Inexpensive Wedding Favors

Bulk wedding favors are a popular choice and match a variety of themes. For a warm summer wedding, consider whimsical flip flop photo frames with flower accents to capture the spirit of summer for your guests. Give out flip flops purchased in bulk for everyone to wear at the party.

Awesome autumn weddings feature a breathtaking backdrop of rich fall colors. Guests will fall in love with eye-catching fall tea light and place card holders to welcome them to your reception. After the party, your guests can bring home this darling tea lights to display and remember your day.

Sparkling winter wonderland weddings combine the joy of the holiday season with falling in love. Bulk wedding favors are a budget-conscious way to get through this season of gift-giving. Guests will be delighted to receive "Snowfall" exquisite glass photo coasters complete with a photo of the bride and groom.

Springtime weddings are often held in a secret garden with fragrant flowers and butterflies. Capture the season of new life and love for your guests with floating butterfly tea lights in their own garden themed gift boxes.

Remember, buying bulk wedding favors is the perfect way to buy the prettiest gifts for less.

Wedding Flower Colours – What Works Best For Winter? – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Flory:

HI, I am having a winter wedding my colors are ivory and gold , my wedding dress is ivory but I don’t know what color of bouquet to use? maybe just ivory, cream, white roses and lilys? or should I add some color such as red or pink?  I need help my wedding is in less than 2 weeks!!!  Thanks!

Answer from the Bridal Expert:

Hi Flory, and congratulations on your wedding.  Your choices of ivory, cream, and white sound perfect.  A couple of options for more colour would be to use some nice greenery, or pale pink flowers.  The tonal colours work very well together. 

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert

What Colors Fit a Winter Wedding Theme? – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Meg:

Hello! I was planning on having a wedding with the colors being black and white with red accents. This wedding would take place in the winter (Hopefully Snow!!!) in the mountains. I was wondering if the colors fit the time/ place?

Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:

Hi Meg.  You have chosen beautifully for a winter wedding.  Black and white is classic, elegant, and  sophisticated.  The red accents will add great drama to make a wow statement in your decor. 

Have you seen the Flowers of Love in Romantic Red Collection? or the red wedding theme page?  There are many very sophisticated black, white and red, or black and white wedding favours that would give your guest tables an air of elegence.  And being a winter themed wedding, there are also many beautiful winter wedding favours to grace your tables.

Enjoy your wedding planning.  You have made a great choice in your colours.  Feel free to email again if you have any other questions.

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert

What Are The Right Wedding Colours For A March Wedding? – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Laura: 

Hi. I’m getting married in early March. I’m having a hard time picking out colors. I want to use red roses in my bouquet so I am thinking of navy blue and silver or white with some deep red. The reception is going to be a night reception and have a dessert theme. My question is are those colors too wintery for March? How can I keep it from looking too Fourth of Julyish?

Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:

Hi Laura, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.  Although brides can choose colours to fit the season, more often than not, modern brides just choose what they like.  Your wedding colour scheme sound very nice.  Don’t worry about red, white and blue being too fourth of Julyish.  The way to avoid that is to keep one colour predominant throughout each part of the wedding decorations.   

For example, flowers could be mostly red, with white and blue accents.  Table settings could have white tablecloths and blue table runners with red flowers, having blue the predominant colour there.  Silver instead of white would be really beautiful, and if you are really concerned about the red-white-blue theme, substitute silver instead of white.  In all likelihood, if you did go with silver instead of white, you would still have white tablecloths, possibly a white wedding gown, and other white accents.  This is OK because white will be neutral in this kind of colour scheme. 

I think red, white, and blue would have some people make the connection, but you have to choose how comfortable you are with this.  If you aren’t comfortable with that, go with silver instead of white.  Silver and blue go very well together.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to email me.

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert

 

What Wedding Theme Would Go With Turquoise and Pewter? – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Jennifer:

Hi, I’d like to know what theme would go well with our color motif -turquoise and pewter.  Our wedding is on the month of December. Please help.

Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:

Hi Jennifer and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.  Choosing a wedding theme is often a difficult choice—only because the possibilities are endless. 

Turquoise and pewter is your colour theme, and you really don’t need to add anything more to this theme—but you can if you choose.  You can use a consistent decoration (like a snowflake for winter) to make your evening more of a themed event.  Take a look at these theme favours to get ideas for your wedding theme

An obvious theme is to make it a winter wedding theme, with ideas at this link.  You can use a flower to create a theme.   You can use an idea (like fairytale) to create a theme.  You can use a colour to create a theme.  If you go to the homepage, and scroll down, you will find FIFTEEN wedding themes listed on the right side, and there are many more to choose from. 

Check out this cute pewter "Love’s Journey" Antique Getaway Car Placecard Holders.  If you aren’t doing a seating plan for your wedding, you can put any message into the placecard holder slot—a thank you to your guests, or some other message.  If you have a smaller reception, you may want to use this as an opportunity for a game, where people have to find a card that "matches" their card.  It will get people up and talking, and whoever finds their match first (or last) can win a prize. 

Anything can be a theme.  There is no need to stress over this. The colours of your wedding can be a theme in itself.  The only thing that makes a theme is that it is repeated throughout the decorations.   Your colours can do that.  Check out some of these theme collections, especially the winter wonder collection. 

I would personally stick to something simple—the colours you already have, with a few tasteful additions like the Winter Wonder Collection, or the pewter car shown above.  Simple is always more elegant than a jumble of many things. 

There are a lot of ideas here, but if you get stuck narrowing down your selection, feel free to email again.  Enjoy!

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert

 

Winter Wedding Decorations for a Glittering Day

winterdecor4.jpgThe glitter of the season is added to your special day with winter wedding decorations.  Use a variety of winter wedding decorations to celebrate the essence of your love and the season.

Choose a location that brings winter to life, such as an inn with a fireplace or a manor with a ballroom and magnificent view.  Your guests can relax by the fire or watch the snowfall from the indoor comfort of your luxurious wedding reception location. 

Bring the snow indoors by choosing snowy winter wedding decorations.  Include sparkling snowflakes in every aspect of your day from the ceremony to the reception.  Give out wedding bulletins featuring winter wonderland snowflakes.  Have accessories embellished with snowflakes.  A winter wonderland or glazed porcelain snowflake cake topper adds wintry wonder to your cake cutting ceremony along with a snowflake embellished cake serving set

Sprinkle snowy confetti on all your tables for a winter wonderland feeling.  Hang glittering snowflakes from the ceiling.  Wear a dazzling snowflake garter under your wedding gown for the garter throwing ceremony at the reception.  Display a snowflake guest book with a matching pen for your guests to sign at your wedding reception. 

Often white flowers are used at a winter wedding with touches of berry, ivy and pine branches.  Excellent choices include calla lilies, orchids and white roses.  Calla lilies are a traditional wedding theme for all seasons.

winterdecor9.jpgAdd bold dashes of color or metallic to your winter wedding decorations for a holiday atmosphere.  Red, green, gold and silver will work well with your white winter wedding flowers.  Wrap white light garlands with tulle for a winter wonderland feeling on walls, ceilings and hallways.  Decorate the tables with snowflake shaped candle holders and fragrant tea lights.  Set a decorated snowflake place card by each guest’s seat.

Consider using traditional holiday accents as winter wedding decorations.  Miniature Christmas trees and potted poinsettia plants are beautiful centerpieces on your wedding reception tables.  You can even decorate outdoor Christmas trees at your wedding reception location to direct guests to the right place.

winterdecor5.jpgBecause mints are cool and reminiscent of the holidays, they are often given out at winter weddings.  Cute containers featuring your names filled with mints are a sentimental way to remember a cool winter wedding.

