Elegant Shower Favors

Every girl envisions the day that she will get swept off her feet, fall in love with someone special and get married.

When that day comes she than questions “When will he propose, how will he propose, will sparks be flying inside of me? Then comes the big day, knowing she is head over heels for him, he takes her for a stroll under the moonlight sky, and he leads her to a candle light dinner. After the romantic dinner, her boyfriend encourages her to enjoy dessert. She takes a small spoonful of dessert and all of the sudden she bites on something hard she removes the hard object from her mouth to discover a beautiful diamond engagement ring. Her boyfriend immediately gets down on one knee and says “I have been waiting a long time to do this, and I want you to know how much I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. You are my best friend ,will you marry me?”

Shaking and hysterical she says “Yes of course! The big day comes quickly, she looks beautiful and both she and her fiance are filled with excitement and joy. Marriage Vows are exchanged and the couple gleefully heads down the aisle as husband and wife. The new couple heads to the reception, where the first dances takes place and memories are in the making. The couple decides that they want their wedding guests to help preserve the memories of their reception. So they place disposable wedding cameras on each table and request that their guest take pictures. The Bride and Groom also decide that they want their guest to be able to find ways to create and remember special memories for themselves so they provide each of their guests with a mini photo album favor. Their guests are thrilled and excited about having a wedding favor that can remind them to create and perserve special memories in their own lives. The wedding ends on a high note with the bride and groom thanking everyone for their love and support. The groom whisks his bride away to start their new life together. Camera’s are flashing and the guests are applauding. Everyone is thrilled to be part of the young couple’s new beginning.

Every year Modern Bride Magazine features their top “100 Things We Love”, and in the2008 August-September Issue, Modern Bride has listed wedding favors that you can find at http://www.elegantshowerfavors.com.        

We carry the complete line of Kate Aspen Favors & Gifts, as well as other well known high quality favors and gifts for your special day.

Making Modern Brides List at #28 is our Garden Topiary Placecard Holder.

A breathtaking topiary—always the stunning showpiece of an exquisitely arranged garden—is the inspiration for this dramatic Kate Aspen design. The Topiary Photo Holder/Place Card Holder will bring the same engaging charm to your wedding reception tables. Nobly rising from a well-crafted, dark-wood planter is the finely manicured, round, rich green foliage—an artisan’s hallmark. Every topiary can hold a cherished photo of the happy couple or a place card. The topiaries, which come in sets of four, measure 4” h x 2” w. Our Topiary’s are hot sellers because of their realistic detail and affordable pricing.

Making the list at #76 is our “Ain’t Love Grand” Piano Placecard Holders. These black miniature grand piano’s have wonderful detail and  offer a touch of elegance to your wedding table as well as a decorative gift for your guests to take home and use as photo holders. Sold as a set of four with four place cards. 

You can’t go wrong with any of the Elegant Favors and gifts at ElegantShowerFavors.com. Check out our complete line of truly unique placecard holders that can double as a unique keepsake for your guests.
 

Did you know that you can have an affordable elegant summer wedding , by making a few adjustments to your wedding budget. Here are 10 suggestions to help you save costs on your wedding.

• First ask your your wedding attendants to purchase or rent their own wedding attire. You don’t necessarily need to have all your bridesmaids wearing the same dress. You may want to tell your bridesmaids and groomsmen your color or theme preferences and allow your attendants the freedom to choose the style of dress or  dress shirt that they want. For your bridal dress you may want to check out a second hand wedding dress store, or look for a local discount wedding dress store in your area. You may want to consider renting your dress.

• Second, consider having your wedding at a location that has natural beautiful scenery, like an aboreteum , garden, or lakefront.  There will be no need for the expense of decorations when you can use nature as your decorations. Also by having your ceremony at an outdoor venue, rather then in a church you will cut out the cost of renting a church.

• Third, make inexpensive summer centerpieces with fresh cut summer flowers placed in a vase on top of a mirrored circular placemate surrounded by small elegant heart shaped votive candles.

