As someone continually looking for unique and fun wedding presents ( I have a lot of ‘getting married’ friends!) I always love to look at wedding presents and make them really special. I’m not one for electronics- they make great presents, but I’m a bit of a hoarder and incredibly sentimental, so I can’t bring myself to buy them as gifts. Instead I love to purchase things that the couple will have forever. My mother still uses the silverware from my great grandmother and I adore the idea of special china for Christmas and birthdays.
I can never part with a gift, and wedding presents are just the ultimate, a symbol of support if you will, to start the “new stage” of your life with.
Here’s some of my latest favourite finds.
1. Custom chairs from My Bespoke Chair
What Is It: Custom made chairs to your specifications!
Why I Love it: I love the idea of a bespoke piece of furniture given as a wedding gift and these chairs are gorgeous. Setting the scene of a corner reading nook with a chair in a gorgeous fabric. Pick your style, your fabrics and even your wood finish! If you’re not confident in your own design choices, they offer gift certificates so the newlyweds can design their own!
What Is it: Upcycled vintage suitcases turned into speakers
Why I Love It: I love that these are portable sound systems that are lovely enough to keep as decor in your own home. They’re unique and inventive (and last for 15 hours if fully charged!) so they can go with you wherever you go. Again electronic, but so cool I wouldn’t mind hanging on to it forever!
3. Kitchenaid Stand Mixer in Empire Red
What it Is: A kitchen appliance that does (almost) everything
Why I Love It: I know this mixer makes every one of my lists, and I’m sorry for that but I still love it! I’ve always been tossing up which colour and my friend recently received the Empire Red for Christmas, personally I’m an Almond Cream fan. I just love this mixer and as baking is my relaxation ritual I think it’s a fabulous wedding gift (and my one electronic ‘must have’ item!)
4. Hand turned pepper grinder from DaileyWoodworking
What Is It: One of a kind pepper mills
Why I Love It: I love taking something that is a staple of the home and choosing a really amazing version of it. These grinders are works of art (and come in some many different colours and versions) that start out as 49 pieces of wood and are carved and created into the most beautiful pieces.
5. Blacklist You Are My Sunshine Print from From The Owl
What Is It: A fun print for your home
Why I Love It: Not only is this print in itself awesome (bronze foil?) but I love this kind of artwork around the house. It makes me smile and fills me up – fun quotes from friends, beautifully drawn posters and art in general is a gorgeous gift. It can be very personal to the couple so I like that this poster is fun, well designed and easy enough to place in a bedroom, office or living room without being too different to a particular style (risking the couple hating getting art!)
6. Mexican Wedding Blanket from Table Tonic
What Is It: A gorgeous blanket
Why I love It: I think these make for absolutely gorgeous wedding gifts. They’re stunning for starters but the stories go that high in the Atlas mountains, Berber brides would wear these handmade blankets made by their family as they walked to meet their new husbands. I love anything from another culture that ties to marriage traditions.
7. Owl lamp from Have You Met Miss Jones
What Is It: A decorative lamp
Why I Love It: Decor gifts are fun if you know the couple’s taste
8. Kate Spade Larabee Dot Champagne Saucers from Wedding Gifts Direct
What Is It: Gorgeous champagne saucers
Why I Love It: a) It’s got all the glamour of times gone by b) it’s polka dots! I love champagne coupes, because I always feel 1000% more glamorous drinking bubbles from a saucer and when you add polka dots, well it’s my idea of drinking bubbles in style! It makes a difference to the traditional champagne flute gift too!
Over to you – your favourite wedding presents? Where do you shop? What do you want to put on your wedding registry?
Oooh that pepper grinder is totally cool. Such great finds.