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Your rehearsal dinner is over. You’re ready for bed and all you can think about is how stressed you’re going to be tomorrow on your wedding day. What if the cake falls? What if the band doesn’t show up? What if Uncle Vince gets drunk and embarrasses you? The last minute stresses of being a bride shouldn’t ruin your wedding day. You want to be calm, cool, and collected from the moment you wake up to the moment you close your eyes as a married woman. Sound like an impossible task? It’s not if you heed some good advice.

Plan enough time to get ready the day of your wedding. If it’s in the morning, allow several hours so you can have a cup of coffee in peace before everyone arrives to do your hair and makeup. And eat something. Many a bride has forgotten to eat on her wedding day and either passed out or gotten loopy with the first glass of champagne.

Designate before the big day who will be running last minute errands. Arrange for people who are reliable yet not urgently needed elsewhere that morning for pictures or to help dress you.

Errands that will need to be done the morning of the wedding are: picking up the flowers, ensuring the cake has arrived at the location (a phone call will do), ensuring there is cash or a check to pay the bartender, wedding venue or restaurant and musicians. You’ll also need payments and tips for the limo drivers and hairdresser and makeup artist. The last thing you want to be doing is handing out cash on your special day. Delegate this task to a person you can trust. Have envelopes clearly marked “Caterer” and “Limo Driver” so that nothing gets mixed up.

On track with being organized, it doesn't hurt to have a little floor plan mapped out so your assistants know where to put not only guest place cards, but the guest book, gift table, wedding favors, etc. Not to mention, a picture of how you want the tables to look as well. This will all help in the long run.

Designate a trustworthy friend the keeper of all wedding day gifts. People bring gifts to the wedding and they need to be put somewhere and monitored for theft. And often, people bring envelopes of cash as their gift. You don’t want those precious envelopes sitting out in public where restaurant patrons and other strangers can help themselves. Your trusty friend is now in charge of keeping watch. You’re excused from having to worry about it. That same person should bring the gifts home after the event to hold for you or drop them at your parents’ house or your own apartment.

Someone will need to be in charge of taking your wedding gown home if you are departing for your honeymoon right from the wedding. Even if you are staying over at a hotel for the night and leaving the next day, you want your wedding dress in safe hands and out of the way. Plan for an aunt or sibling to take it. You can change into a pretty but simple “going away” outfit before you leave the reception.

Wear comfortable shoes. It doesn’t matter if you paid $400 for a pair of beaded satin heels if your feet ache the whole day. Go for comfort. Some brides like to have a decorative pair of fun flip flops or ballet shoes to dance in. And some even wear white sneakers. You don’t have to go that drastic, but arrange well before your wedding day to break in your wedding shoes.

Don’t sweat the small stuff. Yes, it is your wedding day. Yes, you planned and prepared and spent a lot of time and money. But it’s not the end of the world if you flub a word in your vows or the ring bearer drops the rings. There will be tiny mishaps—everything from a run in your stocking to the bathroom being out of toilet paper at the restaurant. Everyone will come running to you with their problems…UNLESS you set up a No Comment Zone. Tell your wedding planner, mom, dad, and anyone else who’ll back you up that you are not going to be fielding complaints or solving problems that arise. Once you step into your dress, you are a bride. You are not required to run interference for two relatives who are bickering or monitor how many drinks Uncle Vince has had. Just smile and enjoy the day whatever comes your way.

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When the subject of inviting children to your wedding comes up, there will be many differences of opinion to deal with. Some well-meaning friends and family may say that you simply cannot include them as it is a formal occasion. Others will say that you should definitely include them as a wedding is a big party and not to include them is horrible. So what’s the rule?

It’s really up to you. There are no rules. You have to consider several things, however. First, if your wedding is very formal, are you going to want children running around? It also depends on whose children you are talking about inviting. Are you going to invite your sister’s young children because they are your nieces and nephews? Are you feeling pressured to invite your bridesmaid’s children because she’s in the wedding party?

These are issues that will come up. And again, it’s up to you. While it might feel horrible to you to exclude a two year old nephew—and so you invite him—there’s no reason you have to have every two year old child that’s in any way connected to the wedding.

