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Buying a gift? Check the bridal registry first
By KARLA K. MARTIN
Reporter
It’s not uncommon for Mr.
and Mrs. Newlywed to return
from their honeymoon and be
gin their lives with two extra
blenders, eight identical salad
bowls and 16 bath towels — all
different.
The problem of duplicating
gifts can be solved by the use of
bridal registries and by looking
for less common, yet functional,
gifts.
Laura Thornton, a Dillard’s
bridal consultant, suggests re
lying on bridal registries and
choosing personal gifts.
Thornton said that refering to
a bride’s registry ensures that the
gift the bride receives will be
what she wants.
The registry is a continuous
record of items purchased for
Mrs. Newlywed at a particular
store. It shows what the bride has
not yet received.
Bridal registries can be used
for the bride’s china, crystal, sil
ver and pots and pans selections. Thornton, who is also a mother,
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ene, kitchenware and even lug
gage can be registered depend
ing upon the store. Registeries
also can be set up for the couple
to show such gifts as tools, for
example.
Some of the stores in College
Station and Bryan that have brid
al registries are Dillard’s, Cald
well Jewelers, Central Texas
Hardware Do-It Center, the
Curiosity Shop, the Gift Gallery,
Ira’s, Lingerie Wld, Little Red
School Gallery and Medley’s.
‘‘Newlywed couples usually
don’t have a lot of money right
after they get married,” said
Most young couples can’t
afford china, crystal and silver
whenthey marry, but they can
assure themselves of a start on
patterns they want by the use of
the bridal registeries. That way,
those who give the expensive
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Other miscel
laneous items that
make unusual but
functional wedding
gifts include tele
phones, beveled and
mirrored picture
frames, lamps, sheets
and bedspreads, pil
lows, electric blankets,
mirrors, brass and
crystal candleholders,
velvet wedding pic
ture albums, family
bibles and leather-
bound family history
books.
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1 items can be sure that ttiey are
giving what the couple prefers.
The bridal registries, however,
are good for only a select group
of items. Another way to keep the
newlyweds from receiving dupli
cates is to buy more personal
wedding gifts.
“I think people are giving
more personal gifts now,”
Thornton said. “I don’t think
anyone 10 or 20 years ago would
have given something like sheets and fondue sets.
or even towels, they would stick
more to the traditional wedding
gifts.”
Some suggestions offered by
other local merchants for moe
personal wedding gifts include
electric skillets, spice racks, paper
towel dispensers, grease drip-
pingjars, canisters and hot plates
for the kitchen.
Items for the bar include cock
tail glasses, ice hooks, ice buckets,
pitchers, wine racks and cork
screws.
Such gifts as barbeque uten
sils, knife sets, steak knives, knife
sharpeners, carving blocks and
cutting boards make good gifts -
especially for the hardware
shower, which both the bride and
the groom attend.
Scissor sets, kitchen shears,
backgammon sets, poker sets,
cold-water coffee makers, ther
mos jugs and insulated coffee
cups also can be included in this
list.
Possible gifts for the brides
who enjoy cooking are cake and
pie servers, grapefruit spoons,
aprons, coffee beans and grin
der, food processors, slow cook
ers and pasta makers.
Other gifts for the cook incude
roast pans, cake pans, pie pans,
pudding molds, cupcake tins,
woks, microwave aishes and
utensils, as well as cookie stamps,
chocolate candy molds and
cookie jars.
Wedding gifts that center on
entertaining include TV table
trays, salt and pepper shakers,
cake plates and covers, teapots,
tea sets, coffeepots, napkin hol
ders and napkin rings.
Other gifts for entertaining
are pewter bread trays, cheese
sheers, vegetable and dip trays.
By checking the bride’s registry, you can
avoid giving duplicate gifts.
Electric burner covers, recipe fireplace tools andgun||it
holders and cookbook holders
also are original gifts, as well as
breakfast-in-bed trays, and of
course, the essential cooklxx»ks.
Other miscellaneous items
that make unusual but functional
wedding gifts include tele
phones, beveled and mirrored
C iclure frames, lamps, sheets and
edspreads, pillows, electric
blankets, mirrors, brass and crys
tal candleholders, velvet wed
ding picture albums, family bi
bles and leather-bound family
history books.
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while candles with impressed
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boxes, monogramed his and her
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make more personal gif ts.
Some favorite bridal shower
gifts include glass bells, cloth co
vered hangers and picnic bas
kets.
If the couple has a fireplace.
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