Some guests will want to give you a gift that's more distinctive than a dinner plate, so register for accessories too, like this gold-painted pewter chair place-card holder.

Gold-painted pewter chair place-card holder, $16/8; beau-coup.com). Cards, $83/100, with printing; williamarthur.com.

For more registry must-haves, pick up the Winter 2009 issue of In Style Weddings on newsstands now!