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Thoughtful Wedding Gift Ideas

July 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The most thoughtful wedding gift ideas become lasting keepsakes for the happy couple after the event is over. While purchasing from a gift registry ensures your present is appropriate, taking time to choose personalized wedding gift ideas makes your offering timeless.

Habit and the desire to please the bride and groom bring many guests to the bridal registries for wedding gift ideas. Buying a needed appliance or china item will certainly satisfy the newlyweds. Another option is to discuss the wedding theme with the families or wedding party of the couple for customized wedding gift ideas. Find out what the couple likes, and the style of their new home and use this information to spark gift ideas. Knowing more about the couple helps you think of better wedding gift ideas.

A simple gift to celebrate “just married” status is a luxurious set of towels monogrammed with “Mr.” and “Mrs.” Select thick, posh cotton towels so the couples feels fabulous during their honeymoon and as they settle into their home together as newlyweds. Include a rich set of matching terry robes monogrammed with “Mr.” and “Mrs.” for the shower, bath, Jacuzzi or pool. Some of the best wedding gift ideas celebrate the newlywed status of the happy couple. After all, they will both be proud they tied the knot and enjoy gifts that show it off.

A functional, enduring wedding gift is a pewter wedding certificate holder. The newlyweds will need a safe place to keep and proudly display their wedding certificate. With a stand, this handsome piece will be a focal point in the newlyweds’ home. Personalize the wedding certificate holder to really wow the bride and groom. Their wedding certificate will always be safe in a customized wedding certificate holder.

Practical wedding gift ideas include ways to display all those treasured photos of the event and the memories of the future. Give the couple a silver plated frame with a glittering heart to hold one of their favorite wedding photos. A double photo frame can be used to display individual photos of the bride and groom. If the couple has a contemporary flair, give them an attractive acrylic frame for their wedding photos.

Stylish photo albums are great wedding gift ideas. Select unusual photo albums based on the newlyweds’ personal style. Timeless choices feature flowers on the cover, such as romantic red roses or a field of daisies. Have a silver plated photo album engraved with the couple’s names. The newlyweds can use the photo album to store all the memories they create together.

Buy a decorative toasting set based on the theme of the couple’s wedding. Although they will open the gifts after the reception, the toasting set can be used to celebrate all their upcoming anniversaries. Include a short note of congratulations, encouraging them to relive the magical moment they got married every year on their anniversary with the toasting set. Purchase crystal flutes or glass steins engraved with the couple’s name and wedding date. Personalized glassware is useful and can be used in a curio to decorate the newlyweds’ home.

Whimsical wedding gift ideas include lingerie for the fun-loving couple. Some couples just can’t stop kissing and everyone knows they are waiting for the reception to end to go on their honeymoon. Celebrate their enthusiasm with lingerie. Give them matching thong underwear or underwear that reads “bride” and groom”. You can also buy apparel that shows off their “bride” and “groom” status to the world, such as t-shirts and hats.

Another benefit of all these customized wedding gift ideas is they are affordable. You may even have money left to put in an envelope as a present to the newlyweds. Couples always need extra cash and the combination of a personalized gift and money is definitely appreciated.

The best wedding gift ideas keep the needs of the newlyweds in mind. Get to know what the couple likes so you can choose personalized gifts to commemorate their special day. Thoughtful wedding gift ideas become lasting keepsakes for the couples to treasure when they are along together after the party ends. Show the couple how much you love them with a carefully chosen keepsake wedding present.

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Wedding Shower Gifts Show Your Support

July 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Wedding shower gifts show your support for the bride and groom. Thoughtful wedding shower gifts are part of the marriage ceremony or reception then become lasting keepsakes after the day is over. By choosing personalized wedding shower gifts, you add to the magic memories the special couple shares about their marriage day.

Traditionally, a wedding shower is a party for the bride held by the maid of honor, bridesmaids or other close friends and family to celebrate the upcoming marriage. Usually the wedding shower is held right before the wedding date. Many brides take advantage of a bridal registry at their favorite retailers so their shower and wedding guests know what type of gifts to buy. Wedding shower gifts range from appliances to lingerie to personalized accessories for the big day.

Small appliances are always a useful gift for the new couple. As they set up home together, the couple will need essentials such as a coffee maker, toaster oven, blender and electric can opener. These practice wedding shower gifts will be used by the couple everyday to meet their basic needs.

