Pet Portraits

• Have an artist you know create a hand-painted portrait of the couple's pet or pets to give them as a unique wedding gift. You could also paint them one yourself. If you do not know an artist, simply obtain a picture of the couple's pet or take one yourself and send it to a service that will create a custom painting featuring the pet or pets. Paint Your Life works from both paper and digital photographs and generally charges $119 to $499, with extra charges for custom sizes and additional pets. Allow one to two months for turnaround time. You can also purchase gift certificates for a custom portrait to give to the couple if you do not have access to photos of their pets.
  
  

Pet Magazine Subscriptions

• Purchase a pet-magazine subscription for the pet-loving couple as a wedding gift that will remind them of you all year long. Choose one that reflects the type of pet that they own. BowTie Inc. publishes various pet-related magazines for cats, dogs and birds. Cat Fancy offers a one-year subscription for $13 as of 2011, and I Love Cats magazine offers one for $11.97. You can purchase a year's subscription to Dog Fancy for $13 or Dog World for $15. For bird lovers, you can purchase a subscription to Bird Talk for $13. In addition to pet-magazine subscriptions, buy some pet-related books or calendars to give to the couple as well.
  
  

Pet Gift Baskets

• Purchase a ready-made gift basket containing treats for humans and for pets or put one together yourself to add a personal touch. Include edible items such as crackers, cheese and sausage and pet items like canned dog or cat food and some pet treats. Include some pet jewelry for dogs or cats in a wedding theme such as heart charms for collars. Dog Lover Gift Baskets offers ready-made gift baskets for pet lovers and items you can include in your gift baskets. Along with a bottle of champagne for the happy couple, include a bottle of Bark Vineyard "wines." These wine bottles actually contain human-grade gravies to add to cat or dog food as a treat.
  
  

Other Pet-Related Gift Ideas

• Contribute to a pet-themed wedding by gifting the couple with a unity candle featuring their favorite pets. Help the couple to plan the wedding and arrange to have a cat- or dog-themed topper for their wedding cake. Surprise them with wedding-themed outfit for their cat or dog to wear if it participates in the wedding. If you are unsure of what kind of pet items might interest the bride and groom, donate money to their favorite pet charity or one of your choosing. Both the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society of the United States offer memberships to their organizations when you make a donation to them. If you make a donation in the couple's name, they will also receive a magazine with their membership.