Happy Memorial Day

I certainly hope that you're able to take a break from wedding planning to enjoy time with family and friends.    Have a safe and happy Memorial Day.

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Things Festive Wedding Blog - Week in Review May 28, 2010

Miss reading the Things Festive Wedding Blog this past week?    Here's what was featured the week ending May 28, 2010:

• The versatility of a white wedding theme is so appealing.

• Display your cake and goodies on colorful wedding cake stands.

• See why popsicles can be the ideal practical bridal shower favors.

• Celebrate your newly married status with Mr. and Mrs. wedding decorations and favors.

• Check out this hot list of bridal and bachelorette spa getaways.

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Bridal and Bachelorette Spa Getaways

Getting together with your bridesmaids and best friends for one final "fling before the ring" is a longstanding tradition.
Celebrate your impending nuptials with a girls-only trip to one of the top spas for bridal and bachelorette getaways.    See the list.

Find bridesmaid gifts and bachelorette party supplies.

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Mr. and Mrs. Wedding Decorations and Favors

Celebrate your newly married status with Mr. and Mrs. wedding decorations and favors.   Print your new titles on cookie favors, napkins, favor tags, and hand fans.   Carry the theme through to your honeymoon with robes embroidered with Mr. and Mrs.

Don't want to be so literal?   Depict the new Mr. and Mrs. with favors and decorations that represent a loving bridal couple.    Resources follow.



Favor tags; Swizzle sticks; Cookie favors (Destini Cakes)
Hand fans (orientaltrading.com); Candy favor bags; Soap favors
Mr. & Mrs. Robes; Napkins; Notepad favors

Swizzle sticks & soap favors found here
Favor tags, Candy favor bags, Mr. & Mrs. Robes, Napkins & Notepad favors found here

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Practical Bridal Shower Favors? - Gotta Love Popsicles

If you're looking for a fun and functional bridal shower favor, give a gift that guests will want to eat.   But they can't because these scrumptious looking treats on a stick are actually made of soap!    Each Love-sicle is wrapped in cellophane and tied with a pretty pink ribbon - ready for giving.    How's that for practical bridal shower favors?

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Colorful Wedding Cake Stands

Add a pop of color to your wedding reception with colorful wedding cake stands from Sarah's Stands.   Available in 70 eye-catching colors, the stands are great for displaying both wedding cakes and goodies on your dessert table.

See more wedding cake decorations



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White Wedding Theme - Perfect for All Seasons

One thing that I love about a white wedding theme is the versatility of this colorless palette.   This is a palette that is "seasonless".   Add crystal embellishments to mimic nature for a sparkly winter wedding.   Floral elements can enhance this pure color for a spring or summer wedding.   As shown in the image below, branches can be incorporated into a white tablescape to create an autumn wedding centerpiece.



Resources & Credits
Bridal purse,   Monogram cake topper,   Cake serving set,   Bridal headband,   Garter set,   Hydrangea petals
Chair favor boxes
Wedding cake (Martha Stewart Weddings)
White tablescape (Instyle Weddings)

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Things Festive Wedding Blog - Week in Review May 21, 2010

Miss reading the Things Festive Wedding Blog this past week?    Here's what was featured the week ending May 21, 2010:

• Be inspired by the must-have wedding accessories of other brides-to-be.

• Cynthia Rowley's new black and white bridesmaid dresses are unveiled at Dessy.

• Use these tips to help with entertaining children at your wedding.

• For more inspiration and ideas for your upcoming unity sand ceremony or beach wedding, check out our new blog.

• Celebrate marrying your Prince Charming with a fairy tale wedding theme.

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Fairy Tale Wedding Theme - For Your Happily Ever After

Sometimes a girl has to kiss a lot of frogs before meeting her Prince Charming. Celebrate marrying your Prince with a Fairy Tale Wedding Theme.    Resources and credits follow.



Carriage favor boxes
Amalia Carrara Princess/Ball Gown (kleinfeldbridal.com)
Pink and pearl cupcake tower (Le Cupcake)
Click on image for all other items pictured

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Unity Sand Ceremony and Beach Wedding Ideas

Need help planning a memorable and romantic unity sand ceremony?   Looking for inspired beach wedding ideas?    Check out our new unity sand ceremony blog and plan the beach wedding of your dreams.



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Entertaining Children at a Wedding

Keeping your young wedding guests amused can be a challenge. Here are some tips for ensuring that wee guests enjoy themselves at your wedding reception:


Craft table image courtesy of Wedding Belles Online

Decorate kids' tables with a paper table cloth to avoid damage to the more expensive cloth version. Provide crayons and let them color on the table cloth.

