Wedding Gift Ideas

When you are choosing what to get the bride and groom for their wedding present you may start to feel a little overwhelmed as there are so many different wedding gifts to choose from. Luxury wedding gifts, personalised wedding gifts, wedding gifts for the bride, wedding gifts for the groom. Then there are wedding gifts for the flower girls, and bridesmaids.

The bride and groom may have sent out a wedding gift list with all the gifts they would like, to certain shops. You then go in and choose from the list, then the shop keeper will tick it off the list. This way of choosing a wedding gift means that there is no chance of choosing something that the couple will not like or do not need and there is no chance of duplicating on a gift that somebody has already bought. The negative side of this is that you may want to get to the relevant shops fairly quickly and choose a gift before everyone else so that you are not left with the gifts that are either too expensive or the ones that nobody else wants to buy.

If this is not the way that the couple have organised their gifts list and it is left up to the guests to choose and bring gifts of their choosing then you are left with the choice of what to buy them. Firstly narrow down the list by deciding whether you want to buy them a traditional wedding gift or something a little more imaginative and contemporary.

Traditional wedding gifts usually come in the form of toasters, kettle, wine rack, fruit bowl, bed linen, china tea collection, bone cake plates, milk jug, sugar bowl, tea cup and saucer and tea pot. Also included in that list is all of the things that a newly-wed couple would need to set them up in their new marital home. As it is not the case so often any more that a couple have not lived together before marriage then they probably already have all the things that are considered traditional wedding gifts. Therefore it is becoming more common to give unusual or more imaginative gifts.

If the giving of traditional gifts does not appeal and the couple are a little more modern and have not specified what they would like then the more contemporary wedding gift ideas may be more appropriate. These may come in the form of a luxury spa weekend for the newly weds where they get pampered for a long weekend, or a romantic champagne balloon flight for two. There are also personalised wedding gifts such as:

 

• flip flops
• a personalised wedding calender,
• a personalised vintage hanging wedding sign
• an engraved wooden spoon
• an apple crate planter
• trinket box
• wooden heart cheeseboard
• guest book
• personalised ‘peas in a pod mug’
• engraved square diamond design cuff links
• engraved silver round mirror
• personalised teapot
• canvas photo montage
• t-shirts and hoodies

 

Other wedding gift ideas include the idea of charitable contributions which involves the couple writing down charities that the guests can contribute to instead of buying them a traditional wedding gift. This was recently demonstrated by Kate Middleton at her Royal wedding who did exactly that. This is becoming more and more fashionable, especially with middle to upper class couples who really will not have any need for gifts of any kind unless maybe it is a new house somewhere home or abroad! It is also a nice way of feeling like you have contributed to a good cause on your wedding day.

You may even be the bride or groom who wish to purchase a gift for your bridesmaids of flower girls. There are beautiful personalised keepsakes available such as little rag dolls, necklaces, jewellery box, money box, bracelets, mugs, friendship charm bracelets, yo yo’s etc.

You may also wish to buy wedding favours for your guests to make your big day truly unforgettable. These come in many forms including personalised theme playing cards, crystal die bottle stopper in a gift box, crystal key ring chain in a gift box. Scented soaps in beautiful presentation boxes, chocolate bars, waistcoat wedding mini chocolates, tuxedo wedding favours boxes, broaches, crystal and glass name place holder, Hollywood glamour silver and glass vintage votive.

 

Top 10 wedding gifts

• money
• jewellery
• A getaway to a romantic place
• watch
• album
• digital camera
• designer outfits
• wine
• gourmet food gift basket
• flower gift basket

So if you are choosing what to get the bride and groom for their wedding present don’t start to feel overwhelmed as there are so many different wedding gifts to choose from. Luxury wedding gifts, personalised wedding gifts, wedding gifts for the bride, wedding gifts for the groom. Then there are wedding gifts for the flower girls, and bridesmaids. Just make sure to find out if there is already a wedding gift list or if it is left up to your imagination to choose and then narrow it down as to whether traditional or non traditional would be more appropriate…and have fun choosing!

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