Wedding Tips and Ideas for Wedding Favors, Wedding Planning, Bridesmaid Gifts, Wedding Accessories and more!

Themes are arguably indispensable in weddings nowadays. Themes give a memorable factor to every wedding and with the right one, a wedding can be buzz worthy even weeks afterward.

A casino themed wedding is a fun, refreshing take on matrimony’s and one which suits upbeat or offbeat couples. A casino theme may signify leaving a bachelor or bachelorette’s life for both members of the couple; the last hurray to singleness for the bride and groom to celebrate with their friends and loved ones. For those who dare indulge in casino themed weddings, here a few celebratory decorating ideas to dazzle guests with.

A casino theme ought to reflect money, a touch of elegance even and more than a hint or two on gambling. For starters, turn aisle runners and table runners into stand-out decorations by embedding monograms. Choose fonts that are very Vegas-chic. Berry, crimson, persimmon and black are some colors to consider when picking out aisle runners.

To highlight tables, a classic centerpiece like glass vases, personalized with a monogram or casino icon with the bride and groom’s names, should do it but make them more casino-oriented by choosing deep red roses to fill the vases. Silver diamond shaped tea light holders would make elegant touches to a casino wedding but make sure that the table cloths are in Vegas colors, black and red, for example, to bring the focus back to the theme. For a more prominent casino centerpiece, make use of edibles: Fill a red bowl or platter with Las Vegas or poker theme cookies. These are cookies shaped in dice, cards, spades, diamonds, and hearts, to name a few. The cookies make for unique wedding favors too.

Tie linen napkins, in black and red colors, with a diamond ring for a classy, casino look. Personalized beverage napkins are welcome additions to emphasize the theme too. Choose shades of red, black and some bright greens, for a little variety, for the beverage napkins. Have them printed with casino icons like playing cards, dice, martini or champagne.

Place wine cork candles in the mouths of wines being served at each table to provide a romantic glow, sprawl a few matches personalized with Vegas icons on each table for guests to re-light the candles when necessary, these matches make for unique favors as well. Match the wine cork candles with wine cork place card holders. When picking a place card, throw in a poker icon to play along with the casino theme. Serve wines and champagne casino style by personalizing wine labels and wine glasses and champagne flutes with casino icons.

For unique wedding favors, lavish guests with custom printed wedding poker chips, dice key chains or personalized playing cards. The personalized playing cards are great gifts to male guests and they make for great decorations when sprayed stylishly on the tables. Pack these gifts in Vegas theme favor bags and hash tags that say “Lucky In Love” beside the names of the couples, for a sassy way of reminding guests of the wedding’s essence.

Playing card wedding favors are a popular favor choice since they can be personalized to include the names of the bride and groom, their wedding date, even their favorite graphic design. Family and friends love receiving them, not only as a wedding keepsake, but also as a favor that they will actually use.

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You’ve got your plans laid out. You’ve chose the dress, the flowers, the photographer. There’s just one tiny detail to take care of…wedding favors.

Wedding favors are somewhat of an afterthought. The decision that you can relax a bit over, following all the stressing over the big decisions. After all, the sole intention of favors is fun and an unexpected pop of a surprise gift, right?

Favors are a way to show gratitude to your guests for joining you, a token of appreciation, if you will. There are so many choices, but you want yours to be special, right?

Why not consider personalized wedding favors? Instead of just trinkets that will soon be thrown aside, personalized wedding favors tend to hold their value and importance. Each time your guests look at it, they will remember you.

There are so many different directions you can go when you choose personalized wedding favors. Let’s start with place cards. The purpose of place cards is to direct your guests where their seating arrangements are, but you can also have your names and wedding date added to them. Many people like items like this to stash with their wedding photos of the two of you. There are place card holders that can be a personalized favor themselves, complete with a space for engraving your wedding date details.

Is there a wedding that lets you walk away without some edible treat? That’s one of the sweetest parts of the reception, right? We all love them. Why not personalize the packaging for one of the treats you choose? There are tins for mints, little gift boxes in all colors and shades, even little jars and bottles of hot sauce that can bear your newly shared names.

Perhaps you want your guests to take away a favor they will use on a more regular basis. There are options for that, as well. Coffee mugs, wine glasses, steel water bottles, and travel cups all make good choices that find themselves being used again and again. There are also his and her gifts that could find daily use. Women might enjoy a personalized makeup bag, travel jewelry box or a tote bag. As for the guys in attendance, why not personalize handkerchiefs, shot glasses or ink pens? Most men enjoy a nice pen, as many need them for their work.

On a budget? You need not pass on favors because of that! There are many options that can be given with little cost. Even your napkins are a favor, if your names are added. How about ribbon with your names and wedding date printed on them? The ribbon can be used to tie up your small bags of birdseed or even snippets cut up as confetti and placed on tables. You would be surprised at the guests who would pick up a couple pieces on their way out.

The ideas are endless, the possibilities yours to explore. After all the other stress of planning, relax and enjoy your wedding favor shopping. It’s supposed to be fun, after all.

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