Flashy Favors

Are you trying to come up with a creative, unique favor for your wedding guests? If so, I may have a solution for you. I recently came upon an easy, unique favor that guests would go crazy for.

It's a cute flash drive that you personalize with pictures and your own playlist!

Photo from Real Simple.

You can upload pictures for the guests to take a look at when they get home.

Add your personalized playlist with some of your favorite songs! Guests will be excited to see

if they made the slideshow, as well as hear some of your favorite music.  It's super easy and eco-friendly.

You can buy flash drives that fit with your color scheme, and attach a cute note

thanking the guests for sharing your special day with you.

Check out these adorable ones from Blogshop (I want one so badly!):

If you don't have time to upload the pictures and playlist to each flash drive,

some companies will do it for you.

Check out the Plan Your Meetings website and

go to the Promote Your Message. When you order your flash drives, your sales

representative will help you with the upload process.  You can also check out Lookin Up Promotions.

If you have any creative favor ideas, I would love to hear them!  Feel free to leave us a comment.

Megan

Music Monday: Reception Music

A couple of weekend's ago, I got a hankering to repaint my office.

While I was repainting, I was listening to an ipad app called "Aweditorium." If you haven't downloaded it, go do it now. It's all of the "new and not-on-the-radio, therefore not-at-anyone-else's-wedding" music. A lot of it is from artists overseas that don't get much mention in the States.

Via Aweditorium I heard this fantastic diddy that would be a fantastic addition to any reception playlist.

Find more Frightened Rabbit songs at Myspace Music

What do you think?

This one tops the cake

At a recent wedding, I came across some cake toppers that changed my life. ...Okay, they haven't changed my life. But they are pretty darn cute. All of the toppers are totally custom. You send a picture of the wedding attire (dress and suit/tux), and of you two, and they craft a handmade cake topper to look just like the couple on your wedding day! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...

HOW cute are these details?

Prices range from $150 to $215. These precious toppers can be found on none other than Etsy. The brand name is Concarta.

Bouquets: Personalized and Pretty!

I love bold colorology when it comes to flower arrangements, but I especially love the personal touches that some brides have taken to including in their bouquets.  What better way to welcome marriage than with magnetic poetry or a pretty locket?

 Photo from Recycled Bride.

Photo from The Flower Girl Blog.

This concept opens up a whole new door to creative flower adornments.  It doesn’t have to be anything flashy, or even necessarily visible, just something sweet to add a touch of personality to the blooms, like maybe an antique pocket watch (wouldn't that be pretty?).  I could definitely go for a bouquet with pretty brooches pinned around the stems.  Another popular option is to wrap your mother’s or grandmother’s rosary around the bouquet.

Photo from 100 Layer Cake.

I think it would be incredibly sweet if a bride added a lucky charm to her bouquet—wouldn’t that be a fitting thing to have in your hands as you walk down the aisle?

And then there are nontraditional bouquets, which I love.  Paper flowers at a wedding are adorable, affordable, and immortal!

So cute, no?  (Above and below photos from a wedding we did in September.)

I love how quirky and bright this bouquet is! I think my favorite thing about nontraditional flower options is that you can use them to showcase your personality and make them fit with your color palette and wedding theme.  And it's so easy!

Music Monday: Solo or Processional Song

This past weekend, we had the privilege of working with Sarah and Slayden. Their wedding was one of the sweetest ceremonies I've ever witnessed. I was particularly moved by the solo performed during the ceremony.  I immediately wanted to share it with you all as an option for either a solo during the ceremony, or just as the instrumental version as your bridal entrance song.

Just beautiful.


To hear it without the words, click here: http://youtu.be/rawBaxlCDJU