Wedding Gift Ideas

[mr_alberta]

Well, my cousin is getting married at the end of August and I have no clue what to get her as a wedding gift. I've never had to shop for a wedding gift before so I really don't know where to start. What do people normally buy as wedding gifts?

[Dez]

Gift certificates I found were one of the best things we got, either that or money, or if possible, maybe their travel agencywill accept cash toward their honeymoon, or a photography package/gift certificate...

des

[Scavenger]

How about a nice assorted bouquet? You know a colony of zoo's surrounded by some pumping xenia, mushrooms and digitata's all presented on a tabletop acro. j/k, I guess you should think of your cousins tastes and needs. When I got married, we received a lot of needs and convenience appliances.

[EmilyB]

LOL, yes a gift certificate for a major chain store like the Bay is always good. In a pinch, any and all towels are good....hehehe

[smokinreefer]

ask them if theyve registered anywhere...
that helps a lot....

but the last time i checked, no one ever said they didnt like gettin money!

[Cap'n]

Just returned from my wedding party / reception. The best gifts we received were the personal art pieces which will always remind us of those who made them for us. I guess that's where knowing the personal tastes of the recipient comes in.

Next best present, gift certificate to a cool store, and right after that, money. Just make sure you have a good card with an honest, heartfelt expression to give the money some feeling.

[Samw]

I would imagine that something personalized is good for couples with excess material wealth while money/gift certificates are good for people who aren't like Donald Trump. What I sometimes like to do is to buy a nice engraved wedding picture frame with bride and groom's name and wedding date engraved on them. Then I place a gift certificate along with the card so they now have both something spendable and something memorable.

[mr_alberta]

Thanks for the great replies everyone!

[monza]

Couple of snowboards for sure!

Dave

[jgoldsney]

SOmething that I used to get for my buddies that got married was a tool box full of screw drivers, a hammer, tape measure etc....

Ya never realize how mush of dad's stuff you use untill you move out

Joel