Wedding Planning

Many of our honey themed wedding favors boast that your love is “as sweet as can bee” – just like honey!  A honey themed wedding is a great idea, even for those who don’t love honey.  I personally love honey, so for me, a honey themed wedding would not only be cute but a reflection of my personality as well.  Here are some great ideas:

A honey themed wedding would be best to host in the spring or early fall when the weather is not too warm yet not too chilly either.  Since honey is often used in the morning in tea, on toast, etc., this is a great idea for those who are not having a wedding in the evening and even better if the wedding is outside.  After all, honey is derived from bees, and bees live outside…you get the picture, right?

You can incorporate the color of amber in many ways:  the bridesmaid dresses, your eye makeup, even the flowers (mums, tiger lilies, carnations).  Amber is a warm color, and if you have your wedding in the early fall, will coordinate beautifully with the natural colors of the changing leaves.

Your food, of course, should also have honey!  There are so many ways to incorporate honey into your food:  honey glazed ham, toast with honey, honey in tea, honey buns – whatever you can think of, or whatever you enjoy eating honey with.

And of course, your wedding favors can also reflect honey.  You could fill your own mason jars with honey, top them with a vintage-inspired cloth and seal the jar with a ribbon, rubber band and/or personalized tag.  Check out our honey wedding favors for personalized honey jars, honey scented candles, and much more!

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Everyone in the office is attending Alecia’s engagement party this weekend, and we couldn’t be more trhilled for it! All the talk about engagement parties led to us asking questions; and we found answers. Lately I’ve been writing a ton of articles about engagement parties: how to plan them, what to wear, what to give as a gift, and proper etiquette.

Many argue that the engagement party is a dying tradition, yet there are many couples who opt to have this pre-wedding party. To put it simply, the engagement party is to congratulate the newly engaged couple, and to begin creating bonds between the families of the bride and groom. Here are the basics you need to know when planning an engagement party:

- These parties can be thrown anywhere–from five star restaurants, to banquet halls or even a backyard with the BBQ going.

- Anyone can throw the engagement party, though very rarely do the maid of honor or best man host it as they take care of the bridal shower, bachelor and bachelorette parties. Usually the parents of the bride or groom, or another close family member or friend throws the party. Even the couple can throw the party for themselves.

- Dress accordingly to the weather and location of the party. No matter where the party is taking place, definitely avoid jeans and sneakers. The most casual should be khakis and a polo for the guys; a skirt and fancier shoes for the ladies.

- Typically it is thrown three months after the proposal; six months to a year prior to the wedding. Everyone invited to the engagement party should be invited to the wedding.

So there’s an engagement party in a nutshell. Check out our pre-wedding articles for all of the latest engagement party tips! I’m so excited for Alecia’s party this weekend. I already have my attire picked out, and have her gift wrapped and ready to go. Tune in next week to read about her party and get all of the juicy details. Congratulations, Alecia!

Don’t forget: if you’re planning an engagement party, you’ll need engagement party favors. Though most of our wedding favors can double for engagement parties too!

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Daily Wedding Deal

Save a bunch on your wedding favors and wedding accessories with our new Daily Deal.  Every day, once per day, we post a NEW deal for our customers including wedding favors and wedding accessories. Above you will see some of the upcoming daily deals.

Visit us often and Save 20% on each daily deal – because its not just a deal – it’s a steal!

Our Favors Featured On The Today Show - Weddings Today

We’re all thrilled in the office, we feel like little TV stars! In case you missed it, many of our wedding favors were featured on The Today Show with Stylist, Bobbie Thomas.  You can see the clip here in case you missed it: Weddings Today, Featuring Our Double Duty Favors

But for our readers who want to know exactly what was featured here is a list of the items seen on the show:

A) Silver Bamboo Style Place Card Frame – These silver polyresin frames in a sleek and elegant bamboo design will make your place card presentation unique, and are an excellent choice as wedding favors.  Holds a 2″ x 3″ photo or place card.  $1.25 each, Orders over 144 pieces, .99 cents each.

B) Vintage Design Damask Mint Tins – Give your guests a vintage inspired, damask design mint tin as your party or wedding favors (.70 cents each).  We added our Blank Double Faced Satin Favor Ribbon in hot pink then sealed the top with our Set of 35 Small Round Monogram Labels in our Strawberry Pink, Modern Lowercase font.

C) Scattered Rhinestone Place Card Frame – These attractive place card frames pull double duty as inexpensive wedding favors that also welcome your guests to their seats Holds a 2″ x 3″ photo or place card.  $1.75 each, 40 pieces or more .99 cents each

D) Round Silver Mint Tin Wedding Favor Boxes – They’re ideal favors for any celebration and It’s easy to add your own special touches – customize the color of what’s inside the mint tins to match your color scheme, add a personalized sticker or adorn them with a bow.  .50 cents each.  We added our Blank Double Faced Satin Favor Ribbon in plum then sealed the top with our Set of 35 Small Round Theme Labels in the Plum color.

