<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:27:00.549-05:00</updated><category term='Spring Wedding Party Themes'/><category term='Martha Stewart Wedding Favors'/><category term='Spring Wedding Gift Baskets'/><category term='Buy Wedding Favors'/><category term='Spring Wedding Favors'/><category term='Wedding Favor Book'/><category term='Bridal shower Gifts'/><category term='Bridal Shower Favors'/><category term='Wedding Photographers'/><title type='text'>Spring Wedding, Bridal, or Party Favors</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-708141297761442166</id><published>2010-02-22T18:17:00.017-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T03:50:08.977-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Wedding Gift Baskets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bridal shower Gifts'/><title type='text'>Spring Wedding Gift Baskets Ideas</title><content type='html'>Here are some gift basket suggestions that are especially suitable for either the bride of the groom that you can make to give as wedding or bridal shower gifts. You can be smart and frugal like Martha Stewart and make your own wedding gifts. When you substitute items, as shown below, you can save money too and help make frugal wedding gifts on a budget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=limaugeboutiq-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=0609604260&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=990000&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Honeymoon Picnic Basket Spring Wedding Gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Material needed to make the basket:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 deep wicker basket or an actual picnic basket with a hinged lid&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1 yard of red and white checked napkin fabric&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;red plastic cutlery and plates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Clear plastic champagne glasses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Checkered paper napkins&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;woven wicker paper plate holders&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;raffia or red gingham ribbon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;strawflower or a silk flower&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;romantic music CD&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;a bottle of wine or sparkling cider or even sparkling water&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;plastic bag filled with homemade caramel corn&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;plastic bag of homemade cookies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;gourmet picnic items such as bagel chips, biscuits, beef stickers, summer sausage, sweet or Dijon mustard, pickled asparagus, cheese (preferably the kinds that don't have to be refrigerated), fudge, and candies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;The first three items are the basics and you can customize what you include to taste.Look for bargains to fill your wedding gift basket at garage sales or even spray paint old baskets to bring them back to life and make them new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you have gathered all of the items you need to make up your basket, place the items in the basket in such a way that they seem to be bulging over the top. Decorate the handle of the basket with a raffia box and strawflower or red gingham ribbon and silk flower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=limaugeboutiq-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=B0017K3Z2M&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=990000&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Honeymoon Beach Basket Spring Wedding Gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Materials needed for your basket include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the same materials listed for the Honeymoon Picnic Basket above and add these items.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Suntan lotion&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Small shovel and pail&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;two beach pillows&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;two beach towels&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Frisbee&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sunglasses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;This basket can become a little pricey unless you go together with several other people or find good buys on some of the times such as the sunglasses and beach towels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The beach pillow is a project you can make on your own, just like Martha Stewart. Buy a yard of plastic fabric. Fold it in half and sew the sides together. Turn and then sew or glue Velcro across the top. Put a sheet of instructions inside of the pillow, explaining to the bride and groom that they are to put sand in the pillow when they go to the beach. This way they can just fill it when they are at the beach and be emptied and folded back into the basket when they leave the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can make inexpensive beach towels too by purchasing two 3-yards lengths of terry cloth that you finished on each end with Bias tape or by turning under and stitching the edges with our sewing machine or by hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=limaugeboutiq-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=1400048001&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=990000&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Live or Silk Plant in a Basket Spring Wedding Gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a simple wedding gift idea that makes for a very attractive party gift that everyone will "oooh" and "aaah" over. Take any live or silk plant you find on sale and nestle it down into a basket filled with tissue paper. Add a large raffia or crinkle ribbon and you will have a gift that definitely looks more expensive than the few dollars you have invested on it. If the plant is one