• Fourth, as far as you wedding cake costs, you can save money by  calling a local culinary school to see if the students would be willing to prepare your wedding cake at cost.

• Fifth, cut out the cost of  your cake topper and wedding cake cuterly by registering for these items as gifts you would like to receive prior to the weding at your bridal shower. Allow one of your guests, friends or family to purchase these items for you as a gift.

• Sixth, purchase inexpensive bouquets and dress them up yourself with babies breath, lace, pearls and beads.

• Seventh , for really great table favors and place card holders you can save lots of money by purchasing a table favor that doubles as a placecard holder. You can give your guests a mini photo frame or frosted glass frame placecard holder that your guest are sure to enjoy long after the wedding. Elegant Shower Favor.com has a hugh selection of affordable favors, and they even have free shipping on favor and gift orders of $ 100 or more.

• Eighth, to save costs on food served at your wedding, negotiate the cost of the food with the caterer or wedding reception facility. Choose foods that would require the same ingredients like a chicken vesuvio and a chicken parmesian. This will save on costs. Also be sure to ask the caterer or reception hall for discounts on meals for children. You should never have to pay full price for a meal for a child.

• Ninth, serve a limit on the type of alcohol you serve at your wedding. Think about a kegs of beer or a beer truck that serves beer and wine from the tap. Limit the chooses of alcohol or offer a few specialty drinks that would coordinate with your wedding theme. Or consider an alcohol free wedding.

• Tenth, save money on your photographer and DJ or Bands by shopping around. You may be able to save boo ko bucks on these services by asking a local  college for names of photography and film students who would be willing to provide photography and videotaping services very inexpensively.  Also remember that you can get  lots of great wedding pictures  from your guests. Put camera’s on the reception tables and ask your guests to take pictures and leave the cameras behind so you can develop your pictures yourself at a Sams club or Costco.

 The bride makes her entrance, with a beautiful white gown flowing behind her, there is something about her that makes everyone stop and stare. She is stunning in her wedding gown. She gets to the front of the altar, her soon to be husband anxiously waiting to start his new life with her. The ceremony proceeds with exchanging of vows and the exchange of the couple’s first kiss as husband and wife. Everyone starts to cheer as the new couple heads down the aisle towards the limo awaiting them to get them to the next part of the celebration of their marriage; the reception. By now music is playing and it is time for the daddy daughter dance. Then the bride and her father step on the dance floor, a sweet melody softly plays while her father whispers into his daughter’s ear “Honey I am so proud of you, you have matured into a lovely young women and I am honered to let go of my little girl and give her to the great young man that fate brought to her.” The daughter replys with tears in her eyes “Daddy, I was blessed to have a father like you and I am glad you were here to celebrate this day with me.” The young bride thanks her father for all that he has done for her.

The dance ends and then the bride and the groom direct everyone to their tables where their guests find  a beautfiul variety of elegant wedding favors  from ElegantShowerFavors.com.

The bride and groom make a speech, telling their guest how much they appreciate them and thank them for spending this special day in their lives with them. The guests oooh and aaah over the special favors that have personalized tags attached with the date of the wedding and the name of the bride and groom. The guests are impressed that they received a gift from the bride and groom that they can take home and use in their own homes long after the wedding is over. The music starts again and ………………

It’s about time…to celebrate! This clever and elegant little Champagne Bucket Timer favor adds polished silver-toned touches and works fabulously for any event. It’s hard to decide what makes this favor more special - the fact that it is fully functional, or its darling little details! Glassy miniature “ice cubes” surround a bottle of the “best bubbly” which is nestled in a silver finish bucket, complete with little handles. The bottom of the bucket twists to countdown any interval of time from 1 minute to sixty minutes. It all arrives, table-ready, in a clear showcase box so your guests can pick up and marvel at their new little gift from any angle. The box is then complete with a sheer white organza ribbon and tied with a matching bottle-shaped gift tag reading “Let’s Celebrate!”  Packaging measures 2.75″ x 3.75″.  Timer is 2.25″ tall.