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Combine Mystery With Taste in Asian Wedding Favors

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Combine Mystery With Taste in Asian Wedding Favors

What comes to your mind but the mysterious and the natural when we talk of Asian wedding favors and garden wedding favors. The enchanting traditions of the Far East can really make you get creative trying to either design your own favors or choose one on the internet. The unknown and the hidden is part of the Asian culture. A garden venue is most apt for an Asian wedding theme because you can combine the Nature motif to make your setting look typically Eastern.

Before you choose Asian wedding favors, you must remember that they are very elaborate. Thousands of guests are invited and ceremonies are known to go on for days. Guests come from far and no one is considered a distant relative. This closeness and elaborateness must be kept in mind when you choose Asian wedding favors.

Also, in an Asian wedding setting you must focus on the deep reds, goldens and yellows. If your Asian wedding theme is combined with a garden venue then, nothing like it. It will not only help you make the party mysterious and ritualistic enough beneath the starlight but you can also add motifs from Nature.

Keeping this idea in mind, the first motif that will come to mind is of course candles. No Asian wedding favors or, for that matter, any wedding favors, are more interesting than candles molded in amazing shapes and made in beautiful colors. The perfumed and scented candles are really loved by guests of all ages. Candles and fire also holds a very important place in Eastern traditions.

So, if it’s a candle you intend to go for, pick the ‘Chinese tapestry’ votive candle. These Asian wedding favors come for only $2.02 and with its beautiful tassels and red braid makes the Eastern mood fill the party. If you want to use candles as the garden wedding favors, then there are the ‘Plumeria’ floral scented candles. They even have ceramic candle holders. You can add a little fun to your candles by giving away the pear-shaped candles. ‘Two to tango’ or, ‘Paired for life’ make interesting tags on these candles.

Incidentally, while garden wedding themes use extensively the Nature theme as leaves, flowers and ferns, the Eastern traditions are too full of symbols. So, both Asian wedding favors and garden wedding favors can simply be based on symbols. How about choosing to personalize your favors with the Indian Om, Chinese dragon etc. The ‘Double Happiness’ box that has a rich, red and gold, tapestry like design with its golden bow makes such an interesting favor.

Packaging is also very important. Favors set in the traditional Indian cloth of silk looks very elegant. You can choose brocade purses and boxes, notebooks, bookmarks and key rings set in silk. Or, go for the Chinese fans and chopsticks to take your guests by surprise. Your guests will surely keep your memories locked in their hearts after receiving these interesting wedding favors.

The Asians also emphasize on the color green. Naturally, a symbol of fertility, the color can make any wedding favor look beautiful. If you want to stick to the garden wedding favor genre, choose packets of seeds or, an assortment of chocolates cut in leaf designs. Miniature water cans, flower place card holders and ‘blooming flower’ bottle stoppers make for ideal garden wedding favors. With these favors, your guests will only be going ‘green’ with love and not envy.

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Guide To Tropical Wedding Flowers

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Tropical flowers originate from regions in Africa, Asia, Hawaii, Central and South America, and the Polynesian islands. Their rarity and unique beauty sets them apart from traditional wedding flowers. The very shapes they possess, and their bright colors, make them an ideal choice for weddings. Their versatility allows them to be used in a number of ways throughout the wedding.

Don’t cut off the leaves that come with the flowers, as foliage can make a dramatic difference in your tropical wedding flower arrangements. You can put them around your centerpiece for a more casual, beach feel. A variety of foliage can also be used to accompany single or minimal bridal bouquets. Ferns and long leaves are great to compliment centerpieces and bouquets as well.

1. Anthuriums, commonly known as Flamingo Flowers, are a popular choice for tropical wedding flowers. They come in pink, white, green and red varieties. Since these are typically large flowers, they are suitable for decorative purposes rather than bouquets to hold. For bouquets, the designs of anthuriums usually dominate those of other flowers, so be careful in selecting what flowers you put them with.

2. Calla lilies are an elegant choice for tropical wedding flowers. They are graceful enough to use in singles as an alternative to big bridal bouquets, and also make for great centerpieces. White lilies are very formal and elegant; they have a simple beauty that makes them decorative even when used alone.

3. Hibiscus flowers come in many colors, and some also come in two tone colors such as the pink and yellow variety. It is the state flower of Hawaii, and is a perfect tropical wedding flower for beach weddings and Hawaiian themed weddings. They look great when their stems are cut off and the heads are made to float in clear bowls of water.

4. Orchids are also another favorite tropical wedding flower. They come in many colors and can be used for the bride’s hair, the bouquet, corsages, and in tables.

5. Plumeria is another Hawaiian classic tropical flower. These make for great centerpieces as they do not have stems. Scatter them on tables of your reception area, or use them with tealights for a great centerpiece. They are dominantly white, but varieties come in dark red, yellow, and pink.

6. Heliconias around the location undoubtedly add a tropical feel to the wedding. Place them around the reception area, and if you have an outdoor wedding you can place them around tents and gazebos. They are too large and not appropriate for bouquets, but there are many ways you can work around using heliconias for the location of your ceremony.

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Plumeria : 8 Ways To Use Fresh Wedding Flowers

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Flowers in all forms and colors add unique texture and enhance the mood of weddings. Whether it is in the church or reception, fresh wedding flowers are a great way of adding color and magic to an existing theme and location. Here are some ways you can use fresh wedding flowers to add elegance and magic to your wedding:

1. In the church, tie a bouquet of flowers by each pew so that when you march down the aisle, the scent of the flowers waft through the air and enhance the mood of the ceremony. Make sure to plan the colors of the bouquets to compliment the theme of your wedding.

2. Scattering rose petals on reception tables is a great way to design them and add a romantic feel. White rose petals will go with any color theme you have.

3. The bridal bouquet should be the highlight of all fresh wedding flowers. It should be more elaborate than those of the bridesmaids’, but unique enough to reflect the personality of the bride. Use soft lace to tie them together.

If your wedding is more casual or “do-whatever-you-want-to-do” type, holding a single stem of a nice, tall flower is also a good way of using fresh wedding flowers.

4. The use of fresh flowers can also enhance the look of the bride on the wedding day, by tying small flowers to her hair.

5. If you are having a beach or Hawaiian themed wedding, using fresh wedding flowers of Hibiscus or Plumeria, add to the beach feeling. Roses are more appropriate for formal weddings.

6. Use a 4 inch elegant satin ribbon to tie bouquets of fresh flowers to the back of chairs at the reception. This adds an elegant, romantic feel.

7. Casual weddings can make use of open, more colorful flowers such as daisies and carnations. Formal weddings can make use of the elegant feel that closed flowers such as lilies and roses add.

8. Flowers make a great centerpiece paired with candles. You can use large tall flowers in a simple glass vase for a minimalist design, or have shorter more elaborate combinations of flowers, depending on your location and theme. You can also combine both by putting a tea light in the center while using short flowers in vases to form a circle around it. One can be more dominant than the other, such as using taller candles and fewer flowers, or vice versa.

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