| Wedding Gift Idea |

It's never easy thinking of original gift ideas for any occasions, but I find wedding gifts especially hard, even more so when they don't have a wedding list. I don't want to get the happy couple just a bottle of champagne; whilst that is a lovely gift, I can guarantee that at least 30% of the guests attending have bought the same thing. However, I would like to give them something that they can celebrate with, but maybe with just a little bit more thought put in. So, seeing as we are pretty much in the middle of wedding season, I thought I would share with you, the wedding gift that I recently put together that could give some helpful ideas to anyone out there who is struggling to find a wedding gift, and... whilst on a bit of a budget!!

I was just browsing around some shops the other day whilst I was waiting for an appointment and I found this cute little heart-shaped woven box/hamper in, I thought that this would be perfect for a wedding gift, clean, white and simple.

| White Heart Box - £6 - The Original Factory Shop 

Once I had found this, I went out looking for things that I could put in it...

For the 'filling' I just grabbed some plain white tissue paper...

| White tissue paper - £1 - Tesco |

I tried to make it look as pretty as possible but filling something with tissue paper and making it look 'nice' is not the easiest task, but it came out okay in the end, with a bit of fiddling around.

I then picked up some of the couples favourite little things or things that made the think of them and then just some other bits for a special occasion.

| Crochet and Glass Candle Holder - £5.99 - R&J |                         | 'I dig gardening' Heart Sign - £3.99 - R&J |

|| Gastronomic Collection Chocolates - £5|| Extra Dry Prosecco - £3.99 || Wine Gums - £2 || - All from Marks and Spencer |

I layered these within the box. It didn't look perfect as not everything fit quite right, this may be something to think about, making sure everything you buy fits in the box you have, easily!

Once all of the little gifts were inside the hamper I wanted covered it all over with a single sheet of white tissue paper. Then I put together a string of brown-paper bunting.

| Bunting Kit - £3.99 - R&J |

I added a little tag to the end of the string and then marked it with 'pull', then laid it onto the tissue inside the hamper, so that when they open the lid and see this they can pull the string upwards and reveal the whole length of the bunting and what it says.

To add another D.I.Y. aspect to the gift, I decided that I would also make my own card as I wanted something simple to go with the gift. I tried out a few designs and came out with this one ...

The card that I made this one, I had bought from 'The Works' previously for £4 which came with envelopes.

I then laid another sheet of tissue into the open box, covering the bunting and laid the sealed card on the top.

... and VOILÀ!