Winter wedding decorations aren’t complete without themed favors for your guests.  Give out adorable snow globes, heart shaped hand warmers or a silver plated friendship as seasonal wedding keepsakes for all your guests. 

Finally, when you leave your wedding reception don an elegant angora head that reads “Bride” to show off your new status.  Winter wedding decorations celebrate your love and the season perfectly.

Where Should I Have My Winter Wedding Pictures Taken? – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Danielle:

I’m getting married in Feb/09.  I was wondering what ideas you can give me about getting winter wedding pictures done.  I think it will be to cold to get them done outside in the snow.

Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:

Hi Danielle, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.  I’m not sure what you are asking me, so I will answer your question in two parts. 

Yes, photographs can be taken in winter, outdoors without too many problems.  Your photographer will guide you in the best ways to get pictures taken without "frost breath" showing up on the pictures.  I have seen bridal parties shuck their winter coats, quickly get their pictures taken in the snow against a beautiful winter backdrop, and then rush back into their coats and into warm vehicles.  They all wore boots and the pictures taken did not go fully to the ground!  Not the most pleasant, but can be done.  I have also seen a bride in a white fur coat over her gown, and the groom in his suit jacket have their pictures taken on a snow covered bridge.  It was very lovely, but the groom was quite cold.  The last thing you want is to be come ill on your honeymoon because of outdoor wedding pictures.  Most couples tend to be run down a bit before a wedding due to stress over the many tasks, and that is when one is suseptible to illness.

If you are thinking of ideas for an indoor photo shoot, there are a number of options/alternatives.  You can have pictures taken at your church or at the reception hall.  I’ve seen wedding photos taken at the conservatory/botanical gardens, legislative buildings, or other public places.  If you want to use a public place, you need to get permissions to have your wedding pictures taken there.  Maybe there is an office building or mall that has lovely gardens or an atrium, and you can get permission to have your photos taken there. 

These are some ideas, and I hope that I answered your question.  Feel free to email me again if you have any other questions.

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert

Christmas Wedding – Table Decorations – Ask The Expert Answer

Question from Renotta:

I am planning a christmas wedding…what would your advice be on
decorating my tables??

Answer from Bridal Expert Angela Fiebelkorn

Hi Renotta,

A Christmas theme wedding gives you a lot of options in your decorating—just think of all the Christmas decorations and you will get the idea. 

If you are looking for something unique, I know of a traditional table decoration that would work well for a Christmas wedding.  A centrepiece made with holly and ivy, with a candle in the middle. 

Holly is a popular Christmas plant, and symbolizes goodwill, peace, health and happiness.  Ivy signifies true love, faithfulness, and undying affection – both in marriage and in friendship.  Christmas holly and ivy go together as good-luck plants.  According to tradition, holly brings good luck to the man of the house and ivy to the lady. 

Having the eldest person at each table light the candle in a gesture of wishing the couple a long life of happiness together brings a special significance to the table decoration

This type of table decoration would be easy to make yourself, or any local florist could put it together for you.  There are many types of holly and ivy available, but using the "red and green" would match the Christmas colours. An alternative would be holly with the white flowers.  Using white for the flowers would add a beautiful, classic purity to your wedding. 

There are, of course, many other options available to you for a winter wedding.  Check out the links for more ideas. 

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding.  Feel free to add your ideas and comments to this post.

Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Bridal Expert

A Magnificent Winter Wedding with Winter Wedding Decorations

A perfect place to have a winter wedding would be an inn with a fireplace, or a historic mansion, or a private club that will still have intimate warmth. You need carols for the music; the church can be decorated with ivy’s and berries. Popular all-white blooms include crisp white tulips, exotic orchids, hydrangeas full of dusty country romance, and dramatic foliage like seed eucalyptus in silver.

It can be finished off with a platinum-gray bouquet wrap with muscular jewel colours like burgundy or maroon, or even a simple nosegay of roses ranging from crimson to black magic, or a striking hand-tied bouquet of deep maroon callas. By using creative and beautiful decorations you can make the whole ceremony look good in the photographs which you will cherish for life.