Giving lingerie is a popular way to celebrate the honeymoon after the wedding. The bride usually wears fetching lingerie for her first magical evening alone with the groom. When the bride receives lingerie at the wedding shower, there are always plenty of stories and laughs to go along with it. A lacy nightgown and robe in white with puffy slippers is always a thoughtful gift for the bride-to-be. Often shower guests give whimsical lingerie gifts such as a thong or garter belt to bring a bit of excitement to the event.

The bride and groom will also need a variety of wedding accessories to personalize the ceremonies during their wedding day. Before you purchase accessories for the wedding, make sure to verify the theme of the day so you can match it. Often the bride lists the theme on the bridal registry. Otherwise, the maid of honor is a good person to ask about the wedding theme chosen by the happy couple. Once you know the theme of the wedding, you can choose thoughtful wedding shower gifts to add to the joy of the day.

At the wedding reception, everyone will toast the bride and groom to wish them success in the future. Usually the best man initiates the toast and other family members and friends add to it. After everyone shares sentiments with the bride and groom, they toast the newlyweds with champagne or another bubbly beverage. Toasting sets are wonderful wedding shower gifts that bring a touch of class to the toast. Elegant flutes made just for the bride and groom can be used after the wedding reception toast for anniversaries to simply to display in the curio at their new home.

Cake serving sets are essential wedding shower gifts. During the cake cutting ceremony, the bride and groom feed each other for the first time as their reception guests watch. The wedding cake is always a focal point at the wedding reception. With dramatic tiers, colorful icing and a themed cake topper, everyone stops to admire the wedding cake during the reception. Having a themed cake serving set bring beauty to the cake cutting ceremony. A decorated cake serving set with attractive embellishments makes the photos and videos fabulous.

While other wedding shower guests pick up lingerie for the bride, you can purchase the bridal garters. During the garter throwing ceremony, all the bachelors line up to catch the garter thrown by the groom. The bachelor who catches the garter is believed to be the next man to get married. When the groom removes the garter from the bride’s leg, all eyes are on the bride. Having a fancy, themed bridal garter brings more excitement to this fun-filled moment such as a western garter at a country wedding.

You can also give thoughtful bridal apparel as wedding shower gifts. If the bride is going on a winter ski honeymoon, an angora hat that reads “Bride” is perfect for the trip. A t-shirt that reads “Bride” is perfect for any venue. Sunglasses that state “Bride” and “Groom” on the lenses are ideal for a tropical honeymoon.

The most thoughtful wedding shower gifts celebrate a special moment for the happy couple and become lasting keepsakes when the party ends.

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First Wedding Anniversary Gifts that Celebrate One Year of Marital Success!

June 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment

It is still wonderful when you hear that a couple has made it happily through twenty, thirty, forty, even fifty years of marriage. For those people, wedding gifts are usually theme related, such as a silver, bronze or golden anniversary, but first wedding anniversary gifts usually focus on the couple as a pair of newlyweds, and less on the time milestone. First wedding anniversary gifts allow friends and family to celebrate what is one of the most important milestones as without the first celebration, none of the others would be possible.

The average marriage lasts an average of 28 years, which is down from 37 in 1980, but up in recent years as divorce rates have stabilized. Hopefully, everyone knows at least one couple who has been married blissfully for multiple decades. One couple, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as having the longest recognized marriage at a “normal” age, was married 86 years. As remarkable as that is, an even more significant milestone is often the first wedding anniversary.

Couples that have been together for decades have worked out a routine. They know each other like the “backs of their hands.” They often can communicate just by a look or without even talking. When they get to that point, the milestone is important and impressive, but much less challenging than that first year of becoming a married couple.

The average newly married couple; even if they have lived together before the wedding still have a lot to learn about each other. They have to figure out details like finances, wills and the routines that make life easier. They undergo a transition that is both uplifting and uprooting. Making that first milestone is indeed a hallmark that makes virtually every year after seem relatively easy.

As you can see, celebrating the first anniversary is extremely important to both sides. In many ways, commemorating the first year is a bigger endeavor than the wedding. Making sure it is special is one way that friends and family can continue to celebrate the happy couple as well as offer them support and congratulations.

