Best Wedding Gifts for Your Sister
If you are looking for the perfect wedding gift for your sister, look no further. I photograph a lot of weddings and bridal showers, so I have seen it all in the gift giving department!
As the sister of the bride, you will have lots of opportunities to give the perfect gift between the engagement party, bridal shower, bachelorette party and of course the big day. Choosing a unique gift can be difficult for someone you’ve known for such a long time! If your sister is also your best friend, you may feel even more added pressure to come up with a truly thoughtful gift, as opposed to giving money. Personally, I do feel that my bride’s favorite gifts- the ones that truly make an impact are personalized in some way. I mean, anyone can give her a coffee maker, right? But try not to stress. Sometimes simple gifts make the best wedding gifts.
But, are you shopping just for your sister for her new husband as well? Don’t worry, in this list I promise to include ideas both for just your sister and the happy couple.
Here is my list of the 40 most thoughtful and best wedding gifts for your sister. First I will list them out, then below that I will go into detail of where to buy and what to get. I hope this helps you find the best thoughtful wedding gift for your sister!
40 Thoughtful Wedding Gift Ideas for Your Sister
- Photo Book
- Personalized Artwork of the two of you
- Wedding Day Live Artist
- A Basket of all her favorite things
- Personalized Cookbook full of recipes submitted by shower guests
- Book of Date Night Ideas (also submitted by shower guests)
- Picture Frame Engraved with her Wedding Date
- Gift Card to Buy Items for Their New Home
- Fashion Coffee Table Books
- Purchase Her Wedding Album
- Personalized Wedding Hanger with Her New Last Name
- Themed Basket / Gift Box
- Honeymoon Package
- Personalized Jewelry
- Wedding Day Perfume
- Childhood Memories Book
- Framed Wedding Vows
- Framed Lyrics to Wedding Song
- Something Blue
- Monetary Contribution to Honeymoon
- Send a Bottle of Champagne on her Honeymoon
- Bridal Robe to Wear the Morning of her Wedding
- Customized Leather Jacket
- Personalized Denim Jacket
- Mrs. New Last Name Honeymoon Hat
- Customized Slippers
- Vow Books
- To My Little Sister Wedding Card
- Customized Purse via Island to East Side Use code KERICALABRESE for 15% off
- Sister Spa Day
- Personalized Sister Necklace
- Personalized Blanket
- Comfortable Wedding Shoes to change into
- Customized Coffee Mugs
- Personalized Cutting Board for her new kitchen
- Wine Gift Basket
- Suitcase for Honeymoon
- Personalized Toasting Glasses
- Custom Wedding Shoes
- Earrings to Wear on Wedding Day
Where to Buy Wedding Gifts For Your Sister
- Photo Book
A photo book of your favorite memories together is always a great idea for a gift! If you are going to make a photo book on your own I recommend ordering through Artifact Uprising, Minted or Shutterfly.
2. Personalized Artwork of the Two of You
This is one of my favorite gifts I’ve seen. Caitlin’s sister and maid of honor commissioned an artist to create a photo of the two of them together. When she gave it to her sister on her special day, everyone was in tears! Of course you can buy something like this on Etsy! There are even shops that will do one of you with each bridesmaid!
3. Wedding Day Live Artist
Ali’s sister went all out with this great gift idea, hiring an actual live wedding painter- J Howard Fatta to appear on the wedding day and paint a scene from the wedding ceremony. This is another of the best wedding gift ideas I’ve seen! The guests were in awe and the finished painting was incredible!
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4. A Basket of all her favorite things
I did this for my sister (along with photographing her wedding day) and she loved it!
5. Personalized Cookbook full of recipes submitted by shower guests
I recently saw this at a bridal shower I photographed and I thought it was such a thoughtful gift! The mother of the bride mailed a blank recipe card to all the guests along with the shower invitation. They wrote a recipe on the card and mailed it back to the mother of the bride who had all the collected recipes printed in a cookbook for her daughter. She displayed the book at her bridal shower so the bride and all the guests could see it. I thought this was such a great idea!
6. Book of Date Night Ideas (also submitted by shower guests)
This is another great idea that I see quite frequently at bridal showers. The bridal shower hostess or planner sets up a date night card station. The guests stop by and write their unique date night idea on the card. Sometimes the cards get read aloud at the shower. As the sister of the bride, you can collect all the cards and make them into a book to be presented to the bride on her special day.
7. Picture Frame Engraved with her Wedding Date
This one is pretty straightforward but I still think it makes a great wedding gift. You can even take this one step further by ordering a photo of the happy couple on their wedding day and put it in the frame. It’s the perfect way to add a more personal touch to the gift.
