What is more perfect for a beach wedding than salt water taffy? I love this favor because it stays with the theme, it is fun, and most of all it is super easy. Oh yeah I forgot! It is inexpensive. YEAH!!!! All it is saltwater taffy in glass buckets. So easy, so cute! Source
Everyone loves cookies and has fond memories from their childhood of getting cookies out of the cookie jar. I remember making cookies with my grandmother and her allowing me to sneak them out of the jar before dinner. I can still picture that cookie jar! Well, this little favor is a great way of stirring up found memories for you guests as well by giving them their own mini cookie jar. These favors are super cute and in expensive to make. You can buy store bought cookies or make your own. All this favor is a mini jar filled with mini cookies and then the jar is embellished with a ribbon-tied tag and a homemade label (affixed with double-sided tape). So easy, but so impressive, don’t you think? Source
I have never seen wooden invitations before I came across Olso Press Products, and I have to admit I was a bit skeptical at first. However, now I am totally sold and I think they are simply beautiful. There is such intricate detailing in the wood and it is something totally different and unique.
The company was formed in a very interesting way. The designers Glenwood & Jen where searching for invitations for there own wedding. They wanted something fun and unique but could not find what they where looking for so they decided to design their invitations there selves. The name comes from the family cat. They named the company after the cat because his long white fur makes him appear glamorous and regal; he is still a playful, curious, and sometimes shy creature. This was the perfect representative for there product! While the designs are very regal they also have a bit of a playful edge about them. I love then and think they are definitely worth checking out! Check it out!
The Idea: Create a tenderhearted tribute to loved ones—living and deceased—by displaying framed heirloom photographs on your reception tables. It’s a great way to personalize your affair and spark conversations. Simply ask friends and family to lend you their old photographs (think black-and-whites of Uncle Jim out on the lawn or a snapshot of a great aunt aboard a cruise ship), have them framed, and then place them at tables where your guests will recognize the subjects.
This idea comes from Brides.com and I absolutely love it! It is away to pay a special tribute to everyone you love dearly. It is also away to make love ones who passed become part of you special day.
One really great way of getting the photos of everyone at the reception is to provide disposable cameras. Also if you were looking for a way to cut down the photography costs having this is the way to do it. You get photos of everyone at only a fraction of the cost! You can also place a little card or table tent next to the cameras that say this cute little saying: “Take a few pictures then pass it on. Leave it on the table when the exposures are all gone!” also include a little thank you with the saying and you are all set! It’s quick, easy, and cheap!
1. Fill a 3 5/8-inch-high acetate cylinder with candy.
2. To make flower, cut a 9-by- 30-inch piece of tissue paper. Fold, accordion style, in 5-inch-wide layers. Cut petals in smaller end; unfold and lay on flat surface.
3. Place cylinder on paper with bottom about 1 inch from uncut end, and roll; tape sides and bottom with double-sided tape. Tie ribbon above top of cylinder.
4. Gently peel petals down to open flower. If you use a shorter cylinder, reduce height of paper; for a multicolored blossom, wrap a second layer of paper around cylinder after first is secure; secure with ribbon. Source
I have always wondered why almonds where apart of every wedding I have ever been to. I am not found of the almonds myself, and have only met a few that are. So I always wondered why it was a tradition to have them. Well I found my answer on Martha Stewart and actually they have a lot of symbolism and a great story you can tell your guests. You could always include the history of the almonds on a little card attached to the favor. That way everyone will understand their meaning. Here is the history.
“The use of almonds as favors has evolved in significance over the centuries. The ancient Greeks, and later the Romans, were fond of honey-coated almonds. Sweetened almonds later found their way to the celebratory tables of medieval Europe , when they came to be known as dragees. By 1850 the first commercially produced dragees, coated with colored sugar syrup, appeared. In Europe today, dragees are still fixtures at weddings, christenings, and confirmations.
Because the almond is a seed, it represents fertility, abundance, and fruitfulness. When a bitter almond is used in a dragee, the hard sugar coating produces a piquant contrast of sweet with bitter; the dragee thus represents an important part of the wedding vow: “for better or for worse.” Just as the couple has pledged to support each other in good times as well as in bad, those in attendance symbolically honor the marriage vows by partaking of the almonds.”
We’ve all been there—the interminable bridal shower or wedding reception. Here’s an inventive way to add excitement to the occasion and create a priceless keepsake for the bride and groom. Gamesakes Wedding Game lets you share sentimental or silly memories of the bride and groom by writing them down on cards. Record memories of life’s journeys from birth (“Mary said her first word today”) to present day (“Mary said I Do!”) and move your pawn along the game board path. The first player to reach “I Do!” wins. More fun than a guest book, longer lasting than a toast, the cards can be filled out at a shower then placed at the table settings of any wedding-related event as conversation starters and decorations. Includes game board, 300 gift cards (to be completed by family and friends), 4 pens, 1 die, 6 pawns, directions and instruction card. For ages 12 yrs. and up. Check it out!
I must have a thing for tea today because here is another cute favor that I found. One of the vials pictured above is filled with heart shaped drop tea and the other is filled with heart shaped sugar cubes. These would be perfect given as a pair or separate. You could even give the sugar vials with a cute package of personalized coffee. Either way this is a unique favor that I love. Buy This Item!
Here is a cute little idea for all you tea lovers out there. Well actually anyone, because I don’t even like tea and I love this favor. This is a tea sachet and they are able to be personalized especially for your special day. Each silken fabric tea sachet is filled with natural whole leaf teas, rough-cut herbs and flowers. The sachets are individually hand crafted, and yield two cups of tea. The open weave of the fabric allows the tea leaves to unfurl, the flavors to mingle, and the robust tea to flow right through the sachet into your cup. The tea sachets are available in Ginger, Flora, Citrus, Mint, Jasmine, Earl Grey, Forte, Oasis, and Chamomile. Check it out!