Money, kitchenware, home appliances, bed sheets, sweets… All these traditional wedding gifts will, of course, make the couple’s life easier and sweeter. However, finally money are spent, wine is drunk, things, tools and devices are broken, lost or worn out. What can never disappear, break down or get lost is bright memories and experiences. So, be more creative when choosing a wedding present. Here are some ideas that will make your creative gift an extraordinary experience and a warm memory for the couple’s future years together.
A Subscription – a Long-lasting Wedding Present
People like receiving gifs. So, a subscription to a magazine, for instance, will be a present that comes many times for a number of months. The only thing to make sure is that the periodical is not targeted at the particular gender. Choose something appealing to both men and women.
Show Tickets – Fun and Experience as a Gift
This is truly a gift of impressions. Sometimes people are too busy to entertain themselves with a beautiful performance. So, whether it is a concert or a spectacular show, when the couple has tickets it won’t be able to resist visiting the event.
A Wine Degustation – a Beautiful Extension of the Wedding
A trip to a winery or just a good wine store that offers degustations will become a great present if, course, the bride and the groom like wine. Time spent together tasting great sorts of wine will become a memorable and interesting experience.
A Personalized Basket – a Fun and Creative Gift
Fill it with small things that reflect each person’s interests. The groom likes computer games? – Put into the basket game CDs he doesn’t have, a funny memory stick, a computer mouse with personalized design, a mouse pad with his wife’s picture… Options are endless.
The bride loves cooking? – Here is even more space for imagination – spices, funny spoons, an apron with personalized images on it… The most important is to make sure those are exactly the things people enjoy. As a result, the newly married will spend some half an hour exploring your basket and having fun.
Thai Massage – a Wedding Gift of Relaxation
A wonderful time of relaxation and pleasure will be a great gift for both the bride and the groom.
Fireworks – the Present that Makes Wedding Brighter
A wedding finished with fireworks becomes more spectacular and memorable. So, if you have such an opportunity, make the couple’s wedding day brighter.
Photo of the Couple’s Aura – an Absolutely Unusual Wedding Gift
Give the couple an opportunity to make a unique picture. An extraordinary photo is sure to make their photo album more outstanding.
A Luxurious Hotel or Resort Room – Presenting Pleasure
Give the new family a pleasure of spending their first might in a luxury hotel room. While home is never a bad option, not every couple can afford the interior décor, bedware, atmosphere and service a luxurious hotel offers. So, this present will become a sweet memory about the couple’s fist night after wedding.
An Animal – a Really Creative Wedding Gift
It might, of course, be an extreme, but a live creature in the house will teach the couple to take care of somebody together. It can be a puppy, a kitten, a parrot, or even a small fish in a bowl. However, make sure to check beforehand if the people are not against keeping animals at home.
An Adventure – a Fun and Joyful Idea
There are many companies that offer adventures and extreme trips. You can choose skydiving, extreme driving or sailing. However, if not sure what the couple is sure to like, let them choose. Excitations.com, for instance, offers such a service – you order the adventure (buy a gift card) and the couple chooses which one.
No matter which option you choose, let your idea be creative and add more pleasant memories to the couple’s life. Furthermore, creative does not mean expensive – a creative wedding gift can even be handmade. The most important for such a present is to be valued by the young family – let it be something special, unique and, most importantly, sincere.
Alla Kondrat - Alla Kondrat+ is a Feng Shui topic editor at Suite101.com, as well as a full time freelance writer and translator (Russian and Ukrainian). ...
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