http://www.honeyfund.com/wedding/ponchoandheatherThe purpose of the traditional newlywed gift-giving, as I understand it, is to help the new couple "make a home," showering the young love birds with china, silverware, toaster-ovens, potential heirlooms-to-be, and all those other wonderful things that help make a house a "home." I think its a lovely tradition... for an eighteen-year old!
Poncho and I have been "making our house a home" for several years now, and we've both (well, mostly me!) already done plenty of nesting, pretty well filling our cupboards and closets with much-loved dishes, gadgets, tools and heirlooms. Why start over when what we already have suits us just fine? Want not, waste not, right?
That said, the wedding gift-giving tradition isn't something we want to deny our family (or ourselves!) entirely. So while we ask our guest to kindly refrain from giving cake stands and crystal vases, we hope they will recognize and sympathize with our shared desire to travel the world and explore new places. We have set up a website called "Honey Fund" designed to help guests contribute funds to our Honeymoon Trip as a wedding gift. We hope the specific nature of the web site will help our wedding guests realize that rather than just forking over the red envelope, they are in fact giving us a very special and important gift to help kick-start a long & loving relationship in which we will value the excitement and opportunities of world travel together.
To contribute, have a look at our Gift Registry at http://www.honeyfund.com/wedding/ponchoandheather
Thanks for reading, and feel free to contact me or my mom, Nancy, Newlyweds Acquisitions Manager, at (503) 312-3063, if you have any further questions!
-Heather
PS- Keep in mind, too, that if the slight vagueness of helping us pay for international gallivanting is just not to your liking, you could always go with a Gift Card for The Home Depot or The Rebuilding Center-- certainly more concrete, and always useful!
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