especially selected for the yard or window box of the wedding couple's new home or apartment, you might want to add a garden trowel or a pair of colorful garden gloves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gardening Supplies Spring Wedding Gift Basket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the engaged couple loves to garden and you know this for a fact, what could be more appropriate than a basket filled with gardening supplies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walk into any discount nursery and let your imagination run wild. In addition to the rowel and garden gloves mentioned above, how about seeds, fertilizer spikes, snail bait, rose spray, potting soils, or small garden tools, such as pruning shears? You might want to add a book on gardening in with your spring wedding gift basket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spring Love Wedding Gift Basket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Line a basket with a homemade bear rug and then fill the basket with massage lotions, bubble bath, scented candles, chocolates, and a CD with the couple's favorite romantic music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can make the bear rug out of ordinary velour or synthetic fake fur fabric. Cut a bear rug design out of the fabric and then hem the edges by hand or on your sewing machine. You probably want to make the rug large enough to roll out in front of the fireplace for the couple to lay on. Then you want to roll the rug up to insert into the basket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=limaugeboutiq-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=B000K0YFUG&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=990000&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Gourmet Coffee Spring Wedding Gift Basket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a perfect idea for the couple who is really into gourmet coffees. Shop for a variety of coffee beans on sale at Starbucks, Green Mountain Coffee shops, Dunkin Donuts, or you could even use Maxwell House or Folgers coffee. The cheaper brand come in so many flavors these days that they are almost gourmet themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase the coffee beans in bulk if possible and then bag them up in small plastic bags and tie computer-generated or hand written tags to them with the names of the coffees written on the tags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Line the basket with a colorful napkin or placemat. If you feel like splurging a little or know of another guest who may want to go in on this gift with you, add an electric coffee bean grinder and a couple of coffee mugs. A coffee grinder usually costs about twenty dollars in a retail store but sometimes you can buy them online at&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Amazon.com&lt;/span&gt; much cheaper and get free shipping too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=limaugeboutiq-20&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;p=8&amp;amp;l=bpl&amp;amp;asins=0767902475&amp;amp;fc1=000000&amp;amp;IS2=1&amp;amp;lt1=_blank&amp;amp;m=amazon&amp;amp;lc1=990000&amp;amp;bc1=000000&amp;amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;amp;f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;Soup and Comfort Spring Wedding Gift Basket&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill a napkin-lined basket with several packages of soup mixes, such as Mrs. Grass' Onion or Homestyle Vegetable or Campbell's Oriental Ramen Noodle Soup Mix and then add a couple of crockery soup mugs. You can get these at Bed, Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, or also online at Amazon.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A clever trick is to purchase plastic packages of uncooked beans or split-peas right off your grocery store shelf, open them and re-package them into your own clear plastic bags. Label each bag and tie with raffia bows. Top them off with your own homemade soup recipe card. If you don't have a recipe you may find one on the package of beans and then you just have to recopy the recipe. Tie the recipe card to the neck of the bag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the most colorful and interesting ideas for this comfort wedding gift basket is to buy the fifteen bean soup mix from the store and repackage it. It will look like you spent a lot of money but actually you were just being Martha Stewart again and being clever and frugal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-708141297761442166?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/708141297761442166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/708141297761442166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2010/02/spring-wedding-gift-baskets-ideas.html' title='Spring Wedding Gift Baskets Ideas'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-394280623200361723</id><published>2010-02-21T01:30:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T14:09:46.934-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Wedding Party Themes'/><title type='text'>Spring Wedding Party Themes</title><content type='html'>Here are a few formal and informal Spring engagement, themed party ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sit Down Dinner Spring Wedding Party&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depending on the setting you pick, you can make this type of party as fancy and formal as you like. If you have several tables, you will need to decorate each one. Start with white linen or lace tablecloths and fancy folded napkins. Then add a floral or candle centerpiece for each table. Next you will add the crystal, silver and china place settings, borrow these if you have to just for this special Spring engagement party occasion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spring Garden Engagement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Spring Wedding Party&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you take the party outside you will have the advantage of a natural setting that can be very romantic. Set up individual tables, each with its own tablecloth and napkins as well as centerpieces