Registry Favorites?

Not a high ticket techy item or anything, but an idea that I found on WW and loved. If you plan to decorate for holidays in the future, register for various colors of hand towels, floor mats, place mats, runners etc. for different holidays or seasons. Yellows and oranges for the fall, red and green for Christmas, blues and whites for the winter, whatever.

NICE sheets, nice towels, and a food processor. After using cheap sheets so much, when the nice ones come up in the laundry cycle we get really excited 😂. It's the little things.

Hm I think the favorite thing was a bamboo silverware drawer organizer . I wish I had put an air fryer on there aha

I second nice sheets! I also love my air fryer and kitchenaid mixer (but I’m a baker), and I got my first set of nice kitchen knives- NEVER going back to cheap ones! Initially I thought about registering for an electric knife sharpener, but the little handheld one that came with my knives is so much easier and fits right in a drawer so it doesn’t take much space.

From my mom--she got a pasta set (one big serving bowl and 4 matching or coordinated pasta bowls) a wedding gift and uses it all the time. She also loves the fancy glass fruit bowl she got, and it has sat on our counter every day looking beautiful and being useful for 27 years.

Matching silverware was our most wanted and our favorite item we have received so far.

We registered for a thick, fold up picnic blanket, luggage, comfy matching bedding, higher quality matching bathroom stuff. For the kitchen we wanted a grill set, tea pitcher, fruit bowl and dip serving platter. We already had nice appliances, silverware, dishes. Another cute idea I saw but didn’t think I’d really need it was an insulated bag to take hot dishes to potlucks/family meals. I also seriously thought about the yeti cooler for vacations but apparently it’s super heavy to carry when it’s full and for us would probably be more trouble than it’s worth.

We registered for some beach things that I'm really excited about, like compact folding chairs and a waterproof blanket. We also registered for a few pieces of furniture that we wanted to upgrade and put them in the group gift category so multiple people can contribute to the cost of purchasing them.

Bed Bath and Beyond has a registry check list to get you started.
What are your interests? If grilling/outdoor entertaining is your thing, register for something related to that. If baking is what you love and are known for, register for a nice Kitchenaid mixer. Maybe a Margaritaville blender.

It's always nice and expected to upgrade linens, dishes, silverware, etc, and donate the used ones to a thrift shop.
If you're at Target, register for fun card/board games if that's what fits your personalities.
Think outside the box to customize what you like. Have a wide range of prices too, including $5-10 items for those on low budgets. Not everyone can afford a starting price of $100 when shopping for gifts.

We're registered for 2 casserole dishes that come with insulated travel bags and I'm so excited about those because my parents got 2 from their wedding, also, and still use them 26 years later. Also a vacuum food sealer (so tired of throwing away freezer burnt food!) and a honeymoon fund.

We registered for some new luggage pieces for our honeymoon..... whenever that will be.

But by far our favorite gift has been this 2-in-1 Cuisinart coffeemaker. It's a standard drip pot with a single cup part as well. At first we thought this would be good for weekends or when we have guests over, but no, we've used nearly everyday now that my husband and I are both working from home.

Some of our top favorites were a kitchen aid stand mixer, an espresso machine, silverware and plates, and some camping equipment.