Portland, Ore. ? Kitty and Shawn Sonnenschein didn’t think they had cheap friends.

The couple were married last month at their Portland house. Because they were remodeling the kitchen, they requested gift cards from Home Depot instead of gifts.

But when they looked in the basket they had set out by the guest book, they found only three Home Depot cards. Not wanting to offend their guests, the couple didn’t say a word.

“It’s been extremely uncomfortable,” said Kitty Sonnenschein, 28. “You don’t want to call somebody and ask them what they got you.”

But over the next week, many of their friends and family began to ask what they were going to buy with their gift cards. That’s when they became suspicious that someone might have stolen them.

The newlyweds suspected the Rev. Shey-Rima Silveira.

The couple had a friend who offered to officiate, but they weren’t sure his license was up to date. So they turned to the popular Web site Craigslist to find a minister.

Their friend did officiate, but Silveira performed a brief ceremony afterward and signed the certificate to make it official.

The couple suspected Silveira because she was the only person in the house during the outdoor ceremony, and she seemed out of sorts and anxious to leave.

Home Depot officials, using credit card numbers, traced the gift cards and discovered that at least four had been redeemed.

Silveira denied the theft when confronted by officers, saying the wedding party gave her the cards. But police arrested her Tuesday on an accusation of second-degree theft.