Wedding Gifts

With the summer wedding season wrapping up and the fall wedding season underway, it's time to think about gifts. Maq and I received sooooooo many beautiful things from our generous friends and family. Of these beautiful things, I thought I would share a few of the unusual and extremely lovely gifts. Of course we all want our good china, a few beautiful Annie Glass serving pieces, and most definitely our crystal. It does one no good to have 50 'special' things and no plates. I love our china pattern and look at it daily. Everyone though can find the china and serving pieces off the registry and thus I will focus on items a little harder to find but wonderful nonetheless.

Art

A piece of art that reminds you of the wonderful celebration is both useful and beautiful. My Mother's artist friend did an abstract (entitled wedding showers) as well as an oil painting of the church.   Being an art lover, this friend also purchased a great piece from the 'Chicken Man'- a well know folk artist in South Carolina- featuring a bride and groom. Another great art gift from a separate friend was a professional photograph of our rehearsal dinner site beautifully framed. I prefer our art to have a story and this most certainly does. It is so special to have these wonderful memories displayed on our walls.

The Invitation
Many of our guests also did creative things with our invitation. One of our most favorite gifts (and one that I plan to give this year) came from my cousin. Ben's Garden located in Oyster Bay, NY does custom decoupage and it is fabulous! My cousin had the company do a decoupage tray with our wedding invitation. How wonderful is that? Another great idea came from my father's colleague. They had our invitation beautifully matted and framed. Art, memories, and the invitation all in one!

What were the favorite gifts that you received? I loved every present we got!