FAB Favor

Remind your guests of their experience at your destination wedding year after year with a handcrafted ornament. Scealu offers 6 ornaments to choose from:

Cape Cod Bay Scallop Shell
White Mushroom Coral
Pink Sea Urchin
Five-fingered Starfish
Armored Starfish
Sugar Starfish

Each ornament is glassed (except for the starfish) and combined with delicately shaped wire and tied with organza ribbon. Each one is unique, handcrafted and made to order. Every scallop shell offered is hand selected from Cape Cod.

The packaging and caption is personalized to the individual's event and wishes.
There are 2 card stock colors available (white or cream) and a choice of 6 different gold wax seal stamps (monogram, double heart, scallop shell, eternity symbol, starfish and nautilus). Each one is placed in a polypropylene bag that protects and gives the clearest view of your gift.

The completed package size is 6"x 7".

In addition to the favor line, there is also the option to purchase coordinating Menu and Table cards. These cards are shown on the Portfolio page.

Pricing and Minimums

(Minimum order is 24 pieces)

Pricing

Ornaments in personalized package

Scallop Shell, Pink Sea Urchin
$6.00/per piece


All Starfish, White Mushroom Coral
$7.00/per piece

Menu Cards and Table Placements
Menu Card : $3.00 per setting
Small Table Card: $1.50 per piece
Prices above do not include shipping

Sunflower Favors - Unique, Fun, Adorable, Functional

Just a peek at some of my favorites!

Sunflower Favors offers an extensive selection of both contemporary and traditional favors that are bound to unveil your personal style. Browse through their online catalog to find unique, fashionable, and contemporary favors that will be sure to unveil your personal style. They offer favors for all occasions - wedding favors, bridal shower favors, baby shower favors, bridesmaid gifts, newborn gifts, graduation favors, birthday favors, anniversary favors, party favors, and seasonal favors!

Their stylish product line of wedding favors will ensure that your wedding makes a statement of your personality and vision. They carry a wide selection of some of the most unique, fun, adorable and functional beach and personalized favors that will surely impress your guests!

A message from Sunflower Favors - "Life is punctuated by unforgettable events. It's our belief that embracing the little things - a favor, a small token of appreciation - creates opportunities to form strong relationships and create memories that will last forever. We are happy to offer unforgettable favors for all of life's unforgettable events! Best of luck with your event and happy planning!"

My readers will get a 15% discount at checkout! 

Use discount code: oc8c382ada

Design A Flavor

I am always looking for unique & environmental aware ideas for wedding favors. These days who wants to spend money on a favor that will take up shelf space, a dust collector. My research lead me to this site and I thought "what a novel idea" give away a unique blend of tea that you designed and put your personal message on. 

The company is Design A Tea and the concept is so simple, choose a base and one or two flavors to blend your own unique tasting tea. Top it off with a personalized message "Joe & Ann... the perfect blend" (to cute) and give it away as your wedding favor. Not sure what flavors to mix? For $1 ($2 will be credited towards your actual purchase once you find the perfect blend) you can have a sample sent for you to taste. That is genius! And the packaging is beautiful... I can imagine them all stacked up on a table making a great presentation. And most important, it is something that will be consumed with pleasure and not a dust collector that will end up in a land fill.

Your environmental aware 

wedding planner,

Lisa

5 Ways Your Wedding Can Help Fight Breast Cancer

October is breast cancer awareness month and although we should keep this issue in the forefront of our minds all year round, I would like to acknowledge it by making a blog entry in honor of my beautiful, hilarious and courageous friend and sister. Here are a few ideas that will fit in effortlessly during your wedding plans or wedding day, but will make an important impact on supporting breast cancer research and awareness. 

Excepts from The Knot...

From the dress to the favors, here's how you can help fight breast cancer.

1. Run or walk the Race for the Cure with your loved ones and support

Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
How to Do It: Grab your bridesmaids, fiance, and family and sign up to walk or run a national or local race that benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Go to Komen.org to find and register for one of the five sponsored Susan G. Komen for the Cure marathons taking place this year and commit to raising $2,200 for the cause, or sign up for a local race in your area. There are over 100 events annually, so you can be sure there's one going on near you.
How It Helps: The 26-year-old foundation is the leading breast cancer awareness grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists working to cure breast cancer and raise awareness nationwide.

2. Buy your wedding favors through a Breast Cancer Site.
How to Do It: Shop The Breast Cancer Site store and choose from a large offering of votive candles, bracelets, and pins. Give them out as favors at your wedding shower or for all your guests at your reception.
How It Helps: The Breast Cancer Site gives free mammograms (one of the best early detection methods for breast cancer) to underprivileged women in low-income areas who don't have the means to pay for an exam themselves. Funds from the site's store go to providing these free mammograms.

3. Donate or buy your wedding dress and benefit the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation's "Brides Against Breast Cancer" project.
How to Do It: Go to the Brides Against Breast Cancer website to find out how to package your wedding gown and send it off to the program after your wedding day. They'll sell it at one of many wedding dress sale events held across the country, and all the money will go to the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation fund. (A bonus: Your donation is tax-deductible.) Still on the hunt for the perfect wedding dress? Browse the racks at one of their sales. Check the calendar of events on their site to find out more.
How It Helps: The Brides Against Breast Cancer project is a part of Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation, which works to grant wishes, fund "memory-making moments" for metastatic breast cancer patients, and raise breast cancer resource awareness across the country.

