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Wedding Favors

Posted on May 30, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Ideas, Tips and Trends For Your Wedding Favors

By Mae Andrea, executive summarized by Andromeda

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It may not be compulsory to give your guests wedding favors, but many will expect them and they are the perfect way to say thank you to your guests for joining you on your special day. Not only that but wedding favors also add the perfect finishing touch to your tables so long as you coordinate them with your wedding style or theme.

Traditionally wedding favors would have been almonds or sugar cubes presented in a small box or tulle nets and although still a popular choice for traditional weddings, the favor industry now presents brides with a huge range of choices for their favors.

Your choice of wedding favor should reflect the style and/or theme of your wedding, as well as reflecting something of your own personality and taste. If you are busy looking for perfect wedding favors at the moment then here is a quick guide to the types of favor you will find.

Edible Favors

Edible favors always delight. Generally they are sweet and confectionary based. These include almonds, chocolates, candies, mints, cookies and mini cakes or cupcakes. Other types of edible favor include bottles of hot sauce, jars of honey or preserve, maple syrup & drinks such as coffee, tea, liquor, hot chocolate and cocktails.

Homemade Favors

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If you’re at home in the kitchen then why not make your own favors. Cookies are very popular and can be made in a variety of shapes to suit any wedding. Cupcakes are easy to bake and ice or why not make some peanut brittle, coconut ice or your own preserves?

Thirst Quenching Favors

If your budget will stretches to it then why not give bottles of wine as wedding favors? You don’t have to go for full bottles, half bottles would be sufficient. Many stockists can also provide personalized labels too. If you really have a big budget then half bottles of champagne would be a luxurious favor. Even if you don’t have a very big budget these are well worth considering if you are having a small intimate wedding with only a select few guests.

Entertaining Favors

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CD wedding favors have been popular for sometime. Burn your own CD’s with tracks that have some meaning to you or add your reception playlist. You can do this at home if your computer has CD/RW drive or ask a professional to do it for you. You can also present them in personalized CD cases or sleeves which you can design and print yourself at home.

Personalized Favors

There is a wide choice when it comes to personalized wedding favors as just about anything can be personalized these days. Firstly choose the personalization you want to add, usually it is your names and wedding date or your monogram and wedding date. You may want to have the actual favor personalized or just the packaging or elements of. Things such as ribbons, stickers and tags can all be personalized and provide the perfect finishing touches to your wedding favors.

Charitable Favors

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Giving the wedding favor budget to charity is becoming a hot trend. It works by giving a donation to your favorite charity or charities and then giving your guests a small card which says that you have given a donation to charity rather than a wedding favor. Many charities offer a wedding favor service which includes pre-printed cards to give to your guests. It is up to you whether or not you tell your guests the chosen charity and donation amount.

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Wedding Bride

Posted on May 27, 2009 at 9:39 am

Wedding Tips For the Bride

by Vav Karter, executive summarized by Andromeda

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Wedding is the most important event in one’s life but the fact remains that this wedding will be the one which will give you a maximum of stress and a whole lot of sleepless nights.

The reason being that generally wedding is such a grand affair and there are so many aspects to a wedding that it will be impossible to find one such thing which you can leave to others. Yes without doubt you will need the help of others but then since it is your wedding you will have to make the maximum effort and try not to get stressed out.

Here are some of my wedding tips so that you can enjoy the wedding planning process as opposed to having to gloomily do everything.

Timing is of essence so make sure that you start planning the wedding very early and that will mean that start planning the wedding probably a year in advance. This assumes all the more importance if you are having a destination wedding.

Wedding dresses is another thing which will take times especially the wedding dress for the bride. So start searching for a wedding dress as soon as your engagement is done and it will give you sufficient time for searching a good dress and getting the alterations done.

Next make sure that you have sent the save the date cards to all the guests and also you have finalized the guest list.

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If you are planning on taking the help of a wedding planner then make sure that the wedding planner is available to you in time. Almost all the good wedding planers have booking well in advance of two years so make sure that you finalize the dates of the wedding based on the availability of the wedding planner.