and place cards but instead of fine china and crystal use your less expensive dishes or glassware or even paper plates. When you use paper plates like this you should get the more expensive ones and not the cheapest you can find. Chinette brand works well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use ordinary clay flower pots as centerpieces and fill each with a different plant such as azaleas, petunias or geraniums. You could even let guests take these home. Buy the flowering plants all in the same colors - all whites or pinks, for example - to coordinate with your wedding color scheme, and then wrap a color-coordinated ribbon around the top of each pot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As economical substitute for ribbon is gingham fabric cut into strips with pinking shears. You don't have to us gingham, which is basically fabric with checks. You could use an other cotton fabric that matches your Spring wedding color scheme. Watch for sales at your local fabric store to save money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the party is in the evening you may want to add votive candles at each table and string patio lights around. Plan or helium-filled balloons, along with crepe paper streamers will add a festive look to the garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wine and Cheese Tasting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Spring Wedding Party&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a good choice for an engagement party because it is easy to plan and host. If several family members are hosting the party have them bring various wines, cheese and crackers. Set up a table with tablecloths, napkins and a centerpiece. Add fine china and crystal wine glasses or paper plates and plastic wine glasses. Either is acceptable. Balloons will spread a little color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Country Western Backyard Barbecue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Spring Wedding Party&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an informal and fun party idea where you can carry the country theme throughout. Ask guests to wear western outfits and decorate with lariats, cowboy hats, saddles, branding irons, red bandannas, potted cactus plants and use bales of hay as couches. If our guests are into country western line dancing rent a wooden dance floor and hire a western band or play taped country music for added fun. A red checkered tablecloth is perfect along with rustic signs. You really don't need balloons for this country party theme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nostalgia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Spring Wedding Party&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is on of the best ideas yet. This is a theme that allows you to secretly use some of the couple's baby pictures, childhood awards, Little League and Girl scout uniforms, cheerleading pompoms, or old high school yearbooks. Dress up two teddy bears as the bride and groom. Make a veil for the teddy bear bride and top hat for the groom. The veil is easily created by gathering a piece of white lace or tulle netting and attaching to the top of the bride's head with a white silk flower. The top hat can be made out of black construction paper. If you really want to go all out, you can fashion a wedding gown and tux but the veil and top hat are fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hawaiian Pool&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Spring Wedding Party&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Theme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, this is more for a Summer wedding but it all depends on where you live. If you live in California or Florida it would still work for you. Ask guests to dress Hawaiian. Make flowers leis for the engaged couple using silk flowers or fresh flowers from your garden or you ca buy the leis from a party supply store. Add Tiki torches, flowers floating in the pool, Hawaiian music in the background and a buffet table full of foods like roast pork, fresh pineapple, bowls of fresh coconut, grilled fish, melons, strawberries, salads, loaves of Sweet Hawaiian bread, sweet potatoes, and poi if you can get it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-394280623200361723?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/394280623200361723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/394280623200361723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2010/02/spring-wedding-party-themes.html' title='Spring Wedding Party Themes'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-6626383193816210902</id><published>2009-09-06T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T19:11:04.521-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bridal Shower Favors'/><title type='text'>Bridal Showers Favors</title><content type='html'>A bridal shower is a party where the focus is primarily on the bridge. The bridal shower is to help the bridge and groom get started with new treasures to fill their home. The guests are mainly family and friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today's bridal showers are hosted by mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and friends to honor the bride. Although long-term etiquette say that it is improper for close family members to host a shower, in reality it happens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Showers should be schedule no closer than one week priority to the wedding. Four to six weeks before the wedding is the most common time frame for most bridal showers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bride usually provides the host or hostess with a guest list. Except for immediate family and the bridal party, the same people should not be invited to more than one bridal shower. Always invite shower guest to the wedding ceremony and wedding reception.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are bridal shower favors really necessary? No, but they are such niche reminders of a very special party and the good time your guests will remember they had at the bridal shower. They are a thoughtful gesture that makes guests feel welcome. Doesn't everyone like a little &lt;a href="http://www.sweetiesswag.com/"&gt;free swag&lt;/a&gt; to take home with them after a good party?