Selecting Wedding Favors

February 21st, 2008

When selecting favors for your wedding there are a number of factors you should consider before making your final decision. Some couples do not give enough consideration to their wedding favors and this is quite unfortunate because the wedding favor is the one part of the wedding which your guests will take home as a reminder of your wedding.  

A well chosen wedding favor can result in your friends and family members remembering your wedding day more fondly than they remember other weddings they have attended simply because they see or use your favor often and it automatically triggers memories of your wedding day. However, couples who do not put much thought or effort into the favors they distribute at the wedding may find their guests discarded their favors soon after the wedding. компютри 

This article will discuss some of the factors to be considered when selecting wedding favors. These factors should include price, usefulness of the favor and appropriateness of the favor. Considering each of these elements carefully will help the couple to make a wise choice when selecting wedding favors. 

Price is one of the most important factors a couple must consider when selecting wedding favors. This is so important because the price will often dictate the quality of the favors. While you can purchase some great favors at a very inexpensive price, there will likely be a great deal of comparison shopping involved to find the best deal on the favor. There will also likely be a great deal of research involved.  

For example you may find that items such as picture frames are out of your budget range but you may find other great items such as candles are well within your budget. You may also be pleasantly surprised to find out that although picture frames available from one distributor are too expensive, another distributor has enough picture frames in their closeout stock for you to purchase favors for your wedding. It is just important to remember to not be too disappointed about the items you cannot afford and to instead focus on finding the best favor you can afford.  

Another factor to consider when selecting wedding favors is whether or not the favor will be useful to your guests. This is very important because favors which are useful are often much better received than favors which the guest cannot use. For example many guests will find items such as picture frames and candles to be useful but will be less impressed with favors such as figurines of a bride and groom. These may be very pretty but many of your friends and family member likely have a collection of similar items from other weddings they have been too and may simply not have room to display these favors. As a result the favor may wind up in a box in the attic or may be thrown out shortly after the wedding.  

Finally, a couple should carefully consider the appropriateness of a wedding favor when making their final decision. This is very important because you do not want to give your guests a favor which they will think is inappropriate. Fortunately, when it comes to wedding favors just about anything is considered appropriate. From candy to office supplies and from statues to books just about anything is appropriate for the wedding as long as it reflects the theme of the wedding, reflects the underlying theme of love or is even just something which the guests can use and will appreciate. For example you can certainly give out dictionaries as wedding favors. Your guests will not likely be offended by this favor but some of them may think it is a little strange. However, if you give each of your guests a copy of a book filled with love poems no one will think it is a strange idea for a wedding favor at all. Perhaps the best way to determine whether or not a wedding favor is appropriate is to think about what you would feel if you were given that same item as a favor at another wedding. 

 

 

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Are Bachelorette Parties for Good Girls?

December 13th, 2007

A lot of brides wonder, can I have a bachelorette party and still be viewed as a good girl? Many mothers and grandmothers advise their daughters that only “bad” women have bachelorette parties, and that a girl’s reputation can be tarnished by a wild night out on the town. So, these older women say, don’t have a bachelorette party at all.

However, for most modern brides, a bachelorette party is a right of passage, and a fair deal since the groom will undoubtedly have a bachelor party. Why should the boys be the only ones who get to celebrate the last days of being single?

Unfortunately, there is a tension between a traditional bachelorette party that may include strippers, random strangers at bars hitting on the girls, suck-a-buck tee shirts, and other penis shaped party favors, and maintaining some sense of dignity. For a lot of women, the thought of a wild bachelorette party with a male exotic dancer seems too risqué for it to be a fun night, and would make it a tedious exercise rather than a memorable adventure. Instead, many women opt for a stay at home, low key bachelorette party. This may be a great solution for girls who worry that they aren’t being a “good” fiancé if they go out and have guys hit on them all night, buying drinks for the bachelorette and making lewd comments. Instead, a bride-to-be can have a bachelorette party that is focused more on celebrating being a woman and having the women around her who mean the most.

This type of bachelorette party should be specifically requested if a bride is demure. No need to take a chance that one of your bridesmaids will think you want to go out to clubs and bars, if what you really want is a quiet night in. For a more simplistic, “nice girl” bachelorette party, it is great to focus on time with the girls in a way that seems more infused with class and propriety.