Any children from past marriages should be given the opportunity to choose to come or not. If they don’t want to come, that’s their choice, but definitely extend the invitation. The last thing you want is to start out your new married life with bruised feelings.

When it comes to your bridesmaids or best friends, you may want to have a private talk with them way before the issue even comes up. Tell them that you are planning a more formal evening and children would be out of place. She may be offended, so be prepared. Talk about how much you want her in the wedding and that you’d like her to be free to just enjoy herself too.

If you decide to have children at your wedding, you do have some options to control disruptions. You can hire a nanny for the day. Provide a children’s area complete with crayons and small games to occupy the children. Depending on their ages, some of them can even help entertain the younger ones. The nanny can be a high school girl or a local teen that you know from church. Ask around. Someone may just love the idea of making a few bucks for watching the children during a wedding.

You can have a separate meal for the children that is more to their liking without having to alter the adult menu. Serve mac and cheese and chicken fingers and they’ll all be happy. Have a tent for the kids, and offer wedding favors or kids gifts so they can have their own little play area. Or rent a bounce house that they can play with outside while the guests are dancing and dining.

Many children are perfectly well behaved and can join the regular festivities. If you have a mom who is in the bridal party, she can ask her husband to supervise the child while she’s off taking photos. You may even want to offer her the option to sit with her child instead of at the head table so the child can spend time with mom (and act up less).

Either way you choose to go, children at your wedding are your choice. Don’t let anyone sway you one way or the other. Do what feels right to you and your fiancé.

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First, you fell in love. Then you got engaged and all thoughts turned to planning your wedding. What better way to celebrate your love than with a wedding based around a Love theme?

Perhaps love for you means hearts. Maybe it means flowers. Or you might be more literal and would like the world “love” on your favors and in your décor. Any way you choose to portray it, love is a romantic theme to surround yourselves in on the big day.

• Start your Love theme rolling with your Save the Date cards and invitations. Choose very ornate scrollwork that spells out LOVE or choose a simple heart to represent love.
• Set the tone with love songs. Have the DJ or band play all love songs that your guests will immediately recognize. Include sappy songs from yesteryear as well as your favorite modern songs.
• Choose colors like red and white or red and silver. They’ll immediately register as colors of love (think Valentine’s Day). Carry the red throughout the day with hearts, red and white roses, red heart shaped candies, etc.
• Your gown can have little heart accents embroidered into it. Or you can wear a red velvet sash or a glittering garnet heart. Add a little splash of red and you’ve instantly drawn in everyone’s attention.
• Give out love theme wedding favors. Heart-shaped soaps or candles are charming. But you can also choose from an array of favors that actually spell out LOVE. Coasters, key rings, bookmarks, mint tins, letter openers, cookies, cupcakes, luggage tags, coffee scoops, wine glasses, and more can all be ordered with the letters L-O-V-E imprinted on them.
• Have satin ribbon imprinted with the word love. Use it to tie your bouquets, favors, around your cake and in other places. It will be a nice touch that everyone will remember.
• Your cake will, of course, be a tower of love. You can go ultra suave or super funky with the cake. You might want to subtly have the word love iced all over the cake or you might want a completely red cake with hearts all over it. Make a statement about your love with this focal point of the reception.
• Order soap favors or chocolates in the individual letters L-O-V-E. Scatter them throughout the reception, in the restrooms, and on the sign-in table, and let people find them. When you scatter them, guests will try to figure out what the individual letters spell.

• Have a “Love Tree” instead of a guest book. Have a potted topiary in the shape of a heart or the word love at the sign-in table. Instead of just signing their names have guests write a word or two about love on a slip of paper and attach it to the tree. You can use heart charms or heart-shaped tacks to hang the cards. It will be a nice way to relive the day when you return from your honeymoon.

• Show your love for your parents, family and friends with a tribute to them. Have a little speech ready for you or your fiancé to give before your first dance at the reception. This will truly bring your whole love theme together and ensure that there’s not a dry eye in the place.

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If the thought of months of wedding planning, family arguments and huge outlays of money makes you want to run off and elope, you have a few things to consider. It may very well be a good idea for you to head off to an exotic destination or even to city hall, but your choice will not be without its own challenges.

