Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss is sharing her experience, wisdom and creativity with you in The Wedding Book. Whatever your personalities, taste or budget, Mindy helps you plan the perfect wedding from announcing the engagement to creating a budget to menus and wedding favors. Be informed and inspired!

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Celebrate the exhilarating discovery of the perfect dress at your next girl’s get-together-a bridal shower, girl’s night out or a bridesmaids’ lunch-with a favor that will have all your guests wishing for a frock just like this! While it’s a unique place card holder, the delightful sachet is just as impressive in the picturesque gift box that recalls the exclusive specialty shop where those dazzling duds are sold. Favor facts: Stylish, white satin dress-shaped sachet with satin bow at the waistThe dress’s white-metal hanger is place card holderSachet features fragrant floral scentDress and hanger measure 5 ¼” x 2 ½” w x 1 ½”Gift box features “Boutique” dress-shop design with display window, door and shop sign, window with dresses on mannequins and streetlamp and white organza bow on top of the boxGift box measures 5 ½” x 2 ½” x 1 ¾” Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

The perfect wedding (yours!) deserves the perfect “welcome” bag for your out-of-town guests, and here it is! The uniquely shaped, glossy white bag has wide, white-satin ribbon handles and an inner pocket with a clear window that highlights your personalized insert. Choose from several color and style choices to complement your decor and theme! Fill the bags with maps of the area and activity pamphlets, directions to all wedding activities, a schedule of the wedding weekend, bottled water, chocolates, mints, snacks, a pen, post cards from the area, tissues and even a small wedding favor! The bag measures 10″ h x 12″ w x 5″ d. Sold in sets of 12. Click here to view design options. Select a favorite, then double click on the design to save as a Word document. Personalize as desired. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Shower your family and friends with a fantastic favor box that’s at home on wedding reception and bridal shower tables, at garden parties, Mother’s Day lunches, picnics, Easter parties and more! The “English Garden” Watering Can Favor Box features flowers in shades of pink and lavender, accented with yellow centers and green stems, all set against a soft-blue background. Also included in the design are a cute, little ladybug, a handle and spout, and an appliqu…d flower on both sides of the watering can. Simply fill the “watering can” with your favorite treat. The favor box, which is sold as a set of 12, measures 2 ½” h x 2 ¼” w x 1 ¼” d. Easy assembly. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Life’s a beach, isn’t it! And next to the ocean’s cool breeze, the most delightful thing on sand is a refreshing, frozen margarita. That’s what makes our “Memo-rable Margarita” Pad and Pencil the perfect party favor for beach-themed events like weddings, as well as birthday parties, girls’ night out and cocktail parties! Instead of the customary ingredients, the margarita “glass” with its citrus-slice accent is filled with a 50-page memo pad, and the “straw” is actually a pencil. Tied around this whimsical favor is an imprinted bow with “Cheers!” in pink, “Salud!” in green and “Bottoms Up!” in yellow. The notepad measures 3 ¾” h x 2 ¾” w, but with the “glass”, the “lime” and the “straw,” the “Memo-rable Margarita” measures 7 ½” h x 3 ¾” w. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Nothing pleases like ocean breezes, sunny skies, sparkling seas and favors like these! The beach is the perfect setting for almost any event-wedding, bridal shower, birthday, barbecue, picnic, luau-and the Flip-Flop Photo Frame is the perfect favor, one your guests will love to take home. They make wonderful place card holders, or you can share a favorite photo. Favor facts: Each flip-flop features a color-coordinated, decorative flowerFrames are sold in sets of fourSet contains flip-flops in four colors: blue, green, yellow and pinkFrame measures 3 ½” h x 2 ¼” wPhoto size is 2″ h x 1 ½” Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