The party can be planned with pink as the theme - pink decorations, foods, and party favors, and guests wearing the girly hue. You can plan activities such as spa treatments, at home pedicures, or lighthearted games that are not bawdy as many bachelorette games tend to be. Another option is to host a bachelorette party slumber party, complete with pizza, sleeping bags, and girly movies. The point is that you can remain a “good” girl, and still celebrate your womanhood and fleeting single status with your girlfriends. Bachelorette parties don’t all have to be about wearing tight fitting clothes and flirting with strangers. Instead, the focus can remain on what makes the bride feel comfortable, supported, and loved by her bridesmaids and other female friends.

A small, intimate, at home bachelorette party may be the perfect solution for making the bride feel as though this right of passage has upheld her beliefs and allowed her to remain true to herself. Bachelorette parties can be whatever you want them to be!

Finding Cheap Bridal Accessories

November 9th, 2007

Finding cheap bridal accessories online or at a local retail store is not very hard to do. If you live in a bigger city that has many discount stores or outlet malls, you can find some wonderful bridal accessories at affordable prices. A cheap accessory does not mean that the quality is loss, it just means you are going to save money for other important things, like the honeymoon. Some of the things you need for your wedding include wedding invitations, thank you cards, dress, shoes, make up, jewelry, veils, wedding favors, flowers, garter, bridesmaids gifts, cake, cake topper, cake and server set and a guest book. Once you have all these bridal accessories, you should be set for your wedding day.

Sears and JC Penney’s have online outlet stores that do carry dresses, veils and shoes. You can always look through the websites to see if they have any closeout specials running, which in many cases, allows you to find some very good deals on designer dresses. Shoes and veils can also be found at these outlets or you might try a specialty shop for the veil and one for the shoes. Keep in mind, your veil or headpiece needs to compliment your dress and so do the shoes.

If you need make up, many websites offer sample make up for a very low cost. This would be a great way to fill your entire make up needs for a low cost. You can spend sixty to eighty dollars on make up that you may not use after the wedding, therefore, sample make up packages are idea. If you need nail polish or false nails that you can do yourself, you might also consider looking online. You can find cheaper ways then going to a nail saloon to have beautiful nails.

Flowers are a little harder to buy online unless you have a florist in your local area. Many flower shops allow you to design your bouquets online and they have everything ready the day of your wedding. For the most part though, flowers are usually the one thing you have to do in person. Cheap bridal accessories might also include rose petals for the miniature bride and do not forget the corsages for the men. Once you have your flower order made, you just have to look for the rest of your bridal accessory needs.

Another thing to keep in mind is the wedding cake. You can order cheap bridal accessories, but the cake is usually going to be full price unless you find someone to make the cake for you. You can find many cake pictures online and if you can, you could find someone to make the cake for you. Then all you need to do is find the cake topper, cake knife and the cake server. Along with the cake and cake accessories, you will want to find a guest book for your guests to record their names. These books usually come with a fancy pen attached right to the book.

How to Cut Wedding Costs

July 12th, 2007

Weddings can be quite expensive. In fact, a wedding, which will only last for a few minutes, followed by a reception that may last a few hours, can cost more than a new home or car. You can have a truly beautiful wedding without going overboard on the costs.

Start by understanding that the more professionals you have to hire, the more your wedding will cost. Determine early what you can do for yourself. Do you have an aunt who is a fabulous cook? She might be able to cater the party and bake the wedding cake. Is your uncle a photographer? He can take the pictures. Find help where ever you can among your family and friends to cut professional costs.

You will have to get creative. You can make your own flower arrangements and your own decorations. If you don’t know how, purchase or borrow a book that will show you how, or find the information online. Use artificial flowers instead of real ones, as long as the artificial flowers are cheaper, which they will be in most cases, especially if the flower is out of season.

Consider cheaper venue options. For example, if you are a member of a church, there usually is not a charge for holding the wedding in the church. For the reception, you could consider holding it in the backyard, or at another location that won’t cost you an arm and a leg.

When shopping for your wedding dress, consider all of the options that are open to you. Look in the paper to see if anybody is selling a wedding dress. Also, look for sales. Wedding dresses are auctioned off on eBay daily. There is no need to pay thousands of dollars on a dress that you will wear exactly once. For the men, don’t buy tuxedos –rent them instead.

Again, your wedding does not have to be outrageously expensive to be beautiful. All it takes is some thought, creativity, and careful planning. You can have the wedding of your dreams at a fraction of the cost.

