Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Rocking Wedding Guest Gifts for your Wedding Reception Guests

So, you're getting married and busily in the process of planning the perfect wedding. We all know that the most complicated part of planning a wedding is the wedding reception. The complexity of the design of the wedding reception is usually left up to the bride.

So, you have finally decided what colors and wedding theme you're going to use. Within that theme, you need to integrate your wedding favors and wedding guest gifts, so that when everything blends in at the wedding reception, it looks uniformed.

There are so many gift and favors you can give to guests, but I'm listing some of my favorites here.

These crown candle holders on the right are royalty indeed. These are actually candle holders. They're very unusual looking to me, but still really elegant. I would use these candle holders on each wedding guest table to give an elegant ambiance to the room. I'd put the cutest candles I can find in each one and have them lit right before the guests arrive. When the guests are ready to leave the wedding reception, they can take these cute little candle holders with them. So there ya go, you kill 2 birds with one stone. Table decorations and favors all in one little package.

Everyone has there preferences, but I personally prefer wedding guest gifts which are also wedding favors and table decorations. Think about it, it cuts your budget by half or in some cases, more than half.

Instead of putting together a separate gift pack, why not combine it all in one by giving the guests useful and functional, yet decorative gifts. To me, that makes more sense if you are looking to save a bunch.
Champagne flutes are also great wedding guest gifts. They're elegant, functional and decorative as well. The ones you see above are some we carry and also come in gold. You can fill them with jelly beans, hard candy, miniature chocolates, coated almonds or any other treat which blends in and matches with your wedding reception theme. Tie it all up with a gorgeous piece of cellophane gift paper or colored net to fit in with your wedding theme and finish off with either plain or personalized ribbons to go back with your wedding reception decor.

Whatever combination you choose, just make sure that everything blends. The wedding guest gifts do not necessarily have to match exactly, they can be contrasting colors. Like bright yellow against black, or bright red against green, or orange against violet. They're contrasting colors but will all blend together when combined.

So, when choosing wedding guest gifts, just remember, especially if you are on a tight budget that the combination of functional, decorative and useful is the way to go!