Save Money On Wedding Favours

Beautiful, unique wedding favours are a graceful way of thanking your guests for the thought, time, rescheduling, travelling and gift-giving that they've expended to share your wedding day with you. You appreciate all the effort they've put into helping celebrate you and your spouse! There's no better way to build some long-lasting happy memories than to send them home with special wedding favours. You will need to be cognizant of the price of wedding favours. This expense can quickly eat into any wedding budget, particularly if you're expecting a large number of guests. Here are a few tips that can help you save some money on those oh-so-coveted yet cheap wedding favours.

#1 : Compare prices from various vendors

Before deciding on anything, search for potential wedding favours from local vendors and compare their prices. Also, don't overlook exploring favours from Etsy, eBay and Amazon. You may be able to find good deals at these online marketplaces.

#2 : Do not use the search term "wedding favours" when looking online

When searching for shops online, try avoiding the term "wedding favours". Some vendors put a higher price on items that are specifically marketed to couples planning their weddings.

#3 : Watch out for wholesale deals

Another thing to look for is wholesale deals. These can really cut down your per-unit cost. If you want to take this idea a step further, try asking your local vendors if you can get a discount if you buy in bulk.

#4 : Look for discontinued items

If you can't find any wholesale deals, check out the possibility of locating discontinued items instead. Some stores will offer huge discounts on discontinued items. However, you have to make sure that there is sufficient remaining quantity for each and every one of your guests.

#5 : Choose favours that can double as other wedding items

There are a lot of wedding items that you can repurpose to serve as your wedding favour.

For example, one of your wedding favours could be the escort card, which is a clever way to guide your guests to their seats.

Wedding favours in glass jars or vases can double as centrepieces that guests can take home from the reception.

Even your wedding cake can serve as wedding favours. Simply put slices of the sweet treat into fancy but secure cardboard boxes and put a name tag on each.

#6 : Unleash your creativity and create your own crafty favours

There is no better way to make your wedding favours truly personal than to create them yourself. Recruit your family members and the people in your wedding party to help out. Take note, however, that you should start assembling your wedding favours as early as possible to avoid cramming everything in right before your wedding day. Are you and your fiancee music lovers? You could burn your wedding playlist on a CD and give one to each guest as a favour. Another idea is to save the songs on a USB flash drive, which is nice and portable.

#7 : Or let your guests assemble their own favours

Buy candies, mints and chocolates in bulk to save on individual package costs, and set up a do-it-yourself candy bar. If you are a good cook, you might even make your own treats.

You can then gather your guests around the buffet table to choose their own sweets before they go home.

Provide cute decorative boxes or pouches for them to fill with their chosen treats.

#8 : Personalise your thank-you notes

The most memorable souvenirs are the ones that truly represent you and your groom.

Leave thank-you notes for your guests. The notes do not have to be printed on expensive paper.

Neither do the notes need to be in fancy letterpress or embossed texts. It may be an even a more touching gesture if you and your groom take turns writing each letter by hand.

7 OF THE BEST DIY WEDDING STATIONERY DESIGNS

Wouldn’t it be fabulous to design and make your own wedding stationeryyourself, at the fraction of the cost of handmade, bespoke, designer stationery? Handmade touches are always a hit with us…

Now you can, with Pure Invitation‘s DIY kits. They’ll be so beautiful, your guests would never know you’d DIY‘d it – unless you choose to tell them, of course. And why wouldn’t you?! And the best thing of all? It’s super easy.

Most brides think that unless you’re a professional, it’s impossible to create stunning, professional-lookingwedding stationery themselves.

Perhaps that used to be true… once. After all, the last thing you want is homemade invitations that lookhomemade. Craft shops are great, but all you get is a bewildering array of raw materials and no idea where to start. So most people go to the experts.

What the experts won’t tell you though, is how bloomin’ easy it can be to make your own beautiful invitations. You don’t have to compromise on style or quality. You decide on the look and you set the budget.

Then you just follow the clear, simple instructions in the kit. There’s no messy, fiddly cutting and scoring – just simple assembly.

Discover for yourself how easy it can be to create wedding invitations that are perfectly you. Create your very own bespoke invitations that look exactly as you dreamed they would: head to pureinvitation.co.uk today!

Natural DIY Exfoliants And Facial Scrub Recipes For A Younger Looking Skin

One of the key steps to having radiant, younger looking skin is to get rid of old, dry, dead skin cells. And the best way to do that, of course, is to exfoliate. Here are some natural exfoliants and DIY homemade facial scrubs. And the best part is you have almost everything you need in your kitchen.

Why We Need To Exfoliate

New skin cells are created in the skin’s inner layer (dermis). As they form, the old, dead skin cells are pushed to the outer layer of the skin (epidermis). These dead cells gradually flake off. But some of them hang on for too long, making your complexion look dull & rough and clogs your pores causing acne & other blemishes. Exfoliating the skin removes these dead cells to reveal a fresh and supple skin surface.

Below Are 5 Amazing Natural Exfoliants

1. Baking Soda

Keep a container of baking soda in your shower and rub about a tablespoon on your face in a circular motion, rinse, then wash your face with a liquid natural soap. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is the main ingredient in many expensive exfoliation products. Be sure to use a natural baking soda.

Baking Soda

2. Sugar

Sugar is a natural source of glycolic acid. Glycolic acid boosts new cell production and breaks down the protein that keeps the dead cells hanging onto your skin. Mix the sugar crystals with your favorite massage oil (olive, jojoba, coconut, grapeseed, almond, etc.) to make a paste. Scrub on your face in a circular motion, rinse, wash as usual.

Sea Salt

Sea salt is full of trace minerals that rejuvenate your skin, stimulate cell growth, and help your skin retain moisture. A sea salt scrub is great for dry skin. Mix with lavender essential oil and/or your favorite massage oil (olive, jojoba, coconut, grape seed, almond, etc.) to make a paste. Scrub on your face in a circular motion, rinse, wash as usual.

Oatmeal

Oatmeal is a very gentle exfoliant, so it’s perfect for sensitive skin. It is a natural anti-inflammatory and is very moisturizing. Mix finely ground oatmeal with honey and plain yogurt. Scrub on your face in a circular motion, let it sit for 15-30 minutes, rinse, wash as usual.

Honey

Raw honey is anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal. It kills skin infections, including acne. Honey reduces inflammation and hydrates. Honey can be mixed with any of the other exfoliants mentioned above to boost antioxidant / anti-bacterial benefits and get rid of acne.

Eden Inspired: Paint Your Wedding "Blush & Ivory"

Blush and Ivory just screams romantic elegance, and we love it! Anything other than a white or ivory wedding dress used to be considered nontraditional, but not these days. Blush is possibly the most popular wedding color of the last few years.

It first caught on as the “it” bridesmaid dress color and has crept its way into bridal fashion. Modern brides are opting to add a touch of color to the most important dress they’ll ever wear(their wedding dress)

When deciding how to add a touch of color, the images below would inspire you to have the best 'Blush Inspired' wedding ever. 

 Get eyes turning in blush or ivory bridal dresses

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The Groom shouldn't be left out in the flow! From his suit, to his boutonniere and tie too.

The Bridesmaids Dresses

The Decor

The Cake 

The Wedding Invitation

Make sure your shoes are "blushly" comfortable

The Guest