Choosing Wedding Favors

Those people who are special to you have set aside their schedules to celebrate your special day with you and it is important to show your gratitude with a small token of your appreciation. A well thought out wedding favor says thank you to your guests for sharing in your magical moment.

Wedding favors are a very subjective gift and there are several factors that go into deciding what exactly to offer your guests. Keep these 3 things in mind when choosing wedding favors:

The Guest List

How many people will be attending the reception? If you are dealing with an intimate group of 50, you can spend a little more for each wedding favor however, you could end up spending a small fortune trying to provide for a guest list of 200.

Remember though that the wedding favor is a small token of your appreciation and guests will understand and appreciate a gift even if it’s not made of lead crystal.

The Wedding Theme

What is the theme of your wedding? These days, you never know what you might walk into when you enter the reception hall.

If you had a destination wedding and are having a reception following your return, beach wedding favors are a must. Beach wedding favors can include flip flop luggage tags, seashell-shaped chocolates, or beach-themed glass candle holders.

A more traditional wedding reception might see more expensive favors. Guests might receive a miniature picture frame with a picture of the couple inside, an elegant chrome bottle stopper, or an engraved wedding favor.

Tailoring the wedding favors to the theme makes choosing them fun. Your gifts will only be limited by your creativity.

Your Budget

Make sure to include wedding favors in your wedding budget and try to stick within that set budget. Check out the current sales and discount section on your favorite online site often, as they are updated frequently and may be able to save yourself  some money or upgrade your favors while staying within your budget.

Consider making the wedding favors yourself. If you have a great style program on your computer, you can create wedding decrees. Roll them up like a medieval royal announcement and secure them with a ribbon. Guests now have a keepsake they can place in an album or scrapbook.

Wedding favors are a way for the happy couple to let guests know that they appreciate their attendance. They don’t have to be elaborate or expensive to express your gratitude.

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Do you need to lose weight before your wedding?

Or do you just need to tone up for your big day so you look fabulous in your dress and hot on the beach in that new bikini on your honeymoon? Well I have been reviewing programs aimed at delivering quick results for pre- wedding weight loss and have been very upset and disappointed with the quality of programs available online.

Beware! Many of these programs are targeting women who are getting married and are desperate to lose weight quickly. They claim to be able to guarantee huge results with little effort in a very short time. Hmmm? Remember, if it sounds too good to be true…it is! Healthy weight loss is a slow process, and you want to look healthy on your big day.

So then it dawned on me. I shouldn’t be focusing on finding you a program specific to brides when there are some really good high quality programs available from respected fitness professionals that target healthy weight loss for women in general. Then the second light bulb went on and I thought, why not focus on what I myself am doing for healthy weight loss.

While researching numerous fitness and weight loss programs, I was reading my husband’s Men’s Health magazine (yes I read every issue) and came across an article by Craig Ballantyne, a regular writer and fitness expert. According to him, cardio is not the way to go for serious weight loss. Confused but intrigued, I started researching his products and am very impressed. This guy knows his stuff. I started working on one of his programs last week and am completely hooked. Feel free to visit my weightloss blog for more information.

If you are interested in finding out what Craig Ballantyne has to offer, check out his free Sample Turbulence Training Bodyweight Workout

WEDDING SPEECHES

Wow! Just when you thought you were stressed enough with all this wedding preparation, you remember (gulp!) you have to give a wedding speech. For most of us, the thought of giving a speech is pretty nerve wracking. Actually, according to statistics, public speaking ranks in the top 3 phobias for Americans, and that means that the average American is more afraid of public speaking than they are of dying.

And what’s worse, wedding speeches are considered by many to be the most terrifying form of public speaking. Just imagine this from the bride’s perspective. Not only do you need to cater to an immensely diverse audience, but there is an expectation that your wedding speech will provide a meaningful and personal summation of your special event.

