Looking for a gift that stands out and lets the happy couple know how special they are? Want a memorable gift for the newlyweds? Look no further than some of these suggestions on original gifts from artists, makers and doers in Rideau Lakes! Be sure to get in touch well in advance to chat about your gift ideas.
When you have Rideau Lake’s local creativity and quality craftsmanship at play, it’s easy to get a memorable gift for your loved ones who are getting married!
Angela's Cookie Jar
Angela’s Cookie Jar specializes in delightful sugar cookies, made to order and hand decorated with royal icing! This bakery in Rideau Lakes also uniquely customizes cookies for special occasions like weddings. Angela’s Cookie Jar serves up home-baked goodness to help celebrate with artistic, eye-catching designs.
Angela's Cookie Jar Armstrong & Carter Ironworks
Armstrong and Carter Ironworks uses traditional and modern blacksmithing and metalworking techniques to create ironwork for everything from sculpture, fine hand tools and period reproductions and restorations. Get in touch to chat about your gift ideas!
Armstrong & Carter Ironworks Bill Kendall Taxidermy
Are the newlyweds outdoorsy or fans of hunting and fishing? Professional taxidermist Bill Kendall has more than four decades of creating quality mounts under his belt in the Portland area. Specializing in fish mounts, Bill has done it all from deer to fishers to birds of prey and even bobcats!
Bill Kendall Taxidermy Blair Brothers Maples
Imagine bottling sweet wedding success for your family and closest friends! Blair Brothers Maples was born from the pandemic and now has more than 800 taps on their multi-generational homestead near Newboro.
Blair Brothers Maples Blue Leaf Pottery
Beautifully unique mugs and bowls, created by local artist Wendy Lowe would make a perfect and personal wedding gift. Wendy has been playing with clay for more than 20 years!
Blue Leaf Pottery Bushgarden Farmstead Cheese
Organic raw milk, artisan cheese made in the heart of Rideau Lakes! This fifth generation farm has been certified organic for 20 years and makes its cheese by hand with a nod to local heritage. Find Bushgarden cheese at local farmer’s markets, as well as local shops and cafes. Your guests would swoon over this cheese - whether on a legendary charcuterie, midnight buffet nibblies or as a parting gift for loved ones.
Bushgarden Farmstead Cheese Curtis Valy Farms Maple Syrup
Not only does Curtis Valy family farm have a long tradition of sugaring (since 1910!) but their maple products made on Daytown Road near Delta would be a perfect gift for wedding guests. Think outside of the syrup bottle and look here for popular maple lollipops, maple sugar and maple butter.
Curtis Valy Farms Maple SyrupDebbee's Bees Honey
Home of the Hutchings Bee since 1848! This is a truly Canadian honey bee. Sixth generation beekeeper selling honey and more at 434 McCann Road near Newboro. Beekeeping experiences are provided by request! Imagine gifting your guests the sweetest little pots of honey to celebrate the union of two “sweet” hearts. Reach out to Debbie to chat about options!
Debbee's Bees Honey Dreamscapes Rideau
The name says it all: this art is dreamy while providing an instant touch of class and creativity. Artist Barbara Osborne-Monaghan’s fused glass pieces are striking and luxurious – the best way to foster a look that is unique to the new couple with everything from jewellery to glass décor and paintings. Located in the beautifully-restored school house at 491 Charland Road, Elgin, and open on occasion. Keep an eye out for the shingle or call 613-217-4252 to chat about gifting a piece to be admired for years to come.
Dreamscapes Rideau Furnace Falls Coffee Co.
Got a java jockey in the family? Is your new significant other known for their coffee enthusiasm? Furnace Falls Coffee Company is a small-batch roaster with Wendy’s Country Market in Rideau Lakes. Owner Mike Smith has honed his craft, producing fresh, flavourful beans enjoyed by retailers across the region. Talk about bringing your caffeinated gift ideas to life!
Furnace Falls Coffee Co. Gilded Corner Picture Frame Shop
Custom framing artist, Amy Blair, uses high quality wood and metal materials to conserve and frame treasured pieces of art, photos, memorabilia, needlework and much more! Give the new couple one of their wedding photos professionally framed - how special. Or, create a shadow box with wedding mementos for them to cherish!
Gilded Corner Picture Frame Shop Go Fudge Yourself
Satisfy your guests’ sweet tooth and give some next level fudge to wedding attendees! From seasonal treats to delicious mainstays, this home-based bakery is delivering all the flavour and sweetness that the season deserves. Be sure to ask about wedding favours. Go Fudge Yourself has also recently expanded to offer loaves, pies, cookies and squares!
Go Fudge Yourself Golden Moment Farm Maple
On Mother Barnes Road, Golden Moment Farm has been operating since the late 1990s, growing to about 5,000 taps on pipeline and the latest in syrup processing equipment. Producing maple syrup and value-added items, everything here is pure and natural. A recently renovated bottling and labelling room adds to the farm - talk to them about the possibility of getting gifts!
Golden Moment Farm Maple Gourmet Goodies
Delicious classic and unique individually wrapped cookies made with quality ingredients, serving Rideau Lakes since 2025. Custom orders available - talk to Donna and Becky to make your cookie dreams become reality.