The Wedding Party

July 4th, 2007

You are getting married! Congratulations. There are many, many plans to make, and of course, you need to choose your wedding party. Who will be the best man? Who will be the matron of honor? Whose feelings are about to get badly hurt?

Choosing the wedding party can be very excruciating for both the bride and the groom. Ideally, the groom would choose his best friend, his brother, or his father as the best man. Either of these choices would be fine will all involved. However, for the bride it is usually much more difficult.

The bride usually chooses her best married friend as the matron of honor…but which ones consider themselves to be the brides best friend? The chances are good that when you attend the wedding, every bridesmaid you see considers herself to be the brides best friend.

It almost never fails. Somebody’s feelings will be hurt when the bride and groom announce who will be in the wedding party. You can’t allow this to force you to make selections that you would not have made otherwise.

It is important to realize that this is your special day. You should have the people that you want standing up for you, and standing beside you. The fact is that if somebody else doesn’t like this decision, and they get mad to the point where they want nothing to do with it, you can’t really consider them a real friend anyway.

If the bride and groom are not careful, the number of bridesmaids and groomsmen can grow to large numbers – all because the bride and groom want to include, or feel forced to include, everyone that they consider a friend. You can’t allow this to happen. You have to pick an affordable number of bridesmaids and groomsmen, and stick with it.

If you really have no preferences as to who the best man and matron of honor are, let them pick straws. Let them know that they are all equally important to you, and that you just can’t decide. Also, let them know that no matter who is chosen as the matron of honor and the best man, it is not an indication that these people are liked or loved more than others.

Wedding Photography, Wedding Photographers

June 27th, 2007

Imagine this – you’ve been married for about two weeks, and you go to your photographer’s studio to pick up your wedding pictures, only to find out that something went wrong and the pictures were either destroyed or lost. There is no photographic record of your wedding to pass down to your children or grandchildren – and there is nothing that you can do about it.

Don’t think that it won’t happen to you. It happens all of the time, but you can avoid this nightmare. The key is to select the right photographer, and the right photographer will ensure that such a nightmare never occurs.

A good wedding photographer will first show you samples of his work. This will allow you to see how well you can expect your own wedding photos to turn out. He should ask to see the wedding and reception venue, he should talk with you about the shots that you want, he should offer you a contract, he should inquire about a safe place to keep extra equipment during the wedding and reception, and he should have an assistant.

A good photographer will use more than one camera at your wedding, to guard against having all photos lost if one camera malfunctions. He will have all of the extra equipment that he may need on the premises. He may even have an assistant at the wedding and reception getting additional shots from other angles.

A good photographer will be almost invisible at your wedding. He will know how to get the shots that he needs without getting in the way. He will show up on time, and probably even show up early to be sure that he has time to get set up properly.

A good photographer will give you references, and won’t have any problem with you checking them. He will most likely require a deposit, and will require the balance due when the photos are delivered. A good photographer will bet his reputation that you will be more than satisfied with his work!

Unique Weddings

June 27th, 2007

Your wedding should not only be special, it should be unique in the same way that you, your loved one, and your relationship are unique. Your wedding should show the guests who you are as a couple. Unique weddings range from traditional to the not-so-traditional.

You’ve heard of couples marrying in mid-air, while sky diving. You’ve probably heard of couples marrying under the surface of the ocean. These are unique ideas, but they may be more than what you are trying to accomplish.

Start by planning the wedding of your dreams. This is the wedding that you’ve always seen yourself at, as the bride. Use that dream as the core for your wedding, and then look for ways to make it unique.

One way to be unique is to request that people not bring or send wedding gifts. Instead, you can make arrangements through a local charity, and ask your friends and relatives to donate whatever they had intended to spend on your gift. This is not only a loving gesture, but it eliminates clutter when you and your spouse to be combine households. This is a good idea when you really already have everything that you need to set up and run a household.

You can choose a theme. Theme ideas include a spooky theme, a theme related to an old classic movie, a theme related to a holiday, or a theme related to a sport or hobby. You can get really creative with your decorations, and even ask the guests to come dressed in a certain way.

Most wedding receptions focus on the bride and groom. Why not move some of that focus to other married couples. For instance, if your grandparents have been married for sixty years, this is an accomplishment, and it should be recognized. There is no better time or place to do this than at your own wedding.

Remember that you are only limited by your imagination, and even though you want a unique wedding, you must also consider the comfort of your guests. When you are skydiving and getting married at the same time, the chances are good that the guests will not be jumping out of that plane with you!