You just can’t top this when it comes to swizzle sticks for an engagement party, rehearsal dinner and wedding reception! “Mr. & Mrs.” Swizzle Sticks celebrate the bride and groom with top hats and tiaras with veils-formal attire for everyone’s favorite drink. So sweet and clever, your guests will want to take them home! The swizzle sticks measure 6 ¾” and are sold in sets of 24. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Each heart shape box contains 6 rose buds and each rose bud has approximately 12 rose soap petals. These are rose scented petals and the box measures approximately 3.5″ x 3.5″. The box is complete with an ivory organza ribbon and thank you tag. Available in red.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Symbolic, elegant and a lovely wedding favor for your guests! The stunning “We Tied the Knot!” Frosted-Glass Votive Candles is enhanced with a oval silver, metal plate that showcases “the knot” you’ve just tied with silver braid that ends in two gold-trimmed tassels. Atop the candle is a clear disc imprinted in silver with “We Tied the Knot.” These exquisite votives, which are 2 ½” h x 1 ½” in diameter, are filled with an aromatic, vanilla-scented candle and come in sets of four. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Sit back, relax and enjoy a mug of your favorite coffee, because you’ve just found the wedding favor you’ve wanted all along. The two, eggshell-white mini-mugs hold coffee-colored candles and sit close together holding “handles” in their clear, display gift box. All around the pink-and-brown gift box are tiny, pink hearts, and on the front you’ll find a couple of mirthful mugs along with the words “Mugs & Kisses from Mr. & Mrs.” The mugs measure 1 ¼” h x 1 ¼” in diameter, and the gift box, which measures 1 ¼” h x 3″ w x 1 ¼” d, is accented with a sheer, white organza ribbon and bow and a matching “For You” tag. Sold as a set of 4. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

He’s won the hand he’s waited for all his life-yours! Keep your lucky streak going with a winning wedding favor that will make your guests feel like they’ve won the jackpot! The “Lucky in Love” Playing Card Bottle Stoppers are perfect for your Las Vegas- or casino-themed wedding reception. All four red or black suits are beautifully depicted-one on the top of each bottle stopper-in impressive translucent acrylic. The clever, black-and-white, 4″ x 2 ½” x 1″ playing-card gift box has a clear showcase window, four aces on the back, and the words “Lucky in Love” with four more aces appear on the front. Accented with a sheer, white organza ribbon and bow and a matching, playing-card “For You” tag, the set of four includes one stopper of each suit. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Bridal showers and girls’ nights out call for feminine favors perfect for pampering and pleasing your guests! Thrill them right down to their toes! The “Queen For A Day” Toe Separators are a useful gift they’ll truly enjoy. Favor facts: Bright-pink separators are made from soft, comfortable foamTwo separators in each gift boxDisplay gift box includes white organza ribbon and bow and crown-shaped “thank you” tag. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Thank your guests with a garden of beautiful memories. These eco-friendly favors can hold fragrant flower petals, potpourri or tasty treats at your tables. When guests take them home, they can plant the cones and be reminded of that special day. Perfect for bridal showers, Mother’s Day luncheons, garden parties, Earth Day celebrations and more! Favor facts: The cones hold flower-petals, potpourri or treats Cone is plantable, producing lovely flowers The Web site provides a convenient, downloadable template for personalizing cones Kit contains 12 pre-assembled cones, 12 matching organza ribbons and 12 tags Cones measure approximately 5″ h x 3″ w x 2″ d Choose from pink, white, blue, green and brown cones Some assembly required Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

With every marriage a seed is planted that, when given kindness and understanding, will grow and blossom into enduring love. Give your guests a commemorative symbol of how “Love Grows” with this collection of blossoming wild flowers. Embedded into every handmade favor is a lovely variety of wild flowers. When watered and cared for, your guests will adore these lovely living favors for months after your wedding day. Each two and a half inch blossoming favor comes in a quality cream envelope and can be used in a variety of ways. You could label each envelope with your guests’ names, write their table number inside, and then place them at the reception entrance for them to find. Or you could set them at each place setting and write a personalized thank you message inside. However you choose to use them, your guests are sure to enjoy watching how “Love Grows”. Available in five colors: Pink, Lavender, Blue, Light Green and Ivory Printed on each favor are planting directions and a list of the flowers included. This item is sold in sets of 12. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

