Save the Date with Magnets!

Looking for a memorable idea to announce your wedding engagement or special event? Save the Date magnets are a unique and affordable way to announce weddings and many other special events to your family and friends.

From weddings to family reunions and Christmas parties, everyone wants to announce their special occasion or celebration in a special way. They also want their family and friends to remember this special day or occasion so they will be able to attend.

Ever consider using save the date magnets? Save the Date magnets are usually the size of a business card but with one notable difference. These cards are magnetic!

What happens to most business cards, invitations or bookmarks? They are placed in a wallet or purse, desk drawer or novel, soon to be forgotten. What do people do with a magnet? They immediately stick it on their refrigerator or filing cabinet for all to see. Every time they go to the frig for a snack or to the office filing cabinet, your save the date magnet is there, reminding them of your special occasion.

Just get engaged and want to share it with everyone you know. Send them an "Engagement" refrigerator magnet announcing your joyous occasion. Available in many themes, you are sure to find a design that shares the moment you and your fiancé were engaged.

Decided on your wedding date and want everyone to keep this day open on their calendars? Send them wedding save the date magnets announcing the happy couples' names, wedding date and maybe a reminder "invitations to follow".

Like to give practical favors and gifts to friends and family? Refrigerator magnets will be used long after that special day has passed; holding reminders and small pictures of loved ones on the refrigerator door or filing cabinet drawer. You can't you wrong with magnets! Everybody loves and uses them.

Other popular occasions you may want to announce with a save the date magnet include, but are not limited to, birthday parties, Christmas parties, family reunions, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs and retirement parties.

Want to add a more personal touch to your announcement? Have your picture printed on photo save the date magnets with custom print on your photo or at the top or bottom of your photo. Be creative when announcing your wedding or special occasion! Send a custom printed save the date magnet your family and friends will adore and use as a reminder of your special day.

Fall Wedding Ideas For Wedding Favors

Fall weddings are popular for several reasons. First, nothing compares to the beauty of fall, when nature paints her landscape with a vivid palette of color. Second, with summer heat and rains coming to a close, fall temperatures are perfect for dressing up and celebrating a wedding.

Many couples want to incorporate the colors of fall into their wedding day. Looking for fall wedding ideas for your wedding favors? Popular favors available in fall colors include gift and favor bags, favor boxes, napkins, matchbooks and ribbon.

Wedding Gift Bags are an excellent way to say thank you to out-of-town guests or wedding parties. Image a Cabernet gift bag custom printed in Antique Satin or Metallic Gold with a personal thank you from the bride and groom or a Harvest Gold gift bag personalized with a special thank you in Platinum Satin or Ebony Matte. These are just a couple possible fall color combinations you can use for you wedding guest favors.

Favor Boxes are used for sweet treats like pillow mints, truffles or Jordan almonds or small favor gifts including votive candles and soaps. Favor boxes are traditionally placed at each table setting for guest to enjoy at the wedding or take home when they leave. Cake slice boxes are also popular at the wedding cake table.

Elegant, convenient and neat, cake slice boxes are perfect for sending a slice of cake home with your guests. Favor boxes are available in many colors to compliment your fall wedding cake. For example, you may want to use a Burgundy cake box, imprinted with the bride and groom's name, wedding date and a leaf-shaped design in Metallic Gold or Metallic Silver.

Personalized Wedding Napkins are available in an assortment of vivid fall colors including Cranberry, Raspberry, Red, Orange, Harvest Gold, Primrose Yellow, Gold, Evergreen and Sage. Wedding Napkins are also available in a variety of sizes and shapes for every aspect of your wedding reception, from the cocktail bar to the guest rooms.

What if you cannot find favors in a color that matches your fall wedding? You've looked high and low, spending hours on the internet and in boutiques but cannot find a favor that matches your fall wedding colors. Consider using a white base with a fall imprint color. For example, you are looking for a Burnt Orange paper napkin for your guest tables but you find that no one makes a Burnt Orange napkin. Consider ordering a white napkin personalized with a Pumpkin Matte imprint color.

Another example would be custom printed matchbooks. Matchbooks are available in a limited assortment of colors but with a white matchbook, many fall colors including reds, yellows and browns can be used when imprinting the bride and groom's name and wedding date.

Fall Wedding Designs can also be hard to find. Consider using a Maple leaf or Oak leaf design printed above the bride and groom's name and wedding date.

Whatever your reason for having a fall wedding may be, we hope these fall wedding ideas for favors help to make your wedding day perfect!

Best wishes on your wedding day and to your new journey together!

Ray

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Wedding Napkins Tips and Ideas

Wedding Napkins are often overlooked until the last minute. Here are some tips and ideas to help insure this important detail is not overlooked for your wedding.

Your wedding is just a few months away and you are in the final stages of planning your wedding and wedding reception. Some of the items still on your list may be wedding favors.

Wedding favors include everything from small treats and gifts for your guests to wedding napkins.

Personalized wedding napkins are an excellent keepsake to remember your wedding. Available in several sizes including dinner napkins, luncheon napkins and cocktail napkins, custom printed napkins add a personal touch and character to your special day.

Cocktail napkins, also called beverage napkins, average 5" x 5" and are ideal for the cocktail or juice bar and wedding cake table. Printed with a design or monogram, the bride and groom's names and wedding date, custom printed paper beverage napkins will delight your guests.

Plan on ordering 2 to 3 cocktail napkins per guest at the cocktail bar as guests will return several times to have their beverage refilled.

One cocktail napkin per guest is sufficient at the cake table as most guests will have only one slice of cake after the main course.

Luncheon Napkins are usually 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" and are used at the buffet table or on the guest table.