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridal shower favors can also serve as decorations as well as a token thank-you gift for the guest who make time to celebrate and contribute to the future home of the bridge and groom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridal shower favors can be useful or frivolous. They do not have to be fancy or expensive - just a little something for guests to take home with them. Just like the &lt;a href="http://www.premierwedding.co.nz/wedding-decorations-centerpieces/" title="Premier Weddings | Wedding Decorations | DIY Decorations | Centerpieces" target="_blank"&gt;wedding decorations&lt;/a&gt;, the wedding favors should also reflect the theme of the bridal shower party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Photo Bridal Shower Favors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using a digital camera, take photos of the guests as they arrive to the party. Set up a photo station with a nice backdrop or just take candid shots throughout the bridal shower party. It is a good idea to ask 1 or 2 people to be in charge of taking photos of guests. Make sure there is a photo printer available with photo paper for printing the bridal shower photos. Leave the printed photos on a special table so guests can take them home as their bridal shower favor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tiny picture frames with a picture of the bride and grown also make nice bridal shower favors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sweet Bridal Shower Favors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Candy valentine hearts or liqueur-filled chocolates make an edible remembrance of your bridal shower. Tie a gold bow around a long-stemmed chocolate rose and add a car with the name of the guest and you have a bridal shower favor and a place card too. Fill heart-shaped shells or plastic swans with sugared Jordan almonds or chocolate truffles and then wrap them in colored cellophane. Instead of sugared almonds why not try old-time penny candy, rock candy, saltwater taffy, or licorice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sachet Bridal Shower Favors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Potpourri sachets can be purchased or made in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and fabrics, You can make your own by cutting squares of netting, lace, or fabric or by using a vintage handkerchief and placing a few tablespoons of scented potpourri, dried rose petals, or lavender buds in the center. Gather up the edges and secure it with a matching ribbon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-6626383193816210902?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/6626383193816210902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/6626383193816210902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2009/02/bridal-showers-favors.html' title='Bridal Showers Favors'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-9032103469366993041</id><published>2009-03-13T00:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T00:57:04.752-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding Photographers'/><title type='text'>Hiring a Professional Wedding Photographer</title><content type='html'>While there is a lot of joy felt on this special day, all envolved tend to get pretty nervous as well. The bride and groom are nervous. The parents of both the bride and the groom are almost always nervous. Even professional wedding planners get nervous. This is an important moment and everyone wants things to go smoothly. Wedding tend to make certain people nervous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One way to alleviate the stress is to create small ways to laugh and have fun. The photo session provides a prime opportunity for this. The &lt;a title="The Right Wedding Photographer" target="_blank" href="http://www.free-wedding-articles.net/blog/wedding-photography/choosing-the-right-wedding-photographer-2/"&gt;right wedding photographer&lt;/a&gt; understands the state of the bride and groom and knows what to say and do to diminish the nervousness and create a moment of laughter and fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The tips below will help you get the fun wedding photos you desire by helping you choose a professional wedding photographer at an affordable rate. There are three things you want to consider when choosing a wedding photographer. These are professionalism, experience and price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The professionalism of the photograher can be evaluated by paying attention to the state of the studio and camera equipment. Additional things you want to consider are how you feel about your conversation with the photographer both on the phone and during a face-to-face interview. Looking at photos taken by the photograher at other weddings will also give you an idea of the level of professionalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experience level can be determined by courses completed, number and style of wedding worked and feedback from prior clients. You should verify that the photograher has experience with the type of wedding you plan to have. For example, you would want a photographer who has experience with large weddings if you plan on having one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lastly, you will have to consider the cost involved. Hiring a &lt;a title="Hiring a Professional Wedding Photographer" target="_blank" href="http://www.free-wedding-articles.net/blog/wedding-photography/affordable-professional-wedding-photography/"&gt;professional wedding photographer&lt;/a&gt; can be quite expensive. You will have to seek a balance between price and experience level. One method of reducing the expense of wedding photos is to find an affordable wedding photographer from among your personal network. Turn to friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members for help to find someone in this pool of contacts that has experience as a wedding photographer whether full-time or as a