Gifts that commemorate the date as well as the union are always popular. These would include “Mr. + Mrs.” Towels, or perhaps a honeymoon memory book that celebrates the date, the milestone and remind the couple of their relatively new “us” status. A wedding certificate holder also allows the couple to showcase their decision to marry as well as provide a save environment for one of the most important documents in their lives. “Mr. + Mrs.” Bathrobes give them both something to wear in the morning as well as reminds them of their commitment and their status as a couple.

Other gifts lean towards the practical, even if they are relatively indulgent. A photo frame with brushed silver and crystals in heart shape or a crystal cube photo frame will allow them to showcase favored photos of friends or family in prominent places around their home.

First wedding anniversary gifts do not have to be “object-oriented.” Many couples celebrating that first milestone also are living on a budget, so a gift certificate to an expensive local restaurant will allow them celebrate in style at a place they might not ordinarily consider. Other suggestions that would give both of them a day off, pamper her and entertain him include a day spa gift certificate for her, tickets to a sporting event or a gift certificate a store that caters to one or both of their hobbies.

When they get to their 20th, 40th or even 50th, they will look back on the years and remember the journey they have taken as a couple. They will remember the joyful moments and the challenges that have made up their adventure; they also will appreciate the sacrifices and love that went into each year. To get there, however, they have to make it to one and helping them celebrate their first wedding anniversary in style and with a thoughtful gift will remind them of just how much they have accomplished.

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Personalized Wedding Gifts add an Extra Touch to your Wedding Gift Selections

June 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

We all like to receive gifts and nothing makes a gift more special than to have our name or initials etched onto it. Personalized wedding gifts not only are classy, they show the recipient of the gift that the giver not only thought about the gift, but also saw fit to add to the gift an extra touch. Etching on a gift can be the recipient’s name, their initials, the date of the wedding ceremony, the location or the names of the bride and groom.

The reason that personalized wedding gifts are so popular is that they remind the bride and groom of their wedding as well as the gift giver every time they use, see or talk about the gift. With a few exceptions, any gift can be personalized; the only determining factor is the size of the gift, and what it is made of. While gifts of stone, metal or glass are the easiest to personalize, other materials, such as fabric, leather and even plastic can have a personalization etched on them and still look very sharp.

About the only type of gift that cannot be personalized are items too small to have an etching or materials that would be damaged by the etching, such as some plastics, some stone and very malleable metals. The reason these types of substances are not good for personalization or etching is that they do not hold up well under the pressure of inscribing whatever it is that is being etched. Some stones, for instance will slough off or crumble under pressure, while some plastics will puncture or become weakened and some metals are just too soft to be effectively etched.

Another aspect of personalization to consider is the shape of the gift. While some items, like glasses can be etched even though they are round in shape, most rounded items either distort the etching or are so spread out that they are hard to decipher or the etching has to be miniscule to be able to be read. Flat surfaces is best, but if your personalized wedding gifts are rounded, remember that any personalization will have to be succinct enough to be able to be read with a single glance, otherwise the entire reason for personalizing them is lost.

The style of personalization you choose is also important. Some script is too hard to read, while other fonts do not translate well onto etchings. Additionally, the quality of the etching can make or break the personalization. Not all artisans or etching establishments are the same, so make sure that you see a sample before you elect to go ahead with the personalization. Also, remember that you have the right to refuse a product if the personalization or etching do not live up to their billing; you should closely examine all gifts and the personalization to make sure that you are getting what you paid to receive.

Personalized wedding gifts come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and types. A key fob with cable is one great idea that will be used on a daily basis, as is a silver plated brass money clip or a silver plated purse shaped compact mirror. If you are partial to drinking containers, a footed pilsner glass or a brushed finish stainless steel tankard will be big hits, as will stainless steel flasks.

While most personalization is etched, this is not the case if you are giving gifts such as luggage or anything made of material. For any materials that are personalized, you should check to see how many stitches per inch are used to make up the personalization. Also, verify that the fabric underneath will wear well if it is punctured by the needles used to put the personalization on them.

Personalized wedding gifts are great ways to show your bride and groom that you put a lot of thought into their gifts. By personalizing their gifts, you also will be able to remind them of the day or give them an easy way to identify luggage or clothing. By personalizing their gifts, you also create for them an easy “connection” between their gift, you and the event that prompted your generosity.

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Wedding Gifts – Toasters and Punch Bowls are So Passé!