4. In lieu of traditional wedding favors, donate to the Pink Envelope Project in your guests' honor.
How to Do It: Make your donation through the website Pink Envelope Project. The site recommends a $3 to $10 donation per guest. Once you've sent in your donation, they'll send you the requested amount of wedding favor cards to use at your reception. The cards are pink (of course!) and include a thank-you to your guests.
How It Helps: The Pink Envelope Project is another initiative by the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation. It encourages third-party hosted events across the country -- from casual dress days in the workplace to wedding receptions -- to raise money for the foundation.

5. Set up an Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Registry Tribute Fund.
How to Do It: Go to their website and set up an Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Registry Tribute Fund. There, you can upload your picture, tell your wedding story, and share your passion for breast cancer awareness. Once you've created your page, you'll be able to send out emails to your wedding guests and add a link to your wedding web page encouraging guests to donate to the cause.
How It Helps: Having raised over $525 million in over 50 countries, the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade benefits educational programs, screening and diagnosis, access to treatment, research, and breast cancer support services worldwide.

Last but not least, check out the gorgeous tote up top... such a beautiful gift for every bridesmaid in your destination wedding party. Great way to show your support for breast cancer research while having a bridal party look smart, trendy and oh so cool! Go to Sea Bags to check out all three styles.

Your wedding planner Lisa, who asks every reader to please do your monthly exams and have your yearly mammograms!

Keep Your Guests Cool As A Cucumbers

Here is a useful, lovely and practical suggestion for a destination wedding favor. As a Caribbean wedding planner I know that temperatures can go from sunny and mild to blazing and humid in the blink of an eye. This delicate silk fan will keep your guests as cool as cucumbers while they watch your ceremony and move on to your reception. This stylish wedding fan may also serve as part of your decor by placing the fans on your guests chair or by using them as a stunning place card holder, simply add a place card made of thin paper and weave it through the bamboo stems (not included). Starting at $2.30 each (buy in bulk and the price goes down) what a bargain. 

Silk Fan @ Get Married 

Your wedding planner,

Lisa

The Knot Wedding Shop

Looking for the perfect favor... look no further "the knot" wedding shop has everything and anything you need for your special day.  They offer personalized items of all kinds along with cake toppers, toasting glasses, bells, decorations and of course favors... just to name a few.  Check out their website I am sure you will find everything you are looking for. At checkout enter code SPR8 and receive 10% off your first order :)

"the knot" wedding shop

Happy shopping

from your wedding planner,

Lisa

FANtastic

Here is a simple idea that can be a small token of appreciation as well as being very useful. You don't want your guests to melt in the heat while their waiting for you to make your entrance. So I love these palm-leaf fans from Bliss Weddings Market -- leave one on each seat, and your crew can outlast the hottest temps. I have my own collection, gathered from past weddings, that I bring out at my own house for barbecues. While the fans used to only come in a neutral tan shade, now they've gotten even better and come in a host of colors to coordinate with your decor. They're available in turquoise coral, lime, brown, yellow, blue, red and two shades of pink. And with a pack of 10 for only $10, they won't make you sweat over your budget either.

Tropical Wedding Favor Ideas

Puerto Rico is famous not only as a dream vacation, but also as a destination for weddings. This is because the setting is exceptionally romantic, the weather simply beautiful and the panorama stunning. Besides, Puerto Rico wedding favors and gifts are very attractive.

Puerto Rico is one of the most romantic spots on earth – especially for a wedding. This is a destination that would delight your guests as well as side by side with your wedding they would enjoy the extremely picturesque and sun-kissed beaches of the islands (Culebra & Vieques). The only thing you should keep in mind is the planning. Part of your Puerto Rico wedding theme could be Puerto Rican favors and decorative supplies. Since this involves special travel plans and accommodation arrangements, the booking should be done well in advance lest you encounter last minute problems which could ruin the wedding schedule.

The guests should be informed about what they would need on the island in terms of clothes (for the wedding ceremony and the reception that follows), the exact program of the wedding, how long they would be hosted on the island and what are the arrangements made for their return. To make it more fun, you could add a half-day (or full day) guided tour around the island(s) and/or put them in contact with someone who could suggest some activities before and after the wedding celebrations.

The Perfect Informal Wedding Setting – The Beach
For those who love informal celebrations, this is the best there could be. The beach weddings are extremely charming and entertaining both for the newly wedded couple as well as the guests. Puerto Rican wedding favors and gifts are exceptionally beautiful and can be arranged in whatever number by me your local wedding planner. There is plenty of choice from sea shell ornaments to specially designed paperweight favors to coconut bowls and jewelry and even photobooks made of papaya or banana leaves.

The local handicrafts are exquisite, comfortably prices and very appropriate to Puerto Rico – it would seem that each piece is actually a piece of the island. If you put in a little extra effort have them personalized for each of your guests, Puerto Rican wedding favors could be very impressive.

The destination itself is a gift to your guests and if Puerto Rican favors and gifts are chosen well, your wedding would be remembered for a long time to come by everybody whom you invited.

Monogram Favors

Check out Delovely Designs. They offer gorgeous monogram designs and unique favor ideas. I love love love the blog everything they create is TOP NOTCH and isn't that what you want for your wedding day! Imagine monogramed waterproof water bottle labels, adhered to ice cold water, to help cool off your guests while they experience your ceremony on the beach...now that's genius!