Weddingbee Blog

My mind is all over favors this week. Plus I received such a big comment response to my last favor post, I figured I’d give it another try.

Elegant way to dress up your CD favors.

This Lucky Cat was too cute not to post.

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The details…

Inside: Super Cute!

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Sorry people. I’ve been feeling under the weather lately. We think we have a slight problem that involves bed bugs. Gross, I know. I have NO IDEA where they came from, but can you picture me trying to go to bed in the dark and constantly slapping myself in random places? I’m so paranoid and I feel so violated! I have a slight fever now. I don’t know if it’s bastard bed bug related, but my sponge bob thermometer told me that I had a slight temperature. Boo!

Question:
Where can I find gold place card holders? Not cutesy ones. Just simple, classic ones like these below. I can’t find them anywhere!! ~Miss Bird of Paradise

For those of you who are interested Miss BOP found this on Beau-coup and they only come in silver. They’re $24.00 for a set of 12 and you need to order a minimum of 2 sets. I love these. They’re so cute and simple. Unfortunately you really don’t have much of a choice on the internet. I’ve been searching for 2 days man! The gold ones I’ve been finding are “cutesy” or just plain corny, and 24 bucks for 12 of these is not a steal if you’re on a tight budget. If you’re ordering for 100 guests it’s going to come out to well over $200 for these little babies.

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Here’s a list of some of the fun sites I’ve encountered over the course of my extensive online research. I hope you find it helpful!

Perfect Details has a great selection of classically elegant accessories–from tiaras to guestbooks, with a limited selection of shoes, purses, and other useful details. All their products are beautiful and traditional, without the typical kitsch that you see on many of those other wedding sites.

This mirror would make a great bridesmaid or junior bridesmaid’s gift ($35.00):

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Pottery Barn has soooo much fantastic stuff right now!

I’m absolutely in love with these:

At $69.00 apiece they’re fairly reasonably priced, and would be great to integrate into wedding! Perhaps as an unusual card box, to hold the programs in before the ceremony, or even a lovely gift box. But we all know that most Pottery Barn stuff can be found elsewhere, so I bet if you looked around at a flea market, farmer’s market or craft show you could find something similar for even less $$$.

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Fellow weddingbee Miss Blueberry asked me to make her four customized flower girl necklaces. I jumped in this project right away. This is necklace #1. I’m so happy with the result and she loves it too.

Every month The Oprah Magazine features things that Oprah thinks are great in a feature called The O List. This month I loved these vibrant, stylish gym bags from Koie Products which have separate compartments for your shoes, clothes, ipod, etc. I’d really want this if my lazy ass actually worked out. A great gift for the sporty bridesmaid, available in 6 colors for $75.

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A couple weeks ago I started talking with Miss Violet about making my flower girls’ gifts. I loooove her Etsy site and knew she was more than talented enough to make adorable necklaces for our little FGs.

I told her about what kind of Swarovski crystal beads we used in my bouquet (sapphire, light sapphire, and clear) and showed her a picture of the FGs dresses, then left the rest up to her.

Last night I got a message–she’s already completed one of the necklaces! Check it out:

(these are all different views of the same necklace)

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I admit I’m not really a big fan of chocolate or sweets in general. But I do have a couple of exceptions - and brownies are definitely one of them!

These scrumptious brownies from Sugardaddy’s come in 8 delectable flavors. They’re individually packaged and ready to eat right out of the box. $45 for 10.

Or you can go for these elegantly packaged favors, with one sweetie wrapped in a silk dupioni bag. $12 per favor.

Sugardaddy’s is even offering 10% of orders of $50 or more through November 15th. Enter code 01xe115106 at checkout.

Give these out as favors at your wedding or bridal shower - because brownies are cooler than cookies.

(via In Style Magazine)

I found FlipClips through a sponsored link in my gmail, and thought their flipbooks were a pretty nifty, retro cool idea for gifts or favors. You send in a digital video clip under 30 seconds, and the clip is turned into a flip book bound on acid and lignen-free digital paper, available in three different sizes:

• Flipbook Size: 3.5″w x 2″h x 75 pages
• Greeting Card Size: 4.25″w x 3.25″h x 50 pages
• Story Book Size: 4.5″w x 3″h x 150 pages

As much as I’m not a fan of the cake smashing in the face, I think that’d make for a fun flip book.

How tres chic are these chocolate favors from Recchiuti Confections designed by artist Kelly Tunstall?

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I thought these tins and jars were pretty cute and excellent prices for favor containers from Speciality Bottle:

$0.68 - $0.88 cents a piece (depending on size) for these darling tins– I can picture those colored M&Ms in them!

$0.44 - $0.78 for the round versions.

These jars ($0.37 - $0.74 cents per piece) could be used for coffee, tea, candle-making, candies, whatever. I think they’d be great with some ribbon around the edges!

This next group could be used for things like making pretty olive oils (like when you add chili or garlic) or for maple syrup for a Vermont wedding… They are $0.52 - $1.10.

To tell you the truth, I don’t really care too much about receiving favors when I attend a wedding. However, I would care if these were the favors!

O Krispy Kreme how I love thee so!

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I have been having a really tough time coming up with an idea for favors for my October reception. Personally, I don’t “get” the whole favor idea. This isn’t something that was a big deal where I grew up. I always figured that feeding my guests a nice meal and throwing a big party showed my appreciation for their involvement in my happy day - that makes me sound like a curmudgeon doesn’t it?

With that said, I did decide that it is an accepted practice these days and that some people might be expecting something. I finally found something that makes me happy to give to my guests! Charity favors!

I found a website that helps organize the whole thing. You sign up and tell them either how much per guest or give them one lump sum and they will provide cards that show what charity you have donated to in honor of their attendance as well as make the donation to the charity for you. They have a list of charities to chose from or you can submit your own. The website is the I Do Foundation.

You can also register on the website if you wish to have guests donate to a charity rather than buy you a gift.

My aunt was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in October of last year - so the organization was an easy choice for me. Since my dad’s family (it’s his sister) will make up 95% of the guest list, I know that it will be a welcomed favor

Has anyone else done charity favors? Does anyone have any feedback from guests on them?

Michelle

I’m a total chocolate addict. I NEED chocolate in my life. Mr. Lily sometimes hides snickers around the apt for me when I’m desperate for a fix. (Isn’t that sweet? He doesn’t even like chocolate– gasp!) So when I went to my friends’ wedding a few weeks ago, I was psyched that the favors were chocolates. I must confess, I’d never heard of Vosges chocolate before, but I will never ever ever forget it now.

These cute little boxes were filled with one Budapest (sweet Hungarian paprika + dark chocolate) and one Gianduia (crunchy praline + milk chocolate) truffle. They were seriously some of the best truffles I’ve ever eaten. At $5.25 for these cute 2-piece boxes, they’re a little steep price-wise, but they sure do taste amaaaaaazing!