First, you risk hurting someone’s feelings. If your mom or dad had their heart set on throwing you a big wedding, count the cost of running off without them. If you just want to rush it because the thought of all that planning makes you crazy, hire someone to help out. A good wedding planner will take a lot of the work off your plate. If it’s a matter of cost, you could plan a more casual, smaller wedding and still include those you love.

But perhaps your reasons for eloping are that you are so in love and want to be married right away. Perhaps you just aren’t the big wedding type and a smaller ceremony is the only thing that will work for you and your partner. You’ll want to know how and where to elope to make it memorable.

First, check with local laws about marriage licenses. If you’re going for the city hall civil ceremony, just call your local town hall or city marriage bureau (find them online or in the phone book), and ask them what the process entails. Do you need blood tests? Is there a waiting period after you apply for the license? Every state is different, so don’t risk being disappointed because you didn’t take time to get the facts.

Who do you want to officiate? Do you want the justice of the peace? Find out if he or she is available. A justice of the peace may be an employee if the city hall or of a courthouse nearby. You can have a civil ceremony any place they will be willing to meet you. Consider a park or local spot of beauty or inspiration. It can be outside or inside. It’s still legal as long as you have applied for and gotten your marriage license and the person is legally authorized to marry people in your state (be sure to ask if they are, don’t assume!)

If you want to hop a plane and tie the knot, have a Las Vegas wedding. It is the wedding capital of the world and for good reason. There is no waiting time between applying for a marriage license and having the ceremony in Vegas. The city hall stays open 24 hours for just this purpose. Hundreds of tiny wedding chapels line the streets. You can pop in for a quick wedding and even drive through to get married without getting out of your car! Marry at the little chapel Elvis and Priscilla did, or choose from any of the modern, attractive and all-inclusive chapels. You can go as fancy as you like. Many chapels will rent you a dress and shoes and flowers. The groom can get his tux too on rental. You can run in and be married in a few minutes.

But keep in mind that the highest volume of weddings in Las Vegas are on Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve, so plan your trip accordingly.

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The chances are good that you’ll be receiving a number of cards at your wedding reception. They’ll contain cash gifts, so you’ll want to store them somewhere safe, but you also want that place to be attractive and easy for your guests to find. That’s where a wedding card box comes in. It’s a box designed for guests to slip their cards into at the reception. How you decorate it can make all the difference between ho-hum and fantastic.

Making your own wedding card box will save you money and you can personalize it your wedding theme. Be sure to ask someone who is close to you but not in the wedding party to keep an eye on it and bring it home after the reception. You can decorate your box yourself or purchase one. There are many retailers online who sell nice ones, but if you choose to make your own, here are some tips.

Birdcage

Go for a decorated bird cage for a sweet look, this is especially cute if you're having a love birds wedding. Bring a little bit of nature indoors. You can purchase a wire birdcage at a pet store if they have nice ones. We’re not talking the kind a pet canary would live in. Avoid the square, plastic bottom ones. You want ornate. So go for a domed top cage that looks delicate and sweet. If your pet store doesn’t carry any you like, and they may not, try a craft store next. The trend of birdcages as card holders is catching on, so they are likely to have just what you want. But you can also find them at antique stores or flea markets. If it’s not white when you find it, you can always spray paint it white or off white to match your theme. Next, add silk flowers. Wind silk ivy around the cage and add in some raffia or a bird’s nest in the bottom. It’s a really cute look and you can set it out on your place card table so all will see it.

A Tiered Cake

Another cute idea is to decorate three boxes to form a tiered wedding cake.

You can use round or square boxes. Find three boxes in varying sizes from large to small. Look for silk covered boxes or paper-mâché boxes that you can paint and decorate yourself.

Tie a wide ribbon around the stack and place a slit in the top box big enough to hold cards.

You’d pay around $80 for a similar store bought wedding cake box like this, so save some change and make it yourself.

A Treasure Chest

Find a domed lid box and decorate it like a treasure chest with faux jewels that you find at a craft store. Often, mass retailers or off-price stores will carry boxes in their wedding stationery section that are just perfect for this.

They are often covered in silk already, so all you do is add the bling. You can either cut a slit for the cards or if you’d rather not, you can allow guests to open the lid and place their card inside.

