These “Hooked On Love” purse hooks are getting rave reviews from bridal shower planners and guests alike. A great conversation piece at the shower, these practical favors get notice on the street too. There are other purse hooks on the market, but this one definitely takes the cake.


Packaged in a purse shaped envelope with a white ribbon handle, the conversation and compliments will pour in almost immediately! As a bonus, included is a handy velvet bag to store your purse hook in and a card on how to use the hooks. Show your guests how much they are appreciated by giving this incredibly popular and well loved gift.

Available at www.yourweddingshoppe.com.

Most favor boxes on the market these days are either made of paper, tin, or glass. The new twist on favor boxes and place card holders arrived at my doorstep earlier this week. It a series of wooden boxes adorn with a unique shape on each box that doubles as a place card holder. The box is in the shape of an oval, approximately 1.5″ x 2.5″, perfect for sweets such as jelly beans, and is completely reusable. The wooden box makes a lovely trinket box, while the place card holder holds pictures perfectly. These boxes are so versatile they can be used in a number of occasions, so let your imagination go wild!

Bride and Groom Place Card Favor Box

Bride and Groom Place Card Favor Box

White wedding dresses and black tuxedos. Nothing evinces the theme of a wedding more than these two items of apparel, but too often they’re left out of the decor and instead reserved to the top of the cake-and the body of the bride and groom, of course. So why not celebrate the bride and the groom with these Bride Groom Place Card Favor Boxes with Designer Place Cards?

Cherry Blossom Asian Theme Place Card Favor Box

Cherry Blossom Asian Theme Place Card Favor Box

Cherry blossoms are such an elegant flower. They represent a quiet spirituality that makes you feel at peace whenever they catch your eye. That’s what makes cherry blossoms the ideal choice for decorations at your wedding or bridal shower. Your guests go home with a stylish favor they can use to show off pictures or even store jewelry. It’s simply a wedding or bridal shower must-have.

Seashell Beach Theme Place Card Favor Box

Seashell Beach Theme Place Card Favor Box

There’s a certain charm to a wedding down by the beach. With calm sea breezes and sand between your toes, there’s nothing quite as romantic. Capturing the gentle nature of a beach wedding in your favors is essential and these Shell Place Card Favor Boxes with Designer Place Cards maintain your beach theme while holding onto an elegant touch.

Butterfly Garden Place Card Holder Favor Box

Butterfly Garden Place Card Holder Favor Box

Wouldn’t it be lovely to incorporate the carefree spirit of butterflies in your wedding? They’re beautiful and invoke memories of flower-filled fields and hot summer days. These Butterfly Place Card Favor Boxes with Designer Place Cards make the ultimate butterfly themed addition to your event. This keepsake is a must-have for spring or summer weddings, bridal showers or even baby showers.

Fall Leaf Place Card Holder Favor Box

Fall Leaf Place Card Holder Favor Box

There’s something almost magical about a fall wedding. So understandably, you’d want to show off the perfect fall favors at your wedding. These Leaf Place Card Favor Boxes with Designer Place Cards are the perfect addition to any autumnal wedding. Once the favor boxes have served their purpose at your wedding, your guests can enjoy them as picture holders and a place to put trinkets, an ideal keepsake to remember your wedding day.

Baby Carriage Place Card Holder Favor Box

Baby Carriage Place Card Holder Favor Box

Bring a touch of class to the affair by offering your guests these unique baby shower favors. The white wooden boxes are oval-shaped and can be filled with whatever sweet treat you’d like. Your guests know where to sit and they receive a gift to take home to display pictures and store knick-knacks.

NEW for 2009, these never been seen goodies will make a statement at your next special event. Available at www.yourweddingshoppe.com.

Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on Earth; it has been measured surging skyward as fast as 121 cm (47.6 inches) in a 24 hour period. The bamboo plant has an extraordinary range of uses, the newest being wedding favors. : ) A symbol of friendship and long life in many cultures, bamboo brings an exotic Asian touch and tranquility to any occasion. In part four of our “Eco-friendly, Budget-friendly” series, it gives me great pleasure to introduce this green, renewable resource made into favors:

Bamboo Place Card Holder w/ Matching Place Cards – Section of real bamboo stalk has a ½” slit at the top for place card or photo. Holder measures 2” h x ¾” in diameter. Guests can reuse them as photo holder after the event and add a little tranquility in their lives. As low as $1 each.

