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Celebrity Wedding Favors on a Budget

Sticking to a tight budget can be sticky. The first casualty is the wedding favors. But should you give this up? If you knew there were great but inexpensive items that could be a big hit with your guests, would you still give up? Perhaps not.

Simple yet Fantastic

The rich and the famous can afford to spend $400 on a single wedding favor for 300 guests; that’s a lot of money. But you don’t have to ditch wedding favors because you can only spend a dollar per item. There are great ideas waiting to be found and an example is the vintage handkerchiefs given by Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan to their wedding guests.

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The fabrics were purchased cheap on eBay and a touch of flower heads to top the handkerchiefs in a basket made a perfect accent for the vintage wedding theme. For less, the couple was able to give their guests more. The guests were amazed that the handkerchiefs fashioned from fabrics with vintage prints had such a romantic impact. The hankies were meant for “wiping tears of joy” and indeed Tatum’s and Jenna’s wedding was a smash hit.

You can copy this idea for your own wedding; but if you want something different here are some items you might want for your wedding favors. A handmade velvet pouch with your initials stamped on it; decorative boxes you make yourself; tiny potted plants you can prepare well in advance; and perhaps you can invite a local celebrity and ask him to pose with guests. If he or she is that famous you better plan for tighter security or the fans would go wild. That indeed would be the talk of the town for ages.

If you are planning a beach wedding, go ahead to seashore and scout for seashells and scoop up some white sand. Make sure though that the beach is the venue for the wedding. Place these in quaint little boxes you made yourself. Include a personal thank you note and you have unique yet inexpensive wedding favors for your beach loving friends.

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Giving frames is a great idea too but instead of opting for silver plated chrome frames, get wooden frames and paint it with your wedding color. A decorative touch can give your DIY frames more character. If your partner is handing with a hammer and a saw, that would be great or if he has zero experience with a hammer, you can ask around. Some friends might recommend a friend who can do the frames without charging a fortune. You can do the painting job later.

Baked goodies are easy to make and how about giving away sugar-crusted cookies? There’s no second guessing these cookies won’t last long. Other edible giveaways are chocolates and fortune cookies that you can prepare well in advance. You can make your own fortune chocolate candies too using special molds to match your wedding theme.

The Easy Way Out

Browse the internet for more ideas. The websites of bridal shops have a showcase of items under a dollar. Choose an item that goes well with your wedding theme and instead of having it boxed, which is another expense, spruce it up with ribbons or a silky cord. So who says you can’t have celebrity style wedding favors?

Personalized wedding straws

Who doesn’t love wedding favors that are good for the environment and you can use over and over again? The Other Straw offers bulk bamboo straws for wedding favors and wedding receptions which can be personalized with your initials, wedding hashtag or unique message. A gift your guests and Mother Earth are bound to appreciate.

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Hot Brides in Cool Wedding Dresses: The Union of Fame and Fortune

When Jenna Bush floated down the aisle in her Oscar de la Renta beaded organza gown, she was a picture of elegant simplicity brides would happily copy. Here are more celebrity wedding dresses to die for and these are all smoking hot. Jenna is no ordinary bride; she’s the daughter of a US ex-President.

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Eva Longoria Purred

The “ugly dark one” in a family of four girls emerged a stunning bride in her wedding to Spurs point guard Tony Parks. Her’s was the fabulous of wedding dresses designed by Angel Sanchez. The stunning silk gown was spruced up with gazar metallic embroidery and cut to hug the figure and ended in a 10 foot train to give a mermaid silhouette. The petite bride was perfection personified and guests could only gape in admiring amazement at the bride – which was the purpose of it all. It was her show.

Gwen Stefani Rocked

True to rocker image, Gwen Stefani opted for something unusual, a pink and white wedding gown topped with exquisite antique lace veil. The idea for the white wedding dress that faded out to faint pink below the hip ended in deep rose pink before spreading towards the hem was great for Ms. Rocker, now Mrs. Gavin Rossdale, another musician. Six points for Ms. Gwen for carrying out the wedding dress splendidly.

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Jennifer Gardner’s Wedding Baby Bump

Four months pregnant on her wedding day, Jennifer Gardner showed off her baby bump wearing an empire cut gown. The Vera Wang creation had a green sash for effect and the overall look was cool on the beautiful Jennifer who proved that pregnant brides can be in empire cut wedding dresses with less frills. The groom, Ben Affleck was equally breathtaking in his Hugo Boss suit.

