Wedding Favors

Wedding Favors that are ‘Seedy’

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Seed wedding favors are becoming increasingly more popular. They are truly unique and fit in so well with a spring wedding. They can serve as a great reminder to your guests sending a message on what a wedding is all about. A new beginning that shows nothing but promise on one hand and on the other there is the need for the relationship to be nurtured and cared for. Once planted, these seeds will grow alongside the love of the bride and groom long after the special day is over. There are many different wedding favor ideas, but there are few that are more rewarding than watching these flowers blossom. You will be giving your guests a gift that will surely give back to them instead of something that could be set on and shelf and forgotten once the special day has passed.
The packages of seeds come in beautiful natural looking paper envelops shaped in a heart or a daisy. They are not only a lovely idea but come in these packages in a presentation that give the same feeling of a new beginning and need for care. The wildflower seeds themselves are a lovely variety that will surely spruce up any garden and brighten up any home, not to mention be a constant reminder of the day they were received. They are placed in a small envelope that you may want to personalize by writing the guests names, table numbers, or other important information pertaining to the big day. These favors are a small investment with a very lovely and memorable return when they blossom into beautiful precious flowers they will be a colorful reminder of your special day. They give back not only to the guests themselves, but also to the environment, something that few other wedding favors can claim to offer.The seed favors not only make a nice thank you and beautiful token of thanks on the day of your wedding but they are a great way to give your guests a lasting impression after the big day. You will smile and be able to indulge in your own wonderful memories as well when you visit friends and they are excited to show you what those tiny seeds have evolved into. A beautiful symbol of your own new journey that everyone can enjoy and appreciate.
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Guest Books for your Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Your wedding guest book can be a reflection of your style, incorporate a theme or match the color scheme of your bridal party. Not only does this decorative piece help you to relive your memories of the guests who attended your wedding but it can easily double as an address book so you can easily send your “thank you” cards.

Guest Books Styles
Some guest books are perfect for a large wedding reception. The “Vintage Bouquet” guest book will hold over eight hundred signatures. A pretty vintage design of flowers in a Victorian theme is on the cover of the book and can serve as a decorative piece in your home long after the wedding as well.

Another choice could be “A Dazzling Beginning” wedding guest book which is simply gorgeous in white satin with an ivory band around it and topped off with a brilliant rhinestone brooch. This dazzling choice will capture everyone’s attention and also holds over eight hundred signatures.

A striking and simple white with black ribbon and bow wedding guest book would suit a “Formal Affair”. This wedding guest book is a striking and stunning choice that will hold up to six hundred signatures. This book will look magnificent displayed in the modern living room of the newlyweds.

For those of Irish decent or someone who is using the symbol of the claddagh in their décor The “Irish Affection” guest book is perfect. With a heart for love, hands intended for friendship and a crown to symbolize loyalty is what the claddagh stands for. The book is satin with bow and of course the beloved claddagh charm. Six hundred of your family and friends are able to sign your Irish Affection wedding guest book.

For the romantic couple the “Once Upon a Time” wedding guest book could not be more perfect. With a resin carriage and horse on the cover of the book to make any dream come true and live happily ever after just like Cinderella and Prince Charming. There are spaces for eight hundred of your guests to sign this book.

Are you interested in something a little less traditional white wedding guest book? If this is the case, take a look at the “With All My Heart” guest book. The book pops out in bright red with two rhinestone hearts that are intertwined like a symbol of the couple who are being joined on this special day. Six hundred guests can share the wedding and reception with you and sign the book.

You will find many other wedding guest books to choose from, so many to choose from you can be assured you will find something that is perfect for you.
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Wedding Favors – Engraved and Personalized

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:34:00 +0000

Your Wedding day is around the corner. You have almost everything picked out. You have your wedding invitations chosen. Now you are looking for a special gift for your bridesmaids and groomsmen. A personalized engraved wedding favor is a gift that will show your wedding party how important each one of them is to the both of you. There is also a great deal of flexibility for your budget here too. You can spend as much as you’d like or as little as you’re able to on the personalized engraved wedding favors. It is the thought that counts after all.

Personalized Engraved Bridesmaids/Maid of Honor Gift
A lovely personally engraved sterling silver locket for each bridesmaid and the maid of honor will sure to be a gift they will cherish and always keep as a fond memory. The women will love wearing their special gift again and again.

If you have a huge wedding party and/or cannot afford to spend a lot of money on gifts, the wine bottle stopper is an example of an elegant gift that will suit your gift giving needs perfectly. The stopper is very weighty with five beautiful rhinestones with the words “Wish upon Star” engraved in it.

