Stationary & Favours
There is now an endless choice of designs for wedding invitations. You can not only choose your style of invite but the colour of the paper, the type of paper and make the designs as personal as you want.
The best way to create exactly the design you want is to make the invitations yourself (you could even design your own meal menus and name places for your guests). This can be a great way of bonding with your bridesmaids and mother in law to be. You can choose from hundreds of designs for your invitations and choose a theme that will run right through your wedding. For example, if your theme is red and white this can be reflected in your invites, place settings and balloons.
The internet is a good place to look at some of the images you may want but if you aren’t feeling creative there are loads of companies that are willing to create your wedding invitations for you. Most set a price depending on how many you order. The internet is a great place to start whether you are making your own or buying them ready made, websites that offer these services will also offer balloons and place settings.
The seating plan tends to send brides to be into a whirlwind of panic, but remember it’s your day, be sensible, don’t sit people together that you know won’t get along but don’t let little things like this take over. Lots of places also offer to create your seating plan for you and make all the place cards as well as a chart which can be displayed outside the main room so people can see who they are sitting with.
High street shops also stock some fantastic designs so make sure you shop around before you buy.
It has always been customary for the bride and groom to buy wedding favours for their guests and the tradition actually dates back to the 16th century. Wedding favours allow you to thank your guests for taking part in your special day.
You can also create wedding favours by choosing from thousands of favour box designs, or making your own. You can have anything from a classic square box with a bow to taller boxes decorated to look like the brides dress and grooms suit. They can be also be made of delicate fabrics and tied with ribbon to match your colour scheme. They can fill them with whatever you wish to, such as:
Love heart sweets
Fortune cookies
Flower seeds
Sugared Almonds
Foiled chocolate hearts
You can give your wedding guests a personalised gift, below are a few suggestions.
Personalised whiskey bottles
Personalised Fridge magnets
Heart shaped candles
Personalised key chains
Wooden Celtic love spoons