Selma Hayek’s Billionaire Spread

Even at 42 years, Selma Hayek did justice to a Balenciaga wedding gown created by Nicholas Ghesquiere. Rumors float that the dress cost $500,000! To be married to a billionaire you don’t shop for not-so-cheap wedding dresses and Selma has a point. The sleeveless and low neckline fantasy had a billowing skirt that accentuated her small waist. Husband Francois-Henri Pinault was proud as a peacock, no doubt about that.

Kendra’s No Lace Wedding Dress

This girl knew she did not have a perfect figure and she wanted none of those lacy wedding dresses. When she walked the aisle into waiting arms of Hank Baskett, Eagles wide receiver, she wore a corset style wedding dress. The cut flattered her figure, giving her wide hips, something she wished for; fact is, she designed her wedding dress. This reality TV star knew what she wanted from the start.

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Nicole Wasn’t Kidding

Nicole Kidman was a perfect model of her own Balenciaga bridal gown. For her nuptials she swore an ivory one-shouldered gown designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere. A delicate shimmery tulle veil framed her romantic curls. The blend of the old-fashioned wedding veil and the one shouldered dress created an appreciative from the wedding guests and from Keith Urban, the love of her life.

Okay these lovely women are celebrities and had the money to burn for outstanding wedding dresses. You can get married too in a celebrity wedding dress look-alike or have a great gown that would impress the celebs, without spending that much as they did. Check out the wedding gowns in trendy bridal shops and you’ll get your very own hot number.

Go for stylish individuality when shopping for wedding dresses and wedding decor Toronto bridal shops are ready to show you. Don’t forget too that your bridesmaid has to have the best bridesmaid dress too. For more information, visit BestforBrides.com today.

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Wedding Dresses: When Brides Wear Red

White wedding dresses are challenged by the daring intrusion of red bridal dresses. Traditional brides are disconcerted; everything held dear in wedding traditions are upended and brides are seeing red!

Should You Do Red?

A bride in fiery red? That would be the day and the day has come. In Europe daring brides have worn red in the last ten years and the fever is catching on elsewhere on the globe. How about you, would you try to be different and wear red instead of the traditional white wedding dress? Rumblings and violent opposition might meet your choice but if you do want to wear red there is nothing wrong with marching down the aisle in a blood-red flowing bridal dress. In the future, more brides will be wearing red.

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Traditionally, white is for brides; it has nothing to do with some mumbo jumbo, but rather the symbolism attached to the color white. White wedding gowns spell purity, fidelity, and steadfastness, signifying the desired qualities in a marriage. But times are fast changing. Women have been liberated from the traditional meek housewife mold. So should you wear a red wedding dress? Why not?

Women are blazing trails and have intruded into the careers that have been the exclusive of men and now the gender equation is no longer 70 to 30 but veering towards 50-50. If you are courageous, daring and love passionately, the color red is for you. In some societies the color red represents joy, purity, and celebration and it is a belief that red attracts good fortune. So what’s the fuss over brides wearing red instead of white wedding dresses?

It’s all about the symbolism of color and the circumstances surrounding the selection of white for a wedding dress. But back in the Middle Ages, brides could wear any color but they opted for other colors rather than white because white dresses were difficult to clean up in those days. As a concession to the traditional symbolism of color, brides wore a blue ribbon or band to symbolize purity to go with their bridal dresses, which were anything that was special and could be worn repeatedly for special events.

Choosing the Wedding Dress

Choosing a red wedding dress expresses your true self-expression. You are passionate and independent and your love is true. Aren’t all brides in the same boat? But when it comes to choosing your wedding gown or dress, always follow the rules. The dress should showcase your best features and have a good comfortable fit. In the matter of accessorizing your dress, you can go for gold and silver trimmings for accent. Red wedding dresses, like their white sisters have versatility.

Special Services for Red Brides

Brides wearing hot red numbers for wedding dresses should exploit special effects and services to highlight her unusual choice for a bridal dress. For an evening rite, she could ask for special fireworks to announce her eventual appearance to the wedding ceremony and arrive in a private chauffeur service. In the reception, she does well to have welcome baskets teeming with local specialties and containing an elegantly printed program for arriving guests and a red rose handed out to each female guest.

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Have it in style. Choose from wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, and table decorations – wedding Toronto specials are available to suit your self-expression. Visit BestforBride.com today.