Wedding Blog

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,…

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…

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:…

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…

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 -…

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…

I know some brides out there are looking for these and a lovely reader has extras! Please leave a comment for her if you’re interested!

I recently had a wedding during the last week of August in California and have some extra guest favors I’m looking to sell. They are magnets of a bride & groom wearing the traditional Korean ‘hanboks’. One set is wearing the…

I decided to forgo traditional favors and have a photobooth instead. I went with NYC Photobooth and found them very easy to work with. The owners scoped out Battery Gardens before the wedding to be sure that the logistics were set, and on the day of the wedding they set up the photobooth early so that they would be out of my hair.

The photobooth…

Want to check out favors and favor packaging in person? Wedding Favors and Flowers has just opened a new store in Soho.

594 Broadway, #408
(bet Houston & Prince)
212-219-1191

Marcus Aurelius is my head usher. I wanted him to be in the bridal party, but fears of my putting him in a seersucker dress prevailed, and he’s now head usher.

I searched high and low for an appropriate gift for him, but kept coming up empty. He’s not really a monogrammed money clip/key ring/silver frame kind of person; so standard groomsmen’s gifts were out. So…

My next task is to figure out what kind of favor to give out at our engagement party. I don’t think I want to go too overboard, since it’s a small affair. Right now my Mom and are I leaning towards this:

$3.15/set at Exclusively Weddings. I’m ordering 30 which comes out to $94.50.

I was also thinking I could go with Custom Printed M&Ms in my…

Bride08 was looking for these bubbles that came in vile tubing. I’ve seen wedding bubble favors, but some of the packaging can look a little tacky. I thought these would be really cute if you wrapped the tubing in pretty paper to match your color scheme and make it look more attractive.

Wilton.com $9.99 for 36
FavorsAndFlowers.com $12.00 for 24
FavorsAndFlowers.com $18.00 for 36
CMBCrafts.com $1.50 each

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