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There is no shortage of charming calla lily wedding favors. If you have chosen this classic flower as part of your wedding theme, you will have no trouble finding elegant favors to provide your guests.

Your best friend in searching for budget-friendly yet attractive calla lily favors is an online shop. The selection will be more extensive than a brick and mortar store and you can order easily any time of the day or night. Moreover, though, it makes for one less thing you have to run around and do is always a help.

Live Bulbs

A darling idea for a calla lily favor is a live bulb. You can order the bulbs in bulk online and wrap them in tulle and ribbon for each guest. When they plant the bulb and again when the flower blooms, they’ll think of you. This is a great eco-friendly idea that ensures no gift goes to waste. Plus, you’re beautifying the planet!

Wine Accessories

Hip brides are finding that wine accessories are a big hit with guests. You can find calla lily corkscrews, wine charms and wine bottle stopper favors. Each with a different calla lily design, they’ll fit right in with your décor and look great on your tables. And guests will be happy to have something they can use. You can also find wine glasses and champagne flutes with the lily etched or printed on them.

Bookmarks

There are a number of choices available in calla lily bookmark favors. Everyone loves a bookmark and again, giving something useful is always a good idea. Every time your guests see that darling bloom popping out above their page, they will think of the great time they had at your wedding.

Capodimonte Sculpture

Capodimonte is a type of porcelain sculpture highly prized for its beauty. The calla lily is an especially popular design for such exquisite handwork. You can offer each couple or each guest a single capodimonte calla lily stem and bloom in a special box or you can offer a trinket box with a sculpted calla lily on it.

Soaps

A nice touch is to offer calla lily blossom soaps. You can put some out in the ladies room at your reception and then have them wrapped in tulle as favors to take home at each place setting. There are petal-shaped soaps and also whole blossoms you can select from.

Place Card Holders

Set out a sea of calla lilies on the sign-in table where guests will look for their table numbers. There are a number of lovely choices when it comes to place card holders with calla lily designs. Each one is a treasure on its own and guests can bring them home at the end of the festivities.

Mini Cakes

Lately, the rage has been to offer guests mini wedding cakes to take home. The two-tier minis can be boxed in a calla lily-themed tin and the cakes themselves can be ordered with icing lilies. This is a charming way to let guests enjoy your theme at home.

Flowers for the Flower Girl

You’ll want to make sure to carry your theme out in a gift to your flower girl. She’ll love a special silk-wrapped basket she can take home that’s filled with calla lily shaped chocolates or real petals. And for the ring bearer, have him carry a pillow with your rings attached to a stem of a real or silk blossom. (Send him home with chocolates too!)

Don’t forget yourself!

In addition to the themed favors you can provide your guests, you can carry your theme into other areas of the wedding as well. You can have a unity candle for the head table with calla lilies on it, cake servers with calla lily handles, even a garter belt with a tiny embroidered lily. Your cake topper can be a porcelain calla lily or a couple holding calla lilies. There’s no limit to the details you can add.

More Calla Lily Wedding Ideas:

• Calla Lily Centerpiece & Bouquet Ideas
• Calla Lily Themed Wedding Ideas
• Calla Lily Wedding Ideas
• Calla Lily Wedding Cakes
• Calla Lily Ceremony Accessories
• Calla Lily Color Schemes
• Calla Lily Wedding Inspiration Board

How about a little Independence Day inspiration? I ran across this amazing polka dot red and teal blue inspiration board at Dessy.com and fell in love with it. Of course, I thought the color scheme would be the perfect thing to share with our readers on the Fourth of July....seems appropriate, don't you think?

Heather from All The Rave Events chose the items for this board perfectly in my humble opinion.  The polka-dot covered wedding dress, red satin shoes, and the teal blue bridesmaid dresses with the red sash are sure to make a bold statement at the ceremony.  And the red and white polka dot covered wedding invitations are a lovely way to introduce your theme and style to wedding guests.  I always love when brides use the invites to give the guests a little taste of things to come.  Of course, no reception for a red and teal blue wedding would be complete without a signature blue wedding cocktail that is topped off with a bright red maraschino cherry.  Both of the photos on the upper right side of the board showcase amazing ideas for setting your reception tables. Be sure not to forget some polka dot red and white or even teal blue favor boxes that are filled with your favorite candies like red and teal blue personalized M&M's or Jordan almonds.  And last, but not least, give your bridal party some thank you gifts that also fit with the theme.  The red polka dot and teal blue tote bags are the perfect way to say thank you to your bridesmaids.

I just LOVE everything about this board and this color scheme.  Yes - it is bold, but hey, if you want to break from tradition, I can't think of anything better than a bright, fun, and cheery color scheme!  What do you think?

If you love teal, why not try a teal and brown wedding?

Dare to be different! The typical beach wedding color scheme usually incorporates a sandy brown or an ocean blue and normally these really are my favorite beach wedding colors.  However when I saw this unique orange and bright pink color scheme used for a beach wedding, I was blown away and wanted to share it with all the Here Comes The Blog readers as soon as possible. After all, some of you may be planning your beach wedding right now!

The above fuchsia and orange wedding inspiration board was submitted for a contest on Dessy.com. Colleyberry's collage of images includes photos of the bridesmaids all dressed in simple orange and fuchsia dresses along with the groomsmen who wear khaki pants and white shirts. I can't tell you how much I love the "jumping" photo. The freshwater pearl earrings in a posie pink color and the taffeta flipflops in sunrise orange or rose quartz are also a nice touch. For the reception, brides can bring the color scheme to the celebration by utilizing fuchsia and pink chair sashes and centerpiece flowers such as Gerbera daisies in a color scheme that matches perfectly. Finally, use those same flowers on the wedding cake along with Swarovski crystal accented monogram letters for the wedding cake topper. Stunning!

So if you are planning your beach wedding, I recommend considering this unique color scheme....you'll definitely make a statement!

More wedding color inspiration:

• Inspiration: Nautical & Sailor Style Wedding
• Wedding Inspiration: Tiffany Blue and White Color Scheme
• Wedding Inspiration: Pink and White Color Scheme
• Wedding Inspiration: Lemon Yellow Color Scheme
• Wine and Pink: Inspiration Board
• Polka Dot Red & Teal Blue Inspiration Board