Engraved Love Rocks Stones
For the wedding party or as guest favors to set on the reception tables the love rocks engraved stones are the perfect personalized engraved gifts. The rocks and small bag are very delicate and elegant and guests are sure to find a use for these engraved stones.

Personalized Gifts for the ‘Guys’
The personalized black Ice Zippo lighter is a great idea for the right individual. Even if the men in the party do not smoke, the men can use the lighter for camping, grilling, lighting women’s cigarettes, and more. Another idea is the Golf Shadow Box Frame which is perfect for a golf enthusiast. The background is all decorated and ready for the golfer to insert a photo in it.
A Tartan Flask is another unique gift for the guys. A green plaid flask made of brown leather that the men can keep them in their pants or coat and enjoy sneaking a drink.

Wedding Favors or Gifts Perfect for both the Girls and the Guys
What guests wouldn’t love a personalized iPod Nano case? We all have them, we all use them and your guests will think of the both of you every time he or she takes their IPod out of its case. The case is leather with a clip on the case for easy carrying on his or hers pants – a handy feature for sure.
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noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:57:00 +0000

7 Tips for Choosing Wedding Favors

Wedding favors are small items, but lovely wedding gifts that the wedding couple leave for each guest at the wedding reception party. These gifts are usually set at each place setting and may be incorporated into the place setting as the name holder.

When getting ideas for wedding favors it is important to remember these 7 tips.

Tip #1 – Know your budget and stick to it. If you will be inviting 100 guests to your dinner reception and you only want to spend $100 on wedding favors you know that you need to look for wedding favors costing about $1 apiece. While most favors run in the $3-$5 range each, don’t be discouraged. One dollar per wedding favor can be done! There are tons of ideas out there. Purchase small gift bags that have been decorated and personalized as a place card. (You or a friend can do these by hand.) Then, large containers of items – beautiful shells, candies or potpourri can be used as centerpieces for the guests to take home a memento of your wedding celebration.

Tip #2 – Use the wedding favors as a way to set the wedding theme or colors. Small snowflake picture frames, ornaments, or photo coasters would be an elegant way to enhance a winter wedding.

Tip #3 – Whenever possible, incorporate the wedding favor as a cardholder for the place setting. If you have decided to assigned seating for your reception save yourself the time and expense of purchasing and arranging dozens of place cards and wedding favors. There are many wonderful favors that will serve double duty.

Tip #4 – Think outside of the box. A wedding favor is a gift, but there is no rule that states how it has to be presented. You can save so much time, energy and worry. (Your worry, but mostly your bridesmaids time and energy, as they would probably be assigned the daunting task of wrapping those hundreds of gifts!)

Tip #5 – Be aware of the current trends and fashions. Wrapping candies in a circle of netting material and tying it with a personalized ribbon with your names and wedding date on them is so 1990s. There is no reason to despair even if you are completely lost for ideas. There are so many resources you can tap into. You can search the Internet for ideas, join an online community of other people who are planning weddings and share ideas, or thumb through wedding magazines. If you can’t afford to buy them, go to your local library and browse through the current and past issues for ideas.

Tip #6 – Use the newest technology to really make an impression on your guests. You have probably been to a wedding where disposable 35mm cameras are left on the table for guests to use, but are you aware that they make disposable camcorders now? Each guest could record their wedding wishes to you and take about 20 minutes of footage. The cameras are returned to the store where you purchased them and a DVD is made of each camera’s contents.

Tip #7 – Enjoy the entire experience, remember this is supposed to be fun! If the idea of finding wedding favors puts you over the edge then you are taking on more than you can handle. The secret to staying sane while planning a wedding is to enjoy every stage – even the difficult ones. Planning and pulling off a large ceremony and party does take quite a bit of organization and a huge sense of humor. If you are acting as your own wedding planner try to make each decision and task as joyful and fun as possible. Yes, there will be stumbling blocks, but there is also a lot of festivity and amusement that goes along with planning a wedding. So, savor every moment.

