Wedding favors are popular at wedding receptions or parties almost everywhere. Their historical origin is unknown but there’s evidence that they have been popular around the world for a very long time.
There are many theories about what generated the tradition of giving wedding guests a favor for attending the service. Some say the tradition originated with the Romans in the 8th century. Another states that the Romans, during 400 B.C. started the practice of throwing rice and giving wedding favors to guests.
Almonds have been a traditional symbol of good luck and assurances for successful marriages for centuries. Originally, only the titled families followed this practice and their favors were often made of silver or gold. When the custom filtered down to the other social classes, by the end of the 19th century, almonds were distributed in golden paper boxes.
Supposedly, when the groom gave his friends walnuts, he was saying goodbye to his bachelor ways. Walnuts were thrown at the couple during the ceremony and eventually evolved into today’s practice of throwing rice at them.
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Posted in Wedding Planning Advice, Wedding Planning Ideas on Friday, April 6th, 2012 | No Comments
Now that you have booked the hall, met with the official who will be marrying the two of you, and picked out your dress, it is time to prepare the wedding invitations. Whether you order them from a professional stationery printer or print them at home, there are many factors that must be considered. Many stationery shops can prepare your order in a week or less – but this should be confirmed when you place the order.
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Have you ever been to a wedding reception where guests sit around in little groups of people they know and no one mingles or looks like they’re having a very good time? And it’s all slightly awkward? Yep, I have too. This is not how you want your wedding reception to go. You want people to mingle and get to know each other, especially both sides of the two families involved. Plus, you want everyone to have a good time.
Let’s explore ways to help your guests feel comfortable so they’ll relax, open up, and enjoy themselves.
1. Start the bonding between families and friends at the bridal showers and bachelor party. That way the people at these events will have some common ground with each other when it comes time for the wedding reception. Even if they didn’t previously know each other, they will now have some shared history.
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Posted in Wedding Reception Planning on Sunday, January 15th, 2012 | No Comments
Bride & Groom have been trading since 2003 and bring you a wide variety of products and services that you will need for your big day. They offer personalised and affordable wedding invitations and stationary, whether you need Save the Date cards, menus or even an order of service.
Bride & Groom is a part of the Taylor Corporation, which is a company in the US. Since 2006, they have spread across to the UK by buying CCA Occasions so they can offer stationary and wedding invitations across the Atlantic.
The stationary are able to fit all budgets, whether you just have less than 100 dollars to spend on your items or whether you have thousands. They can also be created in a personalised way, which will suit your tastes and your wedding. You can give information about your theme and the designs will be made to fit that.
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Posted in Wedding Invitations on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 | No Comments