cause we care about
Photos - sharing your photos of us together and from the wedding
A copy of your favorite recipe (by email to lizimjones@gmail.com).
Records:
As we merge households, we’ve decided to begin a record collection. Help us build one from scratch by gifting us a record you love, or think we would love.
Below are some prompts. If you’d prefer to work from a list, please click through the yellow button for our registry, all sourced from local records shops. There is also an option to contribute toward a turntable and speakers.
Some ideas for an album (whether it’s on the list or not):
Your favorite album
The album with “Your Song” - the one that makes you think of your own wedding
The first album you ever bought!
The album guaranteed to get you on the dancefloor
IMPORTANT DETAILS!
In building a catalogue of records, we’re really building a catalogue of stories that we’ve shared with you. The number one most important detail if you decide to send a record to us, please let us know who it’s from and why you picked it! If your favorite album isn’t available in vinyl, just send us a love note and we’ll make sure to take a listen on new-fangled tech instead and think of you. :)
PS - Used records and records from personal collections MOST welcome. We love hand-me-downs.
Mailing address for love notes and love songs:
5540 Lawton Ave, Oakland CA 94618
Supporting a cause
If records aren’t your thing, we invite you to donate to a cause we believe in:
Lizi: A reproductive justice organization at the national level or—even better!—in your own community. National-level examples include: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Jonathan: Partners In Health, founded by J’s beloved mentor and friend, the late Dr. Paul Farmer, provides high-quality health care to the poorest people around the globe.
Photos
While of course we will have a photographer at our wedding, we’d love to have the photos you take in one place. We welcome you to add to our shared folder!