Saving Money with Wedding Collections

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:40:00 +0000

Even in a jacked up doom and gloom economy, most Americans are spending over $20,000 for their wedding day. Of this amount over 46% goes to the cost of the wedding reception. And we’re not talking about the type of reception the rich and famous would have. Even modest receptions can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
However, it’s not just the wedding reception itself, but rather the little things that make up the reception. In fact, even if you decide to have your reception in your backyard, you may still end up paying a couple thousand dollars if you want decent wedding favors.
For this reason, you may want to consider getting some of your favors through wedding collections. What makes up wedding collections? Wedding collections contain different sets of wedding items at one low convenient price. The most common type of wedding collection will include the flower girl basket, the garter, the ring bearer pillow, and the wedding unity candle, some will contain even more items.
You can also select a wedding theme. Say for instance you want an Irish wedding. You could get the “Irish Affection” wedding collection. This collection features white and green items.
Another example can be seen in the “Midnight Rendezvous” wedding collection. Designed in black, the Midnight Rendezvous collection could be used for a variety of themes. One of them could be for those who want to commemorate celebrating a night wedding. The collection could also be used to help design a less conventional ‘Gothic’ wedding.
What about the couple that desires a more traditional wedding? Well, there’s “A Touch of Gold,” collection which features the more conventional colors of white and gold. There are also wedding collections where everything is designed in white or ivory. By using wedding collections and cheaper venues for your reception, you can have an elegant wedding without burning a hole in your wallet. And this is important, because as a newly married couple, that extra $20,000 is better served as a down payment for a new home.
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Wedding Table Decorations

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0000

When you start plan your wedding ceremony, you want everything to out perfectly. If you follow a few important points, creating the wedding of your dreams can be fun and easy.

Everything about your wedding is meant to reflect the uniqueness of your style, choosing a special theme for your reception party is a way of reflecting your personality.

The wedding table decorations you select can create the theme for your wedding reception. There are a variety of styles available that will be sure to suit every bride and groom. Whether you desire a certain candle theme, place-card holders that may have multiplte functions, or other types of decorations, you will not only find the type you want but the style that is perfect for you, as well. From flower girl baskets to picture frames to a delightful assortment of miniatures, your personality, your lifestyle and the mood of the day will be reflected in your wedding table decorations.

Creating the theme of your wedding goes beyond the ceremony itself, there is the reception party which includes the wedding guest books, the lighting of the wedding unity candles and more. A theme can be chosen and featured throughout the wedding ceremony from start to finish. If you chose the right elegant wedding favors your wedding guests will have a lovely souvenir to take home after the reception, as a permanent keepsake of your wedding day.

Selecting wedding table decorations is much more than making the tables at your reception look beautiful; they are also a way of keeping all of the special moments of your wedding day a wonderful part of your guests’ memories forever. When you keep this in mind as you select the decorations for your reception, it will be easy to find the decorations to reflect you as a unique couple.
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Fall Wedding Favors & Autumn Colors

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:51:00 +0000

Are you considering a fall wedding? A wedding is an enormous task to take on and every detail to your ceremony must be perfect. You want cherish your wedding day and your wedding reception for the rest of your life as the happiest memory you have ever had. If you want an elegant wedding reception this fall you must remember the fall wedding favors.

Decorate with fall tea lights to add ambiance to your wedding reception. You can light them for the ambiance or leave them and use them for place holders of your guests. Either way it is perfect elegance.

Another idea is using maple leaf coasters as a wonderful fall wedding favor to give your guests. Every time they use your glass coasters they will remember your lovely wedding and time they had at your wedding reception.

You may consider the fall wedding favor using a photo coaster that lets your guest put their own photograph inside. They may decide to put your wedding photos as bride and groom in the coaster for memories. Or perhaps a photo of themselves with the newlywed couple.

Fall colored leaf soap pedals are simply gorgeous in the autumn colors of green, yellow and burgundy. You can almost see the leaves outside change their glorious colors as fall approaches.

A small guest photo album is just the thing for your guests to take home with them as a wedding favor. The photo album wedding favors have dainty pressed leaves right on the album cover. Your guests can put some of their favorite wedding and wedding reception photos in their photo album.

Just about everyone loves a candle. As a fall wedding favor please your guests with a fall colored gel candle. Wrapped delicately in a sheer bag for just that added extra touch.

A little something different for a fall wedding favor is a book mark that is elegantly shaped into a leaf. The leaf is gracefully cut out and will bring smiles to your wedding guest’s faces when they are with a good book.
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The Wedding Garter Toss

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:29:00 +0000

Throw it and Run!
This could not be helped…the garter toss thing…because it is Olympic week and the perhaps the garter toss should be an Olympic event….oh come lets have some fun with this! Who hasn’t been standing there with that deer in the headlights look ….wondering should I make an effort? If I do catch the thing …then what …of course there will be the chatter from the peanut gallery!