Your wedding card box doesn’t have to be limited to just a box. You can make it any shape you like as long as there’s a way for guests to slip their card in, so think outside the box when planning your box.

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Your reception is your big chance to have everything you’ve ever wanted in an event. Chances are you’ve dreamed since you were a little girl of the moment you’d walk in, arm in arm, with the most fabulous man on the planet. Being announced as Mr. and Mrs. can be a heady feeling, and it will only add to the excitement when your decor is absolutely perfect.

There are so many ways to add your own personality to a wedding reception. It’s the one time you can have total say over what is included and what is left out. There will be many well-wishers who offer advice that you may or may not want to take. Above all, don’t feel pressured to have anything at your reception that you don’t love. If mom wants you to go with gold and silver, but you hate the combination, consider talking with her and telling her how you feel. She will most likely want you to be happy, and you can select an alternate color scheme.

Set your mind on the colors that make you the happiest. Do you love muted tones of red and brown? The vintage look can really be chic in these colors. Have a down home country reception complete with a wagon and a hay bale in it, candles in rustic colors, tables draped in hues of burnt reds, and even rent out a barn if you can. You can have an elegant barn wedding reception, if the climate allows, that is everything you hoped it would be and more. Hang gauzy curtains at the barn door entrance. Have dancing on the open floor. Just be sure that it’s a non-working barn so it’s clean and available without any animals (and their odors) in it. Many barns are now heated and have lovely wooden flooring that’s perfect for dancing.

Just about any theme will work as long as you carry it throughout the day. If you are sports fans, you and your new husband can incorporate just about any sport into the day. Have football candies as favors. Decorate a whimsical cake with soccer ball icing. Include memorabilia from the sport, trophies, or pennants to suggest the good old days of the sport. You can really have fun with it. Offer baseball cards as favors or have vintage bats and balls on display. Chances are you’ve got a collection somewhere if you’re sports nuts. Why not bring them out?

Wedding reception decor is totally dependent on the bride and groom’s tastes. Have a chocolate fountain if you love chocolate and go with a Willy Wonka theme. Or have a truly upscale champagne and strawberries theme. Whatever you decide to have, look at every detail from the invitations to the wedding favors, and everything in between. Put your little touches into each area of the reception decor and you will find that everyone loves what you’ve done. Don’t forget to make your mark with special food choices as well. You can have the caterer do edible chocolate spoons for guests to eat their cold strawberry soup with.

The magic is in the details. Plan on cutting out lots of ideas from magazines and gather up a file so that when the final decisions need to be made, you’ll have lots of ideas.

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The ladies in your life who are closest to you are the ones you’ll want as your bridesmaids. To thank them for being part of your bridal party, give them special and meaningful bridesmaid gifts. Here are some suggestions.

• Jewelry is always appreciated. You don’t have to break the bank to give each of your girls a lovely piece. Decide on what you want to give be it bracelet, ring, necklace or earrings. Then, get everyone the same thing, or a slight variation, and buy them all at the same time. You can purchase lots of lovely crystal or beaded bracelets that will fit everyone. And when you have them all shipped together, you’ll save not only on shipping but on your time running around searching for the perfect gift. Overstock.com and Ebay both offer unique jewelry pieces that are affordable and fun.
• Pampering products. Give a spa in a bag. Get nice toiletry cases and fill them with all sorts of soothing products. If the girls are staying at a hotel, they’ll be thrilled to have the extra products. Alternately, you could consider giving fluffy monogram robes.
• Gift certificates to a spa are also nice as well. They can go at a time that’s convenient for them and remember you when they’re getting pampered.
• Gift certificates to restaurants, stores, and movies are all great ideas. You can even give them gift certificates for online stores so they can shop from home.
• Monogrammed candles are lovely. They come in all types of containers and colors. You can pick a monogram for each of the girls to make the gift truly personal.
• Purses, cosmetic cases and personalized totes all make great gifts. Either have them personalized or give a tote that fits with each girl’s personality. Fill it with travel sizes of all kinds of products.
• A monogrammed self-inking stamper is a unique gift. You can order them online with each girls name and address for a lovely surprise.
• Edible gifts are all the rage right now. You can get everything from giant caramel apples covered in chocolate and candies to lollipops in the shape of bridal gowns. There’s no end to the creative and tasty treats you can find. Select something that you can’t find just anywhere like high end gourmet chocolates or online-only creations.
• Tickets to a concert or other local venue are appreciated. Try to get tickets that are good for a wide array of dates so that each girl can choose the day she’d like to go. Theatre tickets are often good for the whole run of the show (several weeks). Or offer to take them all together when you return from your honeymoon.
• Your bridesmaids will be on their feet all evening. Why not give them personalized flip flops with their names or ballet slippers in a nice pouch. They can slip into more comfy shoes when it comes time to dance. Everyone will be thanking you.

