The wedding reception is not merely a tradition but an experience. Part of the wedding experience includes gatherings of family and friends both prior and following the ceremony. To help construct an organized and fabulous experience at rehearsal dinners and receptions, consider the following features of table card holders as an enjoyable yet helpful way to keep your event running smoothly.

• Contents. Place card holders are one of the most handy wedding decorations available. They’re frequently used to direct friends and family to their appropriate places at a reception or some other wedding-specific gathering. They normally contain one or more of the following features in their design:
  • Guest names.  
    Place cards are usually necessary to direct guests to their seats without the need for ushers. Regardless of the size or nature of construction, guests’ names should be evidently displayed for both visibility and efficiency.
  • Table numbers.
    If specific seating assignments are not a concern, limit the contents of your place card holders to table numbers. Always make certain the design you choose will support rather than thwart whatever task you entrust to your card holders.
  • Photos.
     Customize each place card holder with unique photos of those in attendance. Pictures chosen for each holder could be of the following:
    • Guests.
      Create a fun way for guests to find their respective table with personalized holders displaying photos of your family and friends.
    • Bride and groom.
      Single out one of your favorite photos of the newlyweds and give your guests their first topic of conversation upon arrival.
  • Theme. While a theme is not by definition a necessity for a properly designed wedding ceremony and reception party. However, thematic décor can help bring distinctiveness to an otherwise predictable event. Use place card holders in one or all of the ways below to add charm to your post-wedding ceremony celebrations:
  • • Harmonize.
      Bring your theme together with place card holders of coordinating colors and styles. For example, for a wedding reception with a cowboy theme, try using studded boots as holders for the place cards.
    • Emphasize.
      Leave your guests with a lasting impact by using thematic place card holders that can double as cheap wedding favors. Be careful to select table favors that stand out rather than blend in, your guests will be talking about your canny wedding ornamentations for years to come.
    • Magnetize.
      Pull in your guests’ attention with thematic place card holders. Use coloring and design to gain the notice of your guests and lead each of them to their seating.
  • Function. When you select your wedding decorations, it is important to know their purpose. Take these recommendations for using place card holders as directional additions for your reception or other wedding occasions:
  • • Mood.
      Set the mood for your wedding reception party with specially chosen place card holders. You can take the moment captive with accents that add a special touch.
    • Budget.
      Cost doesn’t have to be an obstacle when you’re choosing appropriate wedding décor. Place card holders can be both simple and tasteful if carefully selected to accomplish their purpose as visual directions and decorative highlights.
    • Socialization.
      Plan moments for mingling by making the most of your place card holders. Strategically match friends and family through similar colours or characteristics. Give your family and friends the chance to tell stories about the the new couple from personal viewpoints.

  No two weddings are the same; consequently, your wedding decorations should also have a unique style. Take advantage of the handy features of place card holders to make your wedding events a outstanding experience for each of your friends and family while keeping the new couple as the center of the event.

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Wedding favors used to be simple gifts of chocolates or almonds presented in a small box or voile bag. However, these days they have become something much bigger requiring far more time and attention.

The range of items sold as wedding favors has become a mind boggling selection of candles and photograph frames, bottle stoppers and cookies. For many brides choosing their favors can become as big a decision as deciding to get married in the first place!

One of the biggest challenges brides face with their wedding planning is coordinating their wedding favors with the style and colors of their wedding. Whilst for some choosing the actual favor is not a problem, finding the right way to package and present it becomes a much bigger headache!

At the start of your wedding planning you will have chosen the style and/or theme of your wedding along with a choice of wedding colors. Each of these will be applied to the various elements of your wedding including your stationery, cake and of course your favors. It is usual to present your wedding favors at each place setting, with some brides doubling them up as place cards by adding their guest’s names to each one. If choose to present them this way too then it is important that they match your wedding as they will provide the finishing touch to your tables and help to unify your colors and scheme.

Colors needn’t be a tricky task either. Favor boxes, bags and packaging come in a wide range of colors these days and if by any chance your chosen color is not available then you can always add some ribbon to make them match. Tags, labels and stickers can all be customized to fit with your style, theme and colors as well and can make useful decorative accents to your favors.