Weddings have; and always will be, full of traditions passed down from generation to generation. One of the oldest standing traditions still carried out in modern Weddings is he Garter toss. Writings which date back to the Medieval times of the 18th century record how the guests used to accompany the Bride and Groom to their wedding bed. Now in this day and age we would see this is ‘slightly’ irregular ... I mean your door may always be open to friends and family but this is where some folks just got to draw the line! This ‘group’ procession naturally became rowdier and rowdier and the Brides found themselves being disrobed in an effort to speed up the process. Those Animals!! The Garter toss then became a means of self preservation – a way to distract the group and make a run for it! Personally I think a deadbolt should have a similar effect but.... I just tell you what I have read. The tradition has clearly been ‘tamed’ a little into the acceptable public event we see at receptions today.
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Wedding Favor Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:57:00 +0000

Your wedding celebration is a once in a lifetime event that you will want to cherish for the rest of your life. Your wedding guests will also want to reminisce about your wedding day and an excellent way is to present them with a memento of your ceremony by way of a wedding favor. There are varieties of wedding favors from the traditional such as engraved wedding favors, to unusual wedding favors such as salt & pepper shakers. Regardless of your wedding theme, you should consider wedding favors that will capture the feeling of your wedding and remind your wedding guests of your special day every time they use them. When you consider ideas for wedding favors here are a few that are sure to be a hit regardless of your theme.

Seas shells make elegant wedding favors whether you are having a traditional church wedding or a wedding at the beach.

Picture frames or photo album wedding favors are also popular gifts. Your wedding guests can display your photos or one of their own in the frame and remember your celebration every time they look at the photo.

Your guests will appreciate wedding favors that are useful, and wine glasses, mugs, or even shot glasses that are personalized with your wedding details make great wedding favors that also serve a practical use.

There are a host of ideas and only limited by your imagination check out this page for more wedding favor ideas.
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Squidoo For Ideas For Wedding Favors

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:00:00 +0000

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Wedding Favor Ideas

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:09:00 +0000

Your wedding day is a commemorative day that you will cherish for the rest of your life. Likewise your wedding guests will also want to cherish the memories of your ceremony and an excellent way to give them a memento of your celebration is with wedding favors. When formulating wedding favor ideas try to choose gifts that convey your gratitude and will remind your wedding guests of your nuptials each time they use the item.

Edible items that are presented in colorful wedding favor boxes give your guests the choice to take them home or consume them at your reception.
Picture frames are also an excellent choice for a wedding favor and if you choose the right type they can also be used as place card holders for the seating arrangements.

Personalized or engraved wedding favors give your loved ones and family a keepsake that they will cherish for years to come.

Using chrome or silver plated wedding favors will add a touch of class and elegance to your wedding ceremony.

Other wedding favor ideas include modern technology or computer items like USB flash plugs, iPOD accessories or cigar humidors.

Consider giving luggage tag wedding favors to your frequent flier friends and wedding guests.

Got friends that are wine connoisseurs? Great wedding favor ideas are wine accessories that can include bottle charms or wine bottle stoppers.

There are numerous choices for the use of wedding favors, from decorating your reception tables, your backyard, the reception hall or an area that can set a theme, such as a beach wedding theme. The ideas are endless…and you are only limited by your imagination.
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Wedding Ideas With International Flair

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:45:00 +0000

In the past I have not had much opportunity to travel. Now I am experiencing new places, new scenery and new cultures. I find it all quite fascinating. Recently I travelled to the mountain region of Costa Rica living in a small village not in a ‘tourist’ region. This allowed me to learn a lot about the ‘real’ culture of the area. While Costa Rica is somewhat torn between the old time-honored traditions and new modern ways in most cases they will maintain many of the traditional values.

I had friends who came to Costa Rica to get married about two years ago; however the resorts that cater to the tourist weddings also cater to the typical North American type ceremony and celebration. What I learned of the Traditional Historical Costa Rican Wedding ceremony there are a lot of symbolic rituals that are far from what the North Americans are accustomed to. While Costa Rica is somewhat torn between the old time-honored traditions and new modern ways in most cases they will maintain many of the traditional values.

The Bride wears Black…. An elegant silk black dress with a lace veil that offers a sharp contrast to the typical crisp and clean White we see on the cover of the bridal magazines and in the movies. In North America the Black dress would almost be deemed as inappropriate for a wedding as this would be more symbolic of a funeral. Here in the Costa Rican culture this school of thought is not the case.

The Groom wears a shirt with detailed embroidery on it. This is a garment that was crafted by the bride. Historically this was done by hand as a symbol of their dedication to their fiancé. During the ceremony there is a gesture by the groom where he passes thirteen gold coins to his bride to symbolize his acceptance of his role as the provider and head of the family.

