What are some creative favors for guests at my wedding?
537480
Your idea is kinda neat, but maybe use one of those stands with the coil part to place th card in.  Tiny frames might not be too useful afterwards.  The coil type stands can be used for photos or to place notes in and stuff.  I also like the CD idea too if you can afford it.
1095551
Well, start with colors – I would do bright, sunset colors (like reds, pinks, yellows, and oranges) or bright greens and blues, like tropical foliage and skies.  Orchids would be great for some of the flowers, because they come in such a range of hues, and a few of them in a bouquet or centerpiece make a nice statement.  If you can find them, hibiscus trees would be cool to have at the reception – put a few in the corners of the room or right in front of the entrance.  When you think of tropical locations, you think of lots of plants, so use a lot of greenery in the decorations – this can help save money in some cases.  Try to use big things – big leaves (banana leaves, palm fronds), big flowers (hibiscus, protea), etc.  You may be able to put small centerpieces in coconut shells.  Use seashells, too.  My wedding wasn’t a tropical theme, but it was a beach theme, and for the centerpieces we borrowed some big hurricane lamp style things and put some sand, a pillar candle, and shells, starfish, and sand dollars in them, then put tealights on the table, too.  You could also do something with floating candles and/or flowers.  If there’s a buffet or a drink table or something like that, place tropical fruits all around the table – pineapples, mango, kiwi, papaya, etc.  Big paper lanterns in the right colors, or little ones on a string of lights, can look cool.  Have seashells (made of fondant) on the cake.  A tropical theme is pretty versatile, because it can easily be made more formal or more casual.  Hope this helped!
53410
The gifts should be both personal and permanent, perhaps earrings or pendants with small saphires (the stone that is September's symbolic gem),lockets with the wedding date inscribed, pretty jewel boxes, a pair of good crystal flutes with their monograms and the wedding date etched on the base...whatever you choose, please think about putting a little special emphasis on honoring your junior bridesmaid, who will treasure this memory her entire life....this day will be almost as special to her as it will be to you.\nGood luck and my best wishes for a long and happy union.
600057
Keep it simple. \n\nThe Venue - you can have this outdoors with a markee or hire out one of your favourite cafes. \n\nThe dress - find a dress you love and get a dress maker to copy it. You can buy the material yourself to even reduce the costs. \n\nThe food & drinks - you buy the alcohol and pick a nice red and white wine with champagnes for toasting. Pick two beers for the boys make one a light. Finger food is a great option do you know a friend or take away/cafe that maybe able to help out.\n\nFlowers - get them from the market fresh the day before and put a relo in charge or helping arrange. Don't ask them for a gift just tell them their help is enough!\n\nCake - surely one of your relo's makes a great fruit cake. If so you can get a cake shop to put icing on top to match your dress material. \n\nCars - you only need two cars, see what resources you have a use two cars in the family. Otherwise hire two cars for the day this is so much cheaper than wedding car hire.   \n\nPool all your resources together, people are so willing to help. Just say to them not to buy a gift in return for their help this will be appreciated and you will find that they will still want to give you a token.
54953
My favorite wedding favor was a CD with the couple's favorite songs.  I still listen to it three years later.\n\nI saw this cool wedding favor at friend's wedding recently:\n\nhttp://www.weddingthings.com/gourmet_tea.htm
237017
Here are a few suggestions for you:\n1. Lottery tickets in a blue organza bag\n2. Some sort of sea salt and herb recipe in a small blue bottle.  You can usually buy the bottles in bulk and that will save you a ton of money.\n3. If mom is a florist, then you could easily do small potted orchids.\n\nI went on the Martha Stewart wedding site, and the first thing that I saw was a beautiful white and blue cake.  But check out her ideas for favors.  Also one of my favortite sites, The Knot.  Both sites are below.\nHope this helps!
987105
We have had some very nice gifts from the bride and groom when attending out-of-town weddings, here are a few of them:\n1.) Basket filled with all little munchies and two bottles of soda\n2.) Basket filled with bath salts, combs,toothpaste etc.\n3.) Basket filled with bandaids, thread and needle, cookies,snacks and water\n4.)Colorful bag with name of Bride and Groom filled with cupcakes, twinkies, gum, mints and 2 bottles of iced tea\nAnd believe me all were appreciated very much!
675579
What about little white boxes or tiny pails of chocolate hearts or other candy, with a little note saying with love from (you & your partner)? (The Conversation Wedding Hearts look like a fun thing to wrap.) Or a white candle wrapped in gold or whatever color theme you have chosen? \n\nYou could put one at each place-setting at dinner, or you could send them out after the wedding with the thank-you cards - easier to organise than distributing them when you are trying to get away yourselves! \n\nThere are some great ideas on the links below, BTW, like personalised wedding-cookies.
