Choosing Your Wedding Card Box
March 13, 2010
One of the most important wedding decorations you choose is going to be your wedding card box. Why? Because everyone sees it and interacts with it. Anyone who gives you a card will put that card inside the wedding card box, and some people will take notice of what it is like. That doesn’t mean you have to spend hundreds of dollars on yours, in fact, some of the best wedding card boxes are the cheapest. They rely on simple decorations, nice fabric coverings and a great sense of style that is perfect for weddings.
Picking the Right Wedding Card Box
The best way to choose the right wedding card box is to select one that matches your design theme. This makes the wedding card box blend in with your decor. Guests will be impressed with the way you matched all the decorations at your gift card table.
Buying Cheaper Wedding Card Boxes
Buying a cheap wedding card box is a good idea if you want to save money, because your are going to find that cheap card boxes are just as nice as more expensive ones. If you want to stretch your dollar even further buy one that doubles both as a reception gift card holder, wedding card box, wedding money holder and even keepsake box. Find any one that is a blend of both and you have saved yourself from buying two decorations. That’s half off!
You can also find really decorative wedding card boxes that aren’t much more expensive. The wedding cake card box is a unique idea. It is a card box shaped like a wedding cake and the tiers can be used as keepsake boxes. Another idea is the birdcage cardholder. This Spring themed card box is shaped like a birdcage and is a great gift card holder for a Spring wedding.
Tips to Improve your Handmade Wedding Cards
February 22, 2010
Whenever a card of great joy to the happy couple, sometimes just a wedding card will be handmade. Then it’s time to begin looking and collecting the fragments of suitable craft materials can get your hands on. If you are a planner, then you could run what you want to create before hand. But if you prefer to go with the flow then your card can organically - as it happens. Sometimes this type of creative work better than step by steps.
You will need a central eye catching design. This may take anything from rugs, mesh, fabric, ribbon or braid. There are no hard and fast rules on what to do and how to do it because the cards are truly handmade beds. Perhaps it would help to draft some ideas on paper first, before you start. Perhaps the shading or color or in blocks of the card will help balance their ideas before moving on to the fabric itself.
How could you use printing ink or the transfer of graphics to record personal data. Often the mix and positioning of materials makes all the difference. Play around with layers stick things down before placing them in different places. Look at the effect of different colors and materials as you make them grow. It is possible that, as the position of some materials "off center" for greater effect, or add something a little unusual. Where and how to place your Bits and Bobs on the size of the card background and you have to use.
Think about the size of the card also. If you are personally delivering your card then you have absolute freedom in how to package and you can opt for something more than the traditional way. Remember that mail services often restrict the total size of the endowment and a deep box, as the card will require a stronger deck. In some cases the weight or size of your card will result in increased shipping costs. Try not to keep everything clean in order lines or layers, but things out, break, tear, or pink blur! The idea of a handmade card - just that - it seems made by hand, but professional.
Wedding Favors
December 3, 2009
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Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests of the bride and groom in a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception.
The tradition of distributing wedding favors is very old. It is believed that the wedding favor first, common among European aristocrats, was known as a box of candy. The pillbox is a small box of trinkets of glass, porcelain, and / or precious stones. The contents of these precious boxes were generally sugar cubes or delicate sweets, which symbolize wealth and royalty. (At this time, sugar was very expensive and was treasured only among the rich. It was believed that sugar contained medical benefits). As sugar prices declined over the centuries, the tradition of offering gifts to guests reached the general population and was embraced by couples of modest means.
As sugar became more affordable, candy were replaced with almonds. For centuries, almonds were commonly distributed to wedding guests to signify good wishes to the groom’s new life. In the thirteenth century, almonds and sugar, known as confetti, were introduced. Confetti soon transformed to sugared almonds, which later became the wedding favor for weddings today. Traditionally, five Jordan almonds are presented in a confection box or wrapped in elegant fabric to represent fertility, longevity, wealth, health and happiness. The bitterness of the almond and the sweetness of the candy-coated example of the bitter sweetness of marriage.
Today, gifts to guests are commonly known as wedding favors and are shared in cultures worldwide. Wedding favors have become a part of planning the wedding reception, especially in the United States and Canada. Wedding favors are diverse and often complement the theme or season event. Classic favors can range from the classic sugared almonds or chocolates individual candles and scented soaps. The trends of gifts include: favorite music CD of the bride and groom candy cups filled with colored or silver frames with a photo of the couple. Gifts can also be personalized with the couple’s names, initials or wedding date.
