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okay, not my wedding bells, but tons of you seemed to be gettin’ hitched! i’ve gotten some pleas for a great roundup of wedding registries for those who are design savvy or not looking for your standard macy’s fare. so, here’s the great d*s list of wedding registries for the design minded! if i missed a great store, please add it below! [shout out to my favorite engaged couple- missy and alden!]

fitzsu (ultra modern home goods)
clio home (yum, yum and yum again)
not neutral (fun tableware and linens)
velocity art and design (everything you could want for your modern home)
chiasso (modern designs for the homeand garden)
michael c fina (for those whose gifters have deep pockets)
the magazine (high end euro designs)
moss (for the uber design couple)
target (fun, inexpensive!)
sur la table and cooking.com (for the chefs)
viva terra (viva eco friendly gifts!)
unica home (tons of ideas!)
relish (modern gifts for the modern couple)
amazon (books to read on the honeymoon?)
rei (for the outdoorsy couple)
tiffany (fancy schmancy)
nambe (unique gifts)
and finally,the usual suspects: crate and barrel, william sonoma, macys and pottery barn (’cause everyone needs some good basics!)

May I add a suggestion I just read about and thought was cool? I Do Foundation has gotten places like Target and Amazon to give a small % of gifts purchased from your registry to a charity of your choice. Seemed like a cool idea if anyone was planning on registering with these places anyway!

I used Felicite.com - it’s a great website where you can add items from any website to one combined registry. It helped a bunch since I had a couple things each from a wide variety of stores, including outdoor equipment. They already have an extensive list of vendors they work with, and if yours aren’t on the list, they’ll collect the money when guests “purchase” those items, and send you a check for you to buy them yourself. Then you can link to the site from your wedding webpage (assuming most do these days) and it’s easy for guests around the country to access it. We also did register at Crate & Barrel and Marshall Field’s to cover the bases of standard stuff. Crate & Barrel registry cleared out the fastest.
Our dishes are from Not Neutral, and they are wonderful (the dishes and the staff)!

yes! we registered at heath and just LOVE everything! another great registry is www.greenwish.com where people could give money as a gift toward a new home, your honeymoon, or anything else you decide on.

Wow! Public service is this! But…is there life outside the US? Do you know some other registries that also ship outside the States? I checked all of them and only Fitzu, Sur la table and Unica home do :(

amazon isn’t just good for books!! i registered with them, and was able to supplement my other registries with fun unique things i couldn’t find elsewhere. while i wanted to register at moss, but everything is just soooo expensive. so, amazon was just perfect to fill out the traditional pots and pans!

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