Tuesday
26Aug2008
Ideal Favors {Contest} Winner
And the winner is...
Congratulations Steph! Email your contact info to me {laura_e at swsmag dot com} and we will get you your fabulous prize - 50 personalized napkins, 50 personalized coasters, and 50 personalized candy favors. A big thanks to {Ideal Favors} and all of our readers that commented. Every single one of you had great ideas! There were SO many amazing entries on this post. If you didn't win, don't worry... we have so many more contests in the works... wait till you see the prize for the NEXT one! And be sure to enter the {ABCD Contest} (Ends next Tuesday!)


















































Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 09:00PM
Reader Comments (49)
I would use those adorable mini favor pails to plant succulents in them and use them to sit escort cards atop them for the guests to find their seats. The succulents could be replanted at home, or kept in their teeny pail as a great addition to a workplace.
i love the paper fans, i would use fuschia for my bridesmaids. we're taking a trolley from my mother's home in NJ to our reception in Philadelphia & we might need something to help keep us cool!
My favorite are the matchbooks. I would offer them to my guests to light their sparklers with as we leave the ceremony site!
I'd love to use the rice paper lanterns in a mix of red and white over the dining table for our annual Christmas party with friends. This years theme is "Christmas Morning" and we will be having a huge buffet breakfast as well as opening gifts with one another. I think the lanterns would aid in the sensory overload feeling I like to give my guests when they come for one of my parties!
These favors are beautiful. I'd especially find the parasols useful given the beach location of my wedding. And the candle covers will be a great touch to the reception.
I'm actually doing my ideal favors.I saw how to make a pinwheel a long time ago and wanted to sit down and make some. When we decided to have our wedding at the beach, I thought they would make perfect favors with the breeze. So I went on a mad search for the right paper, and ended up finding two different types that I liked. I'm still finishing them up right now but they're turing out so great!
We simply LOVE the little boxes with the brown ribbon. They are SO cute! :) Since we're wedding photographers, and already married, if we won we would have another little contest (maybe with a story) on our blog to determine which of our lovely brides would win the prize!!! :-D How fun would that be??
My favorite favor is definitely the 9" white paper hand fan. It would look perfect sitting on each place setting, tied with a red ribbon and set atop our ceremony programs.
My favorite items are the bright parasols. We're having an all-child bridal party (8 nieces and nephews!) and I've always envisioned the little girls carrying parasols like these instead of flowers. So cute!
I love the parasols! I would use them for vintage looking photo-ops.
I love the linen texture box-my brain would have to get creative to thing of something lovely to put inside.
I love the mini favor pail! We are getting married in Maine and I would fill them with fresh native blueberries - always delicious!!
I love the red damask votive holders. I'd put them all around our reception area to add that romantic look. They are perfect with our colors. I'd also love the personalized napkins for our cocktail reception.
I love the aloha lanterns. We're getting hitched in hawaii and these would be perfect!
I love the parasols and would use them for my guests for my beach wedding. I also love the votive holders-beautiful !
I would love to hand out the colored rice paper parasols in turquoise. My wedding is outdoors and in Arizona. The sun is brutal out here, and these would be lovely at the entrance. Guests could grab one and shade themselves beautifully during the ceremony. The turquoise is the perfect complement to the chocolate brown that I am using for the decor. I bet these would photograph fabulously.
I like the ability to personalize napkins! I would choose brown napkins with apple green wording for the lingerie shower I'm hosting for my best friend. I'm a first time Maid of Honor~
My favorite are the cocktail napkins. I would love to get some in black with our Monogram in white!
I like the "Colored Folded Personalized Informal / Thank You Notes (with matching envelope)" I would handwrite individual thank you notes for each person as a favor. I think that a little note that shows how much you appreciate sharing your wedding day with that person or to thank them for whatever small or big thing they have done in your life would be the ultimate favor. Chocolates are gone in seconds but handwritten notes can last much longer. Becuase things are so hectic and you get to spend very little time with your guests, I think it is important to let them know that their presence is appreciated.
Butterfly In Flight Personalized Plantable Notecard Favors are just perfect for a garden bridal shower! Using the DIY craft of tissue paper flowers combined with the beautiful floral paper lanterns and these cute note cards it's a the complete party ready to go! Love it, love it!
I would love to do the monogrammed cocktail napkins for our pre-ceremony cocktails. Everyone will be arriving together, and will be greeted with the choice of an alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktail, and the napkins would go perfectly!
I love the Silver Two Piece Favor Boxes. They would be great for my bourbon balls an pralines so I could have everyone take a little bit of Kentucky and Louisiana home with them. I grew up as a Louisiana girl and now I live in Lexington Kentucky.
I love the Moroccan lanterns on the site. I'm having an evening outdoor wedding and think it would be gorgeous to have them hanging throughout the ceremony and reception areas- it would add such warmth and light!
I love the cute little barrel matchbox--they'd be perfect attached to our send-off sparklers.
I love the khaki colored modern damask votive holders! I think the damask print is chic and classy with an antique look. I would use these holders along with my centerpeices which would contain white hydrangeas and roses. I think each votive would give off the perfect little glow!