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Winter Wedding Favours from Kate Aspen

Red and green are natural colors for winter wedding decorations. It is likely that your church or reception area will already be decorated in red and green for other events and holiday parties. Don’t feel limited to this palate, though. You could incorporate silver and white, silver and light blue, burgundy, forest green, and gold, and gold with cream.

Flowers can be more expensive at this time of year. So, instead of going for flowers you can be creative and incorporate items that are easily available during winter. For simple but elegant look, put pots of poinsettia with a ribbon trim in the center of each table. A mirrored platter with pillar candles and sprigs of holly is both elegant and romantic. You could buy ornaments in bulk on-line, and create centerpieces of bowls or vases of ornaments or fill the room with light by arranging pillar candles on a bed of pine branches. Stringing strands of small white lights decorately round doorways, over table and on archways. Bright red cranberries in a bowl surrounding floating candles make an easy and inexpensive centerpiece. You could decorate the reception with miniature and life-size Christmas trees or commission an ice sculpture to decorate the reception hall. 

Winter Wonder Collection

Winter Wedding Collection from Weddingstar

Snowflake ornaments and evergreen boughs will also create a winter atmosphere. Pine branches with lights intertwined in them fit a snowy theme, as do white and blue tulle. You can make or purchase white and silver snowflakes. Spread them on the tables or hang them from the ceiling. Small flakes of gold and silver can be sprinkled on white tablecloths and in other arrangements. Use silver serving pieces, glass or crystal drink wear and winter white dishes. Create a luxurious and romantic mood with wedding jewel table decoration scattered across tables. These bejeweled table decorations look beautiful when used as a table confetti, but they’re also striking when used on anchor silk flowers in cylinder vases.

The wedding coaster sets can have a silver background with snowflakes in order to bring out the theme. Silver, white and gold balloons can be set around the reception area. You can also decorate each table with miniature ice sculptures or make your own centerpiece by pushing craft beads into white, three-wick candle and surrounding with an evergreen wreath. Dress the tables in lace and use plenty of white candles in your decorations. If you want a fairy like winter wedding decoration, you can get a professional to drape the ceiling and walls with tulle or organza. It’s best to avoid the brighter, beachier colours (big punches of aqua blue just looks oddly tropical in a winter setting)

Treat your guests to an edible centerpiece by making gingerbread houses for each table. To make the centerpiece larger, put the house on a cupboard square and with frosting and candy make a snow-filled “yard”.

You could get stretchy gloves and fill them with candy and tie close with ribbons. Tiny snow globes, tiny ice skates, snowflake shaped candy or miniature soaps would also be a unique favor idea. Porcelain bells, glittery snowflakes, or delicate doves here your guest can decorate their tree. Another memorable winter wedding favors is a homemade miniature Christmas holiday favor tree, personalized with your own ornaments. Silver bells decorated with ribbon, white party crackers used as place names and filled with white chocolate, or miniature glass snowstorm globes depicting a winter scene and decorated with the name of the bride and groom are excellent ideas for a winter wedding decoration.

Chocolate covered sunflower seeds or scented aroma bead are excellent as favors. Decorating it with simple items such as baubles to whimsical wooden reindeers. Hang them on the tree. For edible favors, bake cookies in the shape of snowmen and decorate with icing. You could either hang them up on the tree or present them in an organza favor bags with a Christmas motif such as ivy. You could also opt for an in expensive homemade favors in pretty tin such as spiced hot chocolate mix or hot cocoa mix with marshmallows.

Winter Wonder Collection

Weddings can span all year round regardless of the seasons during the different time of years. If you’re planning on having your wedding during winter, it is highly desirable, if not an imperative to make it creative to use this beautiful season as a theme for your wedding. Ah, winter. Snowflakes, snowmen, snowballs, all white around, it is only fitting your wedding ceremony should be accommodated to be themed toward this beautiful season, a beautiful winter wedding theme indeed.

