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Gift certificate for a spa day, pedicure etc. Does she drink coffee? Buy a coffee sample pack from Umbria coffee, does she cook? Buy her some different spices. How about a new journal? There are really nice ones on Amazon for everything like gratitude, bucket list, travel etc.
More info on the bride to be is needed in order to get a better idea.
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Bride is 33. Never married. Finally found the right one.
One of my nieces.
She's been living on her own for 15 years - has a lot of personal items also.
Went on her website 2 weeks ago and she's gotten everything!
Do you have a picture of her & her groom to be that you could put it in a special frame? Or a collage of some pictures when she was young & include a picture of her & her man....in a pretty frame. Personal stuff like that makes for super nice gifts IMO from family & old friends.
Or...what about a spa basket filled with hand picked goodies of products she uses or that she might like. Throw in a little bottle of wine or a small box of decadent chocolates & wrap it in a pretty basket.
Find out if the bride-to-be has a registry anywhere. Ask her friends what they think would be a good gift.
I would stay away from gift cards for wedding couple. It shows that you did not take the time to shop around for a present.
Traditionally, wedding presents were to be used in the home such as appliances, dishes, glasses, flatware, table cloths and napkins, bed linen, and so on.
Bride is 33. Never married. Finally found the right one.
One of my nieces.
She's been living on her own for 15 years - has a lot of personal items also.
Went on her website 2 weeks ago and she's gotten everything!
You should contact her to ask what she needs that has not been purchased on her registry. Everyone is different. I personally would not mind a visa gift card but some may. Cash or check is also helpful. If you know where they food shop a gift card for there may work but some people just don't use gift cards no matter how much they are. My son used to get them, some expired.
I wouldn't want any of the gifts that have been listed. I don't do spas, need a spa basket and am particular with what products I use. I also don't have my nails done. I only like one brand of coffee, don't drink at all and I have tons of spices, don't journal and I don't shop on Amazon more then once or twice a year.
The picture would be nice if she's the type of person to appreciate something like that.
Bride is 33. Never married. Finally found the right one.
One of my nieces.
She's been living on her own for 15 years - has a lot of personal items also.
Went on her website 2 weeks ago and she's gotten everything!
If you went to the website that she was registered at and she's already gotten everything she was registered for then I would give something that she would not register for on a public website due to modesty.
I've been to enough bridal showers and seen plenty of brides being gifted with intimate wedding night/honeymoon gifts that have always gone over well. I'd make up a gift box of assorted things that are tastefully intimate, romantic, sexy and a little bit racy, enticing and playful but classy (never anything trashy or over the top) that are designed specifically to enhance the couple's conjugal pleasures and play time in bed on their wedding night and honeymoon.
Perhaps choose a selection of things like small bottles of edible massage creams and oils and massage tools or scented and flavoured intimate lubricants, a bottle of pink champagne or fancy strawberry liqueur with two crystal glasses to go by the bedside together with delectable, exotic chocolate dipped goodies (you can never go wrong with honeyed Turkish Delights, Baclava, sugar dusted Fruit Gelees, Rose & Citrus Gelees, heart shaped cookies, etc.), rose scented candles for the bedroom, specialized intimate wash cloths and towels for the bed side tables, an erotic illustrated book of sexual foreplay and positions, a book of romantic poetry, a long soft feather for sensual tickling, etc. ....... get the idea? Playful stuff for the person who already has everything else they need.
If those kinds of ideas fail or if I thought they would not appeal to a particular type of bride, then I would just give a general purpose gift card.
I don't know, kind of cringey to get those things from your aunt.
Maybe cringey for you, eh? Mothers, grandmothers and aunts are the best women to get those kinds of gifts from. Do you know what is the traditional purpose of a bridal shower in many cultures? Traditionally it is for the purpose of other women to prepare a bride and advise her and give her the things that she will need for the marriage bed on her wedding night as well as things for her trousseau, her dowry, her home, her kitchen.
I've seen brides at bridal showers get gifts for the wedding night from their aunts, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, nieces, female cousins, girlfriends and co-workers. Suitable gift giving all depends on how close and open-minded the relationship is between the bride and the other women in her life.
In western society and stiff taboo-laden cultures if a bride-to-be (or the women in her life) is a cringey or prudish straight laced woman with no sense of play or intimate pleasure who is easily offended then the other women in her life will know that about her and likely will not give her intimate wedding night gifts anyway. Perish the thought!
But the decision for gifts is up to the OP and the OP is the only one here whose place it is to veto other people's gift ideas. The OP will be the one who knows the bride best, not you or me, and the OP can go by her own judgement on what she thinks will be appropriate gift suggestions out of all the suggestions given so far.
Speaking of suggestions - you haven't offered any gift suggestions yourself yet, so what are your ideas for gifts for a bride who already has everything else?
If you went to the website that she was registered at and she's already gotten everything she was registered for then I would give something that she would not register for on a public website due to modesty.
I've been to enough bridal showers and seen plenty of brides being gifted with intimate wedding night/honeymoon gifts that have always gone over well. I'd make up a gift box of assorted things that are tastefully intimate, romantic, sexy and a little bit racy, enticing and playful but classy (never anything trashy or over the top) that are designed specifically to enhance the couple's conjugal pleasures and play time in bed on their wedding night and honeymoon.
Perhaps choose a selection of things like small bottles of edible massage creams and oils and massage tools or scented and flavoured intimate lubricants, a bottle of pink champagne or fancy strawberry liqueur with two crystal glasses to go by the bedside together with delectable, exotic chocolate dipped goodies (you can never go wrong with honeyed Turkish Delights, Baclava, sugar dusted Fruit Gelees, Rose & Citrus Gelees, heart shaped cookies, etc.), rose scented candles for the bedroom, specialized intimate wash cloths and towels for the bed side tables, an erotic illustrated book of sexual foreplay and positions, a book of romantic poetry, a long soft feather for sensual tickling, etc. ....... get the idea? Playful stuff for the person who already has everything else they need.
If those kinds of ideas fail or if I thought they would not appeal to a particular type of bride, then I would just give a general purpose gift card.
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Depending on her tastes, I would get her an art piece. Painting, blown glass sculpture...something beautiful that she will have for a long time. You do not have to spend alot of money on this either.
I agree that receiving erotica from a relative is a bit creepy.
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Mothers, grandmothers and aunts are the best women to get those kinds of gifts from. Do you know what is the traditional purpose of a bridal shower in many cultures? Traditionally it is for the purpose of other women to prepare a bride and advise her and give her the things that she will need for the marriage bed on her wedding night as well as things for her trousseau, her dowry, her home, her kitchen. 
