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16 May

Astoria Road: A wedding registry that lets you add gifts from any store

Store based registries can be nice, but isn’t it such a bummer when you realize that you can only add gifts from that one store? Creating a wedding registry is the perfect time to shop for everything you want… that vintage glassware set you hearted on Etsy, those patterned dish towels from Anthropologie, the gold flatware you’ve been eyeing at West Elm, the list goes on. Well, say hello to Astoria Road: The perfect wedding registry that allows you to add gifts from any store!

Astoria Road wedding registry | 100 Layer Cake

A few sweet perks that come with creating a wedding registry with Astoria Road…

* Create a registry that’s completely you. Add products from any store, add your favorite charities, or even create your own gifts… ahem… a honeymoon or grad school fund.

* Straight forward design. You can feel proud to share your registry with all of your guests (no matter their web skill level). Astoria Road is easy to use and navigate through.

* Check out process is easy peasy. Guests won’t have to go through the hassle of being redirected to other stores to complete the checkout like with other universal registries. On Astoria Road, the entire transaction takes place on the website (so helpful!).

* Running over budget with your wedding planning? Here’s a little secret tip… just discretely cash-out some of your gifts. Your guests will not find out about this. You can even do it after the guests purchased the gifts. Astoria Road will ping you to ask if you still want gifts or rather get cash.

* Astoria Road is the Pinterest of wedding registries. We know, that can be dangerous, right? It doesn’t just have the look & feel of Pinterest, but also curated sample registries from which you can find inspiration and can just “repin” gifts. Here, give it a shot with the 100 Layer Cake wedding registry we created. You can “repin” anything you like from ours onto yours!

Astoria Road wedding registry | 100 Layer Cake

Sounds pretty awesome, right? Dan, Muse, Miki and Jake, the two founding couples got so fed up with existing registries during their own weddings, so they created a registry they wish they had themselves. So glad they did, because now you get the pleasure of registering for anything your heart desires!

Pop over to Astoria Road and get started. Now that you know you can add any item from any store, we’re sure you’ll keep busy for the next few hours!

28 Feb

SimpleRegistry

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SimpleRegistry is changing the way engaged couples create and share their wedding registry. They’ve made it fun (and addicting) to register for any item from any store. Even non-tangible stuff like season tickets, indoor skydiving sessions, or a donation to a favorite charity. Literally anything that can be thought up can be added to a registry. Need we say more?

Yes, we shall. SimpleRegistry is also hosting an amazing special offer for one lucky couple to win $5,000 credit toward their registry when you register between now and April 30th.

SimpleRegistry for you wedding

With cool and unique tools that make registering for gifts fun and personable, you can create a registry that is reflective of your personality instead of the latest inventory of the big box retail stores. Love that about them!

A few more features that make SimpleRegistry so amazing:

* Split Pricey Items to Smaller Portions — Let’s face it, there probably aren’t many people that will buy someone that awesome $2,000 camera all on their own. However, almost everyone has at least 20 friends that would be willing to chip in $100 each. It’s easy to allow for group-gifting at any price level.

* Setup is Easy (and Fun) — Customizing a registry is easy with purpose-built tools like the SimpleAdder (bookmarklet for adding any item from any website with one-click), free Mobile App (scan barcodes or snap a photo of anything and add it to the registry), and Instant Registry for those in a hurry (pre-made lists of professionally curated items).

* Let Others Suggest Cool Items — Registry creation is crowdsourced with their new Item Suggestions feature. Easily send people (with the best taste) a custom version of the SimpleAdder tool that allows them to suggest items from any website in the world. You then have complete power over which suggested items to add – and which to ignore.

* All Gifts Redeemed as Cash — When the wedding is over all gifts are redeemed directly as cash for the ultimate in flexibility. Newer model of that camera since the registry was created? Different color of that blender desired? No problem! You tell SimpleRegistry when you’re ready to receive your gifts and they send a check or deposit funds directly to your checking or PayPal account.

