My friend is getting married and I need a creative idea for a gift. What was your fave gift you got?
July 17th, 2009 | 
Author: julia_sanders83 asked:
If you are married what’s the most creative or loved gift you got? If you are not married what are your creative gift ideas? Don’t say money I’m not giving them money.
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a really nice gift to get a couple for their wedding is a “coffee table book”. Basically its a book which they can put all their photos in and can write whatever they like- the company then combines it all professionally for them and turns it into a proper book with all their wedding memories – it is something really different and thoughtful. You can get a voucher for it at
i did it for my grandparents birthday and they loved it!
My most favorite and most thoughtful gift I received wasn’t even on the register. The best man and his wife gave us our invitation in a frame and then $100.00. I loved that! I was thinking, oh, I have to set aside an invitation for our bridal book, but they went ahead and did that, too sweet!
Yes, I’m married. and the most creative/loved gift i received was a framed copy of my wedding invitation. My cousin framed it and decorated it with quilling (the craft of curling paper). The quilling paper she used was the same bright colors i used for my bridesmaid flowers. the color of the matte she used was the color of my bridesmaid dresses. And the frame was silver, the color of the ink on the wedding invitation. it was beautifully done and took her a while. Here is a website of lady who does this to give you an example of what it could look like.
On another note, one of the things i now do is to take pictures at the wedding ceremony, and then print them out before the reception starts. You can buy a small photo album for a few dollars, put the pics in and place it at the head table. I’ve had LOTS of positive feedback about this from other brides.
a wedding night basket. You get a big pretty basket and fill it with champagne, flutes, little yummy treats etc. Depending on how well you know them you can spice the basket up some with lotions/oils, “toys”, ****** reading material etc…. **** nighty for her and what not.
The basket of wine and nibbles will be appreciated during the wee hours of the morning when they’re feeling a bit peckish. A friend gave us one when we got married and we thought it was very thoughtful and enjoyed it very much. Even if they’re flying some place and can’t take it with them they can have it for their first night as man and wife in their home.
Our favorite gift that we got was an ipod touch. Too bad it got separated from the gift bag it was in, and we are still running around trying to figure out who got it for us.
I agree, items off the registry and money were the most helpful. (Really, the hand-blown glass vase that is pretty and probably cost a fortune just doesn’t fit in my house. It’s in a box somewhere…)
Home Depot gift certificates were great, too!
A gift is meant for the recipient. It’s not about what you want to give, it’s about what they’d most appreciate getting.
My maid of honor gave my husband and I a gift basket for our honey moon. She took a heart shaped basket and put a bottle of wine, wine glasses, chocolates, body lotions, candles, and a camera in it with a funny little note. I thought it was really sweet because it was completly diffrent from everything else we got and we loved it.
The most creative gift I have ever seen was one my cousin got at her bridal shower. It was a basket that included items A-Z that can be used in her house. A was Ajax, B was the basket etc…
Im not married yet but one idea i loved when my friend got married was a scrap book of the wedding and photos before the wedding.
For my brothers wedding I made a canvas, bold colours painted on the back ground and a poem scrawled in calligraphy over that called “on your wedding day” the main feature of the canvas was the family name in bold calligraphy in the centre, with their names above it and their wedding date signed below.
Hard to describe but they loved it, it was inexpensive for me to make and it takes pride on their family photo wall.
The only thing that I would reccomend if you isnsist on no money and not buying off regisrty is a photo album, frame, or some other way to display/store pictures since they will have lots of them after the wedding, or a gift critificate to their favorite restaurant. They will have lots of gifts, and you don’t want to end up giving crap they won’t use. I know you want to be personal and sweet, but really thinking practical is the best way to go here. Talk to her before the wedding and give her a heartfelt congratulations.
It depends on the type of budget you’re working with. Something that the bride and groom can do together is always cute. I love the board game idea that someone above me had! Or you can give them passes to a local adventure park with wall climbing and go karts. Or you could book the a little weekend vacation (if you’ve got the cash) for a month or two after the honeymoon so they get another something special to look forward to. (Like going to a B&B in another town)
Hope these ideas helped.
Well, I was going to say money. But, I’ll think of something else.
Personally, I would like something I could use for my wedding. So, my toasting flutes, cake cutting set or maybe you can offer to pay for some of the decorations. Anything that can be used for the wedding would be a very memorable gift from a close friend. In years to come, she’ll be able to remember how you helped make her day beautiful.
That’s really creative and not your typical picture frame or registry item. However, you’d have to plan ahead and let her know a few months before that you offering to buy her toasting flutes or cake cutting set as her wedding gift.
Honestly, you’re not going to like this, but what was off the registry.
Other creative items were appreciated, but taken back. Those that didn’t have reciepts were quite difficult, because we simply don’t have room for those things, we coudn’t take it back, and we really needed what was off the registry. I promise you- when she opens her gift and sees something off the registry, she will jump for joy- i did!
a suitcase full of board games.