hobby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another method of making your wedding photos more affordable is to barter. Though used infrequently, it is an effective way to get something you want by offering something you have. Do you have a product or service that you can offer the photographer in exchange for your photos? Maybe the photographer does not have a website yet and you have experience as a webmaster. Or maybe you are an expert at marketing and can help get the word out about his or her business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You could also make a deal with the photographer. Strick up a deal where you bring in new clients and the photographer takes a certain percentage off your package cost. There are many other ways of getting the price down that have not been mentioned. Write these on a blank sheet of paper and use them to spark you imagination. Try to come up with several more ideas of your own.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No doubt you want a professional photographer at an affordable price. But you also want one who makes the photo session a fun experience. How can you know this? An interview will help you better understand the photographer's personality. You can also learn a lot about the way a photographer works by observing him or her at work. Observing the photographer in action will let you see first-hand what kind of &lt;a title="Fun Wedding Photos" target="_blank" href="http://www.free-wedding-articles.net/blog/wedding-photography/fun-wedding-photo-ideas/"&gt;fun wedding photos&lt;/a&gt; can be taken.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-9032103469366993041?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/9032103469366993041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/9032103469366993041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2009/03/hiring-professional-wedding.html' title='Hiring a Professional Wedding Photographer'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-6762721037213041394</id><published>2009-02-23T18:05:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T00:52:29.098-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Martha Stewart Wedding Favors'/><title type='text'>Martha Stewart Wedding Favors</title><content type='html'>Martha Stewart is known for her impeccable taste in home decor, design, and now weddings. Martha has a popular wedding magazine entitled, Martha Stewart Weddings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha says that "taking care of your wedding details doesn't have to be fussy or expensive." With the Martha Stewart Celebrate wedding line at Walmart you can have "stylish and affordable favors, invitations, decorations, and accessories to help you make a creative, personal expression without breaking the bank."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Martha Stewart wedding collection includes wedding favors of all types as well as wedding favor ideas for projects you can do yourself to save even more money. Or maybe you just enjoy crafting something special for your wedding guests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Stewart &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;eyelet-pattern heart-shaped wedding favor tins&lt;/span&gt; are perfect when you want to give your guests candy or other treats. They can be used to create an elegant centerpiece by arranging the tins together and are adorable, high quality little tin heart boxes with hinges. Each tin has ample room inside to put a lot of treats for wedding favors or &lt;a href="http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2009/02/bridal-showers-favors.html"&gt;bridal shower favors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Stewart &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;dove-print wedding favor box kit&lt;/span&gt; are another great way of offering your wedding guests and bridal shower guests candy or other treats. You can add your own customized labels as the kit provides you with favor boxes, ribbons, printable labels and adhesive dots. The kit also includes 3 test sheets and a 5-page wedding etiquette guide to give you ideas and help when putting your wedding favors together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Stewart &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;bell-pattern wedding favor bags&lt;/span&gt; are yet another way of offering your wedding guests treats and candy. You can add a decorative paper top to the bag, or grosgrain or stain ribbon, and a custom printed label to complete the look. You will get 20 vellum bags and 20 decorative tops, 20 ribbons and 20 printable labels to customized. The kit, like the one above also includes 3 test sheets and a 5-page wedding etiquette guide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't have to just go to WalMart to get Martha Stewart's creative wedding products. Have you tried Michaels Stores? The Martha Stewart Celebrate wedding line is also available at Michaels and includes so many more options that you will also want to visit them to see what is available in your area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Stewart weddings, the website, has SO much more to offer as well. You will get ideas for making wedding favors that you never thought of before. You will also find complete instructions, patterns to download, wedding shower and bridal shower theme ideas, wedding templates to download and so much more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of my favorite things to read on the Martha Stewart weddings website are wedding favors ideas. Here are some of my favorite wedding favors from the site. I have reworded them in my own words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tea Bag Wedding Favors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha suggests that you buy your favorite tea mixture in bulk. Then add the bulk mixture to resealable teabags and attach a homemade tag to it. Hand write your special message on the tag and attach it to the end of the tea bag with embroidery thread.