Wedding Photography Tips
December 3, 2009
Here you will find tips, tricks and good all-round advice for your digital wedding photography section at All Things Photography. Please use this part of our site to refer to often as you make your journey to hopefully becoming a successful wedding photographer. Use the navigation bar on the left to find your way through the "book" or simply follow the links at the bottom of each page.
Now is probably the best time to say that wedding photography can be one of the most stressful and demanding, but at the same time, enjoyable and lucrative professions within photography that there is.
It is hard work, tiring, no…exhausting and time-consuming although at the end of the day when you are handing over a beautiful wedding album or book and see the look of pleasure on the brides face, it can be a very rewarding experience both financially and personally.
Before I start I would like to give you some background on myself so you can see where I am coming from.
I would also like to state early on that this whole digital wedding photography tips section is free and based purely on my own experiences and recommendations after feedback from many people involved in weddings and wedding photography from the families, officials, planners and organisers to the actual couple themselves.
I will include mistakes and cock-ups to show that nobody is perfect…far from it. However, a strong desire to succeed and a "perfectionist attitude" will go a long way to moving you up in this highly competitive market.
I am a full-time, professional photographer and I attended my first wedding in 1984 as an assistant at 16 years old during an apprenticeship with a local, well known photographer in Kent.
I shot my first solo wedding at 23 or 24 in the early 1990’s using a Canon EOS 5 and a Mamiya RBZ67, I immediately felt the buzz! It was as a favour for a family member so in some respects the pressure was more than if it were a stranger.
Note: For the record, that was also the last wedding I ever shot as a favour or for friends or family, you will see why as we progress.
Last year I shot close to 40 weddings, (not many some would say, I will come to this later also) with 12 in June alone. I made myself a mental note after this season to teach myself to say "No!" now and again.
I have shot weddings of all shapes and sizes in a variety of locations and religions/traditions so I hope to make these wedding photography tips as diverse as possible;
Some of these weddings include;
* Traditional English church weddings
* A 2 person wedding in a cave in Spain
* On board a posh catamaran in Puerto Banus harbour
* In a converted monastery in the middle of nowhere
* A "Wiccan" wedding for White Witches in the heart of the New Forest in England (Jumping of the broomstick included!)
* 6 Star, "no-expense-spared" Jewish weddings with hundreds of guests
* Beach weddings
I have no favourites as each wedding is different and the Bridal Party and guests are what really make it a hit or miss affair with regards to the success of your photography. Of course, a spectacular location and good weather make your job that much easier and enjoyable but with un-cooperating people, all that goes to waste!
My point here and as a start to these wedding photography tips is that you must be prepared for any situation and above all research the wedding to death well before you arrive on the big day and that is where hopefully this entire section will help.
Weddings Cards With Gifts
November 20, 2009
Advance planning is a wise decision, especially when it comes to lifelong marriages. Sometimes it is the budget that decides the type of card, but also other factors. In Indian weddings as a sign of good omen for a wedding card is sent with candy and a gift. The tradition continues, but gifts have become more global. Thus, an urban wedding card is likely to be hand delivered with a bottle of champagne and sparkling wine or sparkling wine! But this happens at weddings. But what is taking fashion gift-wrapped chocolates wedding card beautifully placed in the shopping basket. For family and close friends also includes seasonal fruit basket nutritious dish. Like the spectacle that accompanies the rituals of Indian weddings, though the letters reflect the mood of the occasion. With the help of an Internet source can some of the most original ideas to compliment the bridal couple.
The latest trends include bouquets. With many different types of flower arrangements wedding card is worth more. While the technical marvel of the wedding card with computer graphics, colors and symbols can be a bit impersonal, it can do everything with a gift that is very personal. Current trends in the design elements of the wedding cards include customized formulations within. Outside is expressed with a delicious chocolate box or wrapped very delicious traditional sweets. While the conceptualization of the wedding card and gift that came to think of the theme will also be used for the main event. Most people send gifts and cards and do not cross check whether they have received. Please call to confirm receipt.
Other helpful hints:
If the guest list is too long not to give gifts to everyone. Budget will be increased. Stick to the largest customers for the shower gift. The cost of both will add to costs.
Note also the courier and delivery charges are added the charges. The more people, more will be spending.
Avoid sending gifts that will be useless to guests. For example, there is no need to send candy to a diabetic guest. Choose a bouquet of flowers in nice place.
Mix and match the gifts with the cards to different people. They will be very happy to know that you care.