Category: Wedding Gifts

Message Bean

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This “bean” is definitely beyond anything that “Jack and his bag of beans” could have ever conceived. Believe it or not, each bean has a word lasered onto one side, and a complementary image on the other. All one has to do to see the “message” is grow the bean. The recipient simply pulls off the foil top and bottom piece (to let the water drain), and adds about ½ cup of water to the soil. In about a week or so, the bean will poke thru the soil revealing the special message. In today’s crazy world of “real-time”, this is something that is well worth waiting for. Available in Thank You (with Thanks in Japanese), Love (with a heart), and Happy Birthday (with a musical note). Brand new styles: Happy Holiday (with two stars on the other side), Peace (with Peace written in Japanese on other side), Dream (with Dream written in Japanese on other side), Best Wishes (with Best Wishes written in Japanese on other side) and Get Well (with Get Well written in Japanese on other side). I believe this would be a unique and memorable idea as part of a wedding gift or as a favor option. Plus this gift will symbolize the growth of your love with your spouse. Did I take it a bit too far on the symbolism? I have a tendency to do that but you know what I mean. Check it out!

Diamonds, Engagement Rings and Bridal Parties

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When you’re picking out engagement rings, you better be ready to show off your selection.  Whether you were able to design your own engagement ring or if you purchased one, everybody at your bridal party is going to want to check out the "rock" your hubby to-be purchased for you.

No matter if you pick out a preset engagement ring or go for something custom designed, what many online retailers have come to find out is that brides want their engagement ring to be truly one of a kind.  Retailers are working with their brides to get drawings or photos of exactly what they are looking for so they can have their jewelers create a customized piece. 

As any engaged woman will tell you, engagement rings are always the center of attention at a bridal party function or a bridal shower.  While your diamond engagement ring is bound to be a hot topic at the shower, it’s also important to remember that diamonds aren’t just for the bride anymore.  Many brides are presenting their attendants with gifts of diamond jewelry or diamond studded accessories to show their admiration and appreciation for those who have helped her the most during the wedding planning process.

The process of choosing engagement rings, wedding bands and bridal party gifts are some of the most important parts of planning a wedding.  There are so many options available to you and you can easily incorporate this important process into your bridal party and wedding while having a lot of fun at the same time.

Fall Wedding Favor~ Candle Leaf Cake

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Candles are a classic and traditional gift for a wedding but they do not have to be plain candles. These Autumn Elegance candles are a perfect favor option for a fall themed wedding. Strewn with autumn leaves, this triple-tiered wedding cake candle comes packaged in its own gift box, tied with a ribbon in the rust-like color of falling leaves. You may also add a personalized gift tags in a color and style that matches your wedding. Check it out!

Secret Ingredients Cookbooks

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These cookbooks are a great idea for wedding gifts. They are perfect for the new bride and groom or for an extra special gift to the wedding party or the mothers of the bride and groom. Secret Ingredients allows you to choose from two styles of cookbooks the heirloom and the keepsake. The heirloom contains 250 of your family recipes and can be adorned with up to 15 photographs. The keepsake is a bit smaller and can hold 50 or more recipes. Both cookbooks would be a great gift but I think it would be a very unique and thoughtful present to the bride and groom. This would give the bride and groom a starting point on all the family meals they loved as kids and never knew how to make. This is a great present and I love this idea! I can not tell you how many times I have called my mom asking her for her recipes!Check them out!

small cook books

Groomsmen Gift Ideas

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Groomsmen—in my opinion—are the hardest people to buy for. Traditionally groomsmen gift ideas often consist of items like flasks, cuff links and pocket watches. But finding something that your guys like can be very challenging. A New trend is to get each guy a different gift. This makes things more personal and you can pick something especially for them. Adding personalization to any item is a great way to get them something personal. So to help you on this daunting task here are a few gift ideas and some various links to the items to cut some time.

The Golf Lover

  • Stainless steel golf tees
  • Gift certificate for eighteen holes at the nearest course.

 Barware and Cigar Lover

Useful Items

Sports and Music Lovers

Unique Items

  • Purchasing magazine subscriptions. Cater to each man’s interests and subscribe to a publication that they would appreciate. Fishing, golf, hunting or men’s health magazines are all great choices.
  • If reading doesn’t appeal to one of your groomsmen a subscription to his favorite sport channel, like hockey or baseball would be a great way to personalize your gift.
  • Personalized Car Mats – Front Wheel Drive Design
  • Personalized Poker Set
  • Personalized Groosman T-Shirts

Mini Cookie Jar Favors

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cookie jar

 

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

Pretty Flower Favors!

