Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
~William Morris, British Craftsman I pondered this quote for quite a while and realized it makes perfect sense.
Why have something in your home that serves no purpose and is painful for you to look at? (This is probably the beginning of many divorces.
) But we're here to talk about an incredibly happy event-and how you can thank your wedding guests usefully and beautifully.
Call them what you want-thank-you gifts for your guests, mementos of the most important day in your life, additional table décor-wedding favors have become so prevalent that guests actually expect them.
They're now so affordable, it begs the question "Why would you disappoint your guests?" And when your favors are both practical and beautiful, you've knocked it out of the park! So which one of these will your guests be taking home? · Picture This Thanks to computers and the Internet, photo sharing is easy, fun and universal, but nothing warms up a home like displaying photos in frames on shelves, counters and desktops.
With photo frame wedding favors, you have versatility! Use the frames as place card holders or put an engagement photo in the frames.
Place card holders have the same versatility, and when they coordinate with your theme, your table-décor impact gets bumped up a notch! · It's Pouring! What's pouring? If it's your wedding, I imagine the champagne, wine, cocktails, etc.
are flowing pretty freely.
Are your guests likely to get, shall we say, "spirited" at home, too? Of course they are! Would you care to guess how many bottle stoppers, bottle openers, corkscrews and coasters are designed specifically as wedding favors? Hmmmm.
How many bubbles are in a glass of champagne? I'm particularly fond of coasters, because they lend themselves beautifully to a wide range of shapes and materials (glass, wood, eco-friendly bamboo, cork, rubber, metals).
Guests will be toasting to your happiness long after the wedding is over! · Read All About It! This genre of favor is ideal for any genre of reading material (fiction, non-fiction, action/adventure, mystery, romance, you name it!) A bookmark is a handy gift for anyone who reads, and we'll just assume (safely, I might add) that virtually all your guest know how.
Hearts, autumn leaves, butterflies, snowflakes, elephants, stars, fleur-de-lis, horseshoes and the Eiffel Tower have been celebrated in bookmark form, all specifically designed to keep the place for wedding guests.
· Spice Things Up! From lovebirds to kissing fish to peas and pears, you can find favor-sized salt-and-pepper shakers for every theme and season.
Besides being a pleasant surprise to your guests who might be expecting a less-unique favor, salt-and-pepper shakers almost always find their way to the kitchen table at home, where memories of your wedding shake out every day.
In this same category, you can find Parmesan cheese shakers and personalized hot sauce to suit the taste of every guest! · Tripping! If you're planning a destination wedding, making everyone at your event an out-of-town guest, you've got the perfect practical-favor opportunity! I'm talking about luggage tags-and luggage tag wedding favors are much more eye-catching than the typical boring, black, rectangular ones you see on almost every piece of luggage riding along an airport-baggage conveyor belt.
Flip-flops, golf balls, airplanes, cruise ships, hearts and martinis have been glorified in luggage-tag designs.
You can certainly expect your guests' luggage to fly home with a different luggage tag than when they arrived! · Outside the Box! You'd be amazed at the practical items that have been adapted for wedding favors! Ice cream scoops, keyboard dusters, mouse pads, measuring spoons, spreaders, playing cards, lip balms, cheese boards, cheese graters, olive dishes, whisks, loose-tea diffusers-the list is practically endless!
~William Morris, British Craftsman I pondered this quote for quite a while and realized it makes perfect sense.
Why have something in your home that serves no purpose and is painful for you to look at? (This is probably the beginning of many divorces.
) But we're here to talk about an incredibly happy event-and how you can thank your wedding guests usefully and beautifully.
Call them what you want-thank-you gifts for your guests, mementos of the most important day in your life, additional table décor-wedding favors have become so prevalent that guests actually expect them.
They're now so affordable, it begs the question "Why would you disappoint your guests?" And when your favors are both practical and beautiful, you've knocked it out of the park! So which one of these will your guests be taking home? · Picture This Thanks to computers and the Internet, photo sharing is easy, fun and universal, but nothing warms up a home like displaying photos in frames on shelves, counters and desktops.
With photo frame wedding favors, you have versatility! Use the frames as place card holders or put an engagement photo in the frames.
Place card holders have the same versatility, and when they coordinate with your theme, your table-décor impact gets bumped up a notch! · It's Pouring! What's pouring? If it's your wedding, I imagine the champagne, wine, cocktails, etc.
are flowing pretty freely.
Are your guests likely to get, shall we say, "spirited" at home, too? Of course they are! Would you care to guess how many bottle stoppers, bottle openers, corkscrews and coasters are designed specifically as wedding favors? Hmmmm.
How many bubbles are in a glass of champagne? I'm particularly fond of coasters, because they lend themselves beautifully to a wide range of shapes and materials (glass, wood, eco-friendly bamboo, cork, rubber, metals).
Guests will be toasting to your happiness long after the wedding is over! · Read All About It! This genre of favor is ideal for any genre of reading material (fiction, non-fiction, action/adventure, mystery, romance, you name it!) A bookmark is a handy gift for anyone who reads, and we'll just assume (safely, I might add) that virtually all your guest know how.
Hearts, autumn leaves, butterflies, snowflakes, elephants, stars, fleur-de-lis, horseshoes and the Eiffel Tower have been celebrated in bookmark form, all specifically designed to keep the place for wedding guests.
· Spice Things Up! From lovebirds to kissing fish to peas and pears, you can find favor-sized salt-and-pepper shakers for every theme and season.
Besides being a pleasant surprise to your guests who might be expecting a less-unique favor, salt-and-pepper shakers almost always find their way to the kitchen table at home, where memories of your wedding shake out every day.
In this same category, you can find Parmesan cheese shakers and personalized hot sauce to suit the taste of every guest! · Tripping! If you're planning a destination wedding, making everyone at your event an out-of-town guest, you've got the perfect practical-favor opportunity! I'm talking about luggage tags-and luggage tag wedding favors are much more eye-catching than the typical boring, black, rectangular ones you see on almost every piece of luggage riding along an airport-baggage conveyor belt.
Flip-flops, golf balls, airplanes, cruise ships, hearts and martinis have been glorified in luggage-tag designs.
You can certainly expect your guests' luggage to fly home with a different luggage tag than when they arrived! · Outside the Box! You'd be amazed at the practical items that have been adapted for wedding favors! Ice cream scoops, keyboard dusters, mouse pads, measuring spoons, spreaders, playing cards, lip balms, cheese boards, cheese graters, olive dishes, whisks, loose-tea diffusers-the list is practically endless!