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mini Cookie Jar Wedding Favors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buy small apothecary type glass jars that have the glass top and rubber seal that you can find in any major department store and fill them with miniature store-bought cookies like chocolate chip, oatmeal cranberry, or shortbread. Embellish the jar with a ribbon-tied tag and a homemade label.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Simple Box Wedding Favors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A way to make fast and elegant wedding favors is to decorate a simple, inexpensive white box and fill them with anything you like such as some scented soap, a few cookies, chocolates, or other sweets. Then tie a satin ribbon it and attached a homemade tag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weddings are the perfect excuse to throw wedding parties and bridal showers and Martha Stewart weddings can help you organize everything from start to finish. Martha's wedding favor ideas are the best around and no matter what you choose, there are endless possibilities.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-6762721037213041394?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' title='Martha Stewart Wedding Favors'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/6762721037213041394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/6762721037213041394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2009/02/martha-stewart-wedding-favors.html' title='Martha Stewart Wedding Favors'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-8273071371761101728</id><published>2009-02-18T12:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T23:13:31.173-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bridal shower Gifts'/><title type='text'>Shopping for Spring Bridal Shower Gifts</title><content type='html'>If you are invited to a bridal shower you will want to bring a gift. It is an age old tradition that you give some type of present to the bride to be. Wedding gifts are not always the simplest things to buy because you want to make sure you are getting something both the bride and groom can use to start out their new life together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It may be hard to solve the problem of just what a suitable gift might be, and even if you come up with a few great ideas, trying to actually locate what you are looking for can even be more of a hassle. Using the Internet can be a great time saver because so many businesses are now selling online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though wedding presents are given to the future bride you should also consider the groom too. A gift that is designed to be for both of them will often times be loved even more than one that is meant solely for the future bride. An example of a gift idea that might please both the bride and groom would be wedding picture frame or photo album to hold their wedding photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where to Look for the Ultimate Wedding Gift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you have made a decision on what sort of bridal shower gift you would like to get, you need to figure out where you are going to go to buy it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridal shower presents are available wherever you may look, both online and offline at traditional stores. There are shops which deal specifically with wedding supplies and gifts. These stores put great emphasis on gifts which are established as long time best sellers. The gifts you will find at these wedding and gift specialty stores may include coffee sets for two, china, cake plates, knife sets, linens, and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t forget about the discount stores when you are searching for bridal shower presents. Depending upon what it is you are searching for, you might be able to find the ideal present in one of these stores. How about purchasing a a group of items from various shops and creating your own special gift basket. Gift baskets make wonderful wedding gifts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shopping online is both economical and convenient. Because you can sit at home and shop when it is convenient for you are getting an added bonus. There is a lot of competition among online wedding businesses that sell everything from wedding favors, to wedding invitations, wedding decorations, or even the wedding dress. Yes, you can even get your wedding dress online. Because of the competition for your dollar you will find deep discount if you do a lot of searching online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After you have found something you want and made the decision to get it online, do a search for coupon codes for that specific online store. You can often find a coupon for free shipping or a percentage off of your total order. This can save you even more money. Make certain that you know just what you would like to buy first for the bridal shower gift and shop around prior to buying the wedding presents that you like the best. There are so many option for shopping these days that you don't have to just stick with the traditional store down the street. Use both traditional brick and mortar stores as well as the Internet to find the best bridal shower gift.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-8273071371761101728?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/8273071371761101728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/8273071371761101728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2009/02/shopping-for-spring-bridal-shower-gifts.html' title='Shopping for Spring Bridal Shower Gifts'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-7487611811776043302</id><published>2009-02-11T14:08:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T23:10:01.382-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Wedding Favors'/><title type='text'>Choose the Right Wedding Favor for your Spring Wedding</title><content type='html'>It's the small details and personal touches that make a wedding day truly special. The right wedding favor is an important part of your Spring wedding reception or dinner. You want to give your guests a little something to take home with them that will remind them of your Spring wedding and what better, and cost effective way to do that but with a small wedding favor or gift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;How do you choose the right wedding favor?