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18
Jun
2026
By Boho
Wedding registries have a predictable shape. They fill up with kitchen gadgets, dinner services, and the occasional showy splurge, while one of the most-used rooms in the couple’s future home barely features. The bedroom is consistently overlooked on gift lists, which is a missed opportunity, because it is where a couple will spend more time than almost anywhere else and where thoughtful gifts can do the most lasting good.
What to Put on a Wedding Registry for Your Bedroom
photo by Victoriia Kovalchuk
The most overlooked room on the list
The bedroom belongs on the registry precisely because of how much it is used and how much sleep matters to a couple’s life together. Guests giving a wedding gift usually want to contribute something meaningful to the new home, and few things are more meaningful, or more used, than the things that help a couple rest well. A registry that ignores the bedroom skips the room where good gifts quietly improve every single day.
Gifts that get used and last
Most guests, given the choice, would rather give something that gets used and lasts than another decorative object destined for a cupboard. This is exactly why the bedroom makes such good registry territory, and where Simba’s full sleep range offers a wealth of ideas, from the foundational pieces down to the small comforts. Pointing guests towards things that genuinely set up the couple’s rest turns a gift list into a practical foundation for the home rather than a pile of ornaments.
Photo by Spacejoy
18
Jun
2026
By Boho
Weddings are filled with joy, anticipation, and celebration, but they can also bring moments of reflection. For many couples, especially those who’ve lost a loved one, the wedding day can feel bittersweet. As excited as you are, it’s completely natural to wish certain people were there to share it with you.
Honouring passed family members (and even close friends) at your wedding isn’t about shifting the focus or adding heaviness to the day. It’s about acknowledging the love they’ve given you and carrying a piece of them forward as you begin this next chapter. From subtle nods to more visible tributes, there are ways to pay respect that still feel intentional and true to who you are as a couple.
Here are some heartfelt ideas to honour the people you miss, while keeping your wedding day centred on you, your partner, and the future you’re building together.
Creative Ways to Honor Passed Family Members at Your Wedding
photo by William Avery Photography – full wedding here
Weave them into your music
Music has a way of bringing memories to the surface, often without saying a word. Including a song that reminds you of a loved one can be an incredibly meaningful tribute.
McKenzi Taylor, Founder/Owner of Gather After, suggests, “Play a song from their favorite band and make sure the DJ or band leader knows to place it in the setlist at a time when the dancefloor will be poppin’. It’s not necessary to dedicate it to them; if you want to be subtle with your tribute, just slip it into the playlist.”
Sometimes, the most special moments are the ones only you (and maybe a few close family members) fully understand. When you hear that song, you’ll feel the connection, and that’s what matters most.
Leave an open seat
Leaving an open seat at your ceremony is a simple yet powerful gesture. It can symbolise the presence of someone who can’t physically be there but is still very much part of your story.
“Leaving a dedicated seat with a photo or sentimental object acknowledges their role in the couple’s story,” notes Sara Landon, Owner & Principal Planner at Sara Landon Events. “Couples can place a single stem flower on the chair as they walk down the aisle, invite siblings or children to contribute flowers throughout the processional, or drape a small item — like a scarf, boutonnière, or handwritten note — over the seat. It becomes both a quiet tribute and a grounding reminder of the love that shaped the family.”
If a front-row seat feels too prominent, you can adapt this idea by placing a chair off to the side or using it during a private moment before guests arrive. It’s about acknowledging absence with intention rather than creating a moment that feels uncomfortable or overly formal.
Photo by Justine Missen Photography – full wedding here
17
Jun
2026
By Boho
By the time a hen-do group agrees on dates, somebody usually wants sunshine, somebody wants good restaurants, somebody wants a spa, and somebody has already started looking at cocktail bars. Finding a destination that keeps everyone happy isn’t always easy. A weekend away tends to work best when there is enough variety to fill a few days without constantly travelling.
Across Europe, a handful of places consistently manage that balance. Bath offers elegant country-house stays close to a historic city, Marbella brings beaches and nightlife, Santorini is known for wine and sea views, Chamonix adds mountain adventure, and Barcelona packs a surprising amount into a relatively compact city centre.
