Thursday, November 18, 2010

Valuable Hand-Outs

Around the world within diversified and complex cultures, marriages are desired to be celebrated with extravagance by practicing all the traditional norms.

As quoted by martin Luther “There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage."

This marriage-union involves presence of loved ones, colleagues, neighbors and friends of the couple. This gathering is a door-way of socially accepting both as couple and making their marriage a memorable event.

Hence, as a token for appreciation, the presence of people in the event must be acknowledged by presenting simple gifts and hand-outs.

Traditionally wedding bombonieres (bomboniere boxes, Wedding favor boxes) are considered vital part of any wedding. Nowadays wedding favors or bombonieres are readily available in many specialty outlets with wide range of selection to fulfill each and every couple's need.

Wedding bombonieres in beautiful favor boxes can add extra value to the wedding reception. Favors boxes are sort of welcome treat for every recipient, a gesture on part of couple to convey appreciation in return for the blessings, affection and concern they have been showered right through.

Wedding bomboniere boxes can be prepared through paper or card-board material. Paper boxes are conveniently available in variety of colors, sizes, designs and styles to choose from. Boxes made of paper material are perfect for light-weight presents and for easy carrying. These wedding favor boxes could hold anything ranging from candies, cupcakes, cookies, almonds, mints and chocolates, to elegant personalized presents or even be filled in by selecting any item that complies with the theme of the event. Thus, all depends on the choice and creativity of couple.

These paper decorative boxes usually come in affordable prices, suitable for any budget. There are a lot of workable simple tips and guidelines available in wedding books or online if one prefers to make own wedding favor paper boxes.

There are huge collections of favor boxes offered in market that caters to every individual and customize demand; wedding favors boxes made of wood, paper boxes created by beads. These favor boxes are usually decorated and beautify by using materials like ribbons, small wedding charms, beads, or personalized marks, and even tags where name, wedding date and a personal message can be written.

The favor boxes can be choice after setting the theme or by designing the whole event around a favor box which will certainly make the wedding day “a day to remember”.

The wedding favor boxes can be of multipurpose consumption and enable guests to use the boxes to decorate their offices and home. There are numerous wedding designers that launch their creations in outlets, especially designed handiwork of wedding souvenir and wedding favor boxes. Their supply is usually in advance of demand and each creation offers further personalized adjustments in accordance with taste and demand.

No matter, the weddings are organized to be a simple get together or a highly planned celebration; there are few embellishments that are necessary with the preparations, and wedding favors boxes are one among them.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Learn more about Irish Wedding Favors

For a longtime the Irish culture required the bride and groom to issue favors to the visitors who attended their wedding. Any Irish wedding favors would be issued with no boundaries set on what would be given out. As much as it was a widely practiced tradition in Ireland, no one really knows the reasons behind its conception and what wedding favors were issued. This never stopped the bride and groom from offering small gifts to their visitors to stand as a reminder of this wonderful occasion.

With the passing of time, this tradition and the kind of favors being issued has changed. Depending on one’s capability financially couples can present their guests any kind of gift.

Traditionally the most common favor was the packing of a small piece of the cake and labeling it with the couple’s names and their wedding date, this served the purpose of the tradition quite well which was to ensure the guests took with them a reminder of the occasion. These bomboniere boxes were made more unique and symbolic by closing the boxes using any traditional Irish signs.

One other traditional way that was used to present the wedding favors was by putting some small Irish ornaments inside the cake. These ornaments would be anything from rings to coins and even thimbles. This was also a good way of creating a good surprise mood as the guests look into their cakes to find out what gifts they have been presented with.

These Irish Jewelries all have symbolic meanings. The coin means the person who has received it will get plenty of riches while a ring in the cake stands to show that particular person will be married within a year. However some of these charms portray bad situations, a good example is with the dried pea, the finder of this will live and die a poor person. Therefore to avoid having unhappy guests it will be wise to avoid some of these charms that have symbolic meanings.

During the recent times the wedding favor boxes tradition had taken a back sit and was almost until it was revived again. However the urgency of giving these Wedding Bombonieres is not as much as it was in the past, but it is a good way one can use to appreciate their guests in sharing their wonderful day. Nowadays the bride and groom issue their visitors at their reception with small gifts which they will take home and remember the occasion with.

Depending on the number of guests you receive and your strength financially it can be quite a burden for one to shoulder. Therefore to make things much easier the newlyweds can only arrange to give the Wedding Bombonieres at their wedding party where the guests will be fewer.

Some of the best modern favors to issue include Irish tea which is famous for its superior quality. One can easily order it online and have it brought to your door. Another perfect memento would be the Irish linen.