Wedding themes require a little more creative thinking and some research. Often wedding themes will center around a period of history such as medieval times or the 1920’s, so you will need to coordinate the favor itself and the colors you use. Packaging can also be incorporated into the theme. For instance, a medieval wedding theme could have gold coins for favors (chocolate ones of course). Present them in a velvet pouch in colors such as dark red, forest green or midnight blue, which were all popular at the time.

There are perhaps occasions where the theme is too difficult to match a suitable wedding favor to, so here it is perhaps best to concentrate on making them blend in with the whole wedding scheme in terms of colors and decorative accents to the packaging.

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Where wedding favors are concerned the key is in the presentation. Sure the favor itself is important, but they way you present it, its overall look & how you give them out, are what coordinates them with your wedding.

A favor comprising a few chocolate candies would look rather ordinary presented on it’s own without any packaging. But place them in some stylish packaging with ribbons, tags & labels & your wedding favors suddenly take on a whole new look.

Packaging just like the favors themselves, is available in a range of styles which will compliment any wedding style &/or theme. Imagine a stylish Asian wedding theme with favors presented in miniature Chinese take out boxes or a garden wedding with flower shaped candies filling a mini terracotta plant pot. You can see your choice of packaging should compliment your wedding as much as your wedding favors do.

Personalizing your wedding favors doesn’t have to mean meters of printed ribbon or custom printed tags, although they are a popular option. It simply means adding your own creative touches to items with ribbon, labels, stickers & tags, as well as additional embellishments such as buttons, flowers & butterflies.

It is also the case that your choice of wedding favor will determine the packaging too. Here are a few of your options:

§ Try miniature card Chinese take out boxes or mini hat boxes. These look amazing finished with ribbon & a personalized label.

§ Mini linen or silk bags printed with your wedding monogram or simply your names & wedding planning date.

§ For a beach wedding use clam shell purses, available in many seaside gift stores & fill with chocolates or candies.

§ Glass jars filled with candy, chocolates or nuts make a great wedding favor.

§ How about a ‘message in a bottle’ with a hand written poem, rolled up like a scroll & placed inside tall glass bottles with cork stoppers.

§ Miniature baskets, tin pails or plant pots are really cute for a spring or summer wedding.

§ Small julep cups are elegant & ideal for formal weddings. Fill them with mints, chocolates or colored candy coated chocolates. You could finish them by wrapping tulle around & tying with ribbon at the top.

§ Small aluminum tins make stylish & modern containers for many types of wedding favor, including edibles, seeds & tea & coffee.

How to present them is your next task. Many brides simply place them on each place setting, perhaps doubling them up as name cards. Others will place them on a table at the entrance so guest’s can help themselves.

Other creative ideas include piling them up on a decorative plate & using them as table centers or asking the flower girls & page boys to hand them out after the wedding breakfast.

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The cost of wedding favors can soon mount up unless you learn to be become budget conscious & a savvy shopper!

Here are ten ways in which you can save money on your Wedding favors.

1. Hit the Sales: Sales happen many times throughout the year & provide the perfect opportunity to bag your wedding favors at a greatly reduced price. Check out high street stores as well as online wedding favor stores. Bookmark the latter & check back regularly or sign up for email updates so you know when the sales are on.
2. Wholesalers: Buying from a wholesaler can be a particularly good way to save on favors especially if you are having a big wedding. Be careful though, as it may only prove cost effective for 200 plus guests, you don’t want to end up with hundreds of wedding favors that you have no use for.
3. Promotions: You will probably find any number of promotions from online favor stores throughout the year. The only difficulty can be in catching the right one at the right time! Find a selection of favor stores you like & sign up for email updates so you know when promotions happen. You may benefit from a great deal just by waiting, however, this can be a risky tactic as you may not get your favors in time for the wedding.
4. Make your own: You can make any number of wedding favors yourself, such as CD’s, cookies, cupcakes, seed packets & even soaps. Whilst you may have to pay out for the equipment you will need to create them, on a cost per item basis you will save over the cost of ready made versions from the stores.
5. Buy from Ebay: There is no doubt that Ebay can offer just about everything the heart desires & wedding favors are no exception! You will likely find the same ranges as in the private favor stores but you may well find them cheaper. Also check out the wholesale section for bulk purchases. Word of caution though, check out the seller first & their rating, check the cost of shipping & always pay through paypal to take advantage of their buyer protection scheme.
6. Buy more than you need: In tip 2 I advised against buying from a wholesaler unless you had more than 200 guests. However, buying more than you need could work in your favor. Consider buying enough favors for 200 guests even though you only have 100 guests & then selling the rest on through sites like Ebay. You will save on the overall cost of the favors by buying wholesale & get your money back by selling on the excess!
7. Duel role favors: Don’t buy wedding favors & separate place card holders. Instead turn your wedding favors into your place cards by adding the guests names with a tag or label. Alternatively save money on your table centers by using your favors; pile them up in a decorative dish or on a plate & place on your tables so your guests can help themselves.
8. Don’t buy for everyone: It is a fact that not everyone will take their favors home with them, either because they forget them or simply don’t want them. Avoid this happening by only buying a certain number of favors, say two thirds of the number you actually need. You can place them on a table at the entrance to the reception room at the end of the evening & let guests pick them up on their way out.
9. Double up: This entails buying one favor per couple & of course one for each single guest. Simple favors such as photo frames work well for this.
10. Check out best price guarantees: As you browse the online favor stores you will probably notice many of them guaranteeing to have the cheapest prices available. This is a big statement so check it out by doing your own bit of price comparison work. If you find that favors are actually cheaper from someone else then look at the shipping costs & add them to the overall cost. You can then go to the more expensive vendor & negotiate a discount on the price for purchasing through them rather than the other vendor. This may seem cheeky but it can achieve surprising results as part of your Wedding planning!

