Unique Wedding Gifts

Many wedding gift ideas are fairly boring. Most items on a wedding registry are household items such as towels, place settings or cookware. While these may be items the couple specifically requested some wedding guests are searching for more unique wedding gifts to give to the bride and groom.

The key to purchasing unique wedding gifts is to choose items that are not particularly common as wedding gifts but which will be cherished by the new couple.

For Sports Fans

Autographed sports memorabilia is one type of unique wedding gifts that is a good idea for a couple who are fans of a particular sports team or player. It is not likely that any other guests at the wedding will give the couple a similar item so it is sure to stand out. Also, if the couple are really big fans of the athlete or team they will most likely be very excited to receive this gift and will be looking for the perfect place to display the object in their home soon after the wedding.

Picture Frame Ideas

Picture frames are a very common wedding gift but there are ways to turn ordinary picture frames into unique wedding gifts. One way to do this is to use the picture frame to frame the wedding invitation. This not only gives the couple a useful gift but makes it even more extraordinary by making it a memento of the wedding day which will be cherished for years to come.

Placing a photo of the couple in the frame is another way to make a picture frame a unique gift. A current picture of the couple makes a great gift but a more creative approach is to ask each of the parents for a picture of the couple when they are around five years old. Computer software can be used to splice the pictures together to create an image of the couple together as young children.

Hobby Related Gifts

Another tip for giving unique wedding gifts is to focus on a particular interest of the couple and choose a gift associated with that interest. For example a couple who enjoys camping will likely be delighted to receive wedding gifts related to camping. Camping chairs, water filtration systems, camp cookware and handheld GPS systems are sure to appeal to couples who enjoy camping. Joint sleeping bags which zip together to allow the couple to share one sleeping bag are also popular camping related items for couples.

Books can also be unique wedding gifts. Although it may sound boring one way to make it more interesting is through services which customize classic love stories to include the name of the bride and groom. There are companies which will provide you with a beautifully bound copy of Romeo and Juliet where each reference to the name Romeo is replaced with the groom’s name and each reference to Juliet is replaced with the bride’s name. Some companies even modify the ending of the story to replace the tragic ending with one where the couple lives happily every after as they do in fairy tales.

In choosing unique wedding gifts it is important to choose items the couple will likely enjoy. Any item which is not normally given as a gift at a wedding can become a unique wedding gift. When it comes to unique wedding gifts the gift giver should focus more on choosing gifts the couple will enjoy than on choosing unique gifts.