With touchable embossed velvet and pure white as the backdrop for the entire collection, it illuminates the winter season’s whiteness perfectly. Not to mention the snowflakes that feature exclusive glacier blue cut stone, and even mini snowballs are there to add further details to this beautiful collection. All representatives of how beautiful and wondrous the winter season can be.

The Winter Wonder Collection comprises of keepsake cake tops, round stickers which can be personalized, wedding bulletins, square ring pillows, place cards and many more. The truly magnificent and beautiful season is captured in the intricate details of this delightful collection, designed to entice and excite you in each and every bit of its winter charm.

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Wedding Theme Collections from Weddingstar

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Winter Wedding Favours … new designs are here!

The soft glow of candle light can add warmth to your winter wedding with frosted snowflake candle holders and snowflake candle place card holders with decorative pure white candles.

If your wedding is Christmas themed an image of snow laden tree branches or Santa Claus with his sack, sled and reindeer are perfect for your most special day.

We invite you to have a look at these designs from My Wedding Favors, you might just find the perfect winter wedding favours for your guests.

Winter Wedding Favors from My Wedding Favors



?Snow in Love? Tea Lights (Set of 4)

As a couple or apart this duo of snowman and woman perfectly captures the spirit of the holiday season, with wishes of a white Christmas and dreams of days of frolicking in the snow as kids! Makes you want to return to those carefree days once again.

The Snow Man Tea candle wears a metallic-banded, aqua top hat and a similar scarf, coupled together with ebony buttons to accent the white. The Snow Woman, with beautifully drawn eyelashes, is perfectly attired for a day on the town with beautiful blue hat with matching scarf. She is depicted clutching a bouquet of frosty flowers just above her black coat buttons.

Both these lovely candle figurines are the same height and length 3.5" X 1" and come with happy faces specially made to brighten up your tables during the coldest days. Each special candle is packaged in clear display box with organza ribbons and artificial snow and finished of with a special snowflake shape “For You” tag on each box. Both the snowman and snow woman design can be purchased in a set of four bought separately or in pairs.

Winter Wedding Favours

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Winter Wedding Favors from Kate Aspen

Winter Wedding Favors

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Do you have a Winter Wedding?

Winter is the final season of the year, despite the cold it is a magical time of year rich in beauty and mystical splendor. It is the one season that most invokes us with both joy and sadness.

The white backdrop of winter makes it a wonderful time to hold your wedding, the whole land set as a stage for the ceremony. The dancing snow falling softly over the white landscape while birds chirp in the trees or the shining icicles forming on street lights on a winter’s day are just a few scenic images that spring to mind.

If you are decided to have your wedding in winter, there are a few things we want to bring your attention to. First, Weddingstar, Canada’s wedding supplies manufacturer has a gorgeous winter wedding collection called Winter Wonder Collection. Secondly, we have a few articles on the winter wedding themes, and finally, there are these exquisite winter wedding favours from MyWeddingFavors and Escape Concepts.

Winter Wedding Favours

 

Tea-lightful Couple “Garden Floral” Tea Wedding Favours Are Great For Mountain Or Winter Weddings

The Canadian Rockies are absolutely breathtaking. I was watching television the other day and saw a wedding episode of a couple planning their wedding in Alberta at a ski resort.

After seeing how spectacular their wedding looked with the mountain as their backdrop, it made me want to have a destination wedding in Alberta.

If you are getting married in Alberta or anywhere else where there are beautiful mountain ranges, then you must get married outside, or at least have a venue with a grand view. 

Alberta WeddingOne thing is a must though if you decide to get married in a mountainous area, is to serve tea and coffee at your reception.

It really makes the whole reception cozier amidst the beautiful mountain portrait around you. You can also give your guests tea as a Wedding Favor.

You might want to use these Tea-lightful Couple "Garden Floral" Tea Wedding Favours and place it in mugs your guests can also take home.

