Unique Wedding Favours

bridesmaid-gift

So just what do you get for those special people who have supported you both before and on your big day itself? How do you say thank you properly to the bridesmaids who organised a great hen night for you, who reassured you when you had doubts, who spent hours on the phone listening to [...]

Champagne Flutes – a Classic Wedding Day Gift

2 classicly designed Champagne glasses by Vera Wang

Although the number of wedding gift ideas seems to increase on a daily basis there are certain gifts which are timeless and tick all the boxes when it comes to buying a suitable wedding gift – i.e. they must be beautiful, practical and useful. Champagne flutes  are not only practical – you can drink Champagne [...]

Polka Hearts Designer Tableware

Emma Bridgewater polka hearts design tea set

Tableware is  a traditional gift idea for the happy couple but nowadays newly-weds tend to already have a fair amount of this – either they’ve lived together for a while and already amassed a fair collection; or they’ve opted for a wedding list and have a big coordinating set. These designer mugs and teapot from [...]

Personalised Hearts for Bridemaids

A personalised wooden heart hung from a pink gingham ribbon

A personalised bridesmaid gift is always a good idea and doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive.  These hand-crafted wooden hearts by Country Heart, for instance, are reasonably priced at just £11 and make a truly unique gift idea that will be kept for years afterwards. Simply choose up to 8 words of your choice and [...]

Cancer Research UK Wedding Favours

a personalised wedding favour from Cancer Research UK

Like many couples you may be looking at alternative ways of celebrating your wedding. Charity themes and gifts which help someone less fortunate are growing in popularity – particularly more so where the happy couple are already living together so don’t really need gifts for themselves. The idea can also be worked into a general [...]

Unusual Wedding Gift Ideas

Original wedding gift ideas including an excursion on the Orient Express, a balloon flight, theatre breaks and a romantic dinner

Buying the couple a gift on their wedding day is a well established tradition and although there are many conventional kinds of gift to choose from it can be useful to have a few alternative or less conventional options to consider. Traditional gifts such as glassware, tableware, bed linen, and, of course, the ubiquitous kettle [...]

Wedding Gift Lists

The custom of buying a gift for the happy couple is a long established tradition and the guest to your wedding will probably expect to receive a formal gift list some time before the big day. In the early 19th Century it became standard practice to place an advert in the local press acknowledging the [...]

Gifts for the Happy Couple

lead crystal glassware with a twist design.

Buying a gift for a marrying couple is an old tradition which originated when people lived in small communities. A wedding was celebrated by everyone as it ensured the survival of the whole village and gifts were given to symbolise fertility, fidelity and prosperity. Mr & Mrs Pillowcases – an original wedding gift idea – [...]

Wedding Favours

Wedding Table Trivia Cards

Some gift ideas and inspiration for wedding favours and table gifts for your wedding day guests. Presenting small gifts, or favours, to your wedding guests is a time-honoured custom which originated in Italy, where they are know as Bomboniere and, traditionally, were presented in elegantly designed boxes or lace nets and contained five sugared almonds, [...]

Wedding Day Gift Ideas for Young Attendants

Kid's Silver Jewellery

Some gift ideas and inspiration for the young members of the wedding party including the bridesmaids and page boys. Flower Girl & Young Bridesmaids For your flower girl and young bridesmaids your wedding day is just as special as it is to you. It will often be their first chance to star and one that [...]

Wedding Day Gift Ideas for Him

Wedding Cuff Links

Some gift ideas and inspiration for your best man, ushers, father of the bride or husband to be. If you’re looking for some inspiration for what to buy your best man, ushers, father of the bride or your husband-to-be then here are a few ideas. Whether you want to spend £10 or £10,000 – there’s [...]

Wedding Day Gift Ideas for Her

Capulet Necklace

Some gift ideas and inspiration for your bridesmaids, maid of honour, mother of the bride or the bride herself! Bridesmaids Gifts It is traditional to present your bridesmaids and maid of honour with a token thank you gift on the wedding day. Of course this can be anything you like and you may already have [...]