Weddings can be complicated affairs, so we’ve made one element easier: gift giving. Whether you’re a loved one choosing a gift from the couple’s registry or the couple selecting gifts for the bridal party, the guest baskets, or simply to say thank you to those who’ve supported you, we’ve got options from which to choose.

Giving the Gift of Great Sleep Shows Your Love

There’s no doubt that sufficient, quality sleep is essential for overall health and well-being. After all, a great night’s sleep makes the challenges of the day easier to face. Giving the gift of sleep is an expression of caring by the giver, whether the gift is given to the wedding couple or given by the wedding couple to their loved ones. It is truly the thought that counts, particularly when that thought results in a great gift.

1.     Create a Sleep Partnership to Last a Lifetime

There should be a vow included in every wedding ceremony that addresses the fact that couples are bringing their individual sleep habits to the marriage, for better or worse.  As in synch as they might be as a couple, no two people sleep exactly alike. Their bedding should account for those differences. Registering for bedding offers the perfect opportunity for a wedding couple to discuss their sleep habits and preferences.

If you’re a couple registering, consider the following elements of bedding to ensure a successful sleep partnership:

• Consider the mattress and decide if you’d like to add the softness of a feather bed.
• Whether or not you choose a feather bed, the mattress should be covered by a waterproof mattress pad to protect it from spills and accidents that can happen in life.
• Pick your personal pillow depending on your individual sleep styles. Are you side, back, or stomach sleepers? Do you prefer soft or firm pillows? Do you prefer down or down alternative fills?
• Choose the right weight for your comforter. If one of you sleeps hot and one of you sleeps cold, you might want to choose an all-seasons-weight comforter in king or queen size or two twin comforters in the weight you each prefer.
• Select the sheets that fit your lifestyle. Do you like a solid white or patterned weave? Do you prefer organic cotton?
• Choose the accents such as decorative pillows and throws.
• Outfit the bathroom with robes, towels, and bath rugs in the sizes that suit your individual styles.

We firmly believe it’s always the right time to reassess and refresh your bedding. However, a wedding offers a particularly poignant opportunity to reconsider the bedding you already share or the bedding you’ll be bringing to the marriage. You’ll want to start off where you intend to end up—with a lifetime of great sleep. 

2.     Share Your Sleep Preferences Through Our Gift Registry

A gift registry takes the pressure off loved ones looking to give the wedding couple a gift. Once you’ve decided on the bedding and bath products to begin the marriage, you can create a gift registry to let your loved ones know your favorites. Simply, go to “registry” under the “about us” in the header. There you will have the option of creating a gift registry once you have made a gift registry login. From there, you can create your gift list of down etc items to which you can return at any time.

If you’re a loved one, you can choose something you know the couple wants by choosing “find a gift registry.” You’ll be given a list of the down etc products the couple has selected. You can then choose from the list and complete your purchase on the down etc website.

3.     Share the Love By Selecting Inspired Amenities for the Wedding Party

Wedding party gifts are an ideal way for the couple to say thank you for the efforts of those who have attended them, as well as to share the gift-giving energy directed toward the couple. Show each of these loved ones that they’re special to you by choosing a gift that’s perfect for them. That can be something they use during the wedding festivities or something to take home. 

• Robes are always a wonderful gift for members of the wedding party. It’s something they can wear as they get ready for the wedding festivities, as well as afterward. Pick the right robe for each member of the wedding party depending on how they use a robe. Do they like to step out of the shower and into a robe, or do they like to change into a robe to relax immediately upon getting home from work?
• Choose one of our tiara silks® silk pillowcases in their favorite color and the size to fit their pillow at home. These come beautifully packaged in their own travel bags so they can be easily handed around a table when you’re gathered as a group.
• Consider our wash me tender™ silk and organic cotton towel set for those conscious of taking care of their skin. Again, these come in their own beautiful drawstring bag.
• A Seda France™ Japanese Quince candle is ideal for those who love the flickering of a candle and the gentle scent of rhubarb, passion fruit, and white-fleshed peach. 
• A hug it like you love it!® heart-shaped pillow in red, fuchsia, or purple lets you share your feelings with a pillow. 

4.     Delight Your Guests with Favors Designed for Their Comfort

Be prepared to offer wedding guests an answer to sore feet with our hotel-quality slide slippers. You can fill baskets with these one-time-use, plush slippers so your guests can grab them when needed. Options include:

• Our cheers! Celebration slide slipper embroidered with toasting champagne glasses
• Our wedding slide slippers with the words “eat, drink & be married”

A nice way to say thank you for the effort of traveling to your wedding is to give your out-of-town guests a small gift to make their travel home a bit more comfortable. We have a variety of travel products perfect for goody bags left for guests at their hotels. They’ll love them during their stays and appreciate them when they head home.

• Our head heaven® travel pillow with knapsack is a travel size feather and down pillow that comes preassembled in a pillowcase with a coordinated knapsack. It’s perfect for the car or plane trip home.
• Our eyes down™ collection of eye masks can be used during their visit and while traveling home.
• Either our pillowingo® or pillowtogo™ offer a travel blanket that can be folded into its own carrying bag.

If you want to share the gift of sleep, consider a gift card. Let them know you appreciate their time and effort, and you hope they can get some rest now that it’s over.

Take the stress out of making a gift list and selecting a gift with the down etc wedding registry.

-Team at down etc

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Read more:

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5 Ways to Make Gifts for Your Wedding Party Feel Special

How to Avoid Losing Sleep While Planning a Wedding

About down etc

For over twenty years, down etc has worked with hoteliers and professional housekeepers in hotels around the world to manufacture and provide the pillows and the bedding that will offer hotel guests memorably great sleep. Through our retail website, we seek to provide products that will result in the same quality sleep for our customers at home. We believe in the restorative power of a great night’s sleep, whether at home or away. That’s the reason down etc wrote the book on it, Roll Into a Perfectly Made Bed: All You Need to Know About the Art of Bedmaking.

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