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Wedding Bell Favors

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:58:04 +0000

While different styles of weddings are the in thing right now, many couples are still opting for traditional weddings. A traditional wedding does not mean that your wedding can’t be unique! There are many things that can be customized to your personality and style. In fact with a little creativity you can customize everything from flowers to wedding bells favors.

When you are thinking about which favors to give to your guests, there are a few things you should take into consideration. First of all, is the wedding going to be inside or outside? Are you planning to get married in the spring or in the fall? Is your wedding going to be outside of the usual venues for weddings? You might want to take into consideration the theme of your wedding.

If you are planning on having an outdoor wedding some favors you might consider giving your guests are little packets of flower seeds tied with a bow. If you want to do something a little different, you could fill mini watering cans with heart shaped candies and tie a pretty ribbon around them. Any of these can be decorated with glitterly mini-wedding bells.There are a lot of great options of an outdoor wedding!

For church weddings, wedding bells with a little flair make an excellent option. You can make beautiful creations out of wedding bells with just a little imagination. Consider adding lace, glitter, or tiny flowers to them to make the unique. In the past wedding bell favors have been referred to as kissing bells. This is because when people would ring them the new husband and wife would kiss! These wedding bell favors could also save you a little money if you are adding the embellishment yourself.

If you are planning to have a very traditional wedding you might consider doing a very simple and traditional wedding bell for each guest. The simplicity of these wedding bells makes them absolutely beautiful! If you wanted to take it a step further you could attach a poem or quote to each bell with a nice piece of ribbon.

You could give out your wedding favors by the season. Try apple shaped cookies in the fall or a small flower in the spring. In the summer you might give out an Asian fan. In the winter you might consider a Christmas flower. Attach a pair of bells and you’ve got lovely wedding bell favors that will be stylish and unique.

Wedding bell favors can be picked to match the colors and styles of your wedding as well. There are many sites on the internet that carry a variety of different wedding favors. You might also try looking at your local party supply store.

Wedding Bell Favors

Personalized Wedding Favors

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:56:27 +0000

Why would couples choose personalized wedding favors rather than conventional ones? Brides and grooms-to-be realize that by personalizing their wedding favors, each guest will take home a small remembrance of the couples’ style and taste. Their choices and personal detail on the favors are a direct statement of who they are. The chance of personalized favors being forgotten as to what the occasion was in later years is greatly reduced.

The personalization project to be undertaken by the couples should be fun and creative. The wedding favor personalization options for the grooms and brides-to-be are endless. Start by taking a look at the conventional favors available on the market and then work from there as to brainstorm how you can make the favors your own as a couple. Sweets, glasses, vases and coaster are great personalized favors. It’s also great exercise for the bride and groom-to-be to work together on the favors.

Couples can get inspiration from any events or interest they have in common such as holidays, food or music. Ask family and friends for suggestions and advice on personalization ideas for the favors. Help in any shape or from should be welcome since this is a clue as to others’ perception of your uniqueness.

Although personalization can cost more than standard favors, with a bit of shopping around on all items including the printing, sand blasting, etc. and your own craftsmanship you can save substantially. It would just be plain impractical to spend the whole wedding budget on favors, so spend wisely.

Don’t get hung up on what’s traditional or proper. Try and make the favors yourself. Don’t under estimate your creativity or that of your partner. He or she may even surprise you with fantastic ideas. This is in fact a wonderful way to add a genuine, personal touch to your wedding favors that your guests will truly appreciate.

The easiest option would be to buy favors both woman and men can enjoy however by separating the favors based on the guests’ gender will make the guests will feel more effort was put into the event. Wrapped favors must be clearly marked for easy identification as either being male or female favors. It can be a pretty embarrassing situation when a male guest gets purple pearly bubble bath and a female guest a bottle of men’s cologne as wedding favors.

Don’t we all have specific guests who we just owe special favors? These are the guests like mothers-in-law, sisters, brothers, family from abroad and other guests of honor. Spending a little more on these guests’ wedding favors would be recommended. Use a better quality glass, ribbon or wine. Add a little handwritten thank you note on special paper for the guest as well. No typed notes what so ever. The world has been taken over by computers doing everything and the guest will recognised the time and effort you put into taking the time to buy the paper and write the note by hand.

Personalized Wedding Favors

Golf Wedding Favors

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:54:46 +0000

What better way to perfect your golf themed wedding than with golf wedding favors? How clever your golfing friends will think it is when they find their wedding favors.

The sport of golf has become very popular for men and women alike. If you’re avid golfers, what better way to celebrate your love of golf and each other than a golf themed wedding complete with golf wedding favors?