Their receptions are quite the celebrations. They are a friendly warm people who value family a great deal The more wedding guests you have the more blessed you are. Every member of the family will be in attendance and the Spanish-Latin music will be lively and loud and carry on until late into the night. Food will be available in abundance.

The surroundings will be bright, colorful and beautiful. With the exotic blooms native to the area the bouquets and wedding table decorations are nothing less than spectacular. With the natural backdrops offered here in Costa Rica with their white Sandy beaches to the east, majestic lush green mountain area, tropical rainforests, and breathtaking sunsets make it all part of an event that will be remembered for a lifetime.
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The Wedding Toast

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:10:00 +0000

One of the greatest curses you can have is to be able to use a skill for everyone but yourself. Some of us are like that with communication. We can write wonderfully, and tell people just what to say in any situation. Many people come to us for advice, and by the words of wisdom we give them; you would think that we would be a famous orator. Nonetheless, in public speaking engagements, some of us struggle.

That is why, when we was asked to give the best man wedding toast at someone’s wedding, we may be terrified. Perhaps we have feared public speaking event of all kinds for a long time, but wedding toasts are one of the worst. If you are giving a public presentation at a business meeting, for example, you can always console yourself with the fact you may not like your coworkers. If you are giving a report at school, you can always try to come up with an extra credit project to prove that, despite the fact that you can not communicate in public, you still know what you're talking about. With wedding toasts, however, you are on your own. You are standing up in front of a group of assembled friends and family, and you had better not mess up.

So the best way to overcome our fears is to have fun with the toast! Be silly if you have to, even loony… it will take the pressure off and you may even be a hit! Or use the wedding favors on the table as a prop and create your own show!
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Elegant Wedding Favors & Choices

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:57:00 +0000

I have always believed in the importance of getting nice gifts for people. After all, what is the point of a gift-giving holiday if you just go through the motions? Giving gifts, if you ask me, is an almost sacred obligation. It is a thing that brings people together, after all. Communities are strengthened, ties are forged, and everyone leaves feeling a little bit happier – or so the theory goes.

This is why I have been having so much trouble picking out wedding presents recently. I'm getting to the age where my friends are getting married in droves, and yet I can't find the perfect wedding favor for everyone. Of course, there is an easy solution. Everyone signs up with a wedding registry after all, so the most obvious thing is to buy something that is on that list. The problem is that wedding registries seem so insincere. There is nothing personal, for example, about getting someone a candle wedding favor or non personalized wedding favors. If you ask me, an elegant wedding favor should have a more personal touch.

The problem is that it is difficult to come up with ideas for wedding favors for a friend or loved one. If you are looking for a gift for a friend, it is usually pretty easy. You'll know enough about that friend and his or her likes and dislikes to pick something good out. With wedding favors, however, it isn't at all the same. Usually, you know one person much better than the other. In addition, most people don't have the same tastes. What might be a good bridesmaid present isn't necessarily a good present for the groom. That is why so many people take the easy way out and go through the registry to pick out their wedding reception present. Otherwise, the choices are very difficult.

Of course, you can always get them something fancy and beautiful that you know they need. Getting engraved wedding favors is often a good idea. For example, you can get them a fancy calligraphy set or stationary set, or consider handsome photo album wedding favors, or even silver plated wedding favors. All of these favors, however, are somewhat risky. It is difficult to know if someone else has already gotten them the same thing or not. When that happens, it can be quite embarrassing for everyone involved. That is why I have been having so much trouble with it. Picking out the perfect gift is hard!
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Wedding Traditions

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:20:00 +0000

A lot of my friends are surprised when they find out that I work so many wedding planner jobs. In many ways, I am not the type you expect to be involved in the field. I don't really go in for formality, and I don't like big crowds of people. Nevertheless, I love wedding traditions. One of the nice things about weddings is the place that people give for poetry in the event. Traditions like releasing live doves or butterflies, having toasts to honor the bride and groom, and of course the whole ritual of giving the bride away, are quite charming. The wedding is meant to be a live embodiment of the commitment that the bride and groom are making to each other, and wedding traditions reflect this.

Of course, there is a lot of room in wedding tradition for your own variations. In Jewish wedding traditions, for example, people carry the bride and groom around on chairs, all while dancing and singing. Some families have a wedding tradition of getting extremely drunk at every event. Other families are much more sober, but love to sing.