May 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

When our parents got married, they received toasters, cutlery, linen, cut glass vases and a punch bowl set as wedding gifts. When our parents got married, the majority of couples were not cohabitating for five or ten years before deciding to tie the knot. When young grooms were coming straight from mother to wife and naïve brides were moving from their father’s house to their husband’s, a newlywed couple needed everything from tablecloths, Tupperware and towels to cutlery, china and cookware. Most modern couples, either together or separately, have been living on their own for several years and often times own their property. This also means they have settled in and are not in need of a toaster or a punch bowl. Searching for wonderful wedding gifts can be a fun experience if you go about it with the right mindset, especially if you take a few minutes to consider three important factors: relationship, lifestyle, and budget.

Relationship

Your relationship to the bride and groom often dictates your obligation where wedding gifts are concerned. If you are the groom’s sister or the childhood best friend of the bride; obviously you are going to put careful thought into finding a very special wedding gift for the couple. Because you are so close to the couple, your gift will be more closely scrutinizes than a gift that comes from a very distant relative. On the other hand, if you are the sixth cousin twice removed on the bride’s side, or the groom happens to be an employee for whom you received a courtesy wedding invitation, you are fine purchasing a nice practical gift that won’t break the bank. In either case, the bride and groom will be pleased with your gift if you give careful consideration to their lifestyle.

Lifestyle

Always take the lifestyle of the couple into consideration when thinking about suitable wedding gifts. For example, wine glasses are of little use to a couple that doesn’t drink. Similarly, travel coffee mugs would not be useful to a couple that runs a business from their home and doesn’t commute to work everyday. If the couple likes loves home décor and enjoys entertaining, then something like a beautiful silver picture frame, lovely cheese serving plates or modern fondue set would be ideal. Alternately, if the couple is whimsical and fun, give them a gift that matches their persona. A wedding time capsule would be a wedding gift that would be enjoyed, as would matching monogrammed bathrobes. For the romantics, think about a unique wedding gift such as a honeymoon memory book or a silver plated holder for their wedding certificate.

Budget

The most important factor should be budget. Once you have decided where you fit on the relationship ladder, and have pinpointed their lifestyle, you probably have a good idea of the type of wedding gift you want to purchase. Now set a budget and stick with it. If you can only afford $25.00, then find a gift that costs the same or less than your budget. Especially if you shop online, there are terrific gifts that can even be personalized for under $25.00. Remember that it should be the thought that counts, and your kind gesture to present a gift to the lucky couple.

Remember relationship, lifestyle and budget when you are shopping for wedding gifts and you cannot veer too far wrong. With a little imagination you will end up with the perfect gift for the engaged couple. Keep in mind that most modern couples own a toaster, don’t need a coffeepot, and probably have a full linen cupboard with towels, bed sheets and tablecloths. Of course, if your friends are the exception to the contemporary rule, and they are starting out fresh right from their parents house, then by all means get them towels – just put a fun twist on the gift by having them monogrammed with ‘Mr. and Mrs.’

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Bridesmaid Gifts – Tips and Ideas for Finding the Perfect Wedding Party Present

May 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Planning a wedding is such an exciting venture and aside from making sure the wedding day goes off without a hitch, you need to purchase special bridesmaid gifts, just a little something for the girls who have helped to keep your wedding plans on track and your sanity in check.

Of course, you want to buy wonderful bridesmaid gifts that the women in your wedding party will love. That does not mean you have to spend a fortune. You can find lovely bridesmaid gifts for under $25 that will be appreciated by the ladies involved in your wedding.

Tips for Choosing a Bridesmaid Gift

From the day you announce your engagement until the day you are married, your bridal party will be the most important group of people in your life. In most cases, a bride chooses sisters, lifelong friends, and close family members to stand beside them on the big nuptial day. It is true that a present for a bridesmaid can run the gamut in terms of style, size, level of sentimentality and of course price. Some brides can afford to spend enormous amounts of money on lavish gifts for their bridal party. However, in reality, most of us are trying our best to stick to a strict wedding budget, and gifts must be chosen for suitability and loveliness, but also for affordability.

Although it is customary to get the same gift for each bridesmaid, a strong trend is emerging with modern brides to purchase a unique gift for each member of your bridal party based on their personality and lifestyle.