E) Candy Jars - at .99 cents each complete with personalized labels you can’t beat this deal.  Available in Themes, Monograms and many, many modern designs.

F) Mini Favor Cube Boxes – come in: Aqua (as shown in pic on right), Black (as shown to the left of the Aqua box), Brown, Pink, and White. ($9.90 – $7.20 Per Set of 12, quantity priced). On the Aqua Boxes we featured our Rhinestone Monogram Stickers and on the Black Boxes we featured our Set of 12 Personalized Round Cherry Blossom Labels.

G) Our Chair Boxes – These adorable little chairs are available in Gold, Silver or White and can be used as a place card holder (vellum strips are included) and inside the seat can hold candies, chocolates or even a truffle! (Prices range from $11.20 to $4.75 per Set of 12)

H) Monogram Pyramid Favor Boxes – Printed with your monogram for free, Pack of 50 boxes.  $49.00 first pack of 50, $39.00 orders over 100 boxes.  (That’s .39 cents per printed box!) We added our Blank Double Faced Satin Favor Ribbon.

I) Elegant Arc Photo Frame and Placeholder – Elegantly brushed metal curves gently around your guest’s name and table number. The soft bend of this unique place card frame wedding favor catches the candlelight at your reception, and later serves as a photo frame for your guest’s photographs. $1.70, order 96 Pieces or more and they are .99 cents each!

J) Silver Heart Shaped Mint Tin Wedding Favor Boxes – Packed with love, these heart shaped boxes / mint tins can hold tiny treasures and heartfelt sentiments inside .60 cents each.  We added to the top our Set of 35 Small Round Theme Labels in the Tangerine color.

K) Beautifully Beaded Place Card & Photo Frame – Shown in Gold but also available in Silver.  Both are top sellers! These exquisite place card frames made of metal and glass will brighten up your reception tables and your guests lives! Starts at $1.70 and drops to .99 cents each when you order 96 pieces or more!

L) Square Clear Top Mint Tin Favors – Popular as favors for all types of occasions, mints tins give you the opportunity to fill them with candies, mints, jordan almonds, confetti or whatever you can imagine. .65 cents each.  We added our Set of 20 Personalized Square Theme Tags or Labels for a personalized touch.

M) Lovebirds Design Photo Coasters and Damask Photo Coasters – insert your place card into the photo area and then guests can take home the coaster to use on their tables at home.  72 or more and their .99 cents each!

We hope you enjoyed the double duty, afforable and stylish wedding favors that were featured on The Today Show.  If you have any questions or would like us to make recommendations for your wedding or event, we would be more than happy to assist you!  Please give us a call at 732-654-5262 or stop by our Showroom on Saturdays at 137 Main Street Sayreville, NJ 08872.  Many Thanks to Bobbie Thomas and The Today Show for featuring us!

- Happily Ever After To You!

Erica

Personalized Cherry Wood Cigar Humidor

Opulent, extravagant, luxurious,  decadent.  Visions of men in smoking coats in rooms drinking cognac or scotch and having serious discussions.  Very old school and very rich – this traditional men’s rite of passage has been popular throughout the ages – even in today’s anti-smoking society, cigar smoking is considered reserved for the sophisticated man.

Perhaps you and your boys enjoy bonding over a good cigar, while playing a round of golf or a hand of poker.  If your groomsmen enjoy the finer things in life, consider giving them personalized cigar or smoking accessory groomsmen gifts to compliment their lifestyle.

Here are our top 5 Cigar Accessory groomsmen gift ideas for the urbane groomsman.

1. Personalized Cherry Wood Humidor (Item Number LJDSGC151) – When properly monitored in this heirloom quality cherry wood humidor, cigars will retain their freshness indefinitely.  Personalize the front brass plate with up to two lines of text for free.  $51.95 each, ships in 2-3 days.

2. Personalized Themed Design Wood Humidors – Identical to our Cherry Wood Humidor but imprinted with a design, theme or hobby on the lid and personalized to your liking.  With themes such as cabin, beach house, fishing, vintage, cars, martini lounge, golf, poker and more – you can customize his humidor to his favorite pastime.  $69.95 each, ships in 2-3 days.

3. Personalized Classic Zippo Lighters – The perfect accessory to any man’s smoking room, a lighter guaranteed to light every time.  Personalized for free our Zippo lighters come in both high polished chrome designs to the darker black ice versions.  Also available in brushed metals and colors.  $25 – 34.95 – ships in 5 to 7 days.

4. Personalized Silver Plated Cigar Tube (Item Number ZPK3081P) – The Silver Plated Cigar Tube is the perfect place to store your celebratory cigars for after the wedding.  These are wonderful for the man who travels who can pack a cigar in his pocket without having to worry about crushing it.  Personalized for free.  $36.95 – Ships in 5 to 7 days.

5. Personalized Stainless Cigar Holder and Flask (Item Number LJDSGC154)- At first glance it looks like a double barreled cigar tube, but its not!  One side holds a cigar and the other side holds liquor of your choice.  Perfect for the after party celebrations.  Personalized for free. $30.95 – Ships in 2 to 3 days.