It doesn't really matter what you are into – it only matters that you do it as a way of bringing everyone together. If you have a particularly eloquent family, sometimes you can have several rounds of toasts. If, on the other hand, you've a group who loves to party, your wedding tradition should involve live music and dancing late into the night. A wedding is a festival, and the most extravagant one that most people have in their whole life. There's plenty of room for the bride and groom to give free rein to their whimsy, their ideas for wedding favors or the reception tables, to the photography style.

Of course, a traditional wedding also has its charms. Many people like the sobriety of a commitment ritual. Even people who I wouldn't expect to have a very serious and formal wedding often go in for this. You see, in the modern world there is so much less ritual and formality than ever before. Many people view marriage as sacred in a way that they don't view many other things. Wedding traditions are a way to cement the bonds of matrimony, and sometimes a wedding can make the most impact when it is an extremely sober and straightforward event. It is all a matter of what is important to you in your wedding ceremony. After all, it is your special day.
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Wedding Collections

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:52:00 +0000

Are you looking for ideas on how to save money on your wedding celebration? Perhaps wedding collections sets may be the solution you are looking for. Wedding accessories collections offer you the opportunity to coordinate a theme where several of the necessary wedding pieces are included. There are various choices for your ceremony and you can choose from a basic collection set that consist of 4 pieces or an elegant 8 piece set that comes complete with unity candle, ring bearer pillow, pen set, flower girl basket, garter, cake serving set, guest book and for the all important toast…. toasting flutes.
Not only does the wedding collection sets save money but an even more precious commodity …your time.
There are numerous designs you can choose from but also a variety of colors that can be coordinated with your reception table décor. Whether your wedding is a formal affair or has an Irish theme there is a collections set that will complement your taste and individual style. Whether you choose to go with a traditional theme or a more elegant style there is a wedding collections set that is sure to make your wedding ceremony memorable.
For a magical addition to your ceremony a wedding collection that consists of white satin bows, decorative lace and chiffon ruffles is sure to bring an air of sophistication to your special day.
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Engraved Wedding Favors

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Engraving involves the art of carving designs onto a hard, flat surface, by precision cut grooves. Various objects may be decorated such as silver, gold, steel or glass. Engraving was used in the past to produce images on paper, both in artistic printmaking, and as well for commercial reproductions and illustrations for books and magazines. Engraving brings an air of sophistication to a given piece and has a way of making the engraved object personalized especially if initials of someone special are used. Engraved wedding favors are excellent choices for letting your guests know how much you appreciate their involvement in your wedding ceremony. There is no shortage of gifts that can be personalized, from glassware, sterling silver, tote bags and a host of other useful gift ideas. The ideal solution for choosing the right gift to engrave is look at the recipient’s lifestyle and find out what it is that he or she likes doing the most and have a related item engraved. For example if they are a golf fan you can have a custom putter set engraved with their initials or fancy glassware engraved. If they are frequent fliers have a custom combination set of luggage tags & money clip engraved.
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Wedding Favors

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:39:00 +0000

It’s a no-brainer planning your wedding is hard work! It entails arranging the ceremony location and all the logistics that involves, to choosing the right wedding favors, taking care of the invitations and a host of other tasks. While selecting the best wedding favors for your wedding can become a bit of a challenge, it can be an enjoyable task. Look at it as a way of using your creative genius to design the perfect ceremony.
Wedding reception favors are a excellent way for you to thank your wedding guests for taking part in your wedding celebration and they provide your guests with a memento of your ceremony. There is variety of wedding party favors to choose from and you should have no problem finding favors that will compliment your wedding perfectly.
Just like the wedding themes, favors can range dramatically in price, style, colors and design. One of the most important elements to remember when choosing your wedding favors, aside from the cost, is to feature them as the theme of your wedding. Consider the style of your ceremony, the colors you are going to be using at the reception party, the location of your wedding ceremony and the time of year when the wedding will take place.
Many new couples choose to have personalized wedding reception favors which make excellent gifts as they will serve as a memento of your wedding celebration for years to come. Personalized wedding favors do not have to be costly and many wonderful personalized favors can be found at very reasonable prices.
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Ideas For Wedding favors