Wedding Favors

June 26th, 2007

Everybody loves wedding – even if they say they don’t. Who couldn’t love witnessing the joining of two lives? Not only do your friends and loved ones want to be there to witness your happiness, they would also like mementoes of the event. They can have that in the form of wedding favors.

Wedding favors are becoming more and more popular. As guests arrive, they are given wedding favors. They may also be given the favors as they are leaving the wedding, or as they arrive or leave the reception. Whatever the bride and groom desire is fine.

Wedding favors do not have to be expensive. Typically, one type of gift is chosen for the women, and one type is chosen for the men, unless the gift is unisex. Gifts may include mugs with the couples picture and wedding date, candies, picture frames, candies, or a dozen other options.

Wedding favors, again, should serve as a memento of the wedding. This is why couples often have matchbooks with their names and the date on them, as well as napkins with the name and date. These are all considered as keepsakes.

Do not stress out over what you should give as wedding favors. Remember, there is no hard and fast rule. Choose your wedding favors based on your budget, your wedding colors, and your wedding theme. Everybody will get the same gift.

Gifts can be packaged in small bags that can easily be picked up or handed out, at whatever time you choose. These bags can be purchased in bulk at any stationary store. You can really dress them up with some ribbon and tissue paper as well.

Don’t go overboard with the wedding favors. Choose something small and inexpensive, and include a napkin and matchbook with the names of the couple and the wedding date on them in the gift bags. You might also consider including an exquisite chocolate in each bag.

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Planning Your Honeymoon…

June 25th, 2007

A couples honeymoon will always be remembered. For this reason, it has to be as special as the wedding. The honeymoon is really important, as it not only allows the couple to spend private uninterrupted time together, it also allows them to de-stress after the wedding before they start their new life together.

Planning a honeymoon, however, can be as stressful as the wedding. This stress can be avoided, however, with the help of a good travel agent. A travel agent will ensure that your honeymoon is as special as you want it to be, at a price that you can afford.

Many hotels and resorts offer a honeymoon package. These packages vary, but usually include a certain number of days and nights in the honeymoon suite, and may also include meals and activities. Most couples find that they save a great deal of money by going with a package. Travel agents may also be able to work deals that include airfare.

There are numerous choices when it comes to honeymoons. You can do anything that your budget allows you to do. You could take a cruise, fly off to a tropical island, or head up to the mountains to a ski lodge. The location that you choose is really a personal decision.

Make sure that you get as many details as possible. You may need special documentation or vaccinations, depending on where you are going. It is important to let at least one family member know where you will be, and how to get in touch with you as well.

If you will be traveling a long way for your honeymoon, it is wise to rent a hotel suite for your wedding night, and to save the traveling for the following day. Otherwise, you will find that you are more stressed, and absolutely exhausted when you do arrive at your honeymoon destination.

Remember that this is a time of fun, relaxation – and love. It doesn’t matter where you go, or what activities are offered there. What matters is that you have time alone with your new spouse, doing something that you both enjoy.

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Wedding Decorations

June 24th, 2007

If you are planning your wedding, or helping someone else plan theirs, you can really let your creativity shine through with wedding decorations. No wedding is complete without decorations, and wedding decorations are not limited to flowers and ribbons.

Start by visiting your local crafts store. If you know the wedding colors, you will easily be able to spot potential decorations. For example, you will of course use flowers and ribbons, but what about lengths of faux beads in the wedding colors? These are usually inexpensive, and you can do a great deal with them.

Balloons are standard for decorations at the reception, but should be avoided in the wedding ceremony venue. You can decorate the end of the rows of chairs with small flower arrangements, ribbon, or faux beads. You can use white clothe for the aisle where the bride will walk as well.

Candles make great decorations for weddings, and add a bit of romance to the entire thing. Try to select candles that have a pleasant scent or no scent at all. You can make wreaths to cover candle holders to make them even more beautiful.

If you can make or obtain a lattice archway, you can get really creative. Decorate it with ivy and real or artificial flowers to make it really shine. The bride, groom, and wedding official will stand either under the archway, or just slightly in front of it. This makes a beautiful, serene backdrop for the ceremony.

Cloth can be used in a variety of ways. Try to choose silks in the wedding colors, and create swags where they seem appropriate. You can also opt to use a lot of netting in the wedding colors to create certain effects. There is a great deal that you can do with strings of colored lights as well, using either soft yellow lights, or lights that go with the wedding colors.