Picking the favours for your wedding are probably not your main priority amongst the dress, flowers, meal , and all the other big decisions you need to make.

Despite this they are quite important and can really finish off the tables nicely, and give you a chance to add a little humour to the day. But it can be difficult to create something unique and appealing especially when your brain is full of other wedding plans. So to give you hand I put together my top 5 wedding favours:

Flower or plant seeds: Be kind to the planet and your guests by wrapping seeds up in pretty organza or hessian bags. Finish with some pretty ribbon and a hand written note and then your guests can plant your favourite flower in the ir garden and always be reminded of the good times they had at your wedding.

Retro sweets: You really can’t go wrong with sweets, they’re the ultimate crowd pleaser. One taste of a retro sweet like a sherbet dib dabs and you’re right back to being five again. Present your sweet treats in a traditional pick n mix bag to complete the experience and your guests will be sweet on you.

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Every Bride wants to have an unforgettable wedding one way to do so is by having a great theme. For a winter bride who wants to do something different they should try to have a wedding after the holiday season. This allows them to think of more unique ideas to inspire their theme. One great idea in particular is the Valentine’s Day wedding. This is romantic in the extreme and can be done during February, the last month of winter before the spring season. There are many ideas you can use under this them that will make a great impression on your guests and make your wedding spectacular. Here are some of the ideas that you can use.

First you need to think about the location where you are holding the ceremony. The colors you can use for your decorating scheme is red, pink, and white. Since it is the dead of winter it may be challenging to find floral arrangements at reasonable prices. However you may be able to find some deals with the approach of Valentines Day. Try to use your flowers sparing focusing only on the bouquet and the flowers for the bridal party. You can also use red tinged foliage such as poinsettias. You can use red, pink, and white streamers to tastefully decorate the walls and use similarly colored decorations for the aisle markers and paper decorations. You also need to remember that two of the key motifs will be cupid cherubs and hearts.

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This winter many brides will be looking for unique and special wedding themes. For most they will already be hold their Christmas theme wedding in the days before Christmas. This can be challenging as you look for different themes that will not be a repeat of winter wonderland or holiday themes. You don’t want something that is even similar to another person’s ceremony and reception. This is your special day and it should be as unique and individual as you and your groom. One idea that might work is an Alpine wedding. It allows you to offer a winter wedding from a fresh perspective that is not just snow and ice.

First there is the location for the ceremony. If you live near a ski resort it would be quite simple to rent the location for the wedding. Of course you need to make sure that it fits your budget. This will be a perfect location that matches the theme to a tee. Another option is to decorate the venue you choose to look like a chateau in the mountains. You can use different decorations from cuckoo clocks to other quaint and home decorations to get the same effect. At the same time you need to focus on balancing out your decorations to create a tasteful and creative look.

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The best wedding that you can have is one that is uniquely you. There are many ways to plan a wedding. The best is to start with the happy couple and the personality they each bring to the marriage. This can be done with the location of the wedding, the theme, the music at the wedding and reception. Ask what they want at every step and they can add just a little of themselves so that their wedding is uniquely and totally theirs. One of the best ways to add personality to the reception is in the dcor with wedding favors. It is possible to greatly enhance the dcor with personality favors. Everything needs to flow into the theme or the color scheme to give a beautiful, warm and loving atmosphere.

Each and every detail is planned, down to the smallest placecard holder, making sure the seating chart is followed. The dcor is another thing that has to match. Using the wedding favors as part of the dcor can help bring everything together just a little more. This is where you can definitely find a way to add your personality to the dcor. Upbeat people might like to give an “Apple of my eye” ceramic salt and pepper shakers set as a gift to the guests. If you are fond of tea time perhaps a tea pot keychain tape measure is more like your personality. There all kinds of different types of personality favors that can enhance your dcor.

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As the New Year approaches many brides will be looking for a new wedding theme idea that goes beyond the normal holiday and winter wedding themes. This makes sense as many brides will still want to take advantage of the off season savings of a winter wedding. So how does a bride still come up with an original wedding theme and at the same time still make the best advantages offered by an offseason ceremony? It takes imagination and some research to make it a reality. Here are some great ideas for you the bride in such a predicament can use that will be sure to make your ceremony and reception at this time of year unforgettable and spectacular.

If you are having a January wedding one great idea to have is a New Year’s theme. Having your wedding at this time of year is a great choice because you not only are celebrating the beginning of a brand new year but also the beginning of your marriage. This is an apt theme to use and it can add some glitz and sparkle that would be otherwise lacking in a winter themed wedding. For example you decorate the chapel or ceremony location in bright and sparkling material. You want to give the venue a shimmering and wonderful look but not make it look too much like a party. That is what you want your reception to look like. You want it to have a look similar to a lavish New Year Eve Party in New York or some other popular venue.

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