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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part IV

Personalized Packaging
An easy way to carry your theme throughout every last detail is to incorporate it into the way you package your gifts. Design your boxes or bags with the colors worn by your bridal party. Match the fonts on your tags to the font you used for your invitations. Think about what you want the life span of your package to be -- if it's made of sturdy material, your guests can reuse them.

Purchase simple and plain-colored boxes from a packaging store like WrapSmart
and dress them up with creative ribbons that coordinate with your colors.

Ask the supplier of your gift if they offer gift-wrapping services -- it can save you
and your family valuable time when you're preparing for the wedding day.

Don your gift inside see-through packaging and attach a poem, quote,
or phrase that you want to share with your guests.

The gifts you provide on your wedding day is a wonderful way to tell your guests just how much you appreciate their presence. Many guests will have traveled far to be with you, and a memento from your special day is a great way to say thanks!

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part III

Gifts that radiate personal style
Give your guests a piece of yourself when you share with them one of your most-loved passions. If you're a jewelry-maker, give them one of your favorite pieces. Do you knit in your free time? Share your love of knitting by handing out something you've made, or a set of needles. The options are endless!

Share one of your favorite indulgences with your guests. You can even separate
it with gifts for the guys (your most-loved cigar), and gifts for the gals (your perfume of
choice). Friends and family will adore a favor that is something you enjoy as well.

This bride and groom gifted pine trees to their guests. The wedding was in the beautiful Big Sky,
and the couple wanted to share their love for the mountains and forests in a last way.

Nothing tells your friends and family more about your style than the music you listen to -- so share it with them!
Sit down together as a couple and put together a "mixed tape" for your guests to take with them.
Every time they hear these songs, they're likely to be reminded of the two of you.

One of our close friends, who happens to be an amazing photographer, personally printed one
of her favorite images and set them on the dinner plates for her guests to take home with them.

We hope you're grabbing some great ideas from these posts! Check back tomorrow for our final installment -- all about creative packaging!

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part II

Party favors
One of the best ways to start the celebration off right is to make sure your guests are cared for from the moment the arrive by having food and beverages readily available. It's easy to incorporate gifts for guests that are personalized to your wedding through this avenue.

Design beer koozies to match your Montana wedding's theme, and hand them out as soon as the guests arrive.
They'll be happy to sip on a beverage that stays cool, and they're sure to use them again.

Another gift that keeps on giving is a personalized wine key. Wine keys are classy and convenient,
and are typically an item that many people don't think to buy or renew on their own. And, personalizing
it according to your wedding's colors, theme, and date is easy and affordable to do.

Another fun way to incorporate a gift into the hospitality side of your wedding is through personalized cups,
beer mugs, wine glasses, etc. Have your wedding date and names etched on the glass and be sure guests know
to take them home. You can even create and name a unique cocktail that is specific to your wedding celebration.

Have more ideas? As always, share them in our comments! And stay tuned for tomorrow's post on how to incorporate your individual style into the gifts you give.

Labels: gifts, Montana wedding, Montana weddings

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part I

Celebrating your marriage is infinitely more enjoyable when you have your friends and family there beside you. At the end of the night, you want them to walk away with precious memories and a gift that will remind the guests of the wonderful time they had on your Montana wedding day.

There are a million different routes you can take when you're deciding on wedding favors:

purchase the gift and hand-craft the package according to your colors and your wedding's theme
you can opt for a complete do-it-yourself gift, which you build from the ground-up and is full of hard work and love for your guests
distribute a useful item that is personalized with your wedding date and names
hand out a gift that will aid in guests' entertainment for the night, such as those individual s'more packets above (which the recently wed couple Kari and Brandon Gardner handed out at their wedding in Bozeman, Montana. Many guests roasted the marshmallows over the candles adorning the tables at the reception!)

...and the list goes on. We have compiled some of our favorite Montana wedding guest gifts, which will be published on the blog in four installments throughout the week, to get your creative wheels turning.

Weather- or location-related gifts
Are you having an outdoor wedding in the hot sun, or are you nervous that it might rain? Will your guests be forced to trek along a dark path at the end of the night to return to their cars? Help your guests out by being prepared for them, and plan your gifts accordingly!

Umbrellas, nestled between the chairs in case it starts to drizzle...

...or collected in a basket right by the entrance.

Keep your guests cool with personalized fans...

...or keep them shaded with parasols.

Help your loved ones return to their cars safely at the
end of the night with personalized flash lights.

Guests will always appreciate the thought you put into the favors they take home at the end of the night, especially if it's one that keeps them dry or cool. Has anyone else seen this type of favor at a wedding? Please share it in the comments!

Come back tomorrow -- we'll be sharing ideas that revolve around wedding-day, or any-day, beverages.

Labels: Destination wedding, gifts, Montana wedding, Montana weddings, wedding planning

Montana Wedding Guide is a local resource for brides and vendors. We pride ourselves on offering free vendor advice and ideas to ensure that every bride and groom have the wedding of their dreams.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part IV

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part III

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part II

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Gifts for guests on your wedding day, Part I

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