Gourmet Goodies Gunnebrooke Farms Maple
Imagine gifting the sweetest little maple sugar candies for a truly Canadian wedding experience! Gunnebooke Farms Maple is family owned and operated and produces maple syrup, maple butter and maple candy year-round. From their family to yours, Gunnebrooke Farms puts love and careful attention into what they produce and create. Online ordering is easy here, check out their retail site! Or give Joyce a call at 613-359-5071.
Gunnebrooke Farms Maple John Shea - Rosal Bay Studio
Living on Newboro Lake, John Shea captures spaces in a beautiful watercolour style. Some of his most popular paintings are created stone by stone and brick by brick: showcasing the beauty of old residences and businesses, barns and familiar life in Rideau Lakes, Perth and further afield. He has painted local buildings and landscapes that would add a touch of Rideau Lakes to any home. Perhaps chatting with John about commissioning a piece that features the couple’s childhood homes or first home together would be an option!
John Shea - Rosal Bay Studio Leggett's Maple Sugarbush
Guests at any wedding would be impressed and thrilled to receive a tiny bottle of world champion maple syrup from Leggett’s in Crosby! This farm has a long history of making maple syrup and has twice been awarded Reserve World Champion at the Royal Winter Fair. Get in touch to discuss your goals!
Leggett's Maple Sugarbush Little Rideau Farm Maple
Maple vinegar, anyone? It’s a local favourite from Little Rideau Farm, a World Champion Maple Syrup producer. Moving beyond their classic syrup, they also create small batch maple butter, artisanal maple mustard, maple sugar, maple candy, maple vinegar, maple sugar shakers and more. Are you drooling yet? Order online or stop by the year-round farm gate between Westport and Newboro.
Little Rideau Farm Maple Marion’s Honey
Gifting local honey would be the bees knees! Located between Philipsville and Forfar on County Road 42, Marion’s Honey offers natural, unpasteurized Ontario honey - unique to Rideau Lakes. Producing high quality honey for more than 40 years, Marion’s Honey is available in both liquid and creamed form. Call 613-359-1151.
Marion’s Honey Newboro Soap Company
Artisan soaps created by hand in the heart of Rideau Lakes! Made with love in small batches, this local soap company is creating feel-good gems like the new orange and clove, as well as hippy revival – and we hear there are some kids’ soap shapes available, too! A perfectly practical guest gift that people will actually use.
Newboro Soap Company Nora Brown Artist
One look at her art and you’ll want to gift it as a memorable piece for the bride and groom. View examples of Nora’s mixed media work online, as she is always actively painting. To learn more, reach out by email at norabrownpaints@gmail.com or by phone at 613-913-7177.
Nora Brown Artist Nut Free Gourmet Cookies
Nut Free Gourmet at Hotel Kenney Rideau, creates irresistible nut-free gourmet cookie dough using all butter. Take the hassle out of your guest gifts and bake up a delicious gifting option! We’re talking shortbread, chocolate fudge chip, snappy ginger and more. Taste the difference simple ingredients make: the doughs at Nut Free Gourmet are made using all butter – no margarines, oils or artificial flavours. Imagine a cookie station at your wedding... rave reviews would ensue.
Nut Free Gourmet Cookies Our Cottage Glass
Whimsical and creative stained glass offerings on Narrows Lock Road! From flowers to abstract art and from sweet garden snails and bees to intricate moon mandalas, Our Cottage Glass is a go-to for gifting handmade art and colour.
Our Cottage Glass Rue Royale Cast Stone
Douglas MacDonald has been sculpting and casting a myriad of gargoyles and greenmen for more than 25 years at Rue Royale Cast Stone! His cast stone sculpture is inspired by heritage and historical designs - perfect for the newlyweds’ garden! Available for purchase online or find Douglas at an artist event or market.
Rue Royale Cast Stone Ted Stewart Art
Lifelike bird art that seems to have a life of its own! Award-winning local artist, Ted Stewart, has been carving for more than 50 years and focuses on wood carvings depicting Ontario’s birds. A must-see which is absolutely thrilling for the birder in your family.
Ted Stewart Art The Barn at Elgin
Featuring ready-made rustic wooden furniture for the home or cottage. This could be the favourite functional gift to give! The Barn at Elgin is located in a 200-year-old restored barn now converted into a showroom. Have a peek at the beautiful wooden breakfast nooks, rolling islands, washer toss boxes, side tables, barrel bar tops, Adirondack chairs, or chat with the owner about creating a custom piece!
The Barn at Elgin The Pie Bar
In love with flaky pastries? Meld your passions and talk with The Pie Bar baker, Stacy, to see about possibilities of placing a special order for your guests. The Pie Bar just past Newboro offers a modern twist on traditional baking! Pre-ordering means enjoying her unconventional flavours and colourful recipes that combine innovation with deliciousness.
The Pie Bar Whitefish Falls Custom Woodworking
Robert Roantree has been plying his carpentry trade in Morton for more four decades at Whitefish Falls Custom Woodworking. Crafting everything from wooden screen doors to furniture, coat racks, chairs, cupboards and so much more, Rob can be reached at 613-387-3143. Chat about building something as special as the newly married couple!
Whitefish Falls Custom Woodworking Young Signs
Surprise the happy couple with a new sign denoting their last name! Get the pros at Young Signs to help make what’s sure to be an appreciated and personalized wedding gift. Give them a call to discuss some options and pricing.
Young Signs 