“Tranquility” Eco-Friendly Bamboo Place Card Holder with Matching Place Cards (Set of 4)

“Tranquility” Eco-Friendly Bamboo Place Card Holder w/ Matching Place Cards (Set of 4)

Bamboo Coasters (set of 4)Coaster measures approximately 3 ½”. As low as $1.50 each.

Natural Bamboo Eco-Friendly Coaster Favors (Four Coasters per Favor!)

Natural Bamboo Eco-Friendly Coaster Favors (Four Coasters per Favor!)

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The wonderful bamboo – a symbol of luck and success because of its strength, resilience and ability to grow quickly… Wait a second, renew, regenerate, resilience – it almost sounds like LOVE!!!

Thank you Mother Earth for such wonderful plant.

In part three of our “Eco-friendly, Budget-friendly” series, we will focus on outdoor weddings. These lovely plantable confetti was first made famous in Winter 2009 issue of Martha Stewart Weddings.

This bag of plantable confetti gives your guests seed-embedded confetti to toss and grow. When thrown outside, as done in the wedding of Martha’s assistant Liesl Menning to Kevin Haynie, the paper confetti will grow wildflowers. It’s eco-friendly, fun and memorable!

The confetti comes in 2 sizes – the 1″ five petal plantable confetti and the 3/4″ four petal plantable confetti:

1 five petal plantable confetti, 300+ per bag

1" five petal plantable confetti, 300+ per bag

3/4 four petal plantable confetti, 700+ pieces per bag

3/4" four petal plantable confetti, 700+ pieces per bag

Available in white, green, yellow, pink, lavender and blue, you will find one that matches your theme and color.

Looking for unique, equally eco-friendly favors to top things off? The Bucket of Love Seed Favors will definitely do the trick. And yes, it comes with the “bucket”, along with a personalized tag attached to each favor in your choice of ribbon color (how’s that for personalization?). Show off the favors in this keepsake tin during the ceremony and have a special friend or relative, or even the newlywed couple, hand out the favors as guests mingle. Available in 2 sizes and 6 colors, you can easily match the color of your favors with the confetti for a perfectly coordinated, casual yet polished look.

Bucket of Love Seed Favors, available in a bucket of 50 or 100 favors

Bucket of Love Seed Favors, available in a bucket of 50 or 100 favors

The confetti runs $29.99 each bag and are on special order. Contact favors@yourweddingshoppe.com for more detail. The “Bucket of Love” is available at www.yourweddingshoppe.com. CLICK HERE for more information or Contact Us.

Go Green. Love Mother Earth. Use Eco-friendly favors so your beautiful day leaves nothing behind but L O V E.

In part two of our “Eco-friendly, Budget-friendly” series, it’s all about personalization. Choose from gentle pastel or vibrant color, these favors come with Free Personalization. For a low price of $0.99 each, these classy looking favors will be the best kept secret on your wedding day! My personal favorite? Any one of the designs in the lovely Blue, of course! Not only does it offer “something blue” at a wedding, it has a close resemblance to the elegant, world famous Tiffany Blue.

From the “Sole Mate” Collection:

From the “Love is in the Air” Collection:

From the “Sweet Love” Collection:


As low as $0.99 each, it ships free when you order 100 or more. Available at www.yourweddingshoppe.com. Contact The Wedding Shoppe for more detail.

With Earth Day just a couple of days away, it seems appropriate to talk about favors that are earth-friendly. Some people consider a “Green Wedding” to be chic and trendy, which is often associated with a bigger price tag. The favors I’m about to introduce will proof that not only are eco-friendly favors competitive in price, they often offer more for less.

In part one of our “Eco-friendly, Budget-friendly” series, the star of our show pulls double duty – call it a place card, an escort card, a plantable favor, or all of the above:

Cherry Blossom Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Cherry Blossom Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Butterfly Garden Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Butterfly Garden Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Sea Side Starfish Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Sea Side Starfish Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Heart Felt Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Heart Felt Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Fall for Love Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

Fall for Love Place Card/Plantable Seed Favor

The place card itself is made with recycled paper, while the attachments are plantable and can be easily removed.  Planting instructions are on the back of the card.  These place cards make lovely escort cards, setting the stage for an elegant reception, creating a dramatic entrance.   Guests will appreciate the thoughtfulness shown through the place card/favor. Simply print the names and table numbers on clear labels and attach them to the place card for a polish look.

