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From Wedding Décor To Favor Boxes

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

   You have everything to match up perfectly for your wedding ceremony, right? Your bridesmaids dresses compliment the brides beautiful wedding gown and the colors you’ve decided on all work together to make your ceremony absolutely gorgeous. It should be the same for your reception too. From the cake decorations to the wedding favors each item should compliment the other. If you have a theme to work with it can be a lot easier to set the perfect mood you’re going for. Once you’ve decided on the theme you want, you can find just about anything you need to make your dream wedding happen.

   There are lots of choices when it comes to finding a décor that’s right for you and your fiance. There is the traditional and there are also seasonal themes you can choose from, which many couples use today. In the summer, the most popular of these are the beach weddings and receptions. There are many accessories and reception supplies you can find to turn your reception into a super beach party and your wedding ceremony into an ocean side paradise. From the altar to the favor boxes you place on your reception tables, you can find exactly what you’re looking for. Garden weddings are also very popular, with all the bridesmaids and your little flower girl in sun hats and beautiful spring colored dresses with flowers everywhere in the background.

    Perhaps you’ve decided on a winter wonderland theme, with snowflakes hanging from the ceiling of your reception hall. Maybe even a christmas tree or two with the bride and grooms gifts placed decoratively underneath. There are plenty of available ideas for the perfect seasonal wedding and reception. You can even buy fake snow which you can line the window sills of the church with and place some around the altar for that perfect winter scene. Little white christmas lights also add to the ambiance.

   Maybe a more down home style is what you’re looking for, like a country western affair with picnic tables, checkered table cloths and some great country cuisine. Barbecues are one suggestion for country western receptions. You may even be able to find a farm that you can rent for the occasion or perhaps you know someone that would let you use theirs. You can have hayrides, line dancing, and great foods like barbecued ribs, chicken and steaks. Metal watering cans with wildflowers as your centerpieces also adds a nice touch to the country setting. This is my favorite theme because there is just so much you can do with it, from the cake topper to the wedding favor boxes you can find everything country western for your tables.

    Thinking about a ceremony and reception with a touch of the mysterious orient? There are such lovely asian themed wedding accessories and supplies to help you get the feel of the beauty and and grace the orient holds. Items with gorgeous oriental designs and lovely fabrics of the far east. Maybe you want a wedding and reception with a touch of leprechaun and clovers. There are many great choices for the perfect Irish wedding too, with lovely wedding guest books to wedding favors that have the celtic touch, with trinity knots and claddaugh designs.

   No matter what theme you are thinking about, from Valentines to storybook weddings or if you just want that traditional romantic ceremony and reception, brides to be have so much to work with to make their dream wedding come true. There is everything available from church decorations to party favor boxes at your disposal, in almost any theme you desire. There’s no reason why a bride today can’t have any wedding theme she wants.

A Wedding Favor I Can Actually Use

Friday, February 6th, 2009

   Everything was very impressive at her ceremony and reception. You could tell that this bride put a lot of thought into everything she planned. The wedding ceremony was really special with lots of candles and flowers all around. Along with their unity candle there were lovley taper candles and holders around the altar and since the ceremony took place in the early evening, the sun was setting and made the whole thing look like a candle light service.  The bride looked so regal as she made her way down the aisle, on her father’s arm, to join her anxious groom at the altar. 

  After the ceremony the newly married couple made their way down the aisle and out to their car as we tossed confetti that was given to us as we entered the church. Then they were on their way to the reception. And so were we.

   She did a fantastic job with the wedding table decorations. Each and every table was so elegantly prepared with crystal champagne flutes, wine glasses and the most adorable place card holders you’ve ever seen. I was so happy to find out we could keep them after the reception. That was a first for me. Their wedding cake was a work of art. It was a white cake with lemon filling and covered in white icing with drippings of yellow down each layer. The wedding cake decorations were beautiful, with yellow, blue and pink floral pattern circleing each layer. The wedding cake topper was made of crystal and shined as much as the rest of her bridal table.

   On the reception tables for her guests, along with the beautiful glassware and china, she had the loviest favor boxes setting right next to our place card holders. The boxes were made of porcelain and came with a personalized hang tag for each and everyone of us. The favor boxes themselves would make a wonderful keepsake all by itself. But they had given us lovely little floating candles as favors. I not only got a wedding favor I can actually get some use out of, but an added décoration for my living room shelf. It really was quite special, as was everything at her ceremony and reception.  

   On each and every reception table was a very tall vase filled with long stemed flowers that she had as the wedding center pieces. It felt as if we were all setting under a tree filled with the aromatic atmosphere of a well endowed garden. I’ve never seen such lovely flowers as these. I know she received many compliments on the beautiful reception she had planned, and they were well deserved.

   After they had their traditional bride and groom dance together, everyone was on the dance floor enjoying the terrific music the band was playing. It was a lot of fun. There was even some line dancing, which I had to get into. The party lasted three or four hours after the happy couple made their exit. With all the food and music they had, no one seemed ready to go home in a hurry.

   When I did get home that night, I put my little porcelain favor box and my beautiful floating candle on the shelf in my living room.  It looks so nice next to all the mementos of other weddings, showers and christening parties I’ve been too.  I’m getting myself quite a collection started. In four months, there’s another wedding I’m attending. It will be my own wedding and reception, and I intend to buy an extra wedding favor just for me and add that to my collection of happy moments.