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Wedding favors are all about giving a small gift of thanks to your guests, which doesn’t sound that hard does it? But for many brides, choosing wedding favors can be more stressful than deciding on which wedding shoes to buy or what color the flowers should be!

Another problem is cost. When you began your wedding planning you should have set aside a portion of the wedding budget for your wedding favors. Difficulties arise when by the time it gets to buy the favors you realize that the initial budget is hopelessly unrealistic & you somehow have to find favors that come in on budget or find the additional funds to give you more choice.

Sometimes it is not about what you are buying but how, where & when. Here are a few tips on buying your wedding favors:

How: Depending on the size of your wedding you should be looking for bulk purchase deals. These will often be more competitive from wholesalers but only if you are inviting 200 or more guests, otherwise you could be left with a mountain of wedding favors that you have no use for (unless there edible of course!)

If you buy online use a credit card or online service like paypal to make your payment. That way you will have some assurance of getting your money back should something go wrong. Paying by check can take time so make sure you factor that in if ordering close to your wedding date. Most retailers will not release the goods until the money has cleared which can be 5 – 10 working days.

Get some inspiration from magazines, friends & family & online to help you decide the style & type of wedding favor you want to buy. Remember your wedding favors should reflect the style &/or theme of your wedding, as well as reflecting a little of your own personality & taste.

Where: Go to a favor shop, right? No, not always. Wedding favor stores, which primarily will reside online by the way, can be more expensive than buying items to use as favors from other sources. Remember you will be paying for the fact that these items have been put together specifically for the wedding favor market. A votive candle from a favor store could cost you a third more than buying the same candle from a supermarket.

However, competition is fierce amongst favor stores & most will offer you guaranteed cheapest prices, free shipping over a certain amount & discount vouchers. So don’t rule them out entirely, spend a bit of time visiting several stores online & see which offers the best deals.

Other places to buy include supermarkets, gift stores, dollar stores & wholesalers. You can also try sites like Ebay.

When: Consider this: if you are having a Christmas wedding, when would be the best time to buy your wedding favors? No not Christmas time, but after, during the New Year sales. This of course means you need to plan your wedding favors early on in your wedding planning, so you can take advantage of the sales when they happen.

Of course this just doesn’t apply to Christmas weddings. Sales happen throughout the year, with the big ones being in the New Year & during the summer, when the end of season sales happen. Sales are the perfect opportunity to bag yourself some luxury wedding favors at a bargain price.

It is also worth planning your wedding favors early on so you can keep an eye on online wedding favor sites to take advantage of sales & clearance offers. Remember though that edible favors may not keep for many months, so check how early you can order them.

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Personalized wedding favor tags are without a doubt one of the best ways of adding a personal touch to wedding favors. In fact, if you want your wedding favors to be special and unique, adding personalized wedding favor tags is your best option because not only will your wedding favor be appreciated by the recipient, but they will also stand out from the ordinary run of the mill wedding favors.

