At a loss for what to include on your registry or feel like you already have everything you need? Or maybe you would just rather your friends and family have the option to focus their giving towards a cause that you feel strongly about supporting?

A traditional registry through a department store or Amazon.com can be the perfect way for couples to stock up on all those household items and necessities for beginning their new life together. And, it can be mighty fun to skip through the store with that little scanner gun in hand — doesn’t it make you feel kinda powerful?

But if you’re having trouble finding items to fill out that list — Do you really need that creme brulee torch or are you just grasping for things?– you might want to consider an alternative gift registry. Here are some that we think take the cake (wedding cake of course):

I Do Foundation

Charity Registry:  The I Do Foundation is the wedding side of justgive.org. When you create an account with the I Do Foundation, you will be given the opportunity to create a personalized wedding website to share with your guests.  You can use this to share your registry information with all those attending your wedding. From there, the I Do Foundation has an extensive list of charities and non-profit organizations you can choose to support. You can set a specific number of donations or monetary goal, or leave it open. Guests can make tax-deductible donations right through your wedding website. The site will also keep a record of donations that you can reference when filling out your Thank You cards.

Gift Registry:  If you want to register for wedding gifts but would still like to make a charitable contribution, I Do Foundation’s Gift Registry offers the best of both worlds. They offer a list of retail partners, including registry faves like Target and Amazon, that will donate between 3-5% of the purchase to the charity of your choice. And the donation is made at no additional cost to the buyer (your guest). Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

Honeyfund

For those couples who already have all the household items they need, but are lacking on the extra cash for the honeymoon, the Honeyfund offers a great online honeymoon registry. You can load in details about your dream honeymoon, then give guests the opportunity to donate towards specific items — such as a night in your chosen hotel or snorkeling in Cancun.

The neat thing about this platform is that rather than your guests just feeling like they are giving you cash for your honeymoon, they will feel like they contributed to actual events — and later you can thank Aunt Mimi for sending you horseback riding or Uncle Joe for the vineyard tour. You could even send them a photo of the two of you enjoying the item they sponsored. You will need to provide a paypal account for guests to purchase Honeyfund gifts online or they can print out a description of the item to give you with their check. Honeyfund does not charge any fees for their account, but there will be a minimal fee that paypal charges for the online transactions.

OurWishingWell.com

Our Wishing Well works very similar to Honeyfund, except that it applies to any and all items you’d like to add. Rather than registering for wine glasses, you can just enter the value for the glasses you’d like and add them as a line item, then use the donation money to purchase them yourself.

I just had to include this wishing well photo with the gnome!

You could also include honeymoon requests as well as things like money to put towards a down payment on a house or anything else you have been saving for.

MyRegistry.com

MyRegistry.com is an online registry management tool that lets you incorporate gifts from any online retailer into one handy dandy location. Rather than managing registries with several different stores, you can use this tool to add gift requests from any store online, as well as nonprofit/charitable requests. Guests can use the tool to browse your registry and when ready to order, they will be directed with a link straight to the original retailer’s page to purchase the item. MyRegistry is free to use, although Cash Gifts may incur a small fee.

Whatever registry option you choose, some guests will go it on their own anyway. And even if Aunt Bertha gives you a a ceramic fish statue for your coffee table or a second-hand mop, remember what the occasion is all about. At the end of the day you will be given the incredibly priceless gift of being married to your love and the promise of your new life together (and you can always hide that fish statue under the bed until Aunt Bertha comes to visit).