WEDDING NOTES™ - Unique Gift Ideas

For those who can't bear to give traditional wedding gifts or are not enchanted with the items listed in the couple's registry, here are some gift ideas we have heard about from wedding planners and consultants.

*Give a couple's favorite wine in a special decorative wine box.  If you can, give at least three bottles with a note that wishes them to celebrate their special day.

*If the couple have arranged for cards or notes to be on all of the guest tables at the reception, give the gifts of an elegant wooden or silver or acrylic memory box for all of the notes collected.  You might have them all printed on individual card stock that will be custom fit for the memory box you've chosen.

*Give the gift of luxurious bed pillows or a set of truly elegant bed linens.

*High on the list of many brides is the hot current KitchenAid mixer in fun colors.  Add to the gift a collection of family favorite dessert recipes.

*Give sets of tickets for special dates for the couple - tickets to sporting events, movies, stage plays, concerts, or orchestral performances.

*If you are a craft person, consider creating a book of wedding memories for the couple - a wedding scrapbook.

*Create a gift basket of the couple's favorite foods and beverages and have it delivered when they return from the honeymoon.

*Give gift cards to the couple's favorite restaurants or furniture store or art gallery.

Do you have to send a gift prior to the ceremony?  Nice if you do, but  it's possible that time and distance will delay your gift.  A general guideline to remember is that you have up to one year after the wedding to send a gift.  however, it is best to do so within two months of the ceremony .