Sunday, February 8, 2009

Asian & Garden Wedding Favors - Beautiful Addition to the Wedding

By Aaron H.

Having some small, inexpensive gifts to give their guests as "Thank you" gifts and keepsakes to remind them of the beautiful occasion and the happiness shared is a common goal among couples getting married. Wedding favors are an entire line of products invented to fill this need. Favors have become a traditional part of any party. Weddings were just the logical next step. Couples having an outdoor ceremony and reception can now choose from several options when deciding which favors to give out depending on what theme they choose. Two excellent thematic forms of gift items that work out well with outdoor weddings are Asian and garden wedding favors.

An Asian theme is used for many outdoor ceremonies. This theme has a very romantic feeling associated with it that is perfect for celebrating marriage. Paper lanterns, candles and incense, and even Chinese writing are incredibly beautiful oriental items couples may use as decorations.

Asian wedding favors may come in the form of oriental silk or paper fans, fortune cookies, or a wide variety of items that make use of the Chinese glyphs for "Love" and "Double Happiness". If the celebration has an oriental or Asian theme to it, these items make the perfect gifts for the guests to keep as reminders of the occasion, and they say "Thank you" in a much better way than simply sending out cards later.

Another common theme for outdoor celebrations of marriage is a garden theme. The beauty of using this particular theme lies in the sheer number of different flowering plants and flowers that can be used as decoration. There are always a wide variety of different colors and types of flowers in bloom from spring to late fall, so finding the appropriate mix for the season is not a problem.

Most garden wedding favors are based on the blooms of different flowers. While this is the theme, the items that can be used and given out as "Thank you" gifts for the guests is virtually unlimited. Almost anything can be made more beautiful with the addition of flowers. One very popular garden themed wedding favor item is a packet of mixed flowering seeds that the guests can take and plant in their own flower gardens to have a living and beautiful reminder of the occasion and joy shared with the bride and groom each year when the plants come back and bloom again.

Weather permitting, outdoor weddings are fairly common. The reason is that the best possible way to decorate for something as wonderful as a couple getting married is to include nature in all her glory. Outdoor weddings can have many different themes, including an Asian theme or a garden theme. Asian wedding favors and garden wedding favors are different, yet beautiful types of keepsakes that people enjoy getting to remind them of this special event. - 15437

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