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:09:00 +0000

Dreaming up ideas for wedding favors can be a daunting task, when you consider all the other factors that have to be addressed before your wedding day! The favor ideas are only limited your imagination, so ask yourself do I want a traditional wedding? Should I think outside the nuptial box and go completely funky? Do we use a ring bearer and flower girl? Next to the bride and groom the rings are at the center of attention. So a ring bearer may be an idea worth considering, not to mention the cuteness factor!
Should you decide to use a unity candle set in the vows ceremony there are matching sets with the ring bearer pillow and flower girl basket.
Wedding reception favors can enhance your theme be it at the beach or in the backyard. If you need to add color to your ceremony consider a floral type favor or any type of spring wedding favor.
If you desire to add an air of sophistication with wedding party favors you may consider using chrome or silver plated gifts. If your choice is a special memento, or keepsake designed to fit a wedding theme, such as your wedding cake, or the bride and groom figurine on the top, or something useful, like a small pocket mirror or other accessory, a sterling silver item is an excellent choice.
Regardless of your style or how much you can spend, there are a host of ideas for wedding favors just waiting for you to discover. So let your imagination run wild and think outside the box... it is after all your wedding and you are only going to do it once!
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Ring Bearer Pillows

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:07:00 +0000

On your wedding day what is the one thing that could send shock waves through the wedding crowd? You guessed it …losing or forgetting the wedding rings! Other than the bride and groom the rings are the center of attention during the wedding ceremony. So doesn’t it make sense that the wedding rings should have a grand entrance as well? This is where a ring bearer pillow comes in handy. Not only do they match the cuteness factor of the ring bearer and the flower girl but they can also match the theme of your wedding ceremony. There are many styles and designs to choose from… like the uniqueness of a camouflage ring bearer pillows or a romantic chic looking velvet pillow. There are matching sets that include the ring bearer pillows, wedding unity candle, and the flower girl basket, that you can use as a theme for your wedding reception. The ring bearer pillow you choose is a piece that reflects your personality and style. There are pillows ranging from elegant to sophisticated flair, so whatever wedding theme you choose (you are only limited by your imagination), you can be sure your wedding ring pillow and your cute ring bearer will be an enchanting part of your wedding celebration.
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Flower Girl Baskets

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Who let the mothers out? Is it Mom’s wedding or yours? Don’t worry about doing everything Mom’s way. It’s definitely the occasion in your life where your taste and style should be expressed. If Mom never would have dreamed of using “fake” flowers, so what? In her day, “fake” flowers were totally plastic!

Silk wedding flowers are definitely back, having evolved to a popular alternative to fresh flowers for the bride, attendants, flower girl baskets, and all the corsages. It’s a stunning and swift way to decorate your ceremony and reception, plus hold memories of your day fresh forever! Take a little extra time to choose, as you do not want to get low-quality silk flowers. Purchase quality, yet still affordable, silk flowers, and fool everyone!

Using quality silk wedding flowers can eliminate last-minute stress of florist mix-ups. A variety of on line silk wedding flower sites are available, and probably several local retail outlets, so buying can be very convenient and cost-effective. Gorgeous silk flowers have made wedding flowers affordable, no matter what style, color, or quantity you desire.

Wherever silk flowers are used, they will look so close to fresh that most people will never know, but your checkbook will, and possibly Mom’s, too! Even by touch, the new silk beauties today are difficult to detect they are not the real deal! People will want to smell them, so go one step further and gently sprits them with a rose scent or a floral scent to coordinate with your flower choice.

A showy stationary arrangement of silk flowers in a flower girl basket is classic, or an assortment of silk flower petals for scattering down the aisle ahead of the bride is symbolic of beauty and the path of a new life about to begin. If the flower girl (or girls) is young, have her tote a small silk floral pomander resembling your bouquet, and she will be adorable swinging it to and fro as she heads down the aisle to queue guests of your grand entrance!

Brides have chosen small hand-tied silk flower bouquets for the special women at the wedding to carry instead of real flower corsages, which make for lovely, lasting keepsakes. If you use silk flowers for corsages, the pinning on task becomes simple, and the bulky appearance of real flowers won’t be a concern on light weight fabrics.

There are several great benefits to point out to your Mother when choosing silk flowers for your Big Day, which also subtly reminds her that it is your wedding after all!
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CALLA LILY WEDDING FAVORS

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:55:00 +0000

Let’s be honest, us girls think about and plan the details of our wedding from when we are just pre-teens watching the romantic movies on TV. We can modify our plans over and over as new ideas come into our minds. I came across this cool wedding site and this set the wheels in motion for me. Themes, ideas, novelties that I never even dreamt of in all my years of planning! In contemplating a garden wedding I saw the perfect items to make this into my ‘dream’ day. I started with the calla lily wedding favors section including place card holders and a tea light holder. To add to this I loved the idea of the Love grows wildflower seeds collection. I grouped together four tiny hearts in a small organza bag and tied this to the top of the tea light box. I got great feedback from everyone there. The idea that my guests could leave that day and weeks later have some beautiful, delicate flowers and a memory of our special day. Brings a huge smile to my face when I visit my friends, they love to show me what has blossomed!
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Personalized Wedding Favors

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:34:00 +0000

So the big day is barreling down on you like a freight train out of control and you are scrambling to get your wedding plans in order. So how are you going to make it special for your wedding guests? How will you let them know that their presence at your wedding means a lot to you? Perhaps the answer is using personalized wedding favors that are to convey your message. A gift can be personalized to celebrate the wedding ceremony or the guests it's presented to.

