There is a typical list of items that couples usually include on their wedding registries; this includes luxury linens, dinnerware, and other household goods that will inevitably become part of a couple’s new home.
But what if the couple already has everything for their home?
How does a couple create a registry that will still be useful for them?
This modern couple should consider using their wedding registry to wish for gifts that they can use for the wedding itself (there are of course many things couples want to buy for the biggest party of their lives). We did this for my own wedding and couldn’t have been happier. Our friends and family generously bought a few of our wish list items and loved seeing their gifts in action on our wedding day.
Here are a few examples of gifts that would be perfect for a wedding:
Makeup for a fresh wedding look:
Found at Bare Escentuals for $60-$63
A vintage chic birdcage veil
From One Little Dove’s Etsy shop for $68
A floral hair fascinator
From DonnaElla’s Etsy shop for $21
A classic pearl necklace
From Little Bit of Pretty’s Etsy shop for $90
A dashing tie
$30 at Royal Silk USA
A Flip camera to capture videos of your most cherished moments
$199.99 MSRP for the Flip Ultra HD
Gifts can of course be selected from any retailer across the web and placed on a couple’s Wishpot registry. It couldn’t be any easier or more fun. Happy wishing!
Usually when I talk about great wedding websites I mean OneWed.com! But lately I’ve gotten addicted to looking at the wedding websites that couples set up. It’s only in the past few years that these sites have really become commonplace.
For most of your wedding planning you’re at least a little constricted by tradition and the expectations of your older relatives. But, with your wedding website you can really cut loose and express yourself. Most of the people visiting the site are your friends, so you can be yourself while still giving out important information.
Now, most of us aren’t html or design experts, so trying to create a site that reflects our personality isn’t as easy as it sounds. That’s why most of the wedding sites give you templates to choose from.
I may be biased, but I think OneWed’s choices are the best. We have 100s of designs, including some from top invitation designers so that you can match your website to your invitations. You can add and subtract pages to tell the parts of your story that you want to tell. Of course, it’s also tied in with our Wedding Pre-Party, which brings social networking to wedding planning.
Some Great Wedding Websites
OneWed’s Wedding Websites Templates
We Made This Ourselves
In the new year, everyone is looking to do more green, eco-friendly wedding planning. In light of this, we thought that you, dear readers, could benefit from some of our green tips and insights in different areas of wedding planning!
Rings: Make sure that you are eco-friendly with your rings! Use a ring from a family member & get it refashioned. Or use a wooden ring. Whatever you decide, be sure you aren’t getting a blood diamond. Any retailer should be able to tell you the origin of a ring; if they can’t, go elsewhere.
Attire: For your wedding dress, consider getting a pre-owned dress and consider donating or re-selling your dress when you’re done with it. If you don’t like that idea, at least be sure the materials used to make the dress are all natural or organic!
Favors & Centerpieces: Be green with favors by donating to a cause instead of giving out a favor. You can have the DJ announce the gift so your guests know what you did. If you would rather have favors, use your favors as centerpieces so that you don’t have to purchase a separate centerpiece! The box of tea (above) was stacked as a centerpiece at a wedding.
Flowers & Decorations: You can also be eco-friendly with your flowers & decorations. Be sparse with flowers and make your own decorations. Where you do want flowers, make sure that they are in season. Check out which flowers are in season when, organized by color to help you make decisions with your flowers.
Photography: Use an online wedding album where your guests can upload their photos. That way, you get to see everyone’s digital photos and you don’t need to spend money or risk harming the environment with disposable cameras.
Venue: Use an outdoor venue for your wedding. There’s natural light and it’s naturally beautiful! Already you’ll user fewer resources and electricity than indoors. Also keep in mind where people are traveling from and consider a destination that’s convenient for most guests – it saves on gas for everyone!
Invitations: What about inviting people electronically? Not into that? Make sure your invitations are on recycled paper!
That should get you started with making your wedding planning at least a little eco-friendly! Check out our other tips: http://www.theweddinglens.com/green-wedding-tips. Good luck and happy planning!
~ Natasha
The Wedding Lens helps you customize an online wedding photo album that allows you to easily collect and share all the photos that your friends and family take at your wedding.
We are very excited to hear that Bride Tide chose Wishpot as one of the top wedding blogs and twitters to follow for 2010! And we were in such great company with many of the other top 100 being Wishpot Wedding Experts themselves!
Shout out to some of our many experts on Wishpot who made the list as well!
Congrats to all of the bloggers who made it on the list!
If you want to become a Wishpot Wedding Expert contact christine@wishpot.com!
‘She Just Got Married’ combines the best of two worlds….shopping & socializing! The Boutique provides an online site to buy and sell gently used wedding accessories and apparel. Of course, it’s free to register and free to post your items to sell! Our Boutique motto is “Share the Love…..Save the Planet” encouraging eco-consciousness by recycling previously owned merchandise. What a great way for newlyweds to recoup a little of the investment of the wedding while helping the bride-to-be save on the expense of her own.
But the heart of ‘She Just Got Married’ is The Coffee Shop - a content rich, user driven Social Community dedicated to brides and newlywed women…..from Engagement to Ever After. Our Blog, entitled “Discovering YOU After ‘I do’” is written by a variety of featured bloggers who share the pre-wedding adventures and the everyday living of married life. Be sure to also click on the Lifelines tab for more including daily ‘what’s hot’ features in ‘Just for Fun’ to practical Questions & Answers in ‘Just Ask’! We can’t wait to meet you….we think you’ll JUST love it!
Welcome! So happy to have you! Visit “She Just Got Married” on Wishpot!
