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You have been invited to a wedding of a close friend or relative. What can you give them? What will they appreciate? While cash is always welcome given the numerous expenses of a newly married couple (not to mention the fortune that they may have spent on the wedding), giving cash necessitates giving quite a significant amount and after awhile, the money is gone. True, the couple can use the cash to buy something they really like but getting them a useful and meaningful gift may lead them to remember your gift more years from now.
What are some of the things that you can consider giving them?
1. Something that grows and nourishes their faith.
Assuming that the couple believes in God or looks to a being that takes care of them, it may be good to give them a gift which is in line with their religious beliefs. As a guest, of course, you will need to be familiar with the couple to be able to do this.
A Bible, for example, will be a welcome addition to a new Christian home. For Catholics, there are wedding rosaries, where the roses come in sets of two so the husband and wife can start praying the rosary together. Appropriate prayer books can also be given as through the couple's married life, the importance or need for prayer can not be overemphasized enough.
Inasmuch as a couple starts off their married life with a lot of love, the couple is sure to encounter difficulties and challenges as they go through the years. Prayers can then provide them with the necessary anchor to see them through the problems that life may bring.
2. Things to use around the house.
Giving a couple a lot of houseware assures that the couple will live separately from their parents, and have enough space for such items. While in the Western world, it is usual for married couples to live separately from their families after the wedding, in some Asian countries, this may still not be completely true.
If you as guest are unsure whether the couple will be setting up house separately right away, you can stick to items like towels, beddings, and small appliances like microwave ovens and coffee makers and or juicers. Whether the couple lives separately or with their parents first will not make a difference as such items will always come in handy and having more than one of each will still be helpful.
3. Items to build memories.
Photo albums, scrapbooks and scrapbook materials, picture frames – all of these will help the couple look forward to a life filled with happy memories and fun times. Putting a scrapbook together can actually be a good bonding experience for the couple to be after they return from their first trip as husband and wife.
4. Something personalized.
Gift cards and tags with the names of the newly-married couple, photo stamps (with the couple's picture and which they can use for postage when they send out their thank you notes and cards), a collection of their favorite couple photos properly framed or mounted – these are sure to make memorable and highly appreciated gifts since as guest, you took the time and effort to have something made especially for the couple. The gift could not have been given to anyone else.
5. Gifts that help them look forward.
Go a step forward and give them a book about raising kids and having babies, for example. Think of other activities and events which the couple can look forward to and give them gifts in line with those occasions.
There are a whole lot of gift ideas for a wedding that you and I can still come up with. Just remember though that more than the monetary value of the actual gift, it is the love and good wishes that go with our presents that make the difference between a gift that is just expensive and store bought and one that can be truly priceless.
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Source by Alicia Barcelon