With its stunning, polished-metal openwork, Kate Aspen’s “Butterfly” Polished-Metal Bookmark rises a step above elegance. The pure-white tassel simply adds to the remarkable beauty of a gift your guests will use and treasure always. Designed to create a butterfly “garden” at your wedding reception, bridal shower, Quinceanera or Sweet 16 celebration, the butterfly bookmark is delightfully presented in a display gift box adorned with cheery flowers in pastel shades of pink, blue and lilac with light-green accents. A white, grosgrain ribbon and bow with matching, flower-shaped “For You” tag complete the gift for presentation. The butterfly bookmark measures 2″ h x 2 ¼” w with a 3 ½” tassel, and the gift box measures 3 ½” by 3″ by ¾”. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Planning a beach-themed event that promises to be one for the books? Here’s a fabulous beach favor designed to remind your guests of the terrific time they had-every time they reach for their favorite book! Add a special touch to your beach-themed birthday party, barbecue, family reunion and luau with the “Beach Views” Seashell Bookmark. The “Beach Views” Seashell Bookmark has a smooth, openwork-metal seashell with a light sand color that complements the tassel’s ivory hue. The sand-colored display gift box, decorated with starfish and shells, is accented with a white organza ribbon and bow and starfish-shaped “For You” Tag. The seashell bookmark measures 3 ¾” x 1,” the tassel is 3 ½” long, and the gift box measures 4 ¼” h x 2″ w x ½” d. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Golden couple, golden moment, golden memories-share them all with your wedding guests! An elegant wedding favor that will brighten your tables, as well as the day, is the gorgeous Beautifully Beaded Photo Frame/Place Card Holder. Share a favorite photo or use it as a place holder. The exquisitely detailed, glass-and-metal frame, with brushed-gold beauty, has a velvety-black finish on the back and accommodates either horizontal or vertical photos 2 ¾” x 1 ¾” in size. This lovely frame measures approximately 3″ x 4″ and is sold in sets of four. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

We always look for a meaningful way to thank those we love on those special occasions that are celebrations of faith-our christenings, baptisms, communions, confirmations and weddings. The “Blessings” Silver Cross Bookmark is both a token of appreciation and a beautiful reminder of an important day in our lives. A 4 ½”, pure-white tassel adorns a 2 ¾” x 2″ budded cross, where the three-leafed clover end caps represent the trinity as well as faith, hope and love. The 4″ x 2 ½” x ¾” gift box is a miniature replica of the bible, with decorative, silver accents, silver “pages,” a white-satin bookmark with a white budded cross, and the cover is imprinted with a small, silver cross and the words “Blessings Cross Bookmark.” Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

Once again, Kate Aspen sets the highest standards for the world of wedding favors with the “For Richer or Pourer™” Wine Stopper-a unique and practical favor pricelessly presented. The gleaming chrome bottle stopper becomes a handy pourer when you pull out the “$” that tops a rubberized, airtight seal. But nothing tops the absolutely enchanting gift presentation! Imaginative, colorful artwork (on the front and the back!) tells the story as you go from rags to riches, all the while honoring that all-important vow to love one another for richer or “pourer.” The “richer” couple is well dressed, rolling in money, happy, still madly in love and looking back at the day when they were a “pourer” just-married couple, happy and in love, just starting out in life-like you. The 3″ x 1″ bottle stopper/pourer sits in a black base with “dollars” on the rich side and “pennies” on the other. The distinctive triangle design of the display fits beautifully into the clear, 4 ½” x 3 ¾” x 2 ¾” gift box, accented with a sheer, white organza bow and matching, dollar-sign “For You” tag. As always, Kate Aspen crafts all of our bottle stoppers in chrome, giving them a nice weight in the hand and ensuring that these popular favors will be enjoyed for years to come. Quantity discount is available.

Planning the perfect wedding? This should help!

When your romance has sizzled from the start, your wedding reception is the perfect place to share the secret with your guests! Favor them all with a personalized, prized bottle of “five pepper” hot sauce-guaranteed your guests will remember your celebration and the “hot” time they had! Features and facts. Sauce is made with jalapeños, finger hot peppers, Serrano, cayenne and habanero peppers Bottles are 6 ¾” tall and hold five ounces Personalize with one of seven label designs Minimum order of 12 bottlesEnter text exactly as you would like label to read. For example, if you want it to say, “Brooke’s Bridal Shower”, type that in the names box.Click here design options