Fond Memories

Personalized wedding favor tags will certainly help ensure that when wedding guests take home their wedding favors they will immediately have fond memories of the special occasion. What’s more, the fact that your wedding favors were truly unique and nice will only make the guests feel even more appreciative of the wedding favor.

There are many different choices available when it comes to picking the right personalized wedding favor tags. For example, you can choose tags that are heart shaped or those that are round and even those that are diamond shaped. Once you have selected the shape of your intended personalized wedding favor tags you then need to think about a suitable design.

Among the different design options to choose from you should look at cupids, cosmopolitan, Grecian, classical, Victorian, contemporary and baroque as well as gardens. Once you have decided on a particular design for your personalized wedding favor tags you will then need to select an appropriate color.

Among the different colors worth checking out don’t miss out on reds, blues, pale yellows, periwinkles, burgundy, light blues, ballet pinks, lavenders, pinks, hot pinks, sage, pearl grays, mint, and deep lilacs as too corals.

Now, after having chosen the shapes, designs and colors of your personalized wedding favor tags you will then need add dates as well as your name and that of your partner in life. Once you have attended to these details you can be sure that your personalized wedding favor tags will look more special and will prove to be an ideal way of commemorating that very special day in your life.

It is also possible to use personalized wedding favor tags that are available for free or those that are sold at hugely discounted rates.

Personalized ribbons for wedding favors are an excellent means of decorating your wedding favors; especially those that are made from satin. With so many options you need to stop procrastinating and do something about using special personalized wedding favor tags to make your wedding favors stand out, be appreciated and be reminders of a very special day in your life.

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When it comes to the planning of a wedding, one of the projects involved is the preparation of a wedding favor. This is a tradition, which has been around for numerous years and is simply a way of showing your guests appreciation on your special day. The selection and preparation process of a wedding favor can be a difficult task.

Most guests prefer something unique and personalized as it shows your sincerity and leaves them with a lasting impression. Nowadays what is trendy is the use of wedding reception themes in the favors. Examples of such include personalized coffee wedding favors, summer beach favor, chocolate favors and flower favors.

One important factor to be taken into consideration during the preparation is the budget to be spent over the total number of guests. Obviously the higher the budget the more lavish the favors can be, on the contrary if budget is low then it is recommended to give something special and memorable but cheap. A popular option here is to give personalized wedding favor pens.

The Advantages of Choosing A Personalized Wedding Favor Pen

There are a number of advantages in choosing personalized wedding favor pens. One of which includes budget since the price of pens are relatively cheap, the only thing you would really be paying for is personalization.

Wedding favor pens can be personalized in expensive and inexpensive ways. Personalization is simply by adding the names of the couple on the wedding favor (often by engraving), however unique decorations significant to the couple too can be represented on the pen. Once again, if the engraving all the pens are too expensive, you can still personalize your favor in the cheaper way of attaching a tag on which the couple’s name will appear. These tags can too be decorated.

Personalization is important in that it is a form of presentation that makes the pen unique and allows the guests to feel that they have something to take away from your special and personal event. It is also a way of showing off what is special to the couple by providing a touch of personality to the favor. Generally, the personalization and decorations are consistent with that of the wedding theme.

Pens are unisex and have no gender inclination so it is suitable for all guests. Finally, personalized wedding favor pens are practical so it is more likely the guests will keep and use the pen for some time.

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Brides and grooms throughout the US will almost always agree that personalized wedding favors are the best way of showing the bride and groom’s appreciation to the guests that have attended their wedding ceremony. By tradition, wedding favors have always been a part and parcel of every wedding ceremony since the 16th century. Today, thanks to advances in technology it has become much more convenient as well as affordable to create very special personalized wedding favors.

A Commemoration Of The Wedding Day

Personalized wedding favors are ideally suited to commemorate a newlywed couple’s wedding day and they can also be used to suit the person that is being gifted with the wedding favor. In fact, many stores supplying wedding items now have a wide variety of items that can be customized and at a more affordable cost as well. Stainless steel is a good material that lends it well for making special personalized wedding favors and examples of how these materials can be used for making super favors are mint julep cups.

Even the run of mill food items can be used to create truly unique personalized wedding favors. Some of the better known chocolates can be given special labels to make a more interesting personalized wedding favor. Wines too lend them well for customized labels and of course everybody would love to get candy with unique labels on them.

