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A brief note: Registries! They exist. And you should check them before going off-script. Maybe your pal is already registered on Amazon Canada, which lets them register for things from *any* website, not just Amazon! 🇨🇦
But what if everything on the registry has already been purchased? The items are out of your price range? They didn't make a registry? You just love breaking rules? Then boy oh boy do I have some gift ideas for you.
1. A rose gold bunny ring holder, so their new bling has a safe place to call home.
2. A customized embosser for officially combining their book collections. Turning "your" books and "my" books into "our" books is arguably the most sacred part of marriage, and this gift reflects that.
3. A newlywed cookbook full of recipes to cook together. From date nights to celebratory dinner parties, they'll have a great time making their way through these dishes and (hopefully) learning to work together in the kitchen along the way.
4. Fog of Love, a two-player board game whose gameplay replicates a unique romantic comedy. Players meet, fall in love, and go through the trials and tribulations of making a roller-coaster ride of a relationship work. Totally not like anyone you know...
5. A relationship Q&A journal for recording the ebb and flow of their first three years as a married couple, not to mention having an excuse to just cuddle up and talk.
6. A timeless cast iron pan that I pinky promise they'll use for the rest of their lives.
7. A scratch-off map so they can chronicle the many exciting travels they'll share together.
8. A uniquely-shaped wine decanter that will help their wine ~breathe~, really ~open up~, and ~other wine buzzwords~.
9. A nifty immersion circulator to explore the sous vide method of cooking. This genius device lets you meticulously control the time and temperature at which meat cooks, and is the new-fangled appliance the couple doesn't even know they need.
10. An adventure scrapbook à la the movie Up. Yes, it is the saddest movie of all time, but let's just focus on the beautiful love story, please.
11. A tin of wedding tea for curling up with a warm cuppa together. Turns out weddings taste floral with a hint of lemon and vanilla. Who knew?
12. An ENO double nest hammock to snuggle up in like lovebirds. This hammock can be set up virtually anywhere and is the perfect perch for two.
13. A write-in illustrated menu book where they can record the details of all the legendary dinner parties they'll throw throughout the years.
14. A pet sofa if they were both basically married to their dog or cat before this other human came along.
15. An Chemex pour-over because they have many leisurely morning cups of coffee to look forward to drinking together, and this makes a great one. Pair it with a proper kettle and filters so they can get pouring ASAP.
16. A record player so they can spin their wedding song and slow dance in the living room like a couple of adorable saps.
17. A 16-pack of face masks to treat themselves to spa nights together whenever they dang well please.
18. A book of Pablo Neruda love poems in both English and Spanish to remind them of how much love they have for one another, even when they can't find the words themselves.
19. A set of bath bombs for soaking in the tub and relaxing after all of that stressful wedding planning.
20. A set of nesting bowls and measuring cups so their life together can at least start off with some organized drawers and cabinets.
21. An Instax camera for capturing photos of their time as newlyweds without having to worry about losing them in an inevitable hard drive crash.
22. A large bamboo cheese board they'll be so thrilled to open, they won't *brie*lieve their eyes.
23. And a book about platters and boards so they can whip up a delicious and Instagram-worthy spread, oh, I don't know, maybe every time you come over.
24. A hard-shell luggage set that the happy couple can break in on the honeymoon.
25. A Mr. Coffee Cafe Barista with a one-touch drink selection system so they can cap off breakfast in bed with an espresso, latte, or cappuccino made for them by a cute coffee robot.
26. An enameled cast iron dutch oven for slow cooking like nobody's business — after they finish all the leftover chicken and fish from their big day, that is.
27. A bidet — stay with me — the definition of a perfect gift. Something people will rarely buy for themselves, but deeply want, whether they know it or not. I recently saw a bidet on a friend's registry, so ha! Point proven.
28. A mini smart projector whose small size, powerful speaker, and vivid picture will make for some memorable movie nights in or outside. First up? Father of the Bride.
29. A modern picture frame so their favourite wedding photo can have a place of honour as soon as it arrives.
30. And of course — the reason wedding registries were invented — a KitchenAid Mixer. I'm not saying that the promise of a new KitchenAid is the reason I want to get married...but I'm not NOT saying it.
Happy wedding season, everyone! Wishing you all a lifetime of happiness (and a KitchenAid).