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring is a time of renewal - new life and new promise. People start to think about what they will be planting when the ground is workable. They think about getting outdoors and enjoying the fresh air and sunshine again after a long winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Popular wedding favors for a Springtime wedding may include fresh or silk flowers, flower or bird seed packets, rose or lavender sachets, colorful and fragrant candles, heart-shaped picture frames, seedlings, keepsake photo albums, a jar filled with fragrant bath salts, and the list goes on and on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shop around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; for the best price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring wedding favors are available from so many sources, party stores, big box stores, department stores, online, and even eBay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You should shop around to get the best price. Many of the online wedding favor retailers are selling the same favors so shopping around will let you pick which store has the best price. If each retailer sells the same favor then why not get the cheapest price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Start Early&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No matter what type of spring wedding favor you choose, it is important to shop early for the best selection and the best price and to ensure you will have them in time. When shopping for wedding favors you will want to start early. Many brides wait until the last hour before actually deciding on what they want to give as a wedding favor. You may not be able to get the favor you really want if you wait too late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While you are working on finding the perfect wedding favor you might also want to get a jump on gifts for your bridesmaids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you picking something that might be out of stock or a flower that might not be in season at the time of your Spring wedding? You will want to &lt;a href="http://www.premierwedding.co.nz/welcome-to-premier-weddings/" title="Welcome to Premier Weddings" target="_blank"&gt;plan a wedding&lt;/a&gt; and think ahead so you don't get too close to your wedding and may not be able to get the wedding favor you really want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where can you find wedding favor ideas?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the best sources for spring wedding favor ideas is right in front of you in the form of your family and friends. Your mom or mother-in-law to be will have some good ideas because they have probably been to many weddings and can give you firsthand information. Your friends will also be a good source for wedding favor ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridal Magazines are also great sources for wedding favor ideas. You could also win a wedding in a &lt;a href="http://sweetiessweepstakes.blogspot.com/"&gt;sweepstakes&lt;/a&gt; from one of these magazines. You may want to check out bridal magazines such as Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, Veranda, Brides, Modern Bride, Modern Wedding, or Vogue Sposa. Martha Stewart Weddings will help you choose the right wedding favor and also help plan your &lt;a href="http://www.tellinitlikeitis.net/2009/03/who-pays-for-what-who-pays-when-planning-a-wedding-on-a-budget.html" title="Who Pays for What? Who Pays When Planning a Wedding on a Budget | Telling It Like It Is - Raising Children" target="_blank"&gt;wedding on a budget&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-7487611811776043302?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' title='Choose the Right Wedding Favor for your Spring Wedding'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/7487611811776043302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/7487611811776043302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2009/02/choose-right-wedding-favor-for-your.html' title='Choose the Right Wedding Favor for your Spring Wedding'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-255662567973040660</id><published>2008-12-28T21:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T02:57:00.303-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spring Wedding Favors'/><title type='text'>Spring Wedding Favors</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What is a wedding favor?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests from the &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;bride&lt;/span&gt; and groom during a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception.  ---&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_favors"&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Springtime is one of the most popular times of the year to hold a wedding. Spring is a time when flowers are beginning to bloom and everything is waking up from the cold of Winter. What better way to celebrate at Spring wedding than to incorporate a spring theme into your wedding by giving our Spring wedding favors. After a dull and dreary winter your guests will appreciate a bright, colorful and happy occasion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Festive wedding favors are fun to set out on tables at the reception. You can fill them will all sorts of things – candy, almonds, dried flower petals, or even birdseed for guests to toss at the wedding couple. Put them in a basket for guests to pick up as they leave the ceremony if you don’t plan on having a sit-down dinner reception.