The Ultimate Guide to Wedding and Engagement Gift Baskets

An engagement and wedding are both events that highlight the commitment of two people in love to spend the rest of their lives together. It’s the happiest time in their lives, and as a friend, sister, brother or colleague, it’s only courteous that you congratulate and celebrate with them. You can do this with a beautiful gift basket that oozes love and celebration.

Loved ones generally present engagement gifts at the engagement party and wedding gifts at the wedding. Sometimes, wedding gifts can come before the wedding. You might not be able to attend the engagement or wedding but would like to send a gift. These are all perfect opportunities to give the couple a carefully selected and expertly arranged basket.

Here a few easy tips for choosing the perfect engagement and wedding anniversary gift hampers for the happy couple:

Wedding Planning Basket

Gift the newly engaged love birds with a basket that’s full of helpful wedding planning resources. This includes bride and groom magazines, tickets to a local wedding service providers’ exhibition, cute wedding-themed notebooks and pens, and customised bride & groom t-shirts. If you’re feeling generous, you can also include a voucher for a couple’s massage at a luxury spa. Planning a wedding is not easy. The couple will appreciate the relaxing treat.

Picnic Basket

Wedding gift hampers can come in the form of picnic baskets. Does the couple enjoy having picnics in the park? Or maybe they’ve always talked about going away for a picnic, but never got to do it. This is the perfect moment to surprise them with a classy Picnic Basket for 4 Hamper.

It contains a yummy Zokoko Goddess Dark Chocolate with Orange, BizzariDolci Handmade Peppery Cheddars, a 750ml bottle of D’AarenbergFootbolt Shiraz 2013, Fort Willunga Feijoa Paste and Vine Dried Muscatels, Barossa Bark Nigella, Ogilvie & Co Fine Food merchants Mixed Olives and Roasted Peppers.

This basket is perfect for a double date because it comes with a 4-piece cutlery set (spoons, forks, and knives), four ceramic plates, a cheeseboard, cloth napkins, a bottle opener, salt and pepper shakers, wine glasses and a carry strap.

Couple’s Favourite Memories

If you’re close to the couple, you probably have access to photographs they’ve taken together over the years. If you can’t get their pics, talk to someone who has easy access or check their Facebook accounts (Sshh!)Collect all the photos of their precious moments together and frame each of them. They can be different sizes and colours, or you can create a theme with just two colours. The frames don’t have to be expensive. This gift will help the couple create a beautiful wall of memories in their new home.

The Classic Chocolates and Wine Basket

These beautiful baskets are a timeless classic. You can’t go wrong with it.

If you are feeling generous, you can go for the luxury wedding anniversary gift hampers for your favourite couple. The comes with the most exquisite French Champagne from Moet and Chandon and the renownScarborough Yellow Label Chardonnay from the Hunter Valley and Penfolds Bin 138 from the Barossa Valley. The soon-to-be couple would enjoy unwinding with a bit of chocolate and a glass of wine after each long day of wedding preparations. It’s also perfect for a wedding gift because chocolate and wine ooze celebration and romance. If the couple are teetotallers, you can replace the wine with non-alcoholic alternatives like grape juice.