The bottom line is that personalized wedding favors are a most unique method of saying a big thank you to the guests that have attended your wedding. Weddings are special (in fact, the most special) occasion in one’s life and a properly made personalized wedding favor can add more light to the big day.

It is possible to choose to say thank you to your guests in many unique ways – some of these methods can be traditional while others could be unconventional and very modern. The very least that you can do in regard to making a personalized wedding favor is to ensure that it helps in sharing of joy as well as hope and it should also add a sparkle when days become dark and foreboding.

Also, personalized wedding favor tags help in adding a uniquely special touch to each of your favors and in addition they will make your personalized wedding favor stand out from the rest. The right wedding favor will help to create a unique as well as personalized wedding occasion and each and every one of the wedding guests will appreciate your token of gratitude. In fact, such favors will become a reminder in later times of that one special day when two people joined hands to share their lives together till death.

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Money is tight for everyone and you should try to save money every chance you can. This goes especially for those who happen to be planning a wedding in these hard economic times. You don’t have to go all out when you’re planning a wedding. You can easily spend ten thousand dollars or more on a wedding if you’re not careful. That’s ridiculous. You can save lots of money and have lots left over for the honeymoon if you just know how to budget your money and skimp when you can. One of the ways you can save money and skimp when planning a wedding is to go for cheap wedding favor candles instead of getting the more expensive kind. Cheap wedding favor candles, and cheap wedding favors in general, such as cheap wedding favor candy, are great ways to save money. You should either make the cheap wedding favor candles yourself or you should get them at the dollar store.

Making Candles

Making candles is easy. All you need is some wax and a good candle making kit. You can get these at hobby stores pretty much anywhere. These are great for making yourself because you can engrave people’s initials in them or put whatever you want on them. Also, when you make the cheap wedding favor candles yourself, it adds a little something special to the occasion, especially if you make other things for the wedding as well.

The Dollar Store

The dollar store is great for these tough economic times. Many dollar stores sell all kinds of items. You can find cheap wedding favor candles, and also other wedding items, if you just know where to look. There are several varieties of the dollar store but the general idea is the same: finding items of all types while also saving money. These types of stores are perfect for getting cheap wedding favor candles. You can also engrave these and make these personal and nobody will have to know that you actually bought them.

Remember, this is your wedding and you can do whatever you want. But you should try to save money whenever you can and one of the best ways to save money is to go with cheap wedding favor candles. Then, you’ll have more money to get gourmet food, a better wedding cake or you can even spring for a cruise to use on your honeymoon.

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An endearing aspect to gifting a personalized wedding candle favor is that it will help to provide a spark of love in the hearts of the recipient as well as in the hearts of the bridal couple. There are many appealing attributes to a personalized wedding candle favor including the customizable scents as well as designs that can be personalized as well as customized to suit different tastes and occasions.

Scents Help To Set The Wedding Gift Apart

A well scented and properly customized personalized wedding candle favor can be unique and a cut above the rest. In fact, the best part about gifting a personalized wedding candle favor is that it can be created to be as unique and as special as is your love for the recipient.

Care should be taken when choosing the candle, especially when it concerns the material from which the candle is made. The better personalized wedding candle favors will be those that include candles made from soy wax that is contained in metal tins that should preferably be of round shape.

You can make your personalized wedding candle favor even more unique by personalizing the lid with a special label that incorporates very unique wedding favor designs. It would also be a good idea to select the candle’s scent very carefully and then matching the scent with the color of the candle will help to make an excellent personalized wedding candle favor that will be appreciated by the wedding guests.

Another aspect to gifting a personalized wedding candle favor is that the candle generally comes with a bag (organza) that can be of any color that you prefer. You will also need to select the candle according to a size that fits well with the personalized wedding candle favor. There are four ounce, two ounce as well as one ounce candle tins to choose from.

Typically, a four ounce candle tin would cost about five dollars; a two ounce candle tin would cost about three dollars fifty cents while the one ounce candle tin will only be priced at two dollars.

Personalized wedding favor pens are a truly cute and unique idea. The simple fact is that everyone uses pens and so a wedding favor that includes a pen will be of use to everyone and when the pen is also personalized it will be appreciated all the more. Each pen can be personalized with the addition of a few lines of text and in addition there are many different designs to choose from to help make the pen even more appealing.

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