Which wedding favors will compliment the style of your wedding decorations?

Wedding decorations are beautiful compliments to the colors and themes you’ve chosen for your wedding. Wedding favors are easy to select once you know your wedding style.

Wedding accessories are a sentimental way to add symbolism to your wedding and can be found in so many styles and colors that adding these special touches wto your wedding will be easy.

Giving wedding favors as mementos has long been a custom at weddings. Traced back to ancient Rome, favors are given by newlyweds to their wedding guests as a way of thanking them for witnessing the vows of their marriage.

Wedding decorations are also used to express a couple's own idea about love and union, and favors help to accessorize.

Wedding Favors

The type of wedding memento given is unique to every wedding, as every couple expresses themselves differently. Keep the following ideas in mind when searching for the right favors:

• Cultural heritage
• Personal style
• Theme of wedding

Culture

Couples can choose wedding favors that reflect the customs and ideologies of their culture.

In Italian culture, its customary to give out candy-coated almonds, or dragees, to the wedding guests. This is meant to symbolizes the bitter-sweet nature of marriage.

In the Czech Republic, bridesmaids make a wreath of rosemary for the bride to wear.

The Chinese perform a tea ceremony as a symbol of respect, where the wedding couple serves tea for the two sets of parents. The color red is used to represent celebration and prosperity.

In African weddings, the use of cowrie shells represents purity and beauty.

In Spanish countries like Mexico and Spain, its customary for the groom to give his bride a gift of thirteen coins. These ‘arras’ symbolize Jesus and his 12 apostles.

French tradition has the groom walking his mother down the aisle, before arriving at the altar.

Breaking dishes and pots, is traditionally German. The bride and groom are brought good luck when they sweep up the mess together.

In Greek culture, the best man bestows the couple with crowns of gold and orange blossoms, and a unique Swedish tradition has the bride carry a gold and silver coin in each shoe.

Personal Style and Themes

Customizing your wedding accessories and favors to your personal style is always a nice touch. Some popular theme ideas for your wedding are:

• Natural
• Romantic
• Chic
• Traditional

Natural weddings are usually set in the outdoors, during the favorite season of the couple. Complimentary favors will reflect your love of nature and the earth. For example, give out mini trees for your guests to plant at home.

A romantic wedding can be done very traditionally or in more modern ways. Candles and aroma therapy oils add romance to a night-time ceremony.

Modern, chic weddings usually have very trendy mementos and accessories. Keep in mind that a wedding party caters to your social circle, and is about honoring your guests.

Colors

Traditionally, the colors of accessories and favors compliment, or go with the theme colors of the wedding.

Some theme colors include:

• Red
• Blue
• Pink
• Green
• Purple

Most colors go hand-in-hand with white or cream when decorating. Mix "like" colors to enhance the shades of the wedding.

Accessories

Party favors and accessories are perfect gift items for bridal showers, a wedding reception, or the rehearsal dinner.

Give away or use bells, bubbles, candles, candy wrappers, candy, mints, & fortune cookies, ceramics, porcelain, favor bags, baskets & trays, favor boxes & tins, frames & place card holders, and more gift items as unique favors for your guests.

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