what kinda things go on a wedding registry?

[Amamin]

i just created a target wedding registry because my friends and family were requesting it. what kinda things do i put on it?

[specialmom]

Oh, the registry.  That is kind of fun!  You can really put anything you'd like on it.  Target has some neat decorating things that I have bought off a registry before as well as all of the practical things.  I always tell a lady to get a nice set of every day where dishes (not china) and white is great because you can mix and match accents with it. I'm into setting tables and have great fun doing it and you can match anything to white just about.  I'd go ahead and get 12 dinner plates.  I've found that while I have china, I actually use my nice dinner ware when we have company instead.  Fits our lifestyle much more.  And we don't really eat on the nice dinner ware daily.  We have small children and tend to use super casual dinner ware when it is just us.  Anyway, just my thoughts.  Wine glasses are always good.  I got my girlfriend a whole "margarita-ville" theme for her shower------- the margarita maker, glasses, and little salsa dishes.  I'd get a nice set of flat ware if you don't have one.  You usually see a cutlery set on a registry.  (by the way, when I say "get" I mean register for . . .)

If you were my daughter, I'd tell you to get a dining room table cloth------- a nice one.  I'd tell you to get a nice set of guest towels.

And really anything you need.  I'd put things of all price ranges on there.  I'd  have some very inexpensive things and then maybe a big ticket item or two.  All of my husband's siblings went in together and got us a grill.  It wasn't on my registry but I've seen that on others and groups go into together on it.

Anyway, it is really to set up house together as a married couple and most like to bring a gift-------- kind of traditional at this point.  Ask your husband to be what he'd like to see on the registry and add that in so he feels a part of it.  My husband thought we needed this huge pasta pot (he loves pasta).  I didn't think we did . . . registered for it because he said so.  Do you know I use that thing so often I wish I had two!  So have fun with it and happy nuptials!

[AnnieBrooke]

It all depends, really, on what you need.  The original intent of gifts for a wedding was something like a housewarming -- people would help the new couple fill the gaps in things they need to set up their household and to entertain.  So, things like eight matching cloth napkins and tablecloth, eight placemats that all match, that coordinate with eight matching plates, saucers, cups and bowls.  Not to mention eight water goblets and eight wine glasses.  (And silverware that isn't pieced together from mom's castoffs and boyfriend's three forks and two knives.)  Serving utensils and things like a nice wooden salad bowl with appropriate big fork and spoon for tossing.  Coffeemaker, electric kettle, blender, mixer.  Towels, as butterfly says.

If you have a full kitchen and your fiance does too, then you might move to sheets and blankets, or area rugs or lamps, towels and shower curtain, that kind of thing.

For a lot of couples, the trick is winnowing out the duplicated stuff between the two of them, not adding more.  If you're in that position, you could even ask for things that you intend to donate to others, and make it clear on the registry information that you post that it is for the [   ] women's shelter or the [   ] free health clinic or whatever.

[iam1butterfly]

Towels... kitchen and bath... one can never have too many of those.