We are once again quickly approaching wedding season for 2015. I am not sure how many weddings we will be invited to this year, but it seems in the last two years, every one that we know has gotten married! I am not at all complaining, but my wallet was.
Taylor and I got married almost two years ago and since then, I have definitely learned a few tips and tricks to wedding gifting. We registered a few places. I had lived on my own a few years before we got married, so I had a lot of “stuff” or basics anyway. A lot of the stuff we registered for was cool kitchen gadgets or stuff that I didn’t have yet, but needed for a full sized, non-apartment kitchen.
Now, that I am married, I feel that I am better shopper for wedding gifts. I know the wedding gifts we use the most and the ones we hardly use at all. I love practical gifts. With that being said, here are some tips for this years wedding season or if you are completely stumped on what to get the couple who “has everything”!
1. Look First. My first and biggest tip is, to look on the couple’s registry!! They created a registry for a reason! If you feel that things are too over-priced or you procrastinated too long and all that is left is a $400 vacuum cleaner or $200 sheets, or a set of spatulas, then it is time to get creative! Whether you know the couple very well or you don’t also can make the difference of how creative you can get, so here are some ideas!
2. First Married Date Night! A great and practical gift is a gift card to your local movie theater or the couple’s favorite restaurant (maybe where they had their first date!). Say something in the card like “let your first married date night be on us!” This is a great gift if you don’t know the couple that well and don’t know what else they really need.
3. Grocery Gift Card. This is another great and practical gift idea that anyone will use. When we first got married, I wasn’t working yet and thankfully several people had given us Wal-Mart gift cards so that helped out with groceries and stalking our pantry and kitchen. Or you can also get them a gif card for the sites where they are registered, so they can use it towards that $400 vacuum cleaner.
Get a gift card at your local grocery store, this way it is more specific than Wal-Mart and you know they will use it on groceries only! You can pretty much do gift cards for anywhere or anything. If you know the couple needs or is looking for new furniture, you could also help out in that area, it all just depends on how much you want to spend.
4. Pre-Paid Honeymoon Credit Card. Someone gave us a pre-paid credit card that we could use anywhere, Wal-Mart, date nights, or even on our honeymoon! It was a great idea, especially for the couple that do take a honeymoon right away! We used ours on a meal or two on our honeymoon!
5. Collage. There were two different people that gave us two different, but similar gifts. One was a vintage-y plaque with our last name and wedding date, you can find similar things on Etsy.com! It still hangs in our main, front entry! The other thing is to save the couples invitation and get it framed for them! Someone did this for us and it hangs in our bedroom with some of our wedding photos! You could save the invitation and or programs as well, or other momentous and have them framed for the couple after the wedding. Yes, that would mean the gift would be a tad late, but I am sure the couple would understand once they saw their keepsake gift! Plus, it is something that not a lot of people think of doing!
6. Tupperware. I just had a Tupperware party last summer and even though I had some great containers from Wal-Mart or from wedding gifts, Tupperware is quality that is forever lasting. Seriously, everyone needs and always uses Tupperware! Tupperware has tons of new products not only for food storage, but for organizing those horrible junk or food cabinets! Not only is it a good investment for the couple, but it is quality and will last for many years!
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