So, I cannot decide if I should do favors for each room. I am inclined to say “yes” because I am feeling guilty because everybody paid so much to get to my wedding because all of my guests with the exception of 7 (out of 250) are from out of town and I think it would be a nice gesture. I have been trying to think of cute and clever things to put in the rooms when I came across THIS!!! What cuter, easier, less expensive thing could I we possibly include? For $9.99 you get the template in the color of your choice which you can edit yourself. As you can see, this is for a baby shower – but how perfect! A little friendly game of do you really know us well enough to have been invited to our wedding “how well do you know the bride and groom”?! I’m going to buy the paper, print them myself, and get the golf pencils for 10 cents each!
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Being that we’re getting married in Artimino, Italy where they have their own olive groves and vineyards, I wanted to do something special and relevant for our wedding favors. They make their own olive oil every season and bottle it for sale, so I thought there might be a way for me to make small bottles of olive oil to put at each place setting.
I began scrambling around looking for the perfect bottles and ways to label them so that our guests would know they were their favors. In case you would be interested in doing a similar project, I found a great website: Specialty Bottle. This site has every bottle you could ever need. I also found a great label website: Online Labels.
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I was watching Say Yes to the Dress on TLC and they showcased a bride who used all of her wedding funds to help her family during Hurricane Ike. I bet the situation could be repeated a thousand times in with this economy. “Our budget was this, I/he/we/dad/mom/ect lost their job and now it’s this.”
Not to wallow in a sad place, but in discussing the weddings my family has been to, we’ve come up with a list of things that are optional. Please note that these are lovely things and I wouldn’t want anyone to feel like I was raining on a parade. Just a few suggestions to help those (like me) who are facing Wedding Budget cuts due to the recent economy.
 myweddingfavors.com #1. Favors. My mom has been to two weddings recently and threw out the last one, and didn’t bother taking the other. My dad has been to two where neither had them. I went to one where they served petit fours, before dinner. Nice but not necessary. Savings of $100-$500
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I decided to craft away my stress yesterday, and thought I’d share these Valentine’s Day treats with you. These yummy gifts are great for wedding favors, engagement parties, bridal showers, and of course Valentine’s Day.
To make these rose buds you will need the following supplies that I purchased from Michaels:
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Calla Lily Dude and I went to 3 weddings last year, and each of them gave out edible favors. We really love the idea of having candle favors for our wedding, but we think our guests would also appreciate a sweet treat. At first, I thought it might be overkill to have more than one favor, but you can never have too many ways to say thank you, right?
So to add another favor to our wedding, we are going the favor buffet route!
From reading articles like this, and based on my own aesthetic, I definitely want to keep all of the buffet items within our color scheme (fall colors). I also want the buffet choices to be favorites of ours…
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I have already purchased most of my wedding party presents but I’m stuck trying to think of what would be the best present for my honey and would really love some ideas!
Also, I am giving a gift to my dad and mom but I’m not sure if I’m also supposed to give to the groom’s parents or if he does that or if you even do that at all? Any ideas?
These are the gifts I’ve put together so far, it may give some of you ideas 
Bridesmaids: A really cute Tote that I’m filling up with a few hand-made goodies and a jewelry holder
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I live in Metro-Detroit, and Pansy Dude works for General Motors. If you’ve turned on your tv in the past few months you know that Detroit is “The Most Miserable City” and that until very recently we’d been sitting on our hands waiting on Congress.
Needless to say, we aren’t in a position to spend wildly on presents this holiday season. In my quest to save save save, I made a number of my holiday gifts this year and as I was painting into the wee hours of the night, I realized that my mugs could easily be adjusted to fit wedding purposes. Maybe with your wedding motif, they would be appropriate at your bridal shower as gifts, or made extra special with gold or silver paint.
Scotch Tape
Pencil
Baby Wipes
Carbon Tracing Paper
Pebo Non-toxic Paint
Plastic Paint Applicator Bottles
Porcelain Mug <– I got my mugs for just under $3.00 a piece at Crate and Barrel!! Quite a deal.
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Currently I am loving cheap personalization. I bought a pack of 30 bubbles with little hearts on the end for $10. I will be tying personalized ribbon onto the ends.
I also thought the bubbles would be great for picture purposes. How cute??
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