It’s up to you just how much you want to spend. If your budget is tight, you can always make something (like a batch of your best chocolate chip cookies) and wrap it in fancy packaging. Remember, it’s a token of your thanks and is not intended to be a stressful expense for you and your groom. Think simple but elegant.

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It’s so easy to make your own wedding bouquet. Forget about paying a florist to do what you can do yourself more cost-effectively. Today’s budgets are tight, and this is one good place to save a few pennies.

First, consider your style. Clip from magazines and catalogs. Find photos that really speak to you personally as the type of bouquet you’d like to walk down the aisle with. Do you love color? Are you partial to lush or slim arrangements? Refine your own personal style and then start cutting it down to a few choices.

Once you have an idea of the size and type of bouquet you’d like to have, decide on the flowers. Some of the top flowers for bouquets today are roses, calla lilies, daisies, peonies, orchids, tulips, lily of the valley, and carnations. You can do any combination or stick to just one type of flower. It’s entirely up to you.

Now, decide if you want real or silk flowers. You may think real right off the bat. And that’s fine. Just be sure to look into some different pricing options. Don’t go with the first florist who says they’ll get your flowers for you. If you can, go with a wholesaler who supplies the floral industry. You can get them much cheaper that way. Or, use a grocery store florist. Have them order you just the loose stems and you can put the arrangement together yourself.

If you’re really up for a money-saving idea, plan to go with whatever’s in season. You may want a certain flower, but if it’s not in season and has to be flown in, it’s going to cost you more. If that’s ok with you, go for it. If not, choose something more locally grown and in season.

Now, order your flowers. If you want to just make your own bouquet out of real flowers and have the bridal party carry silk flowers, that’s fine. Order enough flowers just for your bouquet. Start the day before, but no sooner as the flowers will wilt. Pick the flowers up from the florist and keep in a vase of water while you work. Store them in the fridge if you can’t make your bouquet right away.

Take the stems and lay them down on a table. You’ll want to pick off any excess foliage or thorns if your florist hasn’t already done so. Decide if you want to keep your stems long, or crop them. Once the flowers are on the table, start to pick them up one by one and arrange them in your hands. You’ll be carrying this bouquet, so you want it to have the right feel in your hands.

Arrange the flowers in a grouping. Change the order of them until you get an arrangement you like. Then, tie the bundle off with a loose rubber band. Now, cut the stems to the desired length. As a final touch, wrap the flower’s stems from tip to where they meet the blooms. Use a wide satin ribbon  in a color that matches your theme or wedding accessories. Or use velvet ribbon for an even more romantic feel.

Finally, store your bouquet in the refrigerator. Don’t put the bouquet in water if you’ve already wrapped it in the silk, of course.

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It used to be that Do It Yourself meant sitting at a kitchen table making something by hand. That’s still considered Do It Yourself when it comes to crafting, but today’s DIYers know that you can use the computer to help you make things look professional. Your wedding invitations are one thing you can create yourself online (or with DIY wedding invitation kits) and save yourself a great deal of money.

All you need to do is find a good online printer. Printers these days are competing for your business. Since there are so many printers out there, consumers have a choice of where they want to spend their dollars.

Look for an online printer who specializes in invitations. Expect that they will do more than just invitations, as a good printer should.  They should also have many samples of invitations available for you to look through online. There should be many categories from formal to fun from which you can choose to design your own DIY wedding invitations.

Look for a printer who has been in business online for some time. The longer they’ve been online, the better the chances are that they’ve worked out all the kinks of printing and delivering the goods to online customers. You can find this information out by checking a site’s FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) area on their site. Usually, this information is down by the bottom of the page. Don’t expect the information to be staring you in the face. You may have to dig a little, but at least find out how many years they’ve been in business and what their return or satisfaction guarantee is.

