Gift Registries

Wedding Gift Registries


One of the many exciting parts of getting married is registering for gifts at your favorite store. You and your fiancé (armed with the “gun”) will go down each aisle and pick out your favorite things, hoping someone will purchase them so you can stock your new lives full of everything you may need, from towels to BBQ sets.

Now that you have registered you may wonder how to tell your guests where to shop.

You don’t.

While it is nice to know exactly what the couple needs (from a guests’ standpoint), the purpose of a registry is not to tell guests where to shop or what to purchase. This is also not the time to stuff your wedding invitation envelope with one more piece of paper, detailing exactly where you have registered. Even though receiving a wedding invitation DOES demand a wedding gift (there are only a few exceptions) it is in poor taste to tell the guests what to buy.

However, there are still a few ways to alert to guests that you have a wedding registry.

When Aunt Annie calls you mother wondering what she should purchase you for your wedding, your mother can take this opportunity to tell her where you have registered for gifts. Let it be known though, that whatever Aunt Annie decides to purchase for you will be gratefully appreciated.

Also, you should list your wedding registries on your wedding website. Wedding websites are a fun and efficient way to share with your guests the pertinent information surrounding your wedding. You can include your wedding website address on the travel or map portion of your wedding invitation. Be sure NOT to include your wedding website address on the ACTUAL invitation.

Have faith that people will figure out where you are registered IF they want to purchase you something off a registry. Whenever I receive a wedding invitation in the mail and am pondering what to purchase for the couple, I immediately search for possible wedding registries on-line at all the popular places to register (Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, Younkers, etc.). Your guests will, too.