my best friend's brother is getting married

[BizzleLuvin]

and I have been invited. besides blenders and silverware, what is a good gift for a modern, eclectic, fun loving, outgoing couple in thier twenties? i dont want to buy them a toaster oven, but then again I dont want to buy them candles or novelty items.
p.s. this is an intimate, non-traditional wedding taking place at the Unitarian Universalist church in Annapolis.

[Samwhore]

buy them new sheets, god knows those things will be filled with so much "goodness" theyll have to wash them everyday

[slipknotpsycho]

buy them what they'll need...

bandaid's
couch
marriage counseling
ice packs

lol :p

[ericwt]

Get them a book on Tantra sex.

[Skink]

Pez and a Popeye Pez dispenser...

[birdgirl73]

Wasn't that Pez answer your answer on another thread, too, Skink? Oh yeah, it was one of your blessings. You nutball.

I used to try and think of really creative, nifty presents for couples getting married, and then I sort of began to put myself in their places a bit more. That's when I began looking at what they were registered for and getting something from their lists since I knew for sure those were things they wanted.

Now I rather like the idea of solid, durable presents that last. Two of my favorite wedding gifts that I still use are a rectangle of polished marble, like a marble cutting board for the kitchen counter, and a marble turntable (a lazy Susan) that still sits in the middle of our dining room table. Those things are surprisingly affordable, and they're very solid and lasting. Every time I see those marble pieces, even 24 years later, I think, "Oh, John and Kristen gave that to us. What a cool present."

When I was at Crate and Barrel the other day, I decided that if I'm invited to any weddings this spring, I'm going to get the couple a set of those new, stemless wine glasses. They're shaped like wine glasses--or at least the bowl part--but they don't have stems so they're a lot less fragile. And they're modern and pretty. (I put those on my list because they're what I'd like to receive!)