Unique Serving Platter

Attending a wedding as a guest can be a very fun experience. Sharing in the special magic of watching two people devote their lives to each other is touching.

When you are invited to join the happy couple to celebrate their special day you’ll want to pick out a present for them. Many people choose the convenience of a monetary gift or they visit the couple’s gift registry to pick something they’ve asked for.

If you want to make a lasting impression on the bride and groom than consider choosing one of the many personalized wedding gifts that are available. Personalized wedding gifts are a nice reflection of the commitment of the couple and they also make wonderful keepsakes.

There are many different types of personalized wedding gifts that you’ll want to consider. Each has its own unique charm and will appeal to many newlywed couples.

Some of the most touching personalized wedding gifts are those that incorporate the wedding invitation into the gift. This can be done in several ways.

One idea is to have the couple’s wedding invitation framed. You can choose to have some flowers pressed in with the invitation or perhaps a cherished photo of the couple.

Another inventive idea for the wedding invitation is to have its image placed onto a candle. There are specialty shops that can do this with some advance warning. You simply give a copy of the wedding invitation and they will place the text onto a candle.

These types of personalized wedding gifts, that utilize the invitation, will surprise and delight the bride and groom. They’ll be able to have a constant reminder of their first day as man and wife.

Bottles of wine can also be made into personalized wedding gifts. Several vineyards now offer their clientele the option of having a personalized label placed onto a bottle of wine. In the case of using this as a personalized wedding gift you can have a bottle made to celebrate the special day or you can choose to have one that will represent their first anniversary. Either of these two approaches is lovely and the wedding couple will be very appreciative of your thoughtfulness.

Stemware or dinnerware with the couple’s monograms also makes wonderful personalized wedding gifts. They can choose to use them at every special occasion they will celebrate in their new life together.

Personalized wedding gifts are a wonderful way to show the bride and the groom how special they are in your eyes. When it comes to choosing the gifts, consider their likes and dislikes and pick something you know will bring a smile to their faces.

My mother lives in a senior apartment building. She moved there when she was no longer able to mange the upkeep of her yard and home. She enjoys the many activities that the apartment complex offers each week. She has always been a very social person and has made many new friends in the building, as well as maintaining friendships from the former neighborhood. My mother has always enjoyed giving gifts during the holiday season. As she and her friends have aged it is harder for her to come up with ideas to give to her friends. She enjoys baking so she gives holiday cookies to some people, but many of her elderly friends are diabetic. This year she decided to give out a nut gift basket. This would be something that her diabetic friends would be able to enjoy.

My mother receives many gift catalogs. One of the catalogs had an assortment of food baskets. The nut gift basket was very expensive to purchase as well as ship due to the weight. My mom is on a limited income so the price of the nut gift basket posed a problem for her. I suggested that we shop for the nut gift basket ourselves. This way she could custom make each basket and would not have to pay for the shipping costs. Most of the people that she would give the nut gift basket to lived in the same building with her so she could deliver them instead of having them sent. Mom though this was a good idea so we planned a day to go shopping.

We went to a discount store to pick out baskets. They had a wide variety to choose from. Next to the baskets was a display of holiday serving dishes that were very reasonably priced. There were also gift boxes of an assortment of nuts. I suggested that instead of doing the nut gift basket, mom should buy the holiday bowls and put a can of the assorted nuts inside the bowl. We could use holiday cellophane to wrap the dish and put a ribbon on it. Mom liked this idea because she thought the bowls were more useful and attractive than the baskets. For her close friends that she buys larger gifts for she purchased two bowls and filled the second one with holiday candies.

I liked the idea of the nut gift basket so much that I am going to purchase a few of them for some of our neighbors. Nuts are something that most people enjoy and they can easily be shared with others, of course you must be aware that a very small percentage of people suffer from alergies - but they know who they are. Giving a nut gift basket is also less time consuming than baking holiday cookies to give as gifts.