8. Gift Card to Buy Items for Their New Home
Everyone loves a gift card! I don’t think any bride would be unhappy with a Pottery Barn gift card or whatever her favorite home goods store is!
9. Fashion Coffee Table Books
Chanel Coffee Table Books / Tom Ford Book / Monique Lhulillier / Home Decor Coffee Table Books / Vogue Book
This is a great gift for a fashionable bride. Here are a few of my favorites that I have seen given at bridal showers, etc.
More Wedding Gift Ideas for Your Sister
10. Purchase Her Wedding Album
If you don’t know what to get your sister, you can always reach out to her photographer and offer to pay for her wedding album.
11. Personalized Wedding Hanger with Her New Last Name
Almost every bride I know has a personalized wedding hanger to hang her wedding dress on the morning of her wedding. If you know your sister does not have one yet, then this is a great gift to give! You may want to consider giving it as a bridal shower gift as opposed to a wedding day gift so that she does not order one her self closer to the wedding!
12. Themed Basket / Gift Box
Okay I love this idea and it is a beautiful gift if you want to give something that is not on the wedding registry. I’m actually seeing themed baskets quite a bit at bridal showers, but again, this is a good sister gift to give the morning of the wedding. You can also go in on this with friends and all choose a different theme. Brides Magazine actually interviewed me in a piece they wrote about themed bridal shower baskets so they are definitely on an upward trend of some of the best wedding presents you can give and is certainly up there with unique wedding gift ideas because you can really make each basket your own. This is an ideal choice for a gift if you are a creative person. Some of the themes I see are: variously holiday season baskets including home decor for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. Wine lovers basket, BBQ basket, etc.
13. Honeymoon Package
Some brides register for websites such as Honeyfund were friends and family can contribute to the new married couple’s honeymoon either monetarily or buy purchasing experiences for them.
14. Personalized Jewelry
Jewelry is always a good gift for the important people in your life! You can get a personalized necklace with your names or pictures so that you are always with your sister, wherever she goes! A nice new piece of high quality jewelry is always appreciated!
15. Wedding Day Perfume
The perfume shot is always a favorite of mine as a wedding photographer on the wedding day. But the bride may have so much to do that she forgets to purchase her wedding perfume. This is a good gift you can give that will get a lot of use even beyond your sister’s wedding day.
16. Childhood Memories Book
Talk about a thoughtful wedding gift idea for your sister! This one pretty much takes the cake. Expect lots of tears if you opt for this gift!
17. Framed Wedding Vows
This is another beautiful gift I have seen given that really melted the bride’s heart.
18. Framed Lyrics to Wedding Song
If you aren’t able to get your hands on the couples wedding vows, you can always frame the lyrics to their first dance song!
19. Something Blue
Every bride needs a something blue! Not only will you be gifting your sister something she needs like wedding shoes, a garter, etc. but it will have a greater meaning, a special place her heart that she will always remember.
Best Thoughtful Wedding Gift Ideas for Sister
20. Monetary Contribution to Honeymoon
21. Send a Bottle of Champagne on her Honeymoon
22. Bridal Robe to Wear the Morning of her Wedding
Lacy Bridal Robes: Splurge / Steal / Lacy Robe
23. Customized Leather Jacket
Deanna’s leather jacket is from Bash Calligraphy. You can also pick one up on Etsy.
24. Personalized Denim Jacket
The custom denim jacket trend is huge with my brides and Oh Sarah Jean is their go to shop!
25. Mrs. New Last Name Honeymoon Hat
26. Customized Slippers
Of course you can buy these slippers on Etsy and they even come in rose gold too!
27. Vow Books
I love the vow books by Invitations by Whitney!
28. To My Little Sister Wedding Card
Don’t forget to include a card with your gift! You can get tons of custom ones on Etsy, of course!
29. Customized Purse via Island to East Side
My brides are obsessed with Island to East Side bags and I can see why! Use code KERICALABRESE for 15% off
Thoughtful Wedding Gift Ideas
30. Sister Spa Day
Who wouldn’t want one?!
31. Personalized Sister Necklace
32. Personalized Blanket
33. Comfortable Wedding Shoes to change into
34. Customized Coffee Mugs
35. Personalized Cutting Board for her New Kitchen
36. Wine Gift Basket
37. Suitcase for Honeymoon
38. Personalized Toasting Glasses
Think about it- not many people could give the bride this gift, because who else would know her size? And what is more thoughtful than thinking of your sister’s comfort on her wedding night?!
40. Earrings to Wear on Wedding Day
Your sister has so many things to think about and buy for her wedding. Why not make her life easier and gift her a pair of beautiful earrings to wear on her wedding day?
I hope this list of 40 Thoughtful Wedding gift ideas is helpful to you and your dear sister. Good luck and be sure to leave a comment letting me know what gift you chose to give!