Plan on ordering 1 to 2 luncheon napkins per guest is supplied at the buffet table or 1 napkin per guest if presented on the guest tables.

Dinner Napkins are usually 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" and are typically folded and placed on the guest tables.
Plan on ordering 1 dinner napkin per guest.

Guest Towels have a unique shape. Measuring 8 1/2" x 4 1/2", rectangular shaped guest towels are typically used in the restrooms and wash areas. Their unique shape also makes guest towels a perfect fit for the guest tables.

Plan on ordering 2 to 3 guest towels per guest for the restrooms or 1 guest towel per guest for the dinner tables.

Another advantage to printed paper napkins is the many color options that are available to match your wedding colors or theme along with a large selection of imprint colors, designs, monograms and letter styles to choose from.

If you have contracted a catering service to provide all of your wedding reception food and beverage services, they may have already included napkins as part of their services and fee.
It is important to ask your caterer or wedding coordinator whether or not napkins are included and what type of napkins will be used.

An important question that is often overlooked is "Where will the wedding napkins be used during the reception?" Too often, napkins are placed at the guest table with little thought given to the wedding cake table. As guests line up to receive a slice of the wedding cake, they often receive their cake on a small plate with a fork but no napkin.

Another question to ask your caterer is "Will cocktail napkins be provided at the cocktail or juice bar?"

Whether you have yet to consider the type of wedding napkins you will use at your wedding reception or your caterer is already supplying your napkins, take a moment out of your busy schedule to determine what type of napkins you will need and where they will be used.

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

Best wishes on your wedding day and to your new journey together!

Ray

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Destination Wedding Favor Ideas

Approximately 10% of the couples getting married will have a destination wedding. A destination wedding is a wedding ceremony or celebration typically outside of the couples state of residence.

The most popular destination wedding locations are:

1. Las Vegas
2. Hawaii
3. U.S. Virgin Islands
4. Jamaica
5. Bahamas

Many couples travel to areas within the united states that offer beautiful scenery for the purpose of ambiance or to a destination where they may have first met.

With destination weddings becoming more popular, another item added to a brides agenda my be ensuring their out-of-town guests are provided with all the comfort items necessary to make their overnight stay a pleasant one.

One way to make your guests' stay enjoyable and memorable is to have a wedding guest thank you gift or care package in a personalized 8" x 5" x 10" gift bag, displayed on the vanity or night stand of each hotel room, welcoming them to your city and your wedding weekend.

Fill each custom printed gift bag with bottled water and snacks or homemade treats. Maybe you want to add a little romance to your guests' wedding weekend. Try a scented candle, a small bottle of champagne with a couple of glasses and some fresh strawberries or other non-perishable fruit or snack. Use your imagination and be creative.

Assemble you guest welcome bags and box them up before you leave for you destination. This will make it easy to transport and deliver to your hotel. In some cases, you may want to wait until you have arrived at your wedding location to assemble your gift bags. Your may want to add items found locally or, in the case of fresh food favors, it is always best to add to your welcome gifts no more than 24 hours before your guests arrival.

Once you have created your guest welcome bags, your hotel management will be happy to place a bag in each of your guests' hotel rooms prior to their arrival.

Your wedding guests will be delighted to find such a treasure when they check in to their hotel rooms and nothing will make them feel more at home and appreciated than a personal message from the bride and groom.

Best Wishes Always,

Ray

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Pinching Pennies on Wedding Favors Can Cost You A Lot!

In 2005, it is estimated that couples will spend between $2,000.00 and $250,000.00 on their wedding with the average being $25,000.00.

Major wedding expenses include, the honeymoon, wedding dress, invitations and wedding reception. After the major expenses have been appropriated, many couples find themselves "pinching pennies" for wedding details including bridal accessories, wedding favors and wedding party gifts to accomodate their remaining wedding budget.

Brides and Grooms sift through the internet, looking for the "best deal" to finalize their wedding accessory and favor details. Too often, they realized the hard way "you get what you pay for".

Here are a few tips to ensure your get exactly what you pay for, regardless of cost.

Make A List

Before you go looking for accessories, favors or gifts for your wedding, set down and make a list. Write it down! If you don't write it down, you will be a target for indecisiveness and sales pressure.

Your list should include the following outline:

1. Your Wedding Theme
2. Wedding Colors
3. Weddnig Location
4. Number of Expected Guests
5. Members of Your Wedding Party (Maid of Honor, Bridesmaids, Flower Girl, Best Man, Groomsmen, Ring Bearer, Mother and Father of the Bride/Groom
6. Accessory and Favor items needed

With this list, you now an have a deliberate path to pursue.

Compare Products

Your are now ready to go shopping. Before you start comparing prices, compare products! Too often, couples purchase items based on price, not what they really want. Quality

Compare Service

Also paramount to pricing is service quality. Finding a great price but receiving poor customer service can be stressful and disappointing! Availability of shipping is also a factor.

Compare Prices

You've compared products for quality, styles, options and colors to suite your needs. You have also compared companies for service quality and availability. It is now time to compare prices.

If two or more companies offer the same quality products and services, pricing is a no-brainer. Go with the best price.

But, let's say Company A offers a lower price than Company B but company A does not provide a contact number or has no customer reviews. Company B's prices are a bit higher but you can speak to a live person and their website offers satisfied customer reviews. Save yourself potential stress or disaster and pay a little more.

Make Your Purchase

The steps and preparation listed above will make you an "informed consumer" with a deliberate agenda to purchase the items you need for your wedding with the best quality, service and prices.

Remember, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" and "You get what you pay for"

Health, Happiness and Prosperity to you in your new journey together.

Ray,

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