When I got married seven years ago my husband and I gave out beautifully wrapped frosted shot glasses as our wedding favors.  At the time it was one of the most popular favors to give away.  These days more and more couples are giving out edible favors.  

I’ve found some really neat ideas for edible gift giving;  

1)Coffee and tea:  You could have a mug with samples of different coffees or teas.  This gift will definitely be worth your money.

2)Personalized Mini Wedding Cakes: These are BEAUTIFUL!  You could have mini cakes that resemble your wedding cake, wrapped up and given as favors to your guests.  

3)Chocolate: You could have chocolate truffles or chocolate bars made with personalized outter labels.  

4)Candy or Mints: You can purchase boxed candy or mints.    

5)Jam/Jellies: If you or a family member are great in the kitchen and make great jams why not package them for your guests.  It’s a great way to save some money.   

6)Wine: Being from an Italian family, all my uncles made wine.  When I got married my father and father-in-law both made wine which was at every table for guests to enjoy.  If you are a wine maker, you could have your wine bottled, attach a personalized label and this now has become a great favor.

7)Biscotti/cookies: Again if you are great in the kitchen….show it off.  Why not make your grandmother’s special family secret recipe for almond biscotti and package 2 or 3 in a nice box.  It is the personal touch that will make this your own unique one-of-a-kind wedding favor.

I hope this has opened your mind to the wide range of party favors out there.

Have you ever been to a wedding where the speeches seem like they were never going to end?  You are sitting at your seat waiting for the perfect time to get up because you need to use the washroom, but it never comes.  All you want to do is run up there and grab the microphone out of the Best Man’s hand and hide it, but it doesn’t seem the right thing to do.  Then all of a sudden the speech takes a turn for the worse when he actually starts talking about the bachelor party.  The groom is laughing, the bride is embarrassed to say the least, and all the guests are sitting there in absolute SHOCK.

If you want to say something short and sweet without boring the crowd or embarrassing yourself, you need not look anymore.  I’ve found the perfect site.

http://www.weddingspeech4u.com/?hop=tcpgs&tid=HWP

Happy writing!!!!

Did you know,

1)Diamonds were considered teardrops of the Gods

2)Brides in Ancient Greece wore wedding veils of yellow or red color to protect them from evil spirits.

3)Are you a bride that is wishing for a sweet life and endless love?  Anicent Greek brides would carry a lump of sugar and some ivy if these were their wishes.

If you would like to read more, click the following  http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com/locations/east_europe_traditions/greek_wedding_traditions.html  

A very formal wedding is normally held in a church, temple, synagogue or a hotel.  Usually the invitations are engraved, its a sitdown dinner, open bar, and has formal wedding photos. 

The bridal party can range between 4 to 12 attendants.  Rule of thumb: For example, number of guests 250 typically you’d have one usher for every 50 guests.  This case 5 ushers.

A formal wedding can be held in the same places as a very formal wedding as well as in someone’s home or garden.  Because of this, a formal wedding is the most popular type of wedding. 

This type of wedding includes, formal invitations and photos, a reception meal and attendants.