Sally Samuels, a professional speech-writer, has written a book that caters to the speech-making needs of the bride and is definitely worth checking out. In her book, Bride Speeches: Beautiful Words for a Beautiful Occasion, you will find all the tools required to write the perfect wedding speech and it can be instantly downloaded at www.weddingspeech4u.com.

Sally’s book not only supplies you with an amazing selection of sample wedding speeches, but also teaches you how to write your own unique speech as well. And while the main focus of the book is the wedding speech, this book covers pretty much every aspect of being the bride that you will need to know.

WHAT YOU GET IN THE BOOK:

* 20 top quality, professionally written speeches for the bride

* Over 100 sample toasts that are both witty and entertaining for you to include in your speech

* In-depth information on reducing stage fright and fear of public speaking

* Practical advice and tips on delivering a speech like a professional

* A complete guide to bridal etiquette

* Bridal roles and responsibilities

* Tips on planning and preparing your speech so you can pull it off flawlessly and with minimum stress

* A ton of jokes and one-liners designed to make your speech memorable for all the right reasons

* Wedding quotes and poetry for adding real emotion and meaning to your speech

* Pages and pages of detailed, specific, relevant information to save you time, aggravation, and worry

BONUS MATERIALS:

In addition to everything listed above, you also get 2 free bonus instant download books and a free downloadable audio track:

* Bridal Showers to Remember Ebook: packed with original themes and ideas to help your Maid of Honor throw you the best bridal shower ever

* The Bachelorette Party Ebook: loads of themes, cocktail and party ideas, as well as some harmless pranks to keep everyone on their toes and having fun

* The Unstoppable Confidence Audio Program : developed by a professional hypnotherapist to assist you in having the utmost confidence on your big day

BRIDE SPEECHES SUMMARIZED:

I highly recommend this book to anyone with a fear of public speaking, as well as to those who could benefit from expert help with the design, writing and delivery of an unforgettable wedding speech. After all, you have enough on your plate as it is without the added stress of blindly trying to deliver a fun yet touching speech in front of the most important people in your life.

As destination weddings are becoming more and more popular, destination wedding planning online has become extremely easy. The the most popular destination wedding theme is currently the ever romantic beach wedding, and why not start this romantic wedding theme off right with gorgeous beach theme wedding invitations.

Wedding invitation sites like Invitations By Dawn offer hundreds of wedding invitations, and while every bride wants her wedding to be unique, so should her wedding invitations. However, finding the perfect beach wedding invitation wording is as important as the wedding invitation itself, so here are 5 tips for finding the perfect beach wedding invitation wording.

1. Know yourself and your partner

Your beach wedding invitation wording should reflect you and your future partners personalities, love and quirkiness … yes, quirkiness. Wedding invitations have been done for hundreds of years, if you want to be original, you are going to have to capture what makes you and your spouse to be different than other couples.

2. Know your audience

While it is true that your beach wedding invitation wording should be about you and your future spouse, you still need to keep in mind who your audience is. After all, if your invitation is being sent to an 70-year-old relative, you definitely don’t want to use suggestive wording or other inappropriate language.

3. There is no wrong wording

While there are certain wedding invitation wording ethics to consider, most people aren’t aware of them, and really wouldn’t notice if you followed those rules or not. Many brides and grooms are throwing the rules to the wind and just writing what is close to their hearts. It is likely that the reason you’re having a beach wedding is because you didn’t want the traditional wedding ceremony anyway, so have your beach wedding invitation reflect that same free flowing spirit.

4. Match your wording to your invitation

This one is simple. Simple beach weddings with simple beach themes should have simple invitation themes. Therefore, if you are planning a romantic beach wedding with 20 guests, the invitations should reflect that intimate setting. Don’t bog down your invitation with a 20 line poem.

5. Beach phrases

Find a single beach phrase that fits you and your spouse but also suits the beach setting you will be married in. “Once upon a time on a beach …” or “What happens on the beach … stays in our hearts,” are just some examples.

Good luck with your beach wedding invitations and your upcoming beach wedding nuptuals.