​Starting Your Happily Ever After, Thanks To Your Wedding Registry

So many details go into planning your big day, from the venue to the perfect dress, cake and rings. Your wedding is a day to celebrate the start of your life together and one way to help others join in kicking off your happily ever after is with your registry. Here are some tips to make it personal to you as a couple and get you set up for years to come! after your big day is over. 

 
For The Wedding
 
Weddings are expensive, we all know this. Registries don’t always have to be about filling a house or home if you could really use some help creating the wedding of your dreams. This doesn’t mean you should ask people to pitch in for the DJ or catering costs, instead look for personal touches that someone might like to gift. This can also help make a bit of room in the budget so you can put funds towards other areas you wanted to splurge on and little last minute details where you could use some extra cash.
 
For example, a personalized sign with your names and wedding date that you can not only display above a dessert station, but in your family room for years to come. Engraved stemware and cake servers are also good ideas to feature as personal touches during the reception that will also grace your home together.
 
For Now
 
The main point of a registry is to send you off on your new life as a couple, but they’ve evolved as many couples have already lived together or even purchased a home before getting married. While homegoods, servingware and linens are still very popular registry items, think outside the box and include items that will set you up as newlyweds.
 
One thing you want to be sure of is that it’s easily accessible to your guests, no matter what type of registry you create. Luggage for the honeymoon and future adventures are easy additions and available at many department stores that are popular places for creating registries.
 
Larger items that would be fun to have like a hammock for the backyard or specialty area rug can be aggregated and added to registry list sites. If you could really use higher ticket items don’t be shy about adding those as well, often times guests would rather pitch in for larger items rather than mismatched smaller ones packaged together.
 
Take inventory and a hard look at what you have and what you could use when adding to your registry. Even something as unique as a new mattress can be found at a reasonable price for a necessary upgrade that you’ll both enjoy and guests can contribute to.
 
For Later
 
Setting up your life together is a task that is never done and don’t be afraid to let your registry reflect that fact. Include items that will be useful in the near future if you know you’ll need and have space for them.
 
Again, if you might have all your homewares set up from living together prior to the wedding, see if there are any personal touches you could add. For brides, it can be touching for family members to gift wedding dress cleaning and have it properly preserved after the big day as a nod to family traditions.
 
Garden supplies, board games and entertaining items, a first anniversary vacation or house fund or wine club subscription are all amazing options to include that you’ll enjoy long