Place crayons, coloring books and fun stickers on each table to inspire creative play.

Create a kid-friendly centerpiece for each table. One idea to try: lollipop displays. Use white craft foam to make the lollipops stand up in any type of shallow container. Simply cut the foam to size and make sure it’s a little bit shorter than the container. Stick the lollipops into the foam, then pour on a layer of candy or popcorn to hide the foam.

Make sure that children are fed in a timely manner with age-appropriate food options. Let children participate in the toast by having kid-friendly cocktails or another appropriate beverage.

If you'll have favors as part of your reception table settings, place favors on each child's setting that will occupy them such as customized wedding coloring books, toy cars or bubbles or mini gumball machines.

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Cynthia Rowley Black and White Bridesmaid Dresses

The ever-whimsical fashion designer, Cynthia Rowley has teamed with the Dessy Group to launch a fantastic bridesmaids' dress collection.   The black and white bridesmaid dresses in particular caught my eye.    From classically styled to whimsically elegant, you'll find a style that suits your black and white wedding theme.




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Brides-to-Be Share Must-Have Wedding Accessories

The best inspiration often comes from other brides-to-be. When asked the following question: "What is your must-have wedding accessory - the one thing you must have to make your wedding day complete?", here are some of the responses recently received:

• For my wedding, I absolutely have to have the perfect jewelry. Earrings are a must, and depending on the cut of the dress, a necklace. If it is high cut, then I must have a fabulous bracelet to match the earrings! - Debra F.


• My "Must Have" wedding accessory is an elegant veil or hair-piece to compliment the wedding dress. I'm open to either a veil or elegant headband accesory, but I feel that the perfect hair accessory pieces the bridal ensemble together, especially for some elegant hollywood glamour that I am going to try to emulate on my wedding day!. - Allyssa A.


• My wedding must-have is a snowboarding bride and groom cake topper! :)- Melissa A.


• I would love to have a beautifully unique tiara that just makes my happiness glow even more!  - Katrina K.


• My must have wedding accessory would have to be the sand ceremony vase set. I can do without almost everything else. - Amanda H.


• Hey! Ok so my ultimate wedding accessory would be a beautiful vintage pin for my hair! We are having our wedding on our own ranch in a barn we are going to make over! Would just make the day! - Rachel A.


• My must-have wedding accessory is a cute garter. Or more accurately 2--one to keep and one to save. - Julie K.


• The wedding accessory I MUST have is cute leaf table cards to go with my Fall theme :) - Adrienne R.


• Personalized Candles!  - Jessica W.


• We would LOVE a unique cake topper that represents us! First thing PEOPLE see when looking at the cake!- Danielle W.


• Custom wine openers as favors, as my future husband is an up and coming wine maker! - Alison B.


• The wedding earrings my mother gave me which are the ones she wore on her wedding day. Beautiful pearl earrings. - Melissa P.


• An initial monogram cake topper is my "must have" for my wedding! I think it gives a cake an extra classy personal touch!  - Rachel S.

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Things Festive Wedding Blog - Week in Review May 14, 2010

 Catch up with the Things Festive Wedding Blog.    Here's what was featured the week ending May 14, 2010:

• Check out these affordable mother of the bride dresses for youthful mothers.

• See how exchanging wedding vows is a "ring thing".

• Winners of the March wedding giveaway were announced.

• Popcorn favors add to the excitement of engagement parties, wedding receptions and baby showers.

• More wedding hair accessories to add the finishing touch to your wedding day attire.

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Best Wedding Hair Accessories

Top off your wedding day attire with the perfect hair accessory.    The following wedding hair accessories will add the finishing touch to your hairstyle.



Row 1:    Satin wrapped double headband;    Feather & Chiffon floral hair accessory;   Satin corded edge veil
Row 2:    Fresh flowers attached with pins (theknot.com);   Headband with braided rhinestones;   Hair vine (paristiaras.com)
Row 3:    Jewel hair comb;   Birdcage veil;    Jewel hair twists
All other hair accessories 

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Popcorn Favors for Weddings and Baby Showers

Popcorn favors are a clever way to let wedding and baby shower guests know that "He Popped the Question" or that the mother-to-be is "about to pop".    For a wedding reception (or engagement party), popcorn cartons can be filled with popcorn or other crunchy treats and made available during the cocktail hour or as part of the dessert/candy buffet.    For a baby shower, fill the popcorn favor boxes with sweet treats or popcorn kernels for guests to pop at home.



Popcorn favor boxes & stickers;   Baby shower popcorn favor boxes

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March Wedding Giveaway Winners Announced

Congratulations to our March 2010 SpaFinder Giveaway Winners.   Here's how they plan to use their gift certificates:

• $150 certificate - Jamie M., San Diego, CA
  "Skin smoothing treatment."
  