First, you need invitations. It took you some time to compile the list, and now you are ready. You want them to match the wedding theme, and it is entirely possible to create golf themed invitations.

There are attractive tea lights available in a golf theme. These cute little golf ball candles will be great for your guests to take home. Every golfer loves having their own hand towel, that they can tell apart from others. There will be no mistake as to ownership when they bring along the one that was a golf wedding favor from your wedding.

Perhaps you spend many hours at the course golfing with your friends. In that case, new golf clubs would be the right gift for the father of the bride, the groom’s father and the best man. Personalized golf balls in colors to match your theme would also make great golf wedding favors.

Whether your wedding is to be at a country club, or the golf club, your wedding planner will be sure to give you the best golf theme wedding ever imagined. Some wedding planners will even make the arraignments for a bachelor party or bridal shower. How about playing a round of golf, and maybe a drink at the club house?

Golf tees can be customized to match your wedding colors. They can they be placed in custom match covers with your name and wedding date included. These come in a variety of styles and colors to coordinate with your wedding palette.

Golf Wedding Favors

Glass Wedding Favors

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:53:11 +0000

Modern brides have the luxury of picking and choosing the most exquisite glass wedding favors. Even the most discerning of brides will be impressed with the wide selection available. Why not go all out and indulge in little glass treasures for your guests to take home?

Endless varieties of enchanting little treasures are available with prices falling within everyone’s budget. But, for the wedding couple on a strict budget, glass and leaded crystal alternatives are available including Swarovski crystal, plastic and Perpex. While being more affordable manufacturing materials, the beauty of the favors are definitely not compromised.

Product materials such as plastic or Austrian crystal cost much less than leaded crystal or glass wedding favors, but beauty and quality is not skimped on. Durability is another advantage, thereby eliminating possible breakage of the super fragile glass and crystal products before the event.

The most popular choices in glass wedding favors are blown glass salt and pepper shakers, Diamond ring key chains, coasters and wedding snow globes follow closely. Personalixed glass favors are also available, inscribed with the names of the bride and groom as well as the wedding date.

The majority of wedding favors are handmade and thus 100% unique in design, color and style. The utmost attention to details and care is given to ensure that every guest gets his or her favor undamaged and unflawed.

When deciding to buy your glass wedding favors online, request samples so that you can make sure firstly that the supplier is a reliable one and secondly, that what you see is what you get. A photo and real life viewing are two very different things. On photographs color variations and possible quality differences are not visible.

When considering shopping options, choose one that meets your hectic wedding planning schedule best. Options include internet orders, brochure or normal store buying. Give due consideration to time constraints. Buying online may take a little longer than personal store visits due to the fact that you can just walk into the store, choose and walk out with 40 boxes of favors. Possible damage to glass favors is a very real problem to be considered when buying these extremely fragile favors via brochure or internet. However, you can usually get better deals online, so make sure the favors are guaranteed and insured.

Glass Wedding Favors

Elegant Wedding Favors

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:51:04 +0000

Whether you are making use of traditional of more controversial elegant wedding favors does not really matter. What does matter is that you acknowledge and express your thanks with regard to the guests attending your wedding.

One of the most elegant wedding favors is the tradition of the five different colored Jordan almonds was used to portray the bitter and the sweet of matrimony. The wedding couple can explain further and attach a note explaining the significance of each metallic colored almond. Each one of the almonds represented happiness, long life, fertility, health and wealth.

Each one of us has our own opinion regarding elegance. What may be elegant for one person may raise someone else’s eyebrows. Nevertheless, there are some elegant wedding favors that will always be regarded as elegant such as silver plated items with some sort of functionality presented as a wedding favor.

Silver plated pictures frames and place card holders along with bottle openers, letter openers, coasters and wine stoppers along with stainless steel key chains engraved with details of the wedding will always fall within the more elegant category as compared to many other wedding favors.

Before you indulge in selecting the ideal elegant wedding favors of your choice, make sure that the style portrayed through the elegance of your wedding favor are suitable or fits in to the overall theme of your wedding and more importantly to the style of the bride and groom. If you require elegant wedding favors but less formal than silver, chrome and stainless steel you will find just as many different options to choose from that can relate well to the theme of the wedding.

You can use a seashell key chain in a sand color for beach weddings for less than $2 a piece. If you opt for a more lacy, traditional Victorian look, an Asian brocade lace covered notebook with a pen will do the trick or a white porcelain place holder vase, both less than $2 a piece.

Whatever elegant wedding favors you choose, it is of utmost importance to order your favors well in advance. This will ensure that those elegant tokens of gratitude towards your guests arrive in time for this momentous day in your lives.