Many couples already have china, linens and all the other traditional wedding registry items and find themselves at a loss as to what they should register for. While most brides and grooms would love nothing more than cash gifts, you simply cannot tell your guests to write you a check. So my advice, go to your favorite stores and create a wedding registry.

You can go to a few traditional as well as non-traditional retailers – online or brick and mortar – and follow the usual registry tips:

• List items in every price point
• Pick items that are traditional AND non-traditional, remember grandma and her friends will go for the dishes and linens over the panini maker
• Don’t forget to re-register before any pre-wedding events (engagement parties, showers)

And my new tip: Look for interesting and non-traditional items at traditional stores. That doesn’t mean you should register for clothes at Macy’s or shoes at Bloomingdale’s.

I’ve been holding on to the Diane James Designs press kit for months. They are one of my favorite home decor companies, and at the Gift Show in January, they told me that they are available at Nieman Marcus. If you’re not familiar with Diane James Designs, they make the most beautiful decorative floral arrangements.

Anyway, they got me thinking. Many of the traditional registry stores – Crate & Barrell, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma – sell furniture, linens, decorative accessories, lighting and other non-traditional items. So the next time you say to yourself, I don’t need anything, think outside the (gift) box, and register or re-register for everything from paint (Restoration Hardware) to pottery (Jonathan Adler).