Category: Favor Ideas

Fun DIY Wedding Favors for 2013!

Posted on by Glendalough Manor

There are so many great wedding favor ideas!  Sometimes these little thank you gifts can turn in to a bigger expense than expected.  A great way to save some money is to make these favors yourself.  When choosing your favor the most important thing to remember is to make it personal to you and your fiance.  Here are a few ideas I ran across that I think are great favor ideas that you can not only make yourself but are useful or at least tasty treats for your guests!

I love Southern weddings and what is more southern than grits?  If you and your fiance love southern food why not give “Grits and Gratitude”?  You can order bags for the grits or even make them yourself.  Filled with grits and tied with a ribbon is an easy, adorable southern favor!

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Another great Southern DIY favor is to give a late night snack favor with a Coke (perfect for an Atlanta wedding) and a home baked cookie.  I might even substitute the cookie for some peanuts!

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Mason jars are always a great gift! You can even put your signature drink in them during the wedding and let your guests take them home!  Just order personalized decals and stick them to the mason jars for an instant favor!

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In the summer use mason jars to make a DIY ice cream jar.  All you need is some rock salt, sugar, vanilla powder and creamer.  Make some cute tags to tie around the jar and a perfect favor for a hot summer wedding day!

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If you have a favorite drink to share with your guests give that to them for the wedding! Take a look at these cute glasses with a muddler and recipe card!

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If you are a green bride, I love the idea of personalized bags filled with seeds saying “May Good Things Grow”  so guests can make their own flower garden or herb garden.  Or look at making birdseed hearts for guests to hang from trees at their house.

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We hope these ideas have helped spark your creative ideas for your own wedding!

Do you have a unique favor idea?  We want to hear about it!

Happy Planning!

Wedding Flip Books

Posted on by Glendalough Manor

Are you looking for something fun and unique for guests to do at your wedding?  Well, I have an idea I think your guests are going to love.  So many brides are deciding on having a photo booth at their wedding to take pictures of their guests.  The pictures they take serve as a favor to take home with them and a reminder of the great time they had at your wedding. As much as I love photo booths, I think I may just love the idea of an on-site flip book more!!

If you are like me, I had never heard of an on-site flip book service for weddings and had no idea exactly what that meant. I will try my best to explain…. I think we have all seen the original flip books with a series of pictures when flipped through would create a “video” of sorts?

Well, flip book companies are now setting up an area at the wedding where they film guests making a short video clip.  In less than two minutes they create a flip book of the video to take with them as a favor from the wedding!! How cool is that?

Most companies will make as many flip books as the guests would like to make.  And the cover of the flip book can be personalized including your names and the date of the wedding.

You can also supply fun props that always make the flip books a little more interesting!

If you love the idea of a flip book some brides are even using this idea for save the dates and wedding invitations!

What do you think about this new trend for weddings?

Happy Planning!

Picture Sources (in order): www.iloveflipbooks.com, www.bridalinsider.com, www.iloveflipbooks.com, www.fitnesscure.com, www.simplyjubileeblog.com

Charitable Ways to Give Back at Your Wedding

Posted on by Glendalough Manor

Are you looking for ways to give back but unsure how?  Well, why not use your wedding as a time to help others?   I have provided a list of some of my favorite ways you can give back and I think you will be surprised at how easy and simple it is to help others in need.

I wanted to share an amazing organization called the I Do Foundation that helps brides give back in a chic and unique way.  One of the easiest ways you can give back is to create a gift registry on their website. This wedding registry will allow guests to shop for your favorite items at stores like Macy’s and Target and other partnered stores who will donate a percentage of every sale to your selected charity.

Or you can ask guests in lieu of gifts to donate directly to a charity of your choice directly through a charity registry on the I Do Foundation website.

A new and creative way to give back is to give your bridal attendants TheGiveNow card which is a gift card that they are able to donate to the charity of their choice!

Brides Against Breast Cancer is a fund raising event to raise money for programs for cancer patients and their families. You can donate gently used wedding gowns or if you haven’t found your wedding dress you can buy one of these gowns to contribute to the cause.  Brides Against Breast Cancer will be selling gowns in Atlanta from April 13-15th.  Check website for more information.   www.bridesagainstbreastcancer.org

Or you can donate your dress to Brides Across America. They are a charitable organization that helps unite military brides and bridal salons in an effort to support our troops and their families.  Thanks Catina, a Glendalough Manor bride, for giving me this info!

Your bridesmaids can even get in on giving back by donating their dresses, shoes, jewelry to Donate My Dress to help give teens free dresses and accessories for Prom to those who cannot afford them.

You can also donate your leftover food and flowers after the wedding. There are many local rescue organizations that could benefit from leftover food. Also, it is nice to bring flowers to local nursing homes or assisted living communities.

Another great way to make an impact is to find a local service project in your area and have guests donate their time in lieu of gifts for your bridal shower. You can even plan a service project on your honeymoon.  Go to Just Give to find opportunities in your area.

I hope these ideas have inspired you to give back in some way.  If you have a creative way to give back we would love to hear about it.

Happy Planning!