“When life serves you lemon’s, make lemon aide”

Cut out a leaf, put the guests name and table on the leaf, fold it in half and pin the leaf to the lemon. Display the lemons in alphabetical order, to make it easy for the guests to find.

Find another colorful fruit, place in a basket or a jar on the tables with table numbers.

“O the Place’s we will Go”- Luggage Tags

Cut out a cardstock tag, decorate any way you want. You can stay on the traveling theme, put names of cities, monuments or country’s on the front, which correspond to the tables. Create an address label for each guest to stick on the back. Insert an eyelet and run a chain through the hole and hang them on a board to display for the guests.

“Have your CAKE and take it too”

Two ways you can do this: First, setout boxes (clear or cardboard); leave them by the cake after the cutting for the guests to scoop up their own ‘take-home’ piece. For an added touch lay out personalized stickers for the guests to seal the box.

Or, you can have pre-made cupcakes or baby cakes and place them in a clear container, wrap it up with a pretty bow and a note, “Have your cake, and take it too”.

To double as seating arrangement: Place nametags on the boxes with their table assignment. Set a cake on each table and label with types of frosting.

“Spin me right round baby, right round”

Create a great Mix CD, with your favorite music and/or any songs that are special to your Wedding day, ie. Your first dance, father daughter dance, the ceremony music, etc.

You can display this in a number of ways, stick it in a plastic case, wrap it up, top it with a ribbon and a note; or you can print a fun modern print or your picture on a CD label, using a see-through protective paper or plastic case. Just be creative.

To double as seating arrangements, stick the guest name and table the CD case. On each table have a CD with a band name to get the guests to the proper seat.

"Love Grows"

Choose a plant that represents you as a couple, your favorite flower, or something to match your color scheme. Buy little pots and paint them to match your color scheme, use ribbon, buttons, rhinestones, to spice it up and then attach the words “Love Grows” for a clever touch.

Create a thank you tag with the guests name and table and stick it in the dirt. Put a pot with different flower nametags on each table, this will then get them to the proper seat and double as a fun take home gift.

Downtown Bridal Walk... hope to see you there! SLW's will be in the Baxter Ballroom!

To have wedding favors or not to have wedding favors...

This is the question of the day!

When choosing a wedding favor make sure to ask yourself, would I want to get this, and would I keep it or use it? If the answer is yes, then you are headed in the right direction. If the answer is no, maybe take a step back and decide a few things. First, why do we want to give a favor? Is it because we think we are suppose to or are we unclear about why? It is my belief, if you don’t have a clear motive for giving a favor, you won’t enjoy giving the gift and your guests most likely will overlook it as well.

However, if your answer is we want to give the guests a fun gift, or we want to give a gift that symbolizes us as a couple, or we love to be creative with the details, then you have a clear objective, one that will direct you to the perfect favor.

Make sure you clearly define your budget in this area, especially when making something yourself; 200+ items can become very pricy. Personally, I love when the favor is multi-functional. An example of this would be an item that is used as an indicator of where the guest is to sit and after they get to their table they also have a memorable wedding favor; cost saving and functional!

To gather more ideas for wedding favors, come see a few of my samples at the Bridal Walk, downtown Bozeman on April 10th from 11am to 4pm.