People aren’t joking when they say that there are many little details to think of when planning a wedding. Choosing items for your registry can be hard enough, but who knew that there were so many options for decorating the “collection box” for those guests that decide to give cards and cash instead of gifts. Sure, you can opt for a standard box and please don’t let this post make you feel pressured to do anything different. However, if you do have the time and energy, you can really personalize it and make it a point of focus and decoration at your reception.

One option I saw that I LOVE is making the box look like gift boxes that match your wedding color theme. Here’s an example of one.

Photo from ForTheModernBride.com

For the Modern Bride specializes in making these, but I think you could easily make them yourself especially if you have a lot of different boxes left over from the holidays.

Another idea that I’ve seen and love was a photobox like the one below.

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