| Wedding planning can be a lot of fun but it is a | | | | small piece of card stock or vellum with the name |
| time of tremendous decision-making. Place cards | | | | of the guest on the card. |
| and wedding favors are one such decision that will | | | | If you are planning a wedding in the late fall or |
| need to be made and we are seeing a lot of | | | | around the holidays, you will find the amazing fruit, |
| brides who are taking these two items and | | | | pomegranates. When you can find them large and |
| combining them to create unique favors that | | | | bright red, they can look stunning on your guest's |
| incorporate the name of the guest. | | | | tables. We suggest purchasing a liquid gold pen and |
| It has been said that the most beautiful sound to | | | | hand writing each of your guests names on one, |
| a person is the sound of his or her own name. So | | | | using this as a place card, wedding favor. |
| you can see how this concept will provide your | | | | Another great idea for a wedding over the |
| guest with a wedding favor that they will cherish. | | | | holidays is to have Christmas tree ornaments |
| So let us explore some the ideas that you can | | | | with each guest name placed on the ornaments. |
| utilize in an attempt to combine the place card | | | | A craft maker could be just the one to help you |
| and the wedding favor into one. | | | | with this. A nice touch would be to have a tree at |
| Framing the place card into a sweet little "wallet | | | | the entrance of the seating area where each |
| size" frame offers an elegant look to the wedding | | | | guest can pick his or her ornament off the tree. |
| tables. How nice it will be for the guest to see | | | | Often times a couple is very proud of the music |
| their name so nicely framed. | | | | that they have selected for their wedding, |
| The cookie wedding favor has become extremely | | | | including the first dance. Some couples like the |
| popular with today's brides. Often times, the bride | | | | idea of creating a CD of this music for their |
| is making the cookies herself from an old family | | | | guests and giving it as a wedding favor. Why not |
| recipe, which adds a very sentimental touch. But | | | | take it a step further by placing the guests name |
| even if you use a professional baker this idea can | | | | on the CD, turning it into a place card as well. |
| still work. That is to have the guest's names | | | | For a beach wedding beautiful seashells can have |
| written with icing on the cookie. This makes a | | | | the guests name hand painted on each shell. You |
| cute place card and lets the guest know that | | | | can place them on the table or in a sand box |
| cookie is just for them. | | | | were the guest can pick them up. |
| When the season is right there are a few great | | | | Hopefully you got a few good ideas or even |
| ideas using fruit to do the trick. A beautiful pear | | | | better yet sparked your own creativity to come |
| with the stem still in tack will look so elegant on | | | | up with something else. Just be sure that the |
| the tables at each place setting, as pears have a | | | | favor goes along with your style and that it |
| lovely shape and color. Use the stem to tie a | | | | comes from the heart. |