My Aunt did the same for me! I loved it and I'm still using most of those things too! She included a handwritten cookbook of many of family, her favorite and her signature desserts! For a while she had a side business making cookie trays. She's awesome.
I'm finding with weddings lately; the brides are older and don't need so much for setting up house. One wedding invitation I got came with a little poem explaining they didn't need those things but cash was ok. Cute little poem, nice people; but I'm way too old fashion I guess to EVER think of asking for cash as a gift like that. I did throw a baby shower where we let people know the mom was going to have to ship any gifts to her new home overseas and buy all her baby furniture there; so gift cards would be very much appreciated. She ended up giving away packages of diapers and things because it's just expensive to ship like that. In her case; we were having a shower when she was only 4 1/2 months along because of that move coming up (military) so it was just nontraditional anyway; but at least a bit more understandable.
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