Then if you are planning on having a wedding at a distant place then try to fly there at least once and see for yourself what kind of hotels are available and even if that place has wedding packages available. That is a must as the destination weddings will generally cost you a lot more. Also an important point to note is that ask for wedding coordinator at the wedding day and talk to him or her on a regular basis regarding all the arrangement to be done.

Arrive at the venue a few days earlier and that way you will be able to take care of any last minute wedding arrangements.

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Wedding Invitation

Posted on May 24, 2009 at 2:02 am

Wedding Invitation Trends for the New Year

by Rachel Jackson, executive summarized by Andromeda

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Wedding invitation trends are always very interesting to think about because they reflect several different fashion trends in other aspects of weddings such as bridal wear, wedding venues, and the preference of traditional or contemporary weddings. As the New Year begins, there are many new and different themes that are coming into focus. Also, there are several exciting wedding invitation trends that you might want to take part in. Remember, if you are able to use brand new trends in wedding invitation designs, you will find that your wedding invite is even more hip and exciting than you thought it could be.

Incorporating the Seasons

First of all, many people are really trying to incorporate the seasons into their wedding invitation design. In the past this concept has not been overly popular. Other than for some fall weddings which would incorporate reds and oranges in their color schemes. However, this practice is now becoming more and more popular because many people are relying on the season in which their wedding takes place to really give them a good start for the theme of their entire celebration. When this happens, more people put the season into their invites to begin with.

The typical fall colors are still used, and when a wedding takes place in the fall, it is not uncommon to use the reds, oranges, and yellows as they might be used in the wedding design, in the invite as well. Other seasons are also being used. When a winter wedding is being planned, the invites are often done with whites, blues and purples, and often with designs like snowflakes and ice crystals, all design elements that really speak to the season. When a wedding takes place in the spring, pale colors and flowers are used in the invitation, and for a summer wedding, there are often beach scenes, sandy colors, or bright colors that are used. This reflection of the season is often something that is done on the invitations, as well as something that is done with the theme of the wedding.

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Straight Lines and Borders

When colors are simply used in wedding invitations, one style that is becoming trendier is that of straight lines and thick borders. These are being seen even more in wedding invitations than they used to be. This is a style and an idea that many brides and grooms are incorporating. This goes along with the idea of structure and form that is very popular in design today, leaving behind the frilly and flowery type of designs of the past.

Bright Colors

Bright colors are another type of trend that is increasingly seen in wedding invitations. In the past, muted and dark colors were seen because all weddings were seen as very formal events, rather than the fun, exciting affairs they have become. However, with bright colors and exciting designs, wedding invitations can give a casual lift to any type of wedding. If you want to have a great wedding, but you do not want it to be as somber and formal as, let’s say, your mother’s wedding, then you should think about using bright colors in your invitations.

Unique Fonts

Another trend that is being seen with wedding invitations is unique fonts. In the past, most of the invites were done with script type writing, to mirror beautiful hand written invitations of the past. However, sometimes this writing can look archaic, even if it looks beautiful. These fonts are usually best suited for the traditional wedding invitations. Many couples are using unique fonts, even printed fonts that are not cursive and are not flowing. A big trend in fonts is not using capital letters, but having everything written in lower case instead. Another trend is to use round and thick fonts instead of flowing fonts. All of these images of fonts serve to help a couple make their invitations into a clear indication of what their wedding is going to be. The font of your wedding invitations will once again give the feel of a laid back gathering, or a formal event.

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Re-wording Ideas

Another trend that you might want to think about when it comes to your wedding invitations is going to be rewording the classic ideas that you have probably heard one-hundred times before about weddings. Many people are playing with the formality of the words that are used in the wedding invitation. Sometimes the words are made more formal to fit the wedding, and sometimes they are made very informal, also to fit the needs of the bride and groom and of the wedding as a whole. You might want to think about the ways that you can do this with your own wedding invitations. If the wedding is going to take place on the beaches of Jamaica, there is a good chance you would not be using the same words you would be using if the wedding was in the ballroom in the nicest hotel in the city. The invitation should reflect the event.

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