* Saying “Thank You” Made Easy — Instantly generated list of all guests, the gift(s) they provided, amounts, and their full contact information.

Watch their cute “how it works” video here, check out the real stories from couples sharing their experience using SimpleRegistry, and create your registry before April 30th for the chance to win $5,000 credit!

Top photo by KT Merry Photography

14 Feb

7 Hopes United Sustainable Wedding Registry

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Chances are you’ve already accumulated all the fancy gadgets and kitchen appliances you need well before your ‘I Do’s’. Truth be told… those aren’t really the beautiful and unique gifts that make your home a home. That’s why we’re so excited to tell you about 7 Hopes United. They’ve reinvented the way we look at a wedding registry. Their registry gives you access to a wide variety of gifts that are not only stylish, but fair trade and eco-friendly as well. Seven Hopes United’s Fair Trade Gift Registry gives “gifts that give back” a whole new meaning.

Some of our favorite picks we found while doing a little shopping ourselves:

These are all pieces that are functional, give your home a more personalized touch, and your guests can feel great about buying them for you. If you are curious what other globally conscious couples are adding to their fair trade wedding registries, view a list of their top registry picks as a guide to create a gift registry you’ll love!

Terracotta pitcher / Capiz bowl / Mango wood servers / Pumice Hearts / Napkins and oven mitt / Slate cheese board / Ceramic Plate / Aqua basket hamper / Bee bowls / Table runner

The founder of 7 Hopes United got married this past year and of course she and her husband created a fair trade gift registry. The bridesmaids and bride herself even wore Sseko Sandals (which are sold on the site & make for great bridesmaids gifts).

Not that you need any other reason to create your registry with 7 Hopes United, but they’re being extra generous with our 100 Layer Cake readers and giving a $25 gift certificate after your first gift is purchased when you mention that you heard about them through 100 Layer Cake!

15 Oct

Crate&Barrel wedding parties + win your registry

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Let’s not forget about one of the most exciting moments that come with the changing of seasons – proposals! We can just feel your excitement now. And so can the folks at Crate&Barrel. So much so that they’re throwing a party just for you, in celebration of your now&forever, this October 28th from 9-11 am. Here’s why y’all should attend, aside from wanting to register for every pretty item in their store: 1) Tasty treats + drinks while you browse the store, 2) Get inside tips from registry experts, create your perfect registry and mingle with other couples, 3) For the chance of winning Crate&Barrel’s “Win Your Registry Sweeps” (valued up to $5,000), yes and yes!

Crate&Barrel holiday party ideas

Holiday party season is just around the corner, so of course we couldn’t help ourselves from picking out a few of our favorite Crate&Barrel holiday party essentials!

For the official Crate&Barrel’s “Win Your Registry Sweeps” contest rules, see a store associate, visit Crate&Barrel’s Wedding Parties or RSVP online.

Gold Pillow / Sparkling Wine Glasses / Raj Hurricane / Gala Plate / Sycamore Platter

18 Aug

Registry Love

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Registry Love

RegistryLove‘s motto is great: Any gift. Any Store. One registry. And they totally mean it. So even that local indie gem in your neighborhood you love to shop at – you can add them on your registry too. They’re the first wedding registry to co-operate with independent retailers & big box stores. Love that!

If you don’t want your registry to be restricted to a single store (we say register for all your fave!), or confuse your guests with multiple registries RegistryLove will help you consolidate it all for you. Same thing if you’ve already created other gift registries. They’ll bring them all together into one, easy to use registry.

They’ll provide you with an on-call registry concierge to help you every step of the way. Creating a gift registry should be the easy, fun and stress free part of planning done in your own time, not just crammed into one demanding afternoon.

A skydiving trip for two? A wood-fire pizza oven? The good china? A honeymoon fund? A day of pampering? Something special from your favorite boutique? Whatever it is, you can register it at RegistryLove.

Visit their website for great gift ideas, and sign up for your free personalized registry.

This post was sponsored by Registry Love.