If you are a bride looking for inspiration for your wedding favors, then you have probably read a hundred or more articles telling you that your wedding favors should be ‘unique’. However this implies favors that are one-offs, one-of-a-kind and definitely something that your guests will never have received before or are never likely to again.
If this was the case then most favor stores would go out of business very quickly! Implying that favors have to be unique will rule out just about everything in the favor stores, from candles to photo frames, coasters to bottle stoppers. With millions of these items sold each year how can they possibly be unique?
So now you’re totally confused! How do you create unique wedding favors? Well first I should explain that when people refer to favors being unique what they really mean is that they coordinate to your wedding. As every bride will design their wedding differently, from their wedding color combinations to the graphics on their stationery, no two weddings will be the same. So in order to make your favors coordinate and therefore become unique you need to make them in your wedding colors, add decorative touches that match or coordinate with your stationery and make them coordinate with the style and/or theme of your wedding. Whilst the favor itself maybe something that your guests have received ten times over at previous weddings, it is the packaging and presentation that make them unique.
For something totally unique, from the favor itself to the packaging, then you have to look at homemade favors. For those who are creatively minded this is an easy job and one which they probably have well underway already. But if you are not very artistic or creative then you may already be about to turn away from this article in search of something else. But don’t, there are plenty of wedding favors you could make at home that are so easy your five years old niece could do them!
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Printed scrolls – so easy to produce on your home computer. You can print out recipes, poems or short stories. If you have some desk top publishing software (there are some good programs available free on the internet) you can add stylish graphics or photographs. Choose some nice quality paper to print them out on and roll them up like scrolls and secure with ribbon.
CD’s – these have been a popular wedding favor idea for some years now, what makes them unique is the choice of music you put on them. Copyright is something of a grey area so you should do a little further research on this before committing to making them. Many people can produce CD’s on their home computers, but if you are concerned about time and quality of recordings then find a professional to do it for you. You can also get kits which will give you everything you need to produce your own labels and cases.
DVD’s – you could make up video discs perhaps containing a funny message from you both or compilation of short films. Choose something that interests you both and make a short documentary about it.
Plant seedlings – you don’t have to be green fingered to grow plants from seed and these make lovely wedding favors. Choose something which will be present at your wedding, such as a type of flower that will be in your bouquet or alternatively herbs make a great choice and are very easy to grow. Plant your seeds in large trays and when big enough you can pot them into small terracotta pots. Don’t forget to include some details on what the plant is and how to look after it.
Scented sachets – these little smelly bags are the type of thing you might place in your underwear drawer or even just hang on the bed post! Choose some nice fabric such as silk, lace or linen, and then make a template from card. Your bags can be any shape such as square, heart even flower shaped. You will need to cut two pieces for each sachet, then sew them together – you can do this with a machine or by hand. If you want a finish that hides the stitches then sew with a machine with right sides together, if you want to show the stitches or perhaps have a nice border round the edge, then sew by hand with embroidery silk leaving a small border as you sew round. Sew the bag sides together but remember to leave a small opening at the top so you can put your contents in, these could be pot-pourri, lavender seeds or something else which could be scented with essential oils. Before you sew the top up, add a loop of ribbon so your guests can hang them up if they want.
These days everyone is looking for weddings with an edge. That little something different or unique that will make your big day stand out and be remembered. When done right, even the smallest wedding detail can attract attention and a sense of wonder in a how-did-they-think-of-that kind of way.
What better way to give your wedding that edge than by setting the standard with your wedding invites. This is the 21st century and invitations don’t have to be confined to paper and ink. If you’d like some creative ideas on invitations with the ‘wow’ factor, this article will help spark your imagination and get you on the road to the wackiest and wildest invitations out there.
The Balloon Invitation
This cleverness of this invitation lies in its simplicity. A balloon is attached to the inside of a card. When blown up, the balloon will have all the wedding details written on it. If you’d like to get super mushy feel free to write a slogan on the front of the card such as, “Fly away with us”. (If you’re wondering when to let out a groan, it’s now).
The Puzzle Invitation
For a little bit of fun, try getting a puzzle made in the same of a heart (or any shape, really!). Break up the puzzle and send it out to your guests in pieces.
When the puzzle has been assembled by the receiver it will form a picture of some sort with all the event details printed on it. Once again, if you’d like to get all soppy on your guests, try sending them a puzzle with one piece deliberately missing.
The slogan can read something along the lines of, “The missing piece is you.” Aww.
The Photo Booth Invitation
Another one that is fun to prepare. Book a date with just you and your fiancé, oh, and a photo booth.
Get in and pose, holding up different signs with the individual details of your wedding. With this idea, there is a large scope for playfulness and fun.
Think: funny faces and stick figure drawings on the signs. Remember that access to a photo booth is not necessarily needed as images can be manipulated.
Four ideas; endless opportunities for creativity and fun. Go wild, enjoy the process and come up with an idea that strikes your fancy. One thing to keep in mind, however: your invitation should match the theme of your wedding in style and formalness.
So if you’re wedding is going to be extremely formal, it’s obviously more appropriate to go with a formal invitation. But for weddings that are a touch more casual, feel free to be as wacky and as wonderful as you like. May the ideas spring forth!