I love how the tea bags are personalized with you and your fiancé’s names and wedding date on it, which makes it even more special. The flavour of the coffee is also appropriate for a mountain wedding because of its robust taste.

 Tea-lightful Couple "Garden Floral" Tea Wedding Favours

Another wedding favour idea for mountain weddings or winter theme weddings is to give your guests a nice scarf, mittens, or socks. Perhaps if you are a crafty person and are planning on having a small wedding, then you could knit them yourself. Or, you or your groom could give nice scarves to your bridesmaids and groomsmen.

If any of you ladies have any more wedding favour tips that are appropriate for mountain weddings or winter weddings, please, post a comment!

Snow White wedding theme with pure elegance in wedding white

Snow White Wedding Theme.jpgIn line with the purity aspect of weddings the white wedding theme has been created. This theme focuses most of its energy on producing a snow yet attractive reception. White may be a blank shade but it still has a profound contrast on the decorative part of the wedding especially when it is used in conjunction with an aqua blue or stunning silver hue.

Decorations that will always bring the table to life include a white satin table cloth with a lace overlay. White rose petals can be strewn over the table in order to further adorn it. The wedding coaster sets can have a silver background with snowflakes in order to bring out the theme. As an added bonus the place card holders can be a glamorous white or silver carriage with a glass frame that shows the name of the guest in a stylish, sophisticated ink and font.

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A number of ideas are available for the centerpiece. Ice statues are good enough to astound the guests. Ideal figurines include that of Cupid with his bow and arrow, two intertwined swans, and the heart shape. Alternatively the ice sculpture can be done in glass. This makes it easy to ornament it using silver metals like stainless steel and rhinestone. Flowers are also good centerpiece ideas.

Try white lilies, daisies and a single white rose in a crystal vase for a beautiful effect. A creative idea is to use some silver painted fruit or crystallized fruit as unusual but stunning centerpieces. A sterling silver floral designed stand of scented white candles will also bring about a lovely effect. Handcrafted white porcelain figurines can also be intriguing centerpieces. Silver and feather sprays are perfect tools that will shape up the centerpiece. The cutlery can be some antique design stainless steel or customized with a monogram of the bride and the groom’s initials or decorated white porcelain.

 Winter Wonder Collection

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The winter frost is becoming of the white wedding theme however; it does not have to be winter to have a frosty wedding. The venue can be transformed into a winter wonderland by a few cans of white, silver and blue paint. White streamers and doily design decorations can be put up. To complement the white theme, the lights can have silver or blue bulbs. Every single aspect of the wedding can be bleached in order to create the ice look. If there is a need for a snowflake machine then it can always be included in the designing part. A creative wedding favor idea is giving the guests a pouch of silver snowflake or angel bath beads set in a miniature white pail. The pail can be personalized by adding the names of the bride and groom and an inspirational verse.

The bride can imitate the ice queen in a white sequin embroidered bodice with matching skirt, a pair of glass slippers, a crystal embedded tiara with matching necklace and earring set and some silver makeup that includes body paint and silver lipstick. On the other hand, the pure elegance approach can be selected. A white draped gown in snow white satin or silk and a lacy detailed finish, a pair of silver mid-heels, a string of pearls and matching studs, and a pearl lined comb or cubic zirconia laced tiara.

Winter Wedding Favours

Both looks are ravishing and a mix and match can be done. The groom can wear a white tuxedo with a crisp white shirt and matching waistcoat and white leather shoes. The bridal party can wear silver organza dresses with some matching silver scarves and silver waist coasts and grey pinstripe suits. Swarovski crystal pendants and bracelets can be worn by the bridesmaids.

The white wedding or winter theme is a deviation from the other themes and it offers a unique and fresh perspective to the wedding scene. The elegance of white is unmatched and cannot be replicated. White brings a solemn yet extravagant feel to a wedding and it further emphasizes the reason why people should take the walk down the aisle in the first place.