Chic Wedding Blog

The heat is rising with summer approaching.  Some of the hottest colors right now are tones of orange and yellow like Pantone’s Tangerine Tango.  We found a spicy wedding favor that fits the colors – Small Chili Pepper Plants.  Imagine coordinating yellow and orange chili pepper plants with your wedding and making the wedding favors the center of all the wedding décor.  Add thank you favor tags to the plant wedding favors that say “Thank you for spicing up our wedding”or “Thank you for adding SPICE to our wedding day”.   Miniature Chili Pepper Plants is the spiciest wedding favor idea for this summer.  It’s thinking out of the box with wedding favors like this that will coordinate with the hot summer theme.

It’s Mother’s Day and we have come up with some wedding day inspirations for the mother of the bride and groom.

How a bout this great hat.  The color is in trend now as well.  Last year’s Royal Wedding made quite a statement about hats that still continue.

For the modern mom, instead of a corsage attache a small flower to a clutch purse.

A more new trend has been for the mother’s to carry small bouquets.

A bouquet that can go inside mom’s purse.

Handbag Bouquet for mom and the bridal party.

With Mother’s Day being this Sunday, we are putting an emphasis on moms for weddings.  Some sweet ways to honor mothers at the wedding, especially if the wedding falls on the Sunday that is Mother’s Day, are listed here:

1.        Include a poem about mothers in the program or have someone read at the wedding reception during toasts.

2.       Do a rose exchange duting the ceremony and after the ceremony on the way out give each of your roses to your mothers.

3.       Surprise mom with a makeover on the morning of the wedding and let her be stress free for the rest of the day.

4.       Have a classic handkerchief and a rose on each of the mother’s seats before the ceremony starts.

5.       At the reception, instead of doing a bouquet toss, dedicate your bouquet to your mother with a nice speech or give a flower from your bouquet to his mom and your mom prior to the bouquet toss.

Monday, May 7^th 2012, Country Singer, Jake Owen married model, Lacey Buchanan.  The two had met while Buchanan appeared in Owen’s music video for “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”.  It was a sunrise ceremony on the beach in Owen’s hometown of Vero Beach, Florida.  They chose a sunrise ceremony because the dawn of a new day is symbolic of starting their new life together.  The bride wore an Amsale wedding dress with a simple bouquet in hand and the groom was simply elegant in a white linen Armani shirt and Tommy Bahama drawstring pants.  After the barefoot ceremony the couple walked to the patio of the Vero Beach Hotel and Spa for champagne, cake cutting and a sit-down brunch.
 

Personalized wedding favors are very popular.  Personalized wedding favors make the gesture of thanking guests with a small gift more thoughtful.  They exemplify that effort was placed in creating the favors.  No matter how inexpensive or small the wedding favors are, when wedding favors are personalized they take on a greater meaning.  Personalizing wedding favors with designer tags or labels can also make the presentation of the favors more creative and unique.  With the popularity of personalized wedding favors, there is a trendy in many edible wedding favors being personalized as well as designer labels for many other personal products, such as lip balm and lotions.  Here are some of our favorite personalized wedding favors.

Personalized Candy Coated Chocolate Favors

Personalized Hershey’s Kisses Gift Totes

Personalized Maple Syrup

Individual Packets of Personalized Cocktail Mixes

Personalized Gourmet Chocolate Pretzel Favors

Personalized Honey Wedding Favors

Personalized Sunscreen Lotion Favors

Personalized Lip Balm Favors

Personalized Lollipop Favors

Mini Square Personalized Candle tin Wedding Favors

Personalized Love Notes Note Pad Wedding Favors

Personalized CD Wedding Favors

Personalized Gourmet Coffee Wedding Favors

Personalized Hot Beverage Packets

Personalized Tea      Personalized Cocoa   Personalized Cappuccino

Monogramed Caddy Wedding Favors

Personalized Wine Bottle Wedding Favors

With Cinco de Mayo falling on a weekend this year, there are plenty of May weddings occurring this Cinco de Mayo.  Although not everyone wants a south of the border themed wedding, it would be nice to acknowledge the day and thank your guests for attending with Mexican themed wedding favors.  Here are our ideas for Mexican wedding favors:

Mexican wedding cookies is the traditional wedding favors idea for Mexican themed wedding.
     