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's take a look at some Spring wedding favor you might consider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seeds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try to incorporate Spring flowers and seeds as a Spring wedding favor. Seeds represent a new beginning which is what a wedding is all about. How about giving out wildflower seed favors for your Spring wedding or let guests throw lavender buds instead of rice? What a great way to give back to the environment. Wildflower seed favors are something your guests can take with them and sprinkle in their yard and they are very inexpensive to make. You can also have personalized wildflower seed packets made up as a Spring wedding favor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sachets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lavender sachets or lavender pillows will be something your guests can use in their lingerie drawer and the scent will last over a year. Rose sachets are also special Spring wedding favors and have a sweet fragrance. Every time the sachet is pulled out of the draw they will remember your Spring wedding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seedlings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spring is the time when many people start thinking about the gardens they will be planting soon. Give some Spring bulbs wrapped in burlap with planting instructions as a wedding favor or consider giving a tree seedling with a note attached about planting a new life to help the environment. These are most definitely unique Spring wedding favors you can give to your guests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Candles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Candle help set the mood and add a romantic warm glow to any table. Votive and gel candles are great Spring wedding favors that will help guests remember your springtime wedding. These candles are often floral scented. Lavender, lily, and orchid flowers are sweet smelling and make great candle wedding favors. Candles with flowers suspended in gel are also a great gift. Not everyone uses candles on a regular basis and having a lovely candle to look at will also help remind wedding guests of your springtime wedding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Incorporate water into your centerpiece by using a glass or crystal bowl and putting floating candles on top. You can also put floating plants inside of a tall glass container and include colorful beta fish. Use it as a centerpiece for each dinner table and let one guest at the table take it home. Maybe you could pick a winner from each table in a special drawing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Butterflies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Butterflies are especially popular at Spring weddings. You can give butterfly bookmarks, butterfly glassware, candles or silk butterflies at wedding favors. Butterflies represent new life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spring Flowers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daffodils and tulips make beautiful decorative touches for Spring wedding and they give off a pleasing scent. Wrap a bouquet of fresh daffodils in brown paper and give them out to as wedding favors to all of the ladies who attend the wedding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure there are many more you could come up with because Spring weddings inspire us to be creative during a season of new life. These are just a few ideas for Spring wedding favors.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-255662567973040660?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' title='Spring Wedding Favors'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/255662567973040660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/255662567973040660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2008/12/spring-wedding-favors.html' title='Spring Wedding Favors'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-5560690767341266464</id><published>2008-12-28T01:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T01:27:12.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Privacy Policy and Disclaimers</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spring Wedding Favors and more&lt;/strong&gt; takes your privacy seriously. 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The Winter is over and it is time for everything to bloom and grow. This goes for your wedding as well. Your wedding may be the biggest event of the year and it is definitely the biggest event in your life right now so plan it well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will find all kinds of ideas for hosting a Spring Wedding on our site from wedding favors, decoration ideas, etiquette you should follow, how to find a wedding photographer, tips for the bridal shower and bachelorette party and lots more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you need to contact us at Spring Wedding Favors please fill out this form to leave your message.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-6008051255608355121?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/6008051255608355121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/6008051255608355121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2008/12/about-spring-wedding-favors.html' title='About Spring Wedding Favors'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8778485034174349824.post-5053079277735926037</id><published>2008-12-28T01:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T01:03:03.053-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding Favor Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Buy Wedding Favors'/><title type='text'>Buy Wedding Favors</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe src="http://astore.amazon.com/easyweddingfavors-20" width="560px" height="4000" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8778485034174349824-5053079277735926037?l=springweddingfavors.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/5053079277735926037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8778485034174349824/posts/default/5053079277735926037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://springweddingfavors.blogspot.com/2008/12/buy-wedding-favors.html' title='Buy Wedding Favors'/><author><name>Wendy (Sweetie)</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbdLJN32SGU/ToJXKiOr87I/AAAAAAAALY0/vJ-2EBeps84/s220/wendy2011.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
