Five Unconventional Wedding Gifts for the Happy Couple

When wedding season comes upon us, we can easily spend an exorbitant sum celebrating all the people in our lives getting married. You want to give gifts that are memorable and immediately useful, but you don't want to spend all your summer paychecks of gifts! This article will reveal five unique wedding gifts ideas. Give these to the brides and grooms you love. The great thing about the presents on this list is you won't have to pay three months' salary to put a smile on the face of your favorite people. 

A Few Of the Less Expensive Gifts from the Registry

When brides and grooms create their registry, someone may tell them to include gifts of all price points to accommodate wedding guests who are dealing with all types of budgets. Many registries have more than a few less expensive items for their guests to purchase. If you see a couple of budget-friendly registry items, buy a few of them and combine them into one gift. For example, if you see small kitchen items on the registry, this would make an excellent themed gift for the bride and groom.

Fun Date Nights

If you want to think outside of the box when it comes to wedding gifts, try subsidizing a date night for your favorite newlyweds. In the gift, you could include a gift card to Hulu or Netflix, which you can buy at your local big box stores such as Walmart, or pharmacies such as CVS and Walgreen's. You can also put in a beautiful throw blanket they can use to cover themselves as they watch a movie on the couch. Some other things you can put in the gift box include DVDs of their favorite movies, gourmet popcorn, and either a good bottle of wine or a few vintage bottles of soda.

Home Security System

Your newlyweds could find the gift of a home security package as one of the most useful things they receive for their married life. Coffee makers and toasters can work as decent wedding gifts, but they won't protect your friends or family members against intruders with malicious intent. Your bride and groom will appreciate not having to pay for such an important part of their new home. With many newlyweds working with limited budgets after their wedding, they will also like having one less thing to pay for when they move into a brand-new home.

Start a Crowdfunding Effort

Proper wedding etiquette states it's improper for the bride and groom to do crowdfunding for wedding-related expenses. As a gift, you could spearhead the crowdfunding wedding effort yourself. Set up a fund on websites such as GoFundMe to help the newlyweds pay for things such as the actual wedding ceremony, the honeymoon, or the down payment on their first house. This is a great gift they may not have thought of, but will be super useful in the wedding process.

Give the Bride and Groom Embroidered Linens

If you want a wedding gift that will not only be friendly to your wallet, but will stand out among the saucepans and toasters, buy the bride and groom linens embroidered with their initials. You can purchase sheets, towels, and pillowcases at your local big box store. Then bring these items to a dress maker or tailor for embroidering. Ask for machine embroidering as this method costs less than getting the linens embroidered by hand.

The best wedding gifts do not always cost two whole paychecks to purchase. They are presents that the bride and groom will get a lot of use from in their married life. Gifts like home security packages and a honeymoon that got paid for by you and your friends will become more important in the lives of your newlyweds than a skillet or toaster.