GIFTS Which List?

Where are you placing your gift list? WP has some essential questions to ask before registering with a gift list company!

So the golden rules are...

1. Make sure that the company you choose offers plenty of choice - having two lists is always confusing for guests and you end up not getting what you want from either list.

2. Choose a gift list service that allows you to keep your list open for as long as you want and to open it whenever you want it to go live.

3. Make sure the gift list service is flexible - if you put a fondue set on your list and someone bought you one independently, make sure that you can swap the list one for something else that hasn't been bought on the list.

4. These days it's important that guests can see your wedding gifts and buy online, but make sure that guests also have the opportunity to buy a gift over the phone if they don't have internet access.

5. Check out extra charges - you don't want guests to have to pay for the service and nor should you.

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GIFT LISTS Flower Power

If you are looking for a gift list with a touch of luxury, check out celebrity florist Kenneth Turner's online wedding list service. As well as beautiful flowers, Kenneth Turner has scented candles, home fragrances and traditional gifts in pewter and crystal.

Back in the sixties, Kenneth Turner first made his name in flower design by creating arrangements made with flowers, fruit, vegetables and any other organic matter. Roses and red apples soon became 'the thing' and Kenneth Turner now has a cool celebrity following for floral arrangements at events - including weddings of course! Kenneth Turner has also built a small emporium with the new wedding list service as the latest addition.

If you place a wish list at Kenneth Turner, you'll be getting beautiful scented candles such as the white flowers fragranced candle called Love (£20) or coloured glass tealight holders (£9.50).

And while you are checking out your gift options, you would be forgiven for impulse ordering flowers for mum - how about the Drama Queen Bouquet (£60)?

To set up a list, insert your details and gift choices, add you designated code to your WeddingPath site and let guests know! Kenneth Turner manages your list, letting you know what gifts to expect and make delivery arrangements. To find out more about gifts and flowers at Kenneth Turner, go to www.kennethturner.com.

For more gift list ideas read 'What I Really Want' Gift Lists and No Toasters Please, We're British! And if you are interested in going green with your wedding wish list in Nice Day for a Green Wedding. Or perhaps you want to know about putting travel vouchers on your list for the honeymoon? Then read Fly Away!

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GIFTS Fairly Given

We love gift list ideas which offer something for everyone, whether it is a donation to a charity or a contribution to a developing country. This week we look at a gift list company with 'fair trade' principles.

At new wedding gift list company Fairgift®, everything is fairly traded and traceable back to the original producer and their community.

“The idea is simple really” says Fairgift founder Brian Walmsley who set up Fairgift on returning to the UK after living in Tanzania and being unable to find anything similar when setting up his own wedding gift list with his fiancé Jo. “There are now hundreds of outstanding fairly traded products available in the world, across dozens of different categories. By bringing them all together for the first time people have access to a fantastic range of gifts from which to choose. It’s perfect for either a last minute gift or for setting up an exciting and original wedding list.”

Fairgift products are predominantly handmade and manufactured in small quantities by skilled craft makers across Latin America, Asia and Africa. Perfect for a wedding gift list, the range covers bespoke ethical products for the home and garden including large items of furniture such as stylish tables as well as gorgeous bed linen, stunning wedding albums and beautiful household accessories.

Through every product purchased, Fairgift is able to advance the fight against poverty by ensuring sustainable income and good working conditions. Setting up a gift list with Fairgift is simply a matter of logging onto the website fairgift.co.uk, completing a few personal details and clicking onto your selected items. Photos of all Fairgift's products can be seen on the website or viewed in person at the company’s showroom in Henley on Thames (0870 803 3226).

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