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During the 15th century, it was customary at the English
court to give little boxes filled with almonds made of precious
metals, silver, gold, jewels and ivory, to wedding guests
to symbolize prosperity and good wishes for the coming year.
Today wedding favors are a harmonized component blended
with cultural heritage, wedding budget, season, location,
theme, and—good ole imagination.
Wedding themes range from traditional customs to quite
exotic variants. Indian couples give their guests bejeweled
boxes filled with spices, while Hawaiian and Chinese give
their guests engraved chopsticks, and Japanese pass out
lucky bamboo and origami cranes.
Wedding favors that are unique and thoughtful add a special
touch to any well-planned wedding.
A beach wedding is a unique and memorable occasion pleasurable
to all the senses. The sound of the ocean waves washing
against the glittering white sands while the gentle southern
breeze wafts by with scents of coconut and gardenias, caressing
the palms into a lazy hula... it truly is paradise!
It’s romantic and liberating from the confines of
a traditional religious ceremony to exchange vows in a natural
setting.
It’s a brilliant chance to have a wedding that people
will never forget.
It’s also an opportunity to create very special mementos
to express gratitude to all the people in the newlyweds’
life who’ve gathered to celebrate their union.
The most important factor in choosing the perfect beach
wedding favors is the beach! Is it tropical and tribal or
Clambake sophisticated?
Pulling off a beach wedding is easier if the landscape
is full of sand and palm trees or waves crashing against
the rocks with sailboats in the distance, and it provides
inspiration for the thematic details, including party favors.
Eco-friendly is a mutually respected and appreciated current
societal trend. At a beach wedding, the eco-friendly guest
favor could be a certified fair-trade hemp or bamboo satchel,
sandals, and sarong, organic chocolate bar with charitable
proceeds, fresh pineapple, coconut, and exotic fruits, trees,
seeds, bulbs, or plants from numerous charitable environmental
organizations, all organized into one gift basket.
Add a personal touch to the gift baskets or create smaller
gift sachets with tie-dyed or batik printed silk fabrics,
essential oil imbued, hand-rolled, beeswax candles, herb
infused soaps, potpourris, bath and body oils, and engraved
stones with positive affirmations such as ‘Love’,
‘Joy’, and ‘Dance’.
For the Hawaiian themed beach wedding, exotic flower leis
and coconut husk candles are a must! More Hawaiian favors
include orchid-shaped sweet candies, sandalwood fans, lotus,
tea light candle holders, plumeria scented sachets, chocolate-covered
roasted macadamia nuts and kona coffee beans, or a seashell
encrusted framed portrait of the newlyweds.
Another treasure of the ocean, the seashell, is an obvious
theme for beach wedding favors that is available in many
choices. There are seashell place-card holders, wine-stoppers,
bottle-openers, candle votives, picture frames, mint tins,
key chains, coasters and magnets. Seashells and sand inside
a glass globe with a personal note will be remembered for
many years. Sand dollars are a lovely oceanic treasure,
and for Christian weddings, accompanied by a fortuitous
legend regarding the tiny doves inside.
Lighthouses, beach pails, miniature, beach chair name-card
holders, sailboats, lobsters, starfish and silver life-preserver
shaped chocolate filled tins help set a backdrop for an
East coast wedding.
Personalized and specially bottled wine declaring the couple’s
date of matrimony are popular, as well as music CDs sporting
the happy couple on the label, personalized chocolate bars,
cookie tins, gum tins, towels, journals, cameras, golf balls,
and even BBQ sauce are available to commemorate the happy
couple’s special day.
This time-honored tradition combined with beachside inspiration
presents a myriad of options to honor the guests and give
the gift of gratitude for their blessings and celebration
of such a special occasion.
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