December 2, 2009
Beach Weddings Can Be Inexpensive
Add a personal flare to your wedding by making your own beach themed wedding favors. This article has some great suggestions for creating beach themed favors for your wedding. These favors are sure to impress your guests and are also a great way to keep on your budget!
You might consider doing an etched glass votive holder. These are easy to do with a few supplies from your local craft store. You can also personalize these with the date of your wedding or even your guest’s names. You will need to get your votive holders from a crafts store. You can them personalize them with stickers and brush on an etching material from your local craft store. Once they are dry remove the stickers and you will have a beautiful wedding favor for your guests.
If you are really the crafty type, think about getting some soap molds of different beach shapes. You could use sea shell shapes or sea horses.All you have to do is buy some melt and pour soap and you’re ready to get to soap making! Occasionally you can find soap making supplies in a newspaper or trading post if you want to try to save even more money!
How about a message in a bottle? How about tiny glass bottles with little messages to your guests inside? You could even create a little sand art inside the bottles with sand from the beach you plan to get married on. Seal it with a dab of hot glue and a cork. This is sure to delight your guests every time they read your special message!
Get some of your friends together for cocktails and candle making and make a prewedding party of it! For your beach themed wedding you should at least think about doing coconut candles on the half shell.You will need some split coconut shells, soy wax, fragrances and some wicks.These are fairly simple to make. Just follow the directions you can find online for container candles.
You can consider buying beach themed favors if you don’t want to make them yourself. You might consider buying Hawaiian leis, beach themed charms, or tiny sail boat picture frames. There are also many other items on the market that you can purchase. Try checking your local party supply store.
Make your beach themed wedding favors personal and fun. Your guests will remember your wedding every time they look at your favor. You don’t want to give out favors that will end up in the garbage the next day. You also don’t want them to get over looked and left at the wedding!
planning a wedding can be extremely difficult. Looking for a plus size wedding gown can feel like an impossible task so why not think about having it somewhere that doesn’t need a gown? The beach comes to mind?
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