No matter what you choose to give your bridesmaids as a token of your appreciation and affection, ultimately it is the thought that counts. Whatever you choose will be warmly received, whether you have $10 or $100 to spend on each of your bridesmaids. Just remember to get something extra special for your maid or matron of honor. It is a common misconception that a bridesmaid gift must be a token to remember the wedding day. In modern times, this is not necessarily true. Essentially, the gift is the bride’s way of thanking the girls in her wedding party for their support, assistance and friendship.

Gifts with a Theme or Purpose in Mind

If you are having a traditional wedding, you may want to consider a time honored and popular trinket for your bridesmaids. Customary presents for a bridesmaid might include a silver plated picture frame or mirror compact, etched wine glasses, or time-honored jewelry such as pearls.

If the theme for your marital ceremony is more contemporary, you can choose from many fun and functional bridesmaid gifts. How about a pair of funky ‘thank you’ flip-flop sandals in plush faux suede, with wedding words printed on the insole? If you are getting married on the beach, surprise your bridesmaids with a trendy beach tote and matching crusher hat. If you want to stay along the traditional lines, a silver plated key fob that is monogrammed would be a welcome gift that is stunning and practical.

Nowadays, more and more women have become busy executive global travelers. For bridesmaids on the go, think about giving a gift that can be taken on the road. A high quality stainless steel travel vacuum mug for tea or coffee will be a welcome gift and they now come in pink! A sleek stainless steel and leather travel clock, or a set of polished metal luggage tags, both of which can be personalized, would be a lovely bridesmaid’s gift.

Planning a wedding can be a time of great stress, with so many items on a ‘to-do’ list. Some days, it may even seem insurmountable, especially as the big day approaches and there are so many tasks and wedding ceremony chores that need to be done. Your bridal party is critical to helping you get everything done, and making sure your wedding day unfolds in reality just as it does in your dreams. Finding and purchasing great bridesmaid gifts should not add to your anxiety. Instead, it is should be a fun shopping experience that results in your wedding party adoring their special tokens of your appreciation.

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Personalized Wedding Favours

April 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Personalized wedding favours are a great way to say thank you to your guests for coming to your wedding reception. Short of hacking away and making all of the favours yourselves giving out these personalized keepsakes are the best alternative to imbue a personal touch to all of your gifts.

Personalizing wedding favours for guests is fast becoming the most popular trend in this modern century. There is an old saying that the best gift you can bestow upon someone is the gift you create by yourself. Thus as logic would have it that the second best gift must be the one that has at least a symbolic personal touch even though it isn’t made by the gift giver themselves.

If you are planning to hold a wedding you won’t be far wrong to add a personal touch to each guest’s wedding experience by giving out personalized wedding favours.

In our modern age it is possible to personalize almost any wedding favour with the addition of personalized ribbons or tags. This automatically personalizes your keepsakes in the most simple of ways. There are many wedding tags out there that will suit the colors and style of your wedding decorations.

Engraving the names of guest upon the wedding keepsakes is an even classier way to personalize keepsakes. These engraved gifts become unique personalized wedding favours that will no doubt be treasured by the recipient for many years to come. If you don’t have the budget to engrave all of the guests’ names on the mementos why not have the newlywed couple’s names and the wedding date engraved on them. Champagne flutes, picture frames, cigar mementos, candles, or silver plated keepsakes are among the keepsakes that can be engraved. Metal such as silver or gold are the best to work with.

With such an abundance of good ideas available for personalizing your wedding favours and reasonable prices, you should definitely consider going for personalized wedding keepsakes for your guests. Personalized wedding tokens will not only give your wedding guests a warm feeling of appreciation at your personal touch but also help remind them of your lovely wedding. This is the next best thing other than having to make them yourself.

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Photo Album Wedding Favours

April 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Photo album favours are a great way to give guests at your wedding dinner a small piece of the joy that they had at the party for them to take home and cherish. Be sure to plan beforehand and choose a photo album to suit your budget when picking this wedding favour.

The main purpose of a photo album is to hold and preserve memories in the form of photographs for future generations. A picture paints a thousand words and nothing compares to a photo to vividly bring back happy memories. Photo album favours offer you the flexibility to design your own wedding albums that are both personal and unique. Giving out photo album favours are a perfect way of preserving treasured memories, for both you and your guests.

