Wedding Gift Baskets
Giving one or two wedding gift baskets to the bride and groom can be a thoughtful gesture and a fantastic gift. There are so many gifts that are appropriate for weddings that are relatively small that it can be hard not to want to give them all to the bride and groom on the big day. The contents and the layout of a gift basket go hand in hand, so deciding exactly what to put into the basket and how to arrange it can take some time.
While it may seem tempting to get them whatever you want and put it into the baskets, checking their wedding registry to see what they are specifically looking for and what other people have gotten so far should be your first course of action. The items they have put on their registry are ones which they feel they will need in their new life together, and more than often they do have practical uses. Registry gifts usually include housewares, many of which are most likely small. Choose one to three of the items that you feel will fit into the wedding gift baskets to get started.
Once you've purchased the registry items, then decide on the size of the baskets. They should be large enough to house the registry items and anything else you want to fit into them.
You most likely have other gifts to put into the baskets in mind, but if you do not have enough ideas to fill a whole basket there are other charming things you can add. Champagne or a nice wine is a nice addition, though they are large and either require a larger basket or some crafty arranging on your part. Chocolates and candles are also appropriate, especially as space fillers in the baskets. If you are going with a theme for the baskets you want to get things that tie into that theme well, so deciding on miscellaneous gifts can take even more time than the large main attraction ones.
When working on the layout, placing the large items in the back of the wedding gift baskets is the usual choice if you want what is inside to be a sort of showcase. Arrange them largest to smallest, and if you are color coordinating work from darkest to lightest. If you want to go for a less traditional layout, place the large items in the middle and work the smaller items from that point to the outside so that they are smallest to largest.
Putting together attractive wedding gift baskets is hard work, especially if you are working elaborate gifts into the mix. But with some careful planning and arranging skills you can make a basket that anyone would be happy to have and to look at.