Wedding Blog

Mr. Bee and I were in Union Square today, and happened to walk by the new Max Brenner’s Chocolate By The Bald Man store/restaurant. It’s a veritable Willy Wonka factory come to life - chocolate waffles, chocolate pizza, chocolate fondue, chocolate pastries, smores, hot chocolate, and of course good old regular chocolate.

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I purchased four of the chocolates - they looked remarkably similar to…

My bridesmaids gifts are all finished, but I’m debating when to give it to them. One of the gifts I bought I actually want them to wear on the wedding day, but I don’t exactly want to tell them what it is quite yet!!! So, my question is… is it bad to give the gift super early? (Will they forget?) Or should I just wait…

I love Iomoi’s bold, modern graphic designs! They carry a great selection of custom invitations, stationery, address labels, paperweights, coasters and matches - it’s a one stop shop for wedding stationery and gifts.

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Who doesn’t love chocolate? Candy may not be the most unique favor to give, but who can resist them - I can’t be the only one. I plan on including chocolate in my favors and I haven’t figured out which brand yet, but I know that quality chocolate is a must.

I received a box from Lake Champlain last Christmas.

Ghirardelli signature Squares made in…

Footprints to Eternity posted these great pictures on how to make your own favor boxes!

We used gold wrapping paper (75cm x 4m from Borders for $8.95 which makes 65 complete boxes of 2 x 15cm x 15cm).

They’re easy to make, economical, and they look awesome. Thanks for sharing!

So, these days, I’m slightly obsessed with Black Phoenix Alechemy Lab. It’s a weird little spot that mixes up the most profoundly odd perfumes.

The site divides them by . . . theme? maybe? You can purchase Asphodel from Rappacini’s Garden, lovingly described as “The grey and ghostly flower that fills the fields of Hades.” Or you can get 5ml of any one of the Seven…

These french lavender buds are on sale.

When I first thought about our favors, I wanted to make these exact sachets to give out. They reminded me of France, where we were engaged, and I thought it would be nice to tie it in to our wedding somehow.

This is one of my favorite perfumes from one of my favorite stores. If I return to…

How cute is this mini suitcase filled with cookies?

It’s $18.00 and has 1/2 dozen cookies inside, with larger sizes available. They’re pricey for favors, but they’d make a nice treat inside your out of town welcome bags. (via outblush)

If you want to do cookie favors, you may want to check out these vintage mini cookie jars from shoploveme that my friend Gellibelly turned me…

erikabuentello made 50 of these pretty diy cookie containers for her brother’s wedding. They were filled with 2 heart shaped cookies and a party cracker (shown below).

The party crackers (shown unfilled here) were eventually filled with jordan almonds, a message, and some mints.

She even baked a three layer chocolate raspberry cream cake with vanilla buttercream. Impressive!

I’m fascinated with cool salt and pepper shakers. This Amore set from Chiasso would make great wedding favors. On sale for $12. The Lift’n’Shake salt & pepper shaker set pictured right is $22.

I’ve been a fan of Chiasso for many years. It’s the perfect place to buy modern engagement, bridal shower or wedding gifts for the home that are fun, unique and useful.

Other cool gift…

These luggage tags from Paper Source are an adorable way to round out a bridemaid’s gift bag, or even use as favors.

At $4.50 each, they’re a steal.

I was surfing Flickr and came across feelingismutual’s super cool and original diy wedding projects.

She made these table numbers with a screen printing product called gocco.

These thank you cards were also printed with the gocco.

I loved these button favors she had made at One Inch Round. I’ve been wanting to make some for weddingbee!

She designed these invitations then had them printed by Paper Monkey Press.

These…

Looking for cool, fun, creative ways to package your favors, wedding party gifts, out of town bags, children’s gift bags? Check out this cool Nice Package Flickr pool.

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Mr. Poppy and I have matching cell phone accesories. I knew from the moment I saw them on yaishop’s etsy shop, I wanted to get them. Originally I wanted them as favours but I am actually planning on different favours and promise to write about them another time. But I couldn’t resist posting pics of the cell phones! Yaishop can customize and will work with…

This is a cool idea I read about in Brides New York magazine recently. Wedding planner Jody Brefere approached two hot dog vendors outside Cipriani 42, and paid them $250 each to give guests hot dogs and roasted nuts as they left the venue. This is a fun little midnight snack for guests that you can do in lieu of favors. Who doesn’t love a New…