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The 30 Best Wedding Day Gift Exchange Presents for Every Type of Couple
These goodies will make your big day even more special. <3
If you’re in the process of planning a wedding, you already know that there’s a Lot! Of! Shit! To do before the big day. Between choosing a venue and and booking your honeymoon destination, it probably feels like your to-do list is never-ending. Amidst the chaos, it’s important to remember the ~reason for the season~ and prioritize private moments with your significant other, which is why we love love love the wedding day gift exchange tradition.
Whether you want to give your S.O. something sentimental or something that’ll set the tone for your first year of marriage, consider this to be your opportunity to get creative and choose something more meaningful than the necessities on your wedding registry. Click through for the 30 best wedding day gift exchange presents and ideas for every bride, groom, and price point.
Love Cashmere 100% Cashmere Travel Wrap Blanket
Love Cashmere 100% Cashmere Travel Wrap Blanket
Crafted from four-ply Scottish cashmere, this throw will keep them toasty warm during travel or lazy evenings on the couch. You might wanna buy two for some side-by-side snuggle action.
DreamTree Prints Personalized Star Map
DreamTree Prints Personalized Star Map
Memorialize the date and place where you and your S.O. first met with this personalized star map. It's printed on premium luster paper and can be customized with your names and choice of font. Don't forget a frame!
Keep the spark alive with this set of 35 scratch-off cards, each containing a mystery date-night "challenge" that you can reveal by using the included scratchers. Once you commit, you can't back out, so choose carefully! (The cards' symbols will give you a lil hint.)
Duncan & Stone Anniversary Journal for Couples
Duncan & Stone Anniversary Journal for Couples
From your first date through your 70th wedding anniversary, this 189-page, linen-bound journal allows you to commit every moment to memory with writing prompts and plenty of spaces for photos.
Backed by more than 1,500 four-star-or-higher ratings, this darling mug set is sure to appeal to your spouse's soft side. And because the mugs are dishwasher-safe, you won't have to squabble over whose turn it is to wash 'em.
Peter Pauper Press Wedding Time Capsule
Peter Pauper Press Wedding Time Capsule
Fill this wedding time capsule with mementos from your wedding (e.g, dried bouquet flowers, your cake topper, photos), plus predictions for the future. Tuck it away in the back of your closet to be reopened 10, 20, 50, or more years down the road!
Silver Dollar Candle Co. Personalized Soy Wax Scented Candle
Silver Dollar Candle Co. Personalized Soy Wax Scented Candle
If your fiancé(e) loves candles, you can't really go wrong with this hand-poured option. Handmade in Tennessee, the candle can be customized with your sweetie's favorite fragrance, along with your choice of font and message.
Kate & Milo ‘The Story of Us’ Wedding Collage Picture Frame
Kate & Milo ‘The Story of Us’ Wedding Collage Picture Frame
For a customizable wedding gift without too much legwork, add this collage picture frame to your cart. Add the "date night" and "the proposal" photos before presenting the frame to your S.O., then fill in the rest after your honeymoon.
NakedWoodWorks Personalized Cutting Board
NakedWoodWorks Personalized Cutting Board
Made from solid maple or walnut wood, this top-rated cutting board can be customized with your names, wedding date, and initial. You can add on personalized wine glasses and coasters, too, so you can have a matching set that never ceases to impress while entertaining.
Uncommon Goods Personalized Pushpin World Map
Uncommon Goods Personalized Pushpin World Map
Love traveling with your partner? This personalized vintage-inspired map (which comes with 100 pushpins to mark your fave vacation destinations and special spots) will set the tone for a lifetime of adventure.
TisBottles Love Notes in a Bottle
TisBottles Love Notes in a Bottle
This customizable message in a bottle is a wedding day gift idea that'll have the tears flowing and the hopeless romantics swooning (for under $10!!!). Aside from the glass-corked bottle, each order also includes a small paper rose, a parchment paper scroll, and a horseshoe charm.
Jennifer Behr Zinnia Earrings
Jennifer Behr Zinnia Earrings
If you offer to buy your bride’s wedding day earrings, that’s one less thing she has to worry about. And if she's a little bit skeptical, just say you're ordering a pair from Jennifer Behr–I guarantee she'll oblige.
SSDesignCo Just Married Custom Wedding Jacket
SSDesignCo Just Married Custom Wedding Jacket
Channel the one and only Hailey Bieber at your reception with a custom leather jacket (and gift one to your honey on the morning of your big day if ya want to match!).
The Art of Etiquette The Best is Yet to Come Vow Books (Set of 2)
The Art of Etiquette The Best is Yet to Come Vow Books (Set of 2)
Complete with wedding vow writing tips and 10 practice pages, these books are a great gift to exchange with your partner a few weeks before the wedding (especially if they've got a bit of writer's block). "Thankfully we had them because we actually didn’t know how to write vows and it really takes you step-by-step," one reviewer wrote. "We felt much more confident using these books."
The Adventure Challenge Couples Camera Set
The Adventure Challenge Couples Camera Set
This gift will help you and your boo kick off marriage with a bang. It's filled with a year's worth (!!!) of adventurous date ideas, plus an instant film camera so you can capture each moment.
Hanna Flanagan is an associate shopping editor at Cosmopolitan, sharing her recommendations for everything from denim and eye creams to coffee mugs and silk sheets. Before joining Cosmopolitan, she wrote fashion, beauty, and lifestyle content at People (so, yes, she’s basically a professional product tester at this point). Follow her on Instagram for photos of Timothée Chalamet and #OOTD mirror pics.
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