The Video Invitation
With some time on your hands and a bit of skill, you and your fiancé can put together a video that can be sent on DVD to your guests. Think childhood photos of the two of you, romantic music and cool special effects. The best part about it is that you’ll have it as a memento to keep forever. Opt for this idea if you’d like to have fun filming it, (bloopers and all), and if you’d like a clever invitation with a personal touch. Word of warning: if you do decide to go ahead with a nostalgic video make sure to have tissues handy. These things can get weepy fast.
Autumn fantasy with petals
The autumn theme is always a rich theme, because the autumn’s colours are very cosy and rich. For a cosy wedding, this theme can perfectly be the chosen one. If your wedding is to be celebrated in the autumn, it becomes a lot easier to make this theme real. You have the most diversified elements of nature at your disposal, like leaves, tree branches and fruits that might help in the decoration, making the expenses with the party’s decoration a bit inferior. Therefore, colours like brown, yellow and red are the predominant colours in this theme. The most beautiful decorative elements might by achieved with the most simple ingredients. I advise the use of silky fabrics like organza, overlaid with brownish colours and pearl as a basis for the table decorations. This kind of fabric always gives a luxurious and cosy look to any environment. To decorate the tables I advise a centre of yellow roses, orange and light red roses. This centre can be complemented in an original way with season fruits, like apples, grapes, leaves, tree branches, moss, berries, etc. It’s all a matter of your personal taste, creativity and imagination. I advise the use of different sized candles to help creating a cosy and nice environment. Don’t forget that candles are never too many.
Blue Melancholy
This theme is very common in summer time because it transmits a sense of freshness, providing a dramatically calm aura. Several blue and white tones are abundantly used in all the elements. I advise you to use transparent glass plates, to create an ambience that is the most glacial possible. The main elements are glasses, white flowers and light blue satins. The table centres should be constituted by mixtures of floral motives made by several layers of white and blue flowers, hydrangeas are a lovely possibility and they are available during summer time, with their extremely harmonious white and lilac tons. This scenery must be complemented with little white candles and white and light blue satin ribbons, which might be placed on chairs, napkins, candles or even on the table itself. Don’t forget that the theme should always be applied to the whole wedding and not only in the decoration of the place were the party takes place. Don’t forget the wedding cake, the bride’s bouquet, the groom’s flower and the decoration of the place where the ceremony takes place.
Candles and roses romance
Two of the most fundamental romantic items are, definitely, candles and roses. Rose petals have always been the main actresses in a romantic stage, lighted by a tenuous candle light. Who doesn’t feel romantic in an ambience like this? This kind of theme is one of the most chosen for wedding ceremonies and parties. All right, so you don’t want a marriage like all the others? Choose candles with different shapes for tables, make a small candle cascade, since the highest to the sorter one, and complement them with tiny roses wrapped around them, all of this based on a bed of rose petals… can you imagine anything more sensual than this? The roses must be of a light pink tone to create a subtle environment, the fabrics must be translucent, preferably romantic transparent fabrics with discrete embroideries that remind old weddings. This theme might serve as a testimony of your romance.
Winter Textures
An ambience of richness and opulence can never exist without textures. This look is the ideal for a winter party. Gold and amber colours should always be lighted with the shine of the candles that surround these tones. Candles might be decorated with golden translucent filigree leaves and the table centres should be constituted by rich bouquets of an amalgam of hot coloured flowers like yellow, amber, pearl and orange. The fabrics must be heavy, amber coloured, or brownish, with golden rich textures, without forgetting the marking plates in golden tons, as well as the glasses made of a yellowish glass. Each guest should have a small miniature bouquet similar to the one in the centre, placed on his or her right side (below the glasses). This decoration makes the party richer and, at the same time, creates an extremely pleasant hot ambiance of intimacy. If you don’t wish to have a table centre with flowers, you can replace it by candle trios in geometric shapes, like squares, maintaining the small individual bouquets.
Chocolate Fantasy
Who doesn’t love chocolate? And why not pay it a tribute on your wedding day? You may offer all kinds of chocolates to your guests, served with champagne or white chocolate martinis. With a creative basis, use a golden chocolate box. From here, you can come up with several creative ideas.
Table centres do not have to be made of flowers, a creativity touch is always a successful recipe to make your guests compliment you for a different moment. Therefore, as a basis, you should choose golden satins overlaid by double individual tablecloths in reddish tones with golden textures. Between each double individual tablecloth place brownish cardboard boxes wrapped in golden slipknots and above them, instead of a bow, place a sumptuous white chocolate arrangement, decorated with heaps, berries, dry fruits, etc… leave it all to your imagination. Of course, you can not forget the coherence of the environment, for example, the bride’s cake must be a chocolate cake.
To highlight colour
Any place where you wish to highlight any object, flowers or even someone, the colour to have as a basis is always grey. Grey is a mixture of all colours, so any other colour will be enhanced when over it. If you wish to have colourful flower arrangements or any other colourful objects, or even distinguish the bride with her wedding dress at the place of the party, the ideal will be to have grey tones on the tables, because this colour is very similar to silver, and who doesn’t like a silvery tone? On the market, there are several grey fabrics, which are not monotonous at all. All you need is a little shine to create an ambience of refinement.
