Gift ideas for brothers wedding?

[~*Alexis*~]

Anyone got any ideas? If you are married, what we your favorite gifts or what would you have liked to receive? They live together so that makes it harder......

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Did they register?

 

[monarch64]

Alexis, like tacori says, you might want to find out if they are registered anywhere first, and go from there. If not, though, I will share a suggestion.

When I got married, we registered, but my brother and his wife gave us the cutest gift (we both loved it and thought it was a really fun thing to do)...they found a really nice laundry hamper that was lined with pretty fabric, and put all kinds of detergents and fabric softeners, a couple packs of nice wooden hangers, etc. All kinds of laundry stuff! It was really nice because we lived in an apartment at that time and didn''t have our own laundry machines inside, so it made doing laundry a little more fun! I''ve also see people do other kinds of "baskets" for the kitchen, new home, bedroom, etc. Just find out if they are registered first, then you can avoid getting them something they already own. One of our shower gifts was a stainless steel colander from Crate & Barrel...the giver filled it with boxes of pasta and some sauce, but you could take the idea even further by adding more pasta related items, maybe an apron, whatever.

 

[jetmal]

sorry, this is not very cute or original....but they best gift we rec''d was money. Yup, gold ole $$

we did receive lots of nice gifts, but having the cash was wonderful so that we could get the last 2 china settings that we needed to complete our set, and the cash was nice to have on our honeymoon, and the cash was nice to put some into savings, and to put a down payment on a house or car, etc...

the list goes on and on.....

good luck!

 

[KimberlyH]

My aunt found us a really neat square table cloth that can be dressed up or down and in 50 years we''ll remember she gave it to us. That was idea anyways, as she has a table cloth someone gave her and her husband as a wedding gift 50 years ago.

We got a few gift certificates which is great for buying what we want.

 

[lizz]

I second the idea of giving money. It always helps out.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

I am really pro-register buying (of giving money of course). My aunt and uncle gave us a C&B black glass front storage unit and I LOVE it. I really didn''t think anyone would buy it. She said she likes to buy something that is a set of one (vs. 1 place setting of 12) so it is more special and is making me dessert plates to go in it. It was a great gift. Maybe a serving piece of their china would be great too. Something they will have forever.

 

[Dee*Jay]

A gift card is always a good idea, but I do like to give gifts when I can--it just seems more "personal." What about Tiffany key rings? That way they'll think of you every day, and everyone I've ever given them to has loved them and used them for years. You can even have the tags (depending on which ones you choose) engraved with their initals and the wedding date. I like the one with the heart tag for women and with the round tag for guys, but they have a ton of other ones to choose from too.

 

[~*Alexis*~]

They are not registered anywhere really. They probably wont register because they have everything under the sun. So yeah thats outta the picture. I am making them a scrapbook for their engagement gift so working on that. I am a bridesmaid and I still have no idea what I was going to do for her gift for her shower either.....ugh!

 

[sumbride]

I don''t know what your budget is, but if they drink wine, how about a few bottles marked to drink on anniversaries... 1 month, 1 year, 5 years, etc... and maybe you can track down a bottle from the year they met? It''s a fun gift that wouldn''t be duplicated, and if it was, hey, they have more wine!

 

[Christa]

This may not be what you''re looking for, but we often give board/card games as wedding gifts, and they seem to go over well (not that people would tell us if they thought it was stupid

). It''s one of those things that are nice to have but most people don''t think of as a wedding gift.

Also, something specific to a hobby of theirs (for example, camping gadgets if they like to camp) is fun and memorable.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

I have a friend got airline gift cards (for future trips) I thought that was cool. Also if you know where they are going on their honeymoon you can get them a special day trip (ex. scuba, horseback riding....)

 

[~*Alexis*~]

They are going to Hawaii for their honeymoon. They got a time share for a condo there. I am not sure exactly where yet though....

 

[ceevee]

I don''t know if this is considered wrong on the forum, but I will tell it anyway. I had very little money for my sister''s wedding. It was coming down to getting a really nice present (for a couple who''s combined income is like 10 times mine) or have gas money to drive down for the event. I went to moondancesoaps and got them a soap of the month club gift. I figure it''s something they (I hope) can use, it isn''t a freakin'' toaster, and they get reminded of me once a month for this first year of their bliss. I''ll probably use the same place for a lot smaller (less pricey) gifts for the holidays. Everyone I know has way too much of everything, so I kinda feel stupid buying ''crap'' -- now, it''s useful stuff that''s a notch above walmart. At least, I hope -- I just ordered some stuff myself -- I want to know if the stuff is any good before sis lets me know.