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flower favor

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

Pretty Chocolate Favors

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choloate favors

Graphically printed bark (chocolate spread thin and then broken into irregular pieces) is too nice to cover up, so use a clear lid. Grosgrain ribbon, taped around the lid’s sides, picks up hues inside. A monogram tag is kept small so as not to obstruct the view.

Tools and Materials
Printed monograms
Box with clear plastic lid (ours was 3 5/8 inches by 4 3/4 inches, and 1 inch high)
Striped ribbon, as wide as the box is high (ours was 17 inches long)
Glassine sheets
Double-sided tape, utility knife, and rotary cutter or scissors

Clear-Lidded Box How-To
Before beginning assembly, design a monogram on a computer, and print it out.

1. Put the lid on the box, so the box can support the lid. Cut ribbon 1/2 inch longer than circumference of box, and secure it to the outside with double-sided tape, overlapping near a corner as shown.

2. Cut the monogram out using the utility knife, and adhere it to the lid with double-sided tape.

3. Cut two glassine sheets to line the box; one should go widthwise across the bottom and up the sides, the other lengthwise. A rotary cutter is best for cutting glassine; it won’t pull or tear. Fill the box, and replace the lid.

Idea From Martha Stewart Weddings

Bridesmaid Gift Ideas!!!

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Picking the perfect gift for you bridesmaids has to be one of the hardest jobs out there! You want them to like it and you want it to be something they will use. Every bridesmaid is different so be sure you keep in mind there personalities while choosing a gift. Remember, you don’t have to get the same thing for all of them; however it is a lot easier if you do. It is completely up to you. It is simply a gift to show your gratitude. To help you on this journey I have listed some gift ideas for your bridesmaids to get your wheels turning!

 

 

·        Make a handmade friendship book for each person, filled with photos and other mementos of the years you’ve spent together

·        Give them each a book which you picked out special for each person. Inside the front cover, write a personal note highlighting memories shared. It was a very thoughtful, and relatively inexpensive, gift. You can also add a monogrammed Book Mark

·        Find charms attached to a ribbon and place them in the cake at the bridesmaid’s luncheon or bridal shower. Each bridesmaid pulls a ribbon and the charms have meanings (clover = good luck, wedding bells = next to get married, high chair = your life will be blessed with children). As a gift at the end of the luncheon, give them a CHARM BRACELETS!

·        Personalized Tote Bags  Give these alone or fill them with goodies that each person likes.

·        Cozy Blanket ~ you can also get monogrammed blankets or photo blankets.

·        Gift baskets full of lotions, soaps and other pampering items

·        A manicure set

·        a spa gift certificate

·        A box of chocolates or other goodies they may like.

·        A nice bottle of wine in a monogrammed wine bag

·        Gift certificates to their favorite store, restaurants, or to cooking classes

·        For a beach wedding do a beach bag and a towel

·        For a destination wedding do gift bags full of goodies to help them enjoy and remember their trip. E.g. a New York destination bride might give a guidebook to the city, an "I love New York" t-shirt, a taxi cab ornament, a disposable camera, and some New York food treats.

·       Buy books that have recipes and ideas for making your own beauty aids (lotions, perfumes, etc.). You can find books like these in the Health and Beauty section of your local bookstore. You can also giving each of them some fancy glass bottles to put their favorite potions in.

·        Donate money to a charity for them and give them a card explaining which charity.

·        Personalized Under Wear

·        Makeup Brush Set

·        Go to a paint-your-own pottery place and make a special piece for each person.

·        Blown glass salt and pepper shakers

·        Personalized toiletry bag

·        Personalized Jewelry Rolls or Jewelry Boxes

·        Personalized Flask

·        Key Chains, there are a Varity of choices E.G. monogrammed, Locket Key Chain, and digital photo key chains.

·        Jewelry

·        Monogrammed Robes and/or Slippers

·        Photo Make-Up Bags

·        Set up make-up sessions for the whole crew so they can learn to apply there own make-up. These are free with purchase. Then supply each girl with a gift card for that cosmetic counter.