There are a variety of choices when it comes to the physical album itself. These range in price from the standard cardboard photo album to personalized gold and silver gilded photo albums. Choose an appropriate one to suit your budget and wedding theme. Manage your time properly and order with ample time to spare. Once you have made your choice, then you would have to fill each album with your wedding pictures prior to the wedding. The trick to avoiding the stress of filling out the albums with the wedding reception photos is to just put in the pre posed wedding photos and let the guests fill in the later photos in this way you will be able to avoid a lot of headaches. To add special touches to your wedding favour why not add a personalized tag to make it even more meaningful for your guests.

You can further adorn the photo albums with simple decorations to add that unique touch to it. Adding some rose’s petals will add an elegant yet loving feel to the whole keepsake. If you are having a beach themed wedding, you can always use seashells to beautify the cover of the album, personalizing it to your heart’s desire.

Lastly remember that as long as your gift is sincere your guests are bound to appreciate it. These photo album favours make among the best keepsakes to hand out to guests as they will no doubt remind the guests of the great time they had at your wedding every time they flip through it.

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Golf Wedding Favours

April 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

For the fanatic golfer it is quite normal for them to want to incorporate golf into as many aspects of their lives as possible. This can mean going as far as holding a golf themed wedding which would call for golf wedding favours. Luckily these keepsakes are readily available in a variety of choices.

Golf is the sport of kings or so the saying goes. The sport of golf has been the subject of both ridicule and adulation; it is played throughout the world but has always retained an air of sophistication about it and has always been associated with the upper crust of society. Those that truly follow the game do so with unabashed passion to the extent of borderline fanatics and are willing to go to great lengths for their game, even to the extent of holding a golf themed wedding for themselves. Golfers will after all go to great lengths to inculcate the game into every aspect of their lives.

To have a golf themed wedding you would need golf themed wedding accessories. One of the most important essential accessories is wedding favours to hand out to the guests. Thankfully in our modern day and age getting themed wedding favours is no longer a difficult task. There are an abundance of golf themed wedding keepsakes readily available out there. These gifts include white chocolate golf balls, silver golf bag paper weights, golf themed engraved mugs, golf tee cuff links, Bluetooth mini controlled golf cart place card holders and many more. Depending on the budget and tastes of the happy couple there is always plenty of golf themed gifts to choose from. The choices are aplenty to choose that special favour to make you feel like a Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh or a Jack Nicklaus on your special day.

So if golf is your cup of tea and you are so fanatic about the game that you can’t tear yourself away from your clubs even for your wedding day, then maybe holding a golf themed wedding is the right choice for you. To do this you would need a very understanding (or sufficiently bribed) spouse. There is no need to worry about favours as there are plenty available to suit your needs to make your wedding a smashing success. Fore to you!!

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Practical Favours

April 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Wedding favours that are both practical and functional can be easily sourced and will be better appreciated and put to use by the recipients of these gifts. Gifts like coasters and key chains are both practical and can be shaped to the needs of the wedding.

A considerate couple may want to think about giving out wedding favours which are practical. The practicality of the gift is important because keepsakes which are given for other reasons such as cost and theme may not be valued by your guests. It is a fact that many favours are quickly discarded soon after the wedding and thus they will not serve as a reminder of your wedding.

Should you make the decision to give out mementos which are more practical in nature your guests are more likely to appreciate and cherish them. Although favours such as these may not be the most romantic or lovely, but they are much more likely to be appreciated by your guests than more fanciful items.

Here are a few suggestions for purchasing and choosing practical wedding favours you can give to your guests on your wedding day:

- Coasters are one idea for wedding favours which can be romantic or suit the theme of your wedding but can also be very practical as they are usable and the picture and shape of the coaster can be tailored to suit your needs.

- Key chains are another example of wedding favours which can be both romantic and practical, everyone needs a keychain and like coasters they can be shaped to suit your needs and purposes.

- Candles bring light to the dark, they can symbolize the eternal flame of love or a romantic setting, also they are truly practical as guests are likely to use the candles in the future (black outs, romantic dinners .. etc) as opposed to letting them collect cobwebs and be forgotten, which is a likely scenario for other less practical favours.

There are many other practical gifts out there that can be handed out as keepsakes, it all depend on the creativity of the wedding organizers to make sure that the gifts are useful and will not be discarded. A favour is after all a gift to show appreciation and thanks to guests for attending the wedding ceremony and what better way to do that than by giving them something of use.

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