• $100 certificate - Candace M., Philadelphia, PA
  "Leg waxing for summer shorts."
  
• $50 certificate - Lisa D., Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  "Eyebrow & lip waxing."

Each month, Things Festive will pamper three of our customers by presenting them with a SpaFinder gift certificate.  It's our way of saying "Thank You" for shopping with us.

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Exchanging Wedding Vows - It's a Ring Thing

The most important part of a wedding day is surely the exchange of wedding vows and rings.   To make the most of this special segment, select an engagement ring and wedding bands from a jeweler who specializes in ethically mined diamonds such as Todd Reed.   Have your ring bearer present your precious gems on a ring pillow that captures the essence of your wedding theme.    If you need help with wedding vows, let T. Carter Music's This Ring inspire you.



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Affordable Mother of the Bride Dresses for Hot Mamas

In honor of Mother's Day, here are affordable mother of the bride dresses (or mother of the groom) for youthful, vivacious mothers.    Too often, mother of the bride dresses are downright matronly and unflattering to mothers who have been blessed with a youthful appearance.



Images courtesy of Nordstrom

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Things Festive Wedding Blog - Week in Review May 7, 2010

Catch up with the Things Festive Wedding Blog.    Here's what was featured the week ending May 7, 2010:

• Our whimsical garden wedding theme stationery was the inspiration for a fun outdoor wedding.

• Give guests something to talk about with wedding genealogy charts at your reception or cocktail hour.

• A stylish Bronze, Mocha & Ivory Winter Wedding Theme was featured.

• Help with a Paris wedding theme was offered.

• Check out these wedding headpieces for the discriminating bride-to-be.

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Wedding Headpieces That Will Turn Heads

If you're a discriminating bride-to-be and haven't found what you're looking for in the sea of wedding headpieces available, check out the Jennifer Behr Collection at Lindsay Lou.    These headpieces are definitely a cut above the rest.

Save 33% on everything on their web site thru Sunday, May 9.    Use code mom33



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Paris Wedding Theme? - Get Help from an American Transplant

If you long for a Parisian wedding theme, you have to check out the services of Parisian Events.    Parisian Events is an American-owned, full-service wedding and event-planning service based in Paris, France.   They'll help you save time and energy while planning your nuptials in the romantic city of lights.

Don't want to make the trip to Paris?   Use these ideas to bring all of the romance and excitement of this wonderful city to your wedding.

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Bronze, Mocha & Ivory Winter Wedding Theme

The shimmer of bronze, warmth of mocha and classic elegance of ivory create a stylish winter wedding theme.    Resources below.



Bronze bridal shoe;   Wedding cake (theknot.com);   Bridal hair comb
Mon Cheri Bridals Wedding gown;   Favor sticker;   Table settings
Pillar candles;   Bronze guest book;   Wedding invitation

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Wedding Tree Genealogy Charts - Who's Who Among Guests

Looking for a way to entertain guests during the reception or cocktail hour?   A wedding tree genealogy chart will definitely give them something to talk about.   Wedding tree genealogy charts are customizable charts that let guests in on each guest's relationship to the wedding couple.   After the wedding, have the chart framed to create a lasting keepsake.



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Whimsical Garden Wedding Theme - It's Love

Enhance a springtime wedding and share your whimsy with our Whimsical Garden Wedding theme collection of wedding stationery.   This stationery collection features soft pastel colors (4 total) and is adorned with birds, flowers and butterflies.   Find everything from table number cards to wedding bulletins in this adorable design.   Resources follow.



Resources & Credits
Bride & bridal party; Groom's tie (theknot.com)
Butterfly adorned paper lanterns (marthastewart.com)
Butterfly wedding cake (pastelandiabakery.com)
Love bird ring pillow
Bird cage tealight holder
Whimsical Garden napkins & stationery

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Things Festive Wedding Blog - Week in Review April 30, 2010

If you missed reading the Things Festive Wedding Blog the week ending April 30, 2010, here's what was featured:

• We created an exquisite turquoise and gold wedding theme board inspired by Kenneth Jay Lane jewelry.

• We presented eco-friendly wedding favors that help you keep Earth Day 2010 commitments.

• An elegant style of wedding monogram stationery was introduced.

• Apothecary jar wedding decorations are an inexpensive way to add a vintage, upscale feel to your wedding reception.

• Vera Wang to create a new line of affordable wedding gowns.

• Girly and budget-friendly personalized bridesmaid gifts show your girls how much you appreciate them.

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