Thursday, August 18, 2011

Beyond the Registry: Personalized Wedding Gifts for Any Couple

by: Kelsey O'Conor

If you are looking for something unique and special to give as a gift, look no further than Etsy. Another great thing about Etsy is the fact that most shop owners are willing to customize their products for you. Whether it's the color, the size, or the wording, you are buying something completely one of a kind.

If you're looking for a personalized wedding gift, here are a few items on Etsy that you might like. Check it out:





Custom Heart Tree Print Pillow Cover from cozyblue.

How cute is this!? Have your initials "carved" into this hand-printed tree pillow cover. I want to put it on a big comfy chair and curl up next to it reading a book. This seller also has more tree-themed items, including really neat prints.









Seller nella designs makes these prints with thumbprints in the shape of a heart, and these crossword prints with your wedding date inside a puzzle. You can even choose the color and size of the print. I really love the papaya and ocean colors.










My favorite on this list are these personalized framed names by A Wondering Eye made up of photographs of different sign letters. I can easily see it hanging on the wall of an apartment filled with vintage furniture and cozy cushions.











If you love quotes, maybe you want to display one along with a wedding photo, this personalized frame by Your Picture Story is a great way to do just that. You can display your vows, an inside joke, a quotation by a famous person, a line from a book, or even a poem.

Here are my personal favorite quotations about love:


"Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving." -Kahlil Gibran

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction." -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." -Emily Brontë



If you come across any amazing Etsy finds, please send me a comment. I love spending afternoons looking at all the pretty, creative, personal things.

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