subject: Personalized Wedding Gifts: Flutes, Frames, and More by:Shannon McCoy [print this page] Wedding gifts do not need to be difficult, not if you think personalization. Personalized gifts are an ideal choice when you are trying to find the perfect wedding gift for a friend, favorite niece or anyone else in your life. A personalized wedding gift commemorates the most special day in the happy couple's life, the day they publicly make their commitment to each other. It marks the beginning of their new life together and from this day forward, they walk together as one through life. What better gift could you give than one that acknowledges the couple's new life together, especially if that new life includes a new name.
Personalized wedding gifts come in three distinct flavors. First are gifts that are meant to be part of the ceremony, and a memento thereafter, a remembrance of the happy couple's special day. These gifts include things like champagne flutes engraved with the names of the bride and groom, personalized guest books, cake knives, and other accoutrements to be used at the ceremony or at the reception. Wedding accessories are often bought by the bride or groom, but they can be welcome gifts from family members or members of the wedding party who are close enough to the wedding couple to choose gifts that fit into the dcor and plans for the day.
Tips for Giving Personalized Wedding Accessories as Gifts
If you are a close friend of the bride or groom, you might consider giving a wedding accessory printed or engraved with their names as a wedding shower gift. If you do, keep these considerations in mind:
1 Choose a gift that fits the wedding dcor. Engraved Galway crystal champagne flutes look beautifully at home on an elegant wedding head table. For a less formal wedding table, you might consider Wedding Party Character Icon champagne flutes with whimsical bride and groom figures.
2 Think outside the traditional box when choosing a personalized wedding gift. Choose gifts that the bride and groom may not have considered, like an engraved Wedding Silver Heart Cake Serving Set.
3 Check to be sure that the bride has not already bought the accessory herself. Wedding guest books and wedding photo albums can be lovely presents that defray wedding expenses for the bride and groom, but be sure that the couple has not already invested and bought one that they love.
The second type of personalized wedding gift is a wedding keepsake. Wedding keepsakes are not used at the ceremony, but they are meant to keep and preserve memories of the day. Wedding keepsakes are also welcome gifts from the family, wedding party members and close friends. The most popular personalized wedding keepsakes are photo frames and wall plaques. There are many options available if you want to give a wedding keepsake gift that is unique.
Unusual Personalized Wedding Keepsakes
4 One of the first decisions that a bride and groom often make is the choice of their wedding invitation. Memorialize that decision with an inscribed wedding invitation on glass or slate. Their words can be inscribed onto a beautiful wedding plaque that takes a place of honor in their home.
5 Wedding plates and platters are popular gifts. Most of them are generic with flowers, wedding bells, and the bride and groom's wedding details. Choose something distinctive like a Wedding Day Character Platter, which features whimsical representations of everyone in the wedding party.
6 Photo frames are another popular wedding keepsake gift. Frames engraved with a wedding verse and wedding details are an appreciated gift, but you can take photos even further with a photo album or a very special Photo Quilt featuring photos of the bride and groom on their wedding day in color or black and white.
There are also personalized gifts for the home that do not refer to the wedding. These can be a very special gift from anyone at all. Gifts like wall plaques, and welcome signs personalized with the couple's new name take a place of pride in the new home. For many couples, the wedding day also means moving into a new home, so personalized housewarming gifts are especially welcome. If you are considering this type of give, keep a few things in mind.
Choosing Personalized Gifts for the Home
7 If you are choosing a wall plaque or other gift to be displayed in the home, be sure that you have an idea of the bride and groom's taste in furnishings. You want to avoid choosing something that the bride and groom may not like.
8 It should be understood, but if you are giving a personalized wedding gift that can be displayed, be sure that you spell the names correctly. This can be especially important if the happy couple has chosen to use a hyphenated surname rather than simply using the groom's surname.
About the author
Shannon McCoy is a freelance writer who writes about family and gift giving, often focusing on a specific kind of gifts such as wedding gifts