As low as $1.15 each, it ships free when you order 100 or more. Available at www.yourweddingshoppe.com. CLICK HERE for more detail or Contact The Wedding Shoppe.

These personalized mini candle tins are one of best deals on bridal shower favors I have come across in a long while, offered by Your Wedding Shoppe.

For less than $2 each, you will receive the candle tin with a personalized label. There is no minimum order, and they will arrive fully assembled, tucked inside an organza bag. The best part, as usual, is the $5.95 flat rate combined shipping, whether you buy 1 or 100. You could even mix and match different styles in the same order!

Some of the most popular styles are:

For more information on these Personalized Mini Candle Tin Favors, Click Here.

New at The Favor Bella – Winter theme favors. Fit for a wedding or holiday parties. The elegant bookmark also makes wonderful stocking stuffer for book lovers.

Snowy Flurry Flocked Glass Ornament Place Card Holder

Drifting down like delicate bursts of white, winter’s unique gift provides a lovely motif for gifts of the season. The “Snow Flurry” Holiday Ornament Place Card and Photo Holder is a snow-lover’s delight inside and out, making it the perfect favor for your winter wedding or holiday party. Click Here for more information.

Snowflake Bookmark

It’s winter, and you’re curled up in your favorite chair next to a roaring fire with a cup of piping-hot chocolate close at hand, reading a best-seller as snow falls from the starry night sky. Sounds like heaven, doesn’t it? Your elegant wedding or dinner party guests will think so, too, when their stunning “Snowflake ” Bookmark favor greets them at their table.  Click Here for more information.

Pink Heart Warmer

Warm your hands and your heart with the Mini heart shaped hot pack by simply snapping the metal button inside. Reusable. Click Here for more information.

“Embossed Elegance” Snowflake Favor Box

Remember those glorious snow showers on a chilly winter’s day when you were young, and you’d catch those gently falling snowflakes on the tip of your tongue? Bring that heartwarming ambience to your beautiful winter wedding reception, Christmas dinner table or holiday party buffet table with “Embossed Elegance” Snowflake Favor Boxes! Click Here for More information.

All Time Favorites

Let’s not forget about the all time favorite winter favors.

Winter Wedding Cake Candle on Porcelain Platter

Looking good enough to eat, the ice-blue wedding-cake candle, delicately decorated with wintry-white snowflakes, rests on a porcelain platter encased in a winter-themed gift box. Click Here for more information.

Snowflake Bottle Stopper

Like icicles on a crystal clear winter day, these chrome snowflake bottle stoppers bring the essence of the season to any occasion. Imagine the winter wonderland created for your guests at every table when they see these beautiful and practical favors just waiting to be taken home. Click Here for more information.

Snowfall Glass Coaster Set

Imagine a gentle snow fall on an icy-blue pond so glassy-smooth you can see your reflection, then surround your guests with an image of the season so real, it will warm their hearts. Click Here for more information.

Cocoa with Mashmallows

Nothing says love like chocolate, and your guests can “drink it in” with this fabulously flavorful wedding shower favor. The cocoa mix and miniature marshmallows (enough for two cups!) are individually wrapped and uniquely presented in a clear cone with a romantic, chocolate brown-and-ivory design on the cap and the cone’s end. Click Here for more information.

Whether it is a tropical Island or a romantic city, if you are having a destination wedding, chances are your guests have to travel to be with you on your big day. Why not treat them with something special? This elegant, tasteful, and sleek passport cover makes wonderful and unique wedding or bridal shower favor that breaks away from the typical favors for a destination wedding.

Another idea is to use these passport covers as invitation covers for your wedding invitations – such thoughtfulness will be remembered for years to come. Click Here for more information.

To make things even more special, pair this with the matching Heart Shaped Luggage Tag. Great gifts for bridesmaids who will be traveling. Click Here for more information.


All products mentioned are available at www.yourweddingshoppe.com.

Miniature Classic Candy Jar Salt and Pepper

The classic candy jar shape of these salt and pepper shakers with the holes in a heart design add some fun to the day. Fill them with salt and pepper or your favorite candies and send them home with your guests. The next time they add a little spice to their meal they’ll think of you!

These jars comes in set of two. You also have the option to give out one for each guest – simply put a personalized label on the jar with your name and date for great savings and stylish giving! CLICK HERE for more information.

Some Ideas on labels:

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