Source : http://stylishweddingideas.com/articles/ideas_and_styles_for_an_elegant_wedding
Whoever wears a wedding gown must always agree to apply a pretty bridal hairdo to complete her appearance. In wedding, there is no one who doesn’t look so beautiful including bride, bridesmaid, flower girl and even guests. Everyone has to come fashionably no matter what. And from so many options of stylish wedding dress, there must be a halter dress among them. Well, as like usual dress, the halter dress appears in various cut styles. The clearest difference showed by the halter dress is only located on its neckline. It is because the dress involves halter neckline style. Today’s topic is going to discuss several models of wedding hair for halter dress. At least based on those hairstyles, we will discover that selecting a hairstyle according to the dress model will be so helpful to maximize our appearance.
Have you ever seen the halter dress yet? Anyway, the halter neckline is basically made of single strap which is wrapped over your neck. Two points of the strap is installed to hold the strapless gown on the front side. From both strap points, there will be a curve that is created. Finally, everyone who will wear the halter dress should insert her head through that neckline curve. At the end the curve will stay on the back side of your neck while holding the entire height of the gown. Nowadays, most dresses with halter neck have straps or button to help us wearing the dress without inserting our head through the halter neckline. Based on the basic shape of the halter dress, stylish wedding hair for halter dress should be selected.
Well, numerous models of wedding hair for halter dress are available. Yet, it is better to choose hairdo high in order to people can see the beauty of your halter neckline. Half up and half down hairstyle is cute. Unfortunately, we have to apply side swept style to bring the half down hair aside. If you want to look practical, tidy hairdo bun with a big flower is gorgeous. It is simple yet classy to display the typical trait of the halter neckline.
Bridal shower party is the next event after wedding vows that should be celebrated. In this moment, we should decide something unique and cheerful which can describe our pleasant feeling during this sacral moment. And throwing a bridal shower with lingerie bridal shower theme is a sexy idea to apply. There are many aspects that should be prepared when we are going to have a bridal shower with lingerie theme. Cake is number one aspect which commonly influences the decoration of venue. Let’s see some ideas of lingerie bridal party cake designs.
Black and red lingerie cake looks very sexy to choose. As like baby shower party, it is an ideal way to make your party fun and attractive with decoration. In this case, lingerie cake becomes a gorgeous option. The cake is designed as similar as a part of woman’s body. As basic color, red cream covers the whole surface of the cake. With unique curves to reflect real breasts, this red cake is covered by black chocolate. That chocolate is attractively applied to cover the curves and other part of red in front of the breasts. To make this cake looks very similar with the real lingerie, corset closure and ribbon are drawn in the middle of bra and panty with the chocolate sauce. If you see the picture, the black frozen chocolate reflects black lingerie on the top of red skin tone of cake. This black lingerie bridal shower cake is unique and funny to decorate your bridal shower party.
Well, besides cake for lingerie bridal shower, we can apply this stylish wedding party theme on the invitation card. Lingerie is not something embarrassing to display, so why don’t we put it on the bridal shower invitation card. The lingerie may be an idea for card shape, pattern or just decoration. Many unique ideas of lingerie invitation card designs to choose. And they are so attractive to bring much happiness to you and the guests. The lingerie pattern or motif is available to decorate your bridal shower venue. Some stickers or murals in lingerie shape are ready to stick on the wall and banner.
To create a meaningful gift for the newly wed, we should think differently from other guests. Many guests might have thought about a special gift in their mind as well. In this case, we must think bit different that is usually out of other guest’s mind. Well, we can call this special gift as personalized wedding gifts. It is a gift which is only you who can make it and not many people think the same idea as you. Generally, custom or personalized wedding gift is easy to make. Moreover, many models of it are available to choose such as T-shirt, apron, wall art, photo frame and album, couple watch, couple cups and many more. So, why don’t we try something different by choosing decorative plate idea for your best friend’s custom wedding gift?
The personalized wedding gifts in decorative plate idea are very unique and meaningful. It is easy to get and make. What we have to do is to find the best place where we can print a meaningful wording on the plate. Nowadays, there are numerous places which provide printing service for solid media like plate and cup. And we only have to visit and pay for the service. Finding the plate is the most exiting moment. We can buy a medium size plate from home appliances stores in the downtown. We can choose the plate depending on your desire. However, the plate is available in numerous shapes and colors. It is better to pick the white plate in order to the printed wording can be displayed clearly on the plate. For the decorative details of the plate, usually people can ask the printing service staff to make it for us. In addition, we can choose the design as desire including the color, the wording font and content.
The personalized wedding gifts are also suitable as wedding anniversary gift. We only have to change the wording according to the wedding life’s age. Are you confused in arranging the plate wording? Well, generally, people will write nick name of both groom and bride, date of the wedding, and some wishes among them. Some samples are shown in the uploaded pictures. You may imitate and match the wedding gift wording with your friend’s wedding moment.