Now comes the fun part. You can choose from any template you like for your wedding invitations. You may see a fun and casual one you and your fiancé really like, but if it doesn’t go with your wedding’s overall feel, you might want to pick something more classic. The more formal the wedding, the more formal the invitation should be. This is the first impression your guests will have of your wedding, so make sure it matches with your level of formality.

Once you’ve chosen a layout design, you’ll be able to insert your wording. This is where you want to be especially careful to spell everything correctly. That includes your fiancé’s last name as well as the location of your reception. Be sure that the day of the week matches the date. It’s a common mistake to inadvertently write “Saturday, October 18^th” when it’s really “Saturday, October 17^th.” Be sure you have both the date and the day right. Check a calendar.

Once you have typed in your wording, you’ll have a chance to proof your invitation. Again, check it with an eagle’s eye. You may want to print it out so that you can look at it on paper. Anything you have there will appear on the invitation, so if there’s an extra apostrophe or one missing, correct it now. You’ll be held responsible for approval of the proof, so be sure it’s perfect.

A good printer will also offer you additional items that already have your wording, style, and font in place. You may be asked if you want to order Thank You cards, table number cards, wedding programs or other printed materials at the same time. It’s a good idea to go ahead and click yes because you’ll be sure to get the same font, paper weight and ink color if you order them all in the same batch. It will also save you a lot of trouble of having to have the additional cards printed at a later date and you will save on shipping as well.

Leave yourself enough time. Don’t order your invitations at the last minute and then be forced to pay rush shipping. You can design your entire invitation package online in just a few minutes, but you have to allow the printer time to print your job and mail it to you.

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Just because you want inexpensive wedding favors doesn’t mean they have to look cheap. With these great ideas, no one will know how little you paid for each favor. Most can be found or made for under $2. Raid the dollar store and get some good ideas too. You’ll be surprised with you find there!

Bags of Kisses

Tie some Hershey’s kisses in silver or gold netting and finish with a pretty ribbon. If you’re getting married around Halloween, you can find all sorts of bulk bags and discounts too. Craft stores will have cellophane and netting along with an array of inexpensive ribbon.

Glass Coasters

You can find coasters with every design imaginable. Find glass coasters that fit your theme and then tie in a pretty ribbon around them, and you’re done.

Shaped Favor Boxes

For pennies each you can buy favor boxes shaped in everything from handbags to brides and grooms and more. You’ll have to assemble them yourself as they will arrive flat (thereby saving on cost). But if you enlist friends and make a night of it, you can have fun putting them together and filling them with chocolates or candies.

Handmade Bookmarks

If you’re on a budget, you can use watercolor paper or card stock to make elegant bookmark favors. Use fashion scissors that cut designs into the paper to do the edges. Punch a hole and tie a nice ribbon or tassel on each one. Then you can write something on each one, rubber stamp a design or stamp your monogram or the words “thank you.”

Magnets

You can find nice magnets at discount stores that go along with your theme. For a beach wedding you might have a starfish or sail boat. For a winter wedding you might have a snowman. Once you find the magnet you like, adhere it to card stock and double it up as a place card or tie a ribbon around it as is. They’ll look charming at each place setting.

Key Rings

Order key rings in bulk in a shape that matches your theme and color scheme. You can find them at discount stores, dollar stores and online in just about every shape and size. Choose the best quality you can afford.

Photos

You can do a lot with photos using your home printer. You can personalize mugs, mouse pads and more. Or, you can take pictures of memorable places in the town you’re getting married in and create cards or stationery.

Think creatively and you will find your printer is your new best friend. For a fraction of hiring someone to print photo gifts you can do it yourself with transfer and iron on paper.

Soaps

Soaps are a really nice item to offer as a favor. Many pressed soaps are so lovely that they look much more expensive than they are. Find them in a shape and design that matches your theme. Or, if you really want to get crafty and save money, make your own soap wedding favors. You can find soap-making supplies at discount stores. They have unique molds that will allow you to hand pour your soaps. You can do the same with candles if you like. And you can even add a scent or rose petals to make them even more unique.

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