| Oftentimes, selecting which gift to give for our loved | | | | groom's parents will make a clay vase many weeks |
| ones seems very tough and challenging. You want to | | | | ago before the wedding day comes. An Indian holy |
| believe that your gift will be valued by the couple and | | | | water is offered to the newly weds on the wedding |
| not just stored away at the back of a cupboard, or | | | | day. Then, the bride will have to take a drink from one |
| worse still, recycled and given away to someone else. | | | | side and then pass to the groom as he will drink from |
| It is usual for me to think deeply about this concern. As | | | | the other side. |
| a matter of fact, I was still quite young when I first | | | | Yes, this means that they are united. Definitely, the |
| bought the wedding gifts. As I look back, I begin to see | | | | vase mena so much to them and will they keep it. |
| how poor were my choices those days. | | | | Indeed, these vases were done with love and were |
| Now that I am older, I have improved in terms of | | | | decorated so colorfully. I imagined that if there were |
| choosing which gift is appropriate. This eye of deciding | | | | small tablets to place the names of the couple, it would |
| the best gift came from my growing interest of art of | | | | be so beautiful.. Even in Chinese culture, I discovered |
| different cultures especially those that touch wedding | | | | that they also have something which represents their |
| traditions. As I have the talent for art, I set a standard | | | | union. |
| that is quite high and it is where I based which is unique | | | | In this exploration, I was able to fit together elements of |
| and original. There are many shops that create and | | | | creative gift ideas for wedding. Being an artist, I was |
| store mass produced items that have poor quality and | | | | able to create a unique urn "Marriage Urn' from clay. |
| some may be made somewhere in Asia. Now, where | | | | Yes, you may have one of a kind by picking out a |
| do you start? | | | | particular vase or urn that would answer your needs. |
| I have thought about this. Since then, I have been | | | | Many artists tend to create creative pieces using both |
| delighted with old wedding traditions. Perhaps, the | | | | glass and clay that can be put well together. By using |
| unusual gifts can be part of the wedding ceremony as | | | | creativity with a colorfully printed card, you can write |
| they denote meaning and value. Just take the example | | | | words on it too. |
| of the American Indians' Marriage Ceremony, the | | | | |