How many gifts ?

A general rule of thumb is two gifts per household on your guest list.

Most of the advice I've read has said to have 2 gifts per guest on your registry. It's okay if you run out of gifts on your registry though, that's why monetary gifts are still an option!

I have been to several showers where guests bought multiple small ticket items and gifted them together. Ex: Kitchen Utensils, Kitchen Towels. I've also attended a shower there there was nothing left on the registry to buy, so I got them a gift card to one of the stores they were registered at in case they saw something else there that they wanted!

At minimum 2 large gifts per household plus equal number of smaller individual items. Make sure they are a wide range of prices from $3 on up. Some guests will get you a single big gift while others on a budget will bundle the lowest priced registry items into one larger gift. It's a wish list so just put anything you want on it, no quantity limit, as a guideline for your guests.

View Quoted Comment My mom is planning to have it in March on 2022. Definitely hoping the pandemic is over by then since we have a huge guest list. Major reason why we didn’t choose a date in 2021. I’m just starting out the registry now and will be adding little by little to the list when we figure out what we really need.
That is true some people don’t even buy off the registry and gift other things, thanks ! That helps out my mind to ease

View Quoted Comment I’ve been looking at a lot under $25 items which I know we will need. One major thing I’ve been people put on their list is the kitchen aid stand mixer. Luckily my mom and sister gifted that to me two years ago so I am thinking of adding any attachments I would like

It's better to have too many gifts than not enough since many people do not give cash gifts for any occasion, and without a registry you will stuff you don't want and can't return so make it as easy as you can on everyone including yourself. Some stores will give you a discount afterward on any items your guests didn't purchase that you still want.

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Exactly why we chose 2022 for our wedding as well!

If you've already added the basics like upgrades and items you've always wanted, then you can start branching out from there! Board games are a fun thing to add to your registry and it's a great item for a date night in, or when you have company over! Also think about your hobbies! We have friends that are outdoorsy and they had camping gear, tailgate chairs, etc. on their registry!

View Quoted Comment Definitely have a huge variety of options between $3 and 25.
Also you can register for non-household items too. Card/board games, grilling equipment/accessories, anything related your shared hobbies and interests

View Quoted Comment Be careful starting a registry too far in advance. Stuff will be discontinued or go out of stock etc. I started ours a year in advance and a month before my shower I had to go update it because a lot of it was no longer available.

125 guests at a bridal shower?? I almost passed out reading that 🤣 Are you going to open all the gifts while there?

You may want to consider doing a honeyfund as well.

Depending on where you are registering, some registries will actually tell you how many gifts to have in each price range depending on your guest count. It’s of course just a general idea but VERY helpful. I know Amazon does it, not sure about other places. As others said, 2 gifts per household should be good, remember to also have a variety of prices as well. Some people will want to buy the lower ticketed items but others may want to splurge on you. So remember to have a good balance!

View Quoted Comment We have extremely large families! Our guest list for the wedding is around 340 people!I wasn’t planning on opening all the gifts there but my mom really wants me too so we will see

As others said, the general rule of thumb is 2 gifts per household. Also, not every female on the guest list needs to be invited to the bridal shower. It is typically the women closest to the bride in terms of relationship, and out of state guests, with the exception of maybe grandma, are also typically excluded. Unless it's customary in your family to invite every female guest, you can definitely cut down the list if you want. We had 150 people invited to our wedding and only 30 invited to the shower.

Wow, that's the largest shower I've ever heard of! Honestly, I'd register for things you'll be able to open easily and quickly, since you'll need time to open all of the gifts at the shower and you don't want the gift opening to drag on for hours and hours. As a guest, I would find it extremely rude if I attended a shower and the bride never opened my gift, since that is basically what showers are all about. In my family, groups of people like to go in on larger gifts together, so we didn't follow the 2 gift per person rule (for example, 4 women split the cost of a large gift for my shower). Sorry I don't have more concrete advice but best of luck

View Quoted Comment That list is cut down already. I don’t have any out of state females on the list. Everyone on the list I am close with. We are a huge family. My grandpa is one of 11 kids so you can imagine how big my family has become. And in my family we all see each other for family events.

View Quoted Comment Oh gosh, that is a large family!

Depending on your style and needs, you could go with something like listing individual knives instead of a set, serving pieces for china/everyday dishes, serving pieces for flatware, hand tools (think hammer, screwdrivers, home depot gift cards, etc.), wine/champagne glasses in singles or sets rather than 4 or 8, or maybe a few gifts that people could go in on like a food processor or swanky blender, although I don't know how/if you'd need to get the word out on that one. I don't know if they do gift cards, but I used Shutterfly for putting together a wedding album to save $$ over what my photographer was charging for a larger book. Have you branched out to home decor? Pillows, mirrors, curtains, pictures, for example. If you truly don't need anything else, how about restaurant gift cards? Or donations to your favorite charities?