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The wedding registry process can be confusing for you a South Carolina bride. Don’t worry. Think about your registry as a chance to ask for things you really want, and need. Before you hop down to your local department store, talk about wedding gifts with your fiancé. How do you both envision your home? Clip pictures from magazines of things you both would like in your home. Will your home be hip and modern with bold colors and clean lines, or a shabby chic cottage with a worm feel? Don’t worry about whether the items on you register for will last for generations, think about what you need for the first few years of married life. Here are some answers to commonly asked questions to help you get on the right track in setting up your wedding registry.

How do we start our South Carolina Registry?

Call your local South Carolina department store and see if you need an appointment. When you go to the store a registrar will tell you about the procedure and answer any questions. She may even take you through the store and help you decide on items for the registry. The store will most likely give you a laser scanning gun to -zap” the barcode of any thing you would like to add to your registry.

Once your registry has been created you guests and friends can go online, or to the store, to choose gifts for you. When a guest buys an item for you it will be automatically noted as -purchased” on your registry. This prevents you from getting two of the same gift. In many stores the guest has the choice if they want to bring the gift to you, or have it shipped directly to you. Shipping is a great new trend, because it helps cut down on the number of gifts that have to be packed up and taken home after the wedding.

How Many Items Should Be On My South Carolina Registry

Don’t worry about appearing greedy when registering for gifts. You guest will appreciate a wide verity of choices. Make sure you have a variety of price ranges, to accommodate all the gift giving wedding events, as well as your guest budgets (For example, shower gifts are normally cheaper than wedding gifts). Feel free to register for both a $20 coffee pot and a $900 dinning room table. Many South Carolina wedding guests choose to buy larger items together.

What do I put on my South Carolina Registry?

Many South Carolina couples register for household necessities, but don’t feel as if that is all you can register for. Some of the most popular items on South Carolina registries are:

* Linens
* China
* Flatware
* Stemware
* Small Appliances
o Blenders
o Irons
o Food Processors
* Cookware
o Pots
o Pans
o Bakeware
* Luggage
* Home entertainment equipment
o TVs
o DVDs
o Video Game systems
* Computers
* Cameras
* Furniture


T hink about if you will use an item, before you put it on your South Carolina registry. It is a waste of a wedding guest's time and money to buy you the $150 tea pot on your registry, if it will only sit in the china cabinet and collect dust. Don’t forget to look around your home and see were you are lacking things. Maybe you already have a full set of china, but no measuring cups. Or perhaps you just got a brand new set of pots and pans, but you have no gardening tools. In the end just take your time with your registry, and choose things that you love and will use.