5 Exceptional Group Destinations for Your Hen Do
Photo by monkeybusinessimages
Historic Elegance and Private Estate Living in Bath
On Saturday mornings, the streets around Bath Abbey and the nearby square begin filling with visitors carrying coffee cups and shopping bags from the independent stores along Milsom Street. A few minutes away, Pulteney Bridge overlooks the River Avon, while the Georgian terraces around The Circus remain much as they were centuries ago.
Many hen groups base themselves just outside the city. The countryside surrounding Bath is dotted with manor houses, converted estates, and substantial period properties that can accommodate large groups. Those looking to find mansions to rent for parties often choose properties with extensive gardens, private dining rooms, hot tubs, games rooms, and enough bedrooms for everyone to stay together. Many are located within easy reach of Bath itself, making it possible to spend the day exploring the city before returning to a private estate in the evening.
The Roman Baths remain one of the main attractions, though smaller details often stay with visitors just as much. Browsing the stalls at Green Park Station Market, walking through the Royal Crescent, or simply sitting near the Abbey as the city grows busier during the afternoon can easily fill a day.
photo by Rachel Claire
16
Jun
2026
By Boho
Today I am taking you to off to Shropshire in the great British countryside for the most gorgeous wedding of Alexandria and Georgie. These two gorgeous brides wanted a rustic style wedding, full of personality, colour and rustic details and the Bridal Barn in Bridgenorth let them do just that. They held a beautiful outdoor ceremony, followed by a fun filled barn and tipi reception, full of smiles, tender moments and a whole lot of dancing. Olive & Wilde Photo + Film was there to capture the day for us.
It was the most dream-like, perfect day we could have imagined, with all of our favourite people. It was honestly so magical and felt so surreal – just amazing!
Alexandria and Georgie were married on 19th June 2024 at Bridal Barn in Bridgenorth, Shropshire. ‘We both had a vision in our minds of what our dream venue would look like and be……. this place was exactly it! We had around 96 guests and it took roughly a year to plan.’
15
Jun
2026
By Boho
Ask any couple what they remember about their wedding, and you’ll often get the same slightly sheepish answer: it went by in a blur. You spend a year or more planning every last detail, and then the day itself arrives and vanishes in a rush of hugs, speeches, and people you’d been meaning to talk to all night. You were there for every minute of it, and somehow you still missed half of it.
That’s the quiet problem at the heart of every wedding. So much happens at once that no single person, not even you, can take it all in. And it’s exactly the problem a guest photo album is built to solve.
The idea is refreshingly simple. You set out a small sign with a code on it, and using QR codes for wedding pictures, your guests scan it and upload their photos and videos straight to one shared album. No app to download, no sign-up, nothing to explain. They point their camera at the sign, and every snap they take lands in one place for you to keep.
That simplicity is lovely. But the real reason to do it is everything it gives you back.
Why Your Wedding Needs a QR Photo Album (and What You’ll Miss Without One)
You finally get to see the day you missed
On the day itself, you are lovingly pulled in a hundred directions. While you’re greeting guests at one end of the room, your friends are crying with laughter at the other. A shared album quietly fills in every gap you couldn’t be in two places for. You come away with the whole day, not just the slice of it you happened to be standing in.
Your photographer is brilliant, but they can’t be everywhere.
Your photographer captures the day as art: the planned, the posed, the beautifully lit. It’s worth every penny, and you’ll treasure it. But they are one person with one viewpoint, and the candid, unguarded moments often unfold somewhere they simply aren’t. The dance floor chaos, the huddle at the bar, the flower girl asleep under a table by nine. A room full of guests with phones catches all of it, and the two together give you a far fuller picture than either could alone.
No more chasing people for weeks afterwards.
We’ve all done it. The awkward group-chat messages weeks after the event, asking everyone to “send over any photos they got,” and slowly receiving a trickle of blurry thumbnails from about a third of them. A shared album does the gathering for you automatically, as the day happens. By the time your guests have driven home, the work is already done, and nothing has been lost to a forgotten camera roll.
