Interactive elements always get people talking, so let your guests go "shopping" for their favors at your wedding. Naomi and Larry in Ventura, CA, set up a "country store" filled with their tasty takeaways: jams and Granny Smith apples. Photo: Ryan and Carrie Phillips... |
If you're looking for creative wedding favor ideas, consider these: Candy Rock Favors: Perfect for an outdoor setting (like a beach wedding), miniature galvanized pails are filled with sweet treats that resemble pebbles. Include a note to let guests know they're edible. The candy shown here is marzipan and chocolate-covered dried fruit. Print your message onto paper, cut into strips, wrap around the pails' handles, and secure with double-sided tape. Set the pails in trays filled with turbinado sugar or colored sand.Boxed Groom's Cak... |
Wedding Favor Display - Chocolate Bar - Allow your guests to choose their own gourmet chocolates as a parting gift.... |
Martha Stewart offers some great DIY ideas. Why not save some cash and use these handy tips fro creating beautiful and easy favour displays… Invite guests to help themselves to these yummy favors pinned on linen covered cork board. Cellophane bags printed with the couple's initial and wedding date are filled with delicious goodies and pinned to the board.Buy glassine bags; trim tops with scalloped scissors. Fill bags with enough cherries, or other small fruit, so they peek out over the top. To help the bags stand up, turn corners under at bottoms. Display favors in wooden crates.Make s... |
I am in love with this rustic wedding photo display spotted via Martha Stewart Weddings. If you're getting married outdoors, cover your favorite tree with clotheslines and secure favorite photos with clothespins. Or, to make it fun + interactive for your guests, construct a DIY photobooth and use a polaroid camera. Instruct guests to hang their completed polaroid photos on the clotheline for the entire wedding to see! Oh, Martha - (you + your team are positively) BRILLIANT.P.S. Happy Saturday! I sure hope it's sunny and warm where you are, and if it is, send some over this way, okay? It... |
One of our art director’s pet peeves is a wedding dress photo captured in stunning light—on a plastic hanger. There are some fun alternatives for wedding dress hangers as mentioned on the Maui Wedding Photography site. And today I came across an even better idea at Restoration Hardware, this lovely antique dressmaker’s form. I’ll admit this is a pricey alternative, but I found several listings on ebay, or you may be able to borrow one for the wedding day (who can resist a bride?). Your local garage sale or a flea market may be the best resource if you decide to keep it. Who knows—hav... |
Photo: Cybelle Codish I recently was in Michigan and stopped for lunch at the Grand Traverse Pie Company, in Traverse City. I'd heard great things about their pies (rumor has it that even Mario Batali, who has a summer home in the area, is a big fan). Since I was in cherry country, I had to choose a cherry pie (they offer six different kinds!) and opted for cherry crumb, which was served warm, fresh from the oven. The pie featured local Montmorency tart cherries, which were sweet without being cloying, and the topping was perfectly buttery and crumbly. Their pies would ma... |
For those planning a winter wedding, why not decorate with poinsettias? The following ideas are from Southern Living and I just love how they look. And, remember, there are many other color choices of poinsettias, they don't have to be the typical red we often see everywhere. 1. Lemon Drop Poinsettias in green bottles2. Poinsettias displayed in glass trifles and stands for a centerpiece adds elevation to the flowers3. Evergreen combined with Strawberries N Cream poinsettia displayed in a silver sugar bowl4. Winter Rose Red poinsettias in tall glass vases with ornaments repeating colors of the... |
I love this table display from Style Me Pretty--what a wonderful flowerless centerpiece!... |
Your wedding cake - not only will it be a delicious dessert for you and your guests, but it also partially serves as a decoration at your wedding’s reception. Your wedding cake is usually a reflection of you and your spouse-to-be’s taste, so it should rightly be displayed in a prominent location at your reception on its own display table. Here are a few simple tips on how to give your wedding cake display table a little spice. White table cloths and skirts are usually used for the wedding cake display table, but you could always use a table cloth that match the colors for your wed... |