Wedding Gifts Couples Will Keep

People often spend large amounts of time searching their minds and nearby malls for the absolute perfect gift to bring to a wedding to which they have been invited. The better they think they know the couple, the more intent they are in coming up with that gift that seems to say " see how well I know you". Some people are even successful in their search but many are not. One way to end up toting a wedding gift you will be happy to give is to think about giving a present that you know the recipients would never take back. That probably excludes the fondue set, the electric frying pan or the huge kitchen clock. You are likely to strike pay dirt with one of these wedding gifts that couples will keep.

1.Cold Hard Cash You can call it cold, in that it seems to lack that personal touch that somehow a silver service seems to some to connote. You can call it hard because it doesn't come in a beautifully wrapped, fully festooned package but rather stuffed unceremoniously in a paper card which is then stuffed in a paper envelope. But once you call it cash you are starting to speak in a language that young couples not only understand but appreciate. The one wedding gift for which there is almost 100% acceptance is cash.

The reasons why money is almost universally a wedding gift couples will keep begins with the fact that money is easily convertible. Money can be exchanged in stores for anything the couple desires. Money is in that way an enabler. It empowers the couple to do or get what they choose. Money also is portable. You can take it with you where ever you go, it can be with you when you need it. Money is easy to store. You don't have to find shelf space, in fact you can take it to the bank and have them store it for you. Cash is not a gift that couples will return because it is a gift of magic and newly weds love magic.

2.Blankets of any kind. If you just can't resist the desire to get something that is less cold and hard and more warm and fuzzy,then you may be glad to know that blankets are a wedding gift couples will keep.Blankets are remarkable gifts because they generally last forever. People giving the gift of a blanket may well remember that they have blankets now, 25 years after their own marriage, that still have a few years of wear and tear left.

Blankets today can be found in a variety of places besides the bedroom. Folks love blankets on the back of sofas in the family room, on the porch during the spring or fall, in the car in case of trouble on the road in cold weather, even at the beach. Blankets are a wedding gift couples will keep because there are just too many good opportunities to use a brand new blanket.

For the gift giver blankets have the added allure of coming in a wide variety of colors, textures, designs, shapes and thicknesses. As is true of any good wedding gift blankets also have a personal look to them. The giver picked out this particular blanket with one couple in mind. The giver thought specifically about a particular couple and tried to find a blanket that somehow was a good match for them and for their needs.

Perhaps the bottom line is that blankets are something that everyone needs and uses. You can't have too many on hand. If you really want a wedding gift that couples will keep, blankets are a solid choice.

3. The Best Picture in Town. Pictures aren't always a good wedding present. Buying a couple a picture seems to assume that you know their taste and this picture is a perfect for them. Too often that assumption proves wrong. The couple tries to find a hidden spot for the picture and eventually it makes its way to the cellar or a yard sale.

But that reaction to some pictures shouldn't cause guests to move away from the picture as a possible gift. What is important about giving a picture as a wedding present obviously is the picture itself , not its shape, size or framing, but the actual picture. Giving a new couple a picture of the home or apartment that they will be going home to after the honeymoon is giving a gift couples will keep forever.

Such a gift is surrounded by sentimentality galore. Couples know as soon as they open the gift that this is one wedding present that they will carefully pack up and move with them if and when their residence changes. They know in an instant that this is a present that in years down the road they will share with children and grandchildren. Giving couples a picture of their first home as a married couple is giving a wedding gift that couples will keep.

4.Seasonal glassware. Are you the kind of person who really wants to give a practical gift, something that can and will be used with some regularity? Then go for glassware that is seasonal. Choose glassware that will be taken out each year at Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter or for one of the four seasons of the year. The new couple probably has regular everyday glassware and may have formal glassware ,but most young newlyweds have had neither the time nor the money to invest in special glassware for special seasons.

Giving seasonal glassware means giving a gift that will be routinely taken out each year and , on cue, the folks who gave that glassware as a wedding gift will be remembered happily. Glassware is something that can be used, reused and really become almost a part of the family. As the seasons pass from one to the next the couple will look forward to seeing their special wedding gift given 5 years, 10 years, 25 years ago. What a lovely gift, what a nice reminder of your friendship. Seasonal glassware is a wedding gift that couples will keep.

Shopping for wedding gifts is a chore for sure. But with these four ideas in mind its a chore that will be simple the next time it comes your way.