658630
Honestly, he is already leaving the wedding with the best present he could ever ask for, you!  At least that is how I feel about my upcoming wedding (5 days from today :D:D:D ).  As far as gifts, get him something that will show him just exactly how you feel about him.  Although guys do nto often show it, we like the little romantic gestures every once in a while too.  For me though, all my fiance has to give me is those two words at the alter and I am happy.  After all, the gift I am gettign that way will last for a lifetime, anything els that you give will be temporary.  I would suggest though, if you are going to give him a gift, make it kind of a combination of things.\n\n1) Write him a little not telling him that you love him and teasing him for the night after the wedding (you knwo what I mean)\n\n2) give him a serious gift, maybe a nice watch or something like that that you know he will appreciate.  Just pick something you know that hw is into, or maybe something he can use for the wedding.\n\n3) give him a not so serious gift like something in there with a note telling him to look forward to you modeling it for him, or (even funnier) put a bag in there with nothing in it and a note on the outside saying that you are going to model in what is in that bag, he will get the idea.\n\nTo me, things like that that will both show how much you love him, care for him, and respect him along with things taht show how much you really do look forward to being with him for the rest of your life will be a wonderful gift to give on your wedding day.  Just be a little creative.  The joke things will lighten the mood and maybe ward off some of the pre-wedding jitters and the serious stuff will show him how you feel about him.  Hope this helps.
1083976
How about a blank book with a nice cover.  Bring a nice pen for the guests to write with.  Start off the book with a page of your hopes, wishes, advice for his/her future and best sentiments for your friend and then circulate it around for others to do the same or leave it on a table and ask others to contribute their gems of wisdom to it.  This could be a nice keepsake.  \n\nYou could also put some paper on each page as a place holder for a  photograph that you could take of each person at the party.  After the celebration,  put each contributor's photo on the page that they wrote to the graduate.
505100
Have a small bridal party, one or two bridesmaids/groomsmen and ask them to pay for their own clothing for the day(or No bridesmaids/groomsmen).  \nHave the ceremony at the church where you are a member...if you have a church.  They often give lower prices and provide a lot of ammenities.  For example my chuch only cost $200 and they had a wedding/reception coordinator, did all the clean up after wards, served at the reception, provided plates/serving ware/utensils/cups and mixed the punch for the reception.  \nUse fake/silk flowers.\nHave a cake/punch reception instead of serving a meal. \nHave a sheet cake instead of a tiered cake, or have a small tiered cake for the wedding party/parents and a sheet cake to feed all the other people. \nLimit the guest list to Family/extended family. \nMake your invitations or buy them at Staples, Wal-Mart, etc.\nHave a basic ceremony, no unity candle(s).\nKnow what you want, don't let the sales people talk you into bigger/better/more expensive.  \n\nREMEMBER: The wedding day is about you and your soon to be husbands love for each other, not the decorations.
694324
7/7/07\n\nI've got wedding party favors--I got handmade jewelry for my girls (http://www.annac.com), and we're putting money down on the tuxes for his guys.\n\nFor favors, we went to http://www.americanmeadows.com and ordered seed packets for 50-cents a piece. We went to http://www.superiorlabels.com and ordered personalized labels to put on the packets--labels that basically say "thanks for coming, please take the seeds and plant them, and as they bloom and grow, please remember us and our special day."\n\nI'm pretty much ready to go. Now if I could just get my mom to stop "helping" me....
865800
A nice picnic basket (one that comes with its own plates, silverware and glasses)filled with fruit, cheese, wine and other treats... that way they'll remember their wedding night everytime they use the picnic basket.
1066765
I would say you, but then again you already know this and wouldn't be asking right? \nI did three things for my fiance (husband on Saturday) I made him a scrapbook of us and things that have happened since we met, I got him a bride/groom ornament, and I made him a love letter that explains to him how I feel about him.\nYou could get him a watch, or a bracelet. You could buy him a beer mug engraved, you could get him a picture frame. Here are some websites that you could try out fo some ideas.\nhttp://www.poetrygift.com/bridegroom.html\nhttp://www.findgift.com/Occasions/Wedding/Bride-to-Groom\nCongratulations!!!
640632
is this something you want to do yourself? if so i would try the Kraft foods website, i know they have lots of free recipes \nor one of those wedding websites like www.knot.com\n\nif you want to host the reception try calling the hotels in your area they should be able to e mail or fax menus with prices to you.
822227
A handmade card.  A single flower.  A small trinket gift.  \n\nor\n\nA small favor that makes a big difference.  Anything to make their life easier for a moment.\n\nor\n\nWords of encouragement or anything to make that person feel special.
92326
My wedding coming this September is country themed.  I'm using mason jars with either fresh flowers or floating candles for my centerpieces and my colors are black, white, and pink.  I'm also going to have horse shoes for decorations.  I'm still looking for white wedding boots though.  And if you have can drinks or beer at your wedding you could get a big metal wash tub and fill it with ice and put your drinks in that!   Congratulations!