{"id":697,"date":"2010-06-18T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2011-11-12T23:35:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T04:35:33","slug":"wedding-picks-for-young-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2010\/wedding-picks-for-young-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Picks for Young Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three months ago, my college roomate called with the news that she was engaged. Tears! Two months ago, my little sister got engaged while visiting me in NYC. Heart attack!<\/p>\n

While I’m thrilled for the both of them, all this matrimonial bliss made me realize the terrifying truth about myself — I’m grown up! Well, on paper at least. I don’t feel old enough to get married, let alone be a maid-of-honor or arrange a bridal shower. But I think that’s because of what I associate these events with — crystal and stemware and table settings, oh my! While my friends and family members may be settling down, traditional weddings and conventional wedding gifts are a thing of the past (unless we’re talking cash — cash is timeless).<\/p>\n

Wedding these days are in warehouses and fields, not chapels and temples. My 22-year-old sister doesn’t want a butter dish. And my best friend certainly has no use for candle sticks. They want items to jazz up their apartments (yep — no picket fences for us twenty-something city dwellers) or just to make life easier. And let’s get real, I can’t afford crystal\u00a0candle sticks anyway! Therefore, I present to you : Joanna’s wedding gift picks for young chicks:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the organizer: dusty chalkboards<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the pizza partners: scizza scissors<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the multi-tasker: ooma bowls<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"bowl\"<\/a><\/div>\n

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For the eco-drinker: cork wine rack<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"winerack\"<\/a><\/div>\n

For the DIY duo: DIY shower curtain<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the party girl: romanian shot glasses<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the competitive pair: ping pong set<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the PETA person: cardboard deer head<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the punctual bride: bubble clox<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"bubble\"<\/a><\/div>\n

For the hoppy couple: windshield beer glasses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Funky wedding gifts for youngsters, from youngsters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}