Beautiful Weddings

With all of the celebration surrounding your wedding, it is easy to get a little sidetracked. Choosing your favorite flowers, favorite songs and favorite foods can create a self centered mindset. When it comes time to choose the wedding favors it is time to shift your mindset to the guests. Many brides strive to find that perfect “something” that will be both impressive and memorable. This can be a tall order, but choosing a unique and different wedding favor helps to ensure that your guests will remember your wedding day for some time to come. So, how to choose wedding favors that will make you stand out?

Coordinate with your theme - One way to pick wedding favors that stand out is to choose something which ties in with your wedding theme. If you are hosting a spring wedding, consider flower bulbs; a winter affair? Holiday ornaments. By complementing your theme and choosing a gift that goes along with the wedding, you show creativity, thoughtfulness and a sense of style. The favors can even serve as part of your reception decorations or table centerpieces.

Shop early; do not wait until the last minute – If you put off shopping for favors until right before your wedding, you may be disappointed with what you find. Finding the perfect favor is just as important as choosing the right flowers or food, and you should allocate time to find exactly what you want. By starting early, you will also leave yourself enough time to personalize your favors if that is an available option. Some favor ideas require assembly, so be sure to leave enough time (or get enough help!) to have all the favors ready by your wedding day.

Consider all your options - It is not so much what you choose as how the item is finished and presented. For example, you may want the most unusual and fantastic wedding favor ever, but with a budget that really can only afford “mints”, you might have to get creative. Do not take any option off the table. Chocolates, mints and other edibles can be great favors especially if you dress them up in colorful gift boxes or sheer gift bags with ribbons and personalized tags. It is easy to get sidetracked when you are planning a wedding. With so many things to concentrate on, the perfect favor may be far down on your list. But you can find special and personal wedding favors in all price ranges if you take the time to look.

Ask for advice - With all of the planning and stress surrounding a wedding, it can be difficult to make any decisions, let alone a good decision. In fact, you may be tired of being constantly asked to make choices about every detail of the wedding. Because it is easy to be overwhelmed by the decision making process, it makes sense to solicit advice. Whether you ask your fiancé, your mom, your bridesmaids, or a trusted wedding consultant, seek out an opinion on the wedding favors that you are considering. After you have looked at so many choices, it may be hard to remain objective when determining what is actually a special or unique idea versus what is just another trinket. Once you have narrowed down your list of potential favors, ask someone you trust to help make the final decision.

Set a realistic budget – When you finally find something that you love, and want to give as your wedding favor, it is important that you make sure it fits into your budget. The price of these wedding favors adds up quickly depending on how many people you are expecting. Set a total dollar amount before you begin shopping for wedding favors, and divide that number by the number of favors you plan to buy. Be sure to subtract on any charges for personalization, taxes and shipping from your total budget, or you may be in for an unpleasant surprise when you place your final order. This lets you know how much you can spend on each favor. Once you have this number, stick to it. It is difficult to do when you see the perfect gift, and it is only 75 cents more than your set price. But multiply that 75 cents by 250 guests and you will see how quickly you can blow your budget. Once you have determined what your maximum price per favor is, do not shop outside of that price range.

The last step, finally, is to relax. Shopping for the perfect wedding favors can be extremely stressful. Of course we want the people we care about to like what we give them, it is human nature. But in the big picture, the wedding favors are only one part of a special day. Do not let a tight budget or other set back keep you from enjoying your wedding day. You can stand out with personalized wedding favors no matter your budget.

 

For anyone planning a wedding, the objective is often to make it an event to remember and something that can be talked about for months if not years to come. This requires careful attention to every element of the wedding and reception. This includes dresses, tuxedoes, accessories, flowers, decorations, food and drink, right down to the favors and the reception table arrangements. Wedding invitations are also important and should include a design that your guests can remember for many years.

 

The wedding invitations you send out are the first indication, for your guests, that a wedding date has officially been set, so the importance of wedding invitations cannot be overstated. Your wedding invitations not only set the theme for the wedding, they also provide your guests with a little insight into the tastes and personality of the couple who is to be married. If you want to make your celebration stand out so that it can be both anticipated and remembered, begin by choosing the very best and unique wedding invitations you can find.

 

Choosing Colors

Making your celebration stand out does not have to mean choosing the brightest, boldest wedding invitation colors you can find, but color coordination is always a good idea, because the colors you choose help set the theme and tone for your wedding.

 

If you have already chosen theme colors for your wedding, then applying those colors to your wedding invitations is a simple matter. Look at the colors you have chosen, and then think about how to apply those to your invites. For example, if you have chosen gold and yellow as your wedding colors, perhaps you could choose wedding invitations with text written in gold ink on off-white paper, with yellow or yellow-accented envelopes.

 

On the other hand, if you have not yet chosen your wedding colors at the time you select your invitations, perhaps this is the perfect time to do so! How do you choose your wedding colors? Think about elements such as your bridesmaid dresses, your bridal bouquet, or the types of decorations you have chosen for the wedding and reception. Typically, you can select one or two complementary colors to use in each case. Once you have chosen those colors, simply apply them to your invitations to link them to the wedding.

 

Finding the right mix of colors is definitely an important step when it comes to choosing wedding invitations because they can make your wedding stand out. Therefore, if you are looking for attention-grabbing wedding invitations on a budget, choosing your colors thoughtfully is a great way to achieve this.

 



Styles, Shapes, and More

If your wedding invitation budget stretches to more than color choices, you should have a great chance to create wedding invitations that are going to be noticed. There are so many options these days, in terms of colors, fonts, embossing, images, watermarks, and additional decorations such as ribbons and strings, bows and glitter. You can really let your imagination run wild and create whatever you think would look best.

 

There are some simply stunning wedding invitation styles available, with bright colors, beautiful images, attention-grabbing fonts, and decorative accents. For a spring wedding, the “American Dream” style is just perfect, with its eye-catching orange or blue wildflowers and contrastingly plain font. Choose matching response, reception, thank-you cards and many other elements for a really standout look that brings all the different aspects of your wedding together in sharp relief.

 

For a romantic addition to your wedding invitations, the “Love Knot” style is perfect, with its luscious cream cardstock, flowing font, and the beautiful bow that holds the entire invitation together. Choose a deep red, pink, or any pastel color you desire for a beautifully romantic look, and the accent ribbon can add an eye-catching element that can make your entire celebration stand out from the very beginning.

 

Contemporary stripes in the “Riviera” or “Resort” style are definitely very eye-catching designs. Pin stripes in several contrasting colors make these invitations a breeze to pair with almost any wedding color set, and they certainly grab one’s attention. Tie the invitation together with contrasting ribbon or raffia for a particularly attractive look, and your guests should be eagerly anticipating the big day.

 

There are plenty of options for additional decorative elements, too. From sensual satin ribbons to funky polka dots, romantic organza bows, invitation seals to place on the outside of your envelopes, pretty little heart stickers for invitations or envelopes, and other fun decorations to give your invitations a little extra “kick.” With invitations and decorations like these, your celebration is guaranteed to stand out from the very beginning! While planning your wedding, keep in mind the importance of your wedding invitations. You should carefully choose these invitations because they serve a greater purpose than informing your guests about the date of the celebration.