Your guests have come from all over the world for your special wedding day, and you would like to thank them in a way that they always will remember.

This is a tough one, as what do you give to your guests …usually the shoe is on the other foot and you will be the receiver, but being a giver of wedding gifts to guests is a slightly different matter. Here is where the combined energy of your in-laws, outlaws etc will come in handy, but with a little bit of imagination, you will always be able to find the absolute perfect wedding gifts for the guests.

All wedding have a colour scheme, so a good point of start is to perhaps give something with the colour scheme repeated in the gifts. A little cupcake iced and put into a wonderful display box is always a fabulous wedding gift for guests, but should you wish to be a little more extravagant, you could give away tasteful porcelain ornaments or little silver trinkets for presents.

It is traditional to give a piece of cellophane-wrapped fruit cake to each guest to take home and tradition goes that should you sleep with this cake under your pillow you will dream of the many you will one day marry! But best of all the traditional wedding gifts for guests would be the ‘bonbonierie” so loved by Italian brides beautifully done up in voile and net for each guest to take home after the celebrations.

The five pink and white sugar coated-almonds signify five wishes for the bride and the groom – these are health, wealth, happiness, fertility and longevity, and the wedding date and names of the couple are often included for fond memoires.

There are so many traditions, cultures and so many types of weddings. Wedding gifts for guests are a truly personal touch, regardless if the wedding is a traditional African wedding, or if the wedding is English, Greek, Jewish or Muslim. Wedding gifts for the guests will always vary according to the type of wedding and the young about-to-be-married couple. It is a token of their gratitude for the hard work, effort and attendance of every single person attending.

A wedding gift to the guests is often the grand finale to a wonderful union.