What to buy for weddings and bridal showers this spring

With weddings, baby showers, graduations and Mother’s Day around the corner, spring can be a busy gift-giving season for many of us. To help you get a head start on your shopping, we’ve put together four mini gift guides that are equal parts thoughtful and fun.

Sold out gift registry? Here are some great gifts for spring weddings and showers, including a kickstart to their art collection, something for the honeymoon and home goods they can actually use.

The chic Plissé range of small kitchen appliances, by Italian designer and architect Michele De Lucchi for Alessi, would make for a welcome addition to any modern kitchen. Alessi Plissé Electric Juicer, $165 through ssense.com.

Treat the lucky couple to a new set of towels. These cotton ones are quick drying, absorbent and extra plush. Envello Base Towel Bundle, $256 through envello.com.

This giftable set includes an oval serving platter and four small bowls, handmade in Portugal for Fable, a Burnaby, B.C.-based tableware brand. Fable Serving Platter Set, $100 through fable.com.

Pour-over coffee enthusiasts will appreciate this stylish, quick-heating electric water kettle, which offers temperature control and a precision pour spout. Fellow Stagg EKG electric water kettle, $215 through holtrenfrew.com.

A special wedding fragrance worn on the big day offers a lovely scent memory for years to come. Consider gifting a gender-neutral cologne engraved with the wedding date; or, there’s the option for the couple to create something custom with perfumers such as Ruby Brown in Montreal and Ayala Moriel in Toronto. Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia Cologne, $147 for 50ml through jomalone.ca.

With check-in fees higher than ever, travelling newlyweds will appreciate a large, roomy suitcase that could fit both of their honeymoon clothes. This polycarbonate hard shell one comes with a limited lifetime warranty plus a laundry bag, two shoe bags and a luggage tag. Monos Check-In Large, $510 through ca.monos.com.

A sweet bridal shower gift, this pretty, hand-poured candle with an 80-hour burn time features coconut, jasmine, mandarin, juniper and driftwood notes. Loversland Forever Honeymoon Candle, $58 through loversland.com.

A meal kit subscription is a thoughtful, practical gift for time-strapped couples. Montreal-based Goodfood delivers to many cities and towns in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and the Maritimes. Goodfood gift card, through makegoodfood.ca.

Help the new couple start their art collection with something beautiful. Companies such as the Art Shop in Vancouver and Ninth Editions in Toronto offer works from talented emerging artists at an accessible price point. Sacre Coeur by Isabelle Grue Lee, $250 through theartshop.ca.

Available in multiple trendy, eye-catching colours, the stainless steel knives from Zwilling’s Now S collection are designed in Milan and made in Germany. Zwilling Now S 7-piece knife block set, $179.99 through zwilling.com.