It’s Cinco De Mayo and we have ideas for a Cinco De Mayo wedding theme.  When it comes to Cinco De Mayo, it is a festive celebration and color is very important.  This season’s hot Pantone colors are a must to incorporate into a Cinco de Mayo wedding.  Fresh colors like Cabaret, Tangerine Tango, and  Solar Power are perfect for a Cinco De Mayo wedding.  Serve up a menu full of spice and a wedding cake that includes tres leches for a flavor.  Of course, don’t forget the Margaritas! 

Bold florals with fun streamers is a great idea and we love a colorful display of Mexican drinks, such as Jarritos bottles in coordinating shades.  Mexican beer is also fun and to get fancy do a display of Patron bottles of tequila as wedding favors.
 

Sandalwood fans in a colorful basket or Maracas are also ideal for south of the border wedding favors.  A desert table with a dsplay of mexican cookies and sweets is also a nice way to send your guests home.  Place the finishing touches on a Cinco De Mayo wedding with live music by a trio of guitarist or a mariachi band for very romantic entertainment. 

Coming up with ideas for wedding favors is fun yet often a challenge to be creative.  Most commonly couples want to keep it simple and offer candy or Jordan almonds as wedding favors, however this idea doesn’t always feel unique.  The key with candy wedding favors is to the presentation.  A variety of colorful candy in clear rectangular boxes, wrapped with translucent paper, makes for stylish favors.  Something simple like lollipops can be presented as a unique candy wedding favor.  Favor bags can also be a great way to present candy wedding favors.  Arrange his and hers grab bags on risers for guests to choose from along with a bowl of chocolates.

Another way to get ideas for wedding favors is to look at the theme of the wedding.  For a wedding by the ocean or on the beach go with beach wedding favors like a beach chair place card holder or seashell bottle opener form the deep down in the sea.

Today we have some news about a classic rock artist.  Heart guitarist, Nancy Wilson, got married last Saturday, April 28^th.  She married executive Geoff Bywater in Mill Valley California.  The bride’s wedding gown was a high neck lace dress and she carried a bouquet of blue and white hydrangeas.  The couple celebrated their nuptials at the El Paso gourmet restaurant, owned by their longtime friend Sammy Hagar. 

Wilson shared with this wedding photo on Facebook.  It deffintiely appears simple and classy.

One of the nicest, yet a cheap wedding favors presentation idea is to place the favors in wedding favor bags.  There is a vast variety of wedding favor bags to select from.  Some of them are simple and rustic, while other wedding favor bags are elegant and detailed.  No matter what the style or theme of the wedding is there is a wedding favor bag available to fit it.  The best part of using wedding favor bags is that they can be inexpensive and when on a budget a simple presentation with candy, mints, or Jordan almonds can be done using wedding favor bags. 

We start with the organza favor pouch, which is the least expensive and the most traditional way of presenting a little treat as token to thank guests with.  Organza wedding favor pouches are available in a variety of colors to match the wedding colors as well as many sizes to fit the perfect wedding favor.

For more casual, rustic, or even an elegant country or fall wedding, consider burlap or jute pouches for wedding favor bags.  Sinamay favor bags are also perfect for these styles of weddings.  These can be filled with caramel, nuts or wedding favors that suit the theme.

Muslin pouches are also beautiful wedding favor bags for country wedding celebrations or just simple outdoor summer wedding.  White muslin pouches with floral needle work appear elegant and thoughtful despite their frugal cost.

Miniature purse like bags are also a new trend in wedding favor bags.  These dainty favor bags are not only nice for wedding favors, but are also very suitable for bridal shower favors.  These favor bags are designed in satin, felt, even natural woven material.

More elegant wedding favor bags that bring a little glitz and glamour are jeweled pouches and bags.  These bejeweled wedding favor bags are pretty and also fit ethnic weddings, such as an Indian Wedding or a Moroccan wedding.

Wedding favor bags filled with treats are an easy and often inexpensive way to thank guests.  Depending of the type of bags, the price of wedding favor bags can vary and create quite an impression.  Wedding favor bags can give a special touch to the favors.