Place cards and place card holder favors can add elegance to your wedding décor, to the reception tables and offer vast amount of opportunities for personalization. There are wedding favor boxes that can also pull double duty as place card holders.

Engraved wedding favors offer unlimited possibilities for personalization by putting the names of the guest on the gift or putting the date of the ceremony for a keepsake treasure. This can also be used as a way of presenting the seating arrangements at the wedding reception tables.

You can place a personalized tag on each favor saying “Thank You” or any other message; you are only limited by your own imagination.

Generations have handed down the art of personalizing wedding gifts, from choosing the theme or the favors themselves as a direct reflection of their individual personalities and taste.
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Flower Girl Baskets & more

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:19:00 +0000

Our lives consist of so many important times that mark very, special and memorable events! How about your first day of kindergarten, 13th birthday, first date, first car, graduation from high school, a new job, or college graduation, to name a few? Of course, an event such as your wedding day will be among the most significant. You want it to be the most beautiful, perfect day in the world, and your wedding is one occasion when you have the control to make it your Dream Day Come True! Throughout your life, there are many occasions that are often organized by someone else, and appropriately so. When it comes time to get married, however, you may have the choice of how, where, when, and every other detail you wish to be in control of --- you want to have a very special and unique wedding, making it entirely your own. This is where you can take complete control by making your own choices regarding your wedding theme, colors, right down to the type of flower girl baskets you will use.

Many unique weddings make headline news. There was a couple that met on a roller coaster, so they chose to go back and get married on that very same roller coaster. The details of a minister or family members and friends attending were not known, but that one was at the top of my list as far as being a unique (how about “unusual”?) wedding!
It seems the skydiving ceremony is another unique wedding, but so many have done it now, that it may be considered common. That does not mean, however, that tying the knot in that same fashion would not be special for you, if that is what you want!

Surfing the internet for ideas, browsing magazines, and just allowing yourself time to day dream will open your mind to numerous ideas for a unique wedding. If someone has already done it, it may not be so unique any longer, but maybe in your area and to you and your guests, it will be. Sometimes focusing on how you met, your first date, your professions, or something special that you do or enjoy together, will give you ideas for your own unique wedding.

When planning a very memorable wedding, keeping your guests in mind, if that is important to you, deserves some thoughtful consideration. Grandmother may not be too hip to hop on a roller coaster or climb an Egyptian pyramid to witness your vows. So, go ahead and dream, and create a wonderful wedding day to remember, without excluding those you love the most! When it’s all said and done, and the “just married” sign comes out, you will have your most special memories from those who shared the day with you, than anything else. Explore your ideas, have fun, enjoy all the planning, but keep a sense of realism as well.
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Wedding Favor Boxes

noreply@blogger.com (Smart Shops) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:23:00 +0000

An elegant wedding favor can be embellished by the packaging used for presenting it to your wedding guests. Organza bags have been used traditionally for featuring small gifts and jewelry or even soap favors, they add elegance to whatever favor is presented
There are some wedding favor boxes that can serve double duty. As an example you can use a chair place card holder and wedding favor box combo, or the bride and groom place card holder and favor box. For an added touch of class you can also go with heart shaped designs on a favor box, adorned with a stylish ribbon.

Wedding favor boxes come in all sizes, shapes and colors. You can select a traditional square box, but these also provide selection of colors and adornments to choose from and are often offered with a ribbon tied in a bow.
For a different or interesting shape there are the triangle truffle boxes, the chest shaped boxes, or pyramid shaped boxes. These boxes also come in a variety of colors and with variety of adornments to choose from.

You can get floral topped boxes or mix and match boxes to suit your wedding theme. So whatever favor or theme you decide on there is a very well suited package option. You can match this packaging to your wedding style from the shape to the color and finally the adornments, like sea shells for the beach wedding, or maple leaves for a fall wedding and floral for a summer or spring wedding.
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