Mementos
If, like me, the bride you’re buying for is obsessed with flowers, I can’t think of a better gift than immortalising her bouquet. London-based artist Rachel Dein offers a bespoke service, where she pours plaster over your flowers and creates a stunning one-off tile featuring ghostly impressions.
Ok, so it’s a bit pricey at £600, but it’s an original piece of artwork that you won’t see anywhere else, and totally gorgeous. Can you tell I’m a bit in love with them?
Assuming my wedding day is anything like a typical night out, my beloved dress will no doubt end up in a crumbled heap somewhere on my bedroom floor. Possibly with pizza stains. I therefore think the gift of a voucher for Johnsons The Cleaners’ specialist wedding dress dry cleaning service would be well-received. It uses a very gentle technique and gets rid of blood, sweat and tears. Or more likely, wine, sweat and tears. From £160.
Help the happy couple keep the mounds of wed-min together, all tied up in a beautiful book. Illustries make personalised wedding albums, comprising photos, speeches, vows, quotes, readings, guest list, menu… everything bar the kitchen sink. Unless it was involved in the ceremony, in which case they will ask it for to say a few words about the bride and groom. From £395.
For the home
Neom. Anything, everything. The gift of a sweet-smelling marital home is not to be sniffed at.
Is there anything more decadent than getting fresh flowers every week? Maybe for Mariah Carey, but for us regular folk, there really isn’t. A Bloom and Wild subscription will make any house 100 per cent more beautiful every week, fortnight or month, from £15 per bouquet. Plus it’s a nice come-down from the excitement of picking wedding flowers.
Champagne glasses are a personal weakness (luckily I break them as fast as a buy them). My current faves are these pearly beauties that the Little Mermaid wouldn’t turn her tail up at, for £48 at Amara - because your wedding day should be the start of a lifetime of happy toasts.
If in doubt…
You really can’t go wrong with a Mr and Mrs Smith voucher – whether they put it towards the honeymoon or keep a dirty weekend in the bank. The company prides itself on finding the chicest spots around the world – just make sure you don’t end up spending the budget on yourself, as it’s rather tempting. From £50.
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