Personalized Executive Decision Maker & Paperweight

Sometimes, its difficult to choose what to give your wedding party for their groomsmen gifts.  For the corporate executive or the entrepreneur in your wedding party, how about giving something not only they can use, but is themed for their  profession?  Personally, as an entrepreneur myself, I wouldn’t mind receiving a gift that actually can be used by myself everyday.   Corporate gifts for the executive are a great idea for your groomsmen – practical, useful and some even fun to appeal to the kid in each of us.

Here are 5 great corporate inspired items that can double as groomsmen gifts for your wedding.

1. Personalized Executive Decision Maker & Paperweight (Item Number LRW-CORA5MK) – a sophisticated take on the Magic Eight Ball, just ask a question, spin the wheel and have a decision made for you.  A great gadget for any office.  Personalized for free.  $24 each.

2. Metropolitan Desk Organizer (Item Number LRW-LTHR130LE) – A manly desk organizer in dark black leather in a modern square cube shape.  Simply slip out the velvet lined trays to hold small items or use as coasters.  Also holds a photo and can be personalized for free. $49.95 per set.

3. Personalized Leather Desk Caddy (Item Number LJDSGC493) – The unique gently curved rounded shape of this caddy makes this an appealing corporate or groomsmen gift.  Keeps your pens and desk items in one place and avoid clutter.  Personalized for free $23.95 per caddy.

4. Personalized Executive Black Leather Business Card Case (Item Number LRW-CORAL220C) – The shape of this business card holder makes it unique and modern.  Velvet soft lining inside and free personalization makes this card case a sure fire win.  $15.95 each

5. Personalized Charging Station (Item Number LJDSGC523) – Let’s face it, in today’s world men carry around more than just one gadget with them.  And this personalized charging station will help keep all their wires and chargers in one neat place.  Great for the home or office.  Personalized for free.  $79.95

Secret Agent Cufflinks - Unique Groomsmen Gift

If you are looking for classic and inexpensive groomsmen gifts, wedding cufflinks are the perfect gift to give to all the men in your wedding party.   If you would like to give all of the groomsmen the same gift it is a safe bet to go with a traditional design such as a high polished silver toned cufflink in a round, oval or square shape engraved with each groomsmen’s initials.  This will give your wedding party a polished put together look.  However, if you want to customize your groomsmen gifts you can give the guys cufflinks that reflect their own unique personality, hobby or style.

Novelty cufflinks come in a range of styles and themes sure to fit everyone on your gift giving list.  Comic book lover?  Why not buy him Superman cufflinks.  Race car fan?  Unique stick shift cufflinks will suit him well.  Art lover?  Modern art deco inspired cufflinks will look smashing both for casual and formal attire.  For the gadget, computer or action movie lover our Secret Agent cufflinks shown to the left will impress and wow him.

We recommend these Top 5 Wedding Cufflinks for Men

1. Polished Beaded Silver Cufflinks (Item Number LJDSGC202) – Traditional and classic, high polished silver cufflinks engraved with his monogram are a sophisticated choice and a top seller.  At $26 per set, these are inexpensive and personalized at no additional charge.

2. Secret Agent Cufflinks (Item Number LJDSBL800) – Make him feel like 007 with these uniquely designed cufflinks.  Unscrew this tubular cufflink and include a personal note to the recipient.  Monogrammed for free. $46 per set.

3.  Silver Knot Cufflinks with Personalized Case (Item Number LJDSGC658-SilverKnot) – Gorgeous and stunning, these will look great with tuxedos, business suits, dress attire – even casual Friday wear.  The case comes personalized for free.  $25 per set

4. Skull & Bones Cufflinks with Personalized Case (Item Number LJDSGC658-SkullBones) – A groomsmen gift with a rock n’ roll edge – skull and bones cufflinks in polished stainless accented with black eyes. Each comes packaged in an attractive personalized silver-tone case featuring the name of the recipient. Personalized for free $25 per set.

5. Wedding Party Cufflinks (Item Number LLR-JL500) – Makes a memorable groomsmen and wedding party gift. Black and silver design will match your wedding tuxedos perfectly. Come in six different versions: Best Man, Father of the Bride, Father of the Groom, Groom, Groomsman, and Usher. $14 per set

Every year we get more and more new favors, and this year we couldn’t help but notice that eco-friendly wedding favors are becoming more and more popular.  I personally love eco-friendly favors, because majority of them are practical…and so cute!  Here at our Little Things office, I encourage everyone to be eco-conscious—I insist on recycling, try not to waste a lot of paper or packaging materials, and recently even purchased recycled post its!  (We use so many of them anyway.)  If you even look at my favorite favors section, it says that I love eco-friendly favors, and even features a couple of my favorites, including this “Write from my Heart” Eco-Friendly Note Pad.  I couldn’t have been more thrilled to decorate our display windows this month, because we decided on an eco-friendly theme.  And yes, they came out fantastic, if I do say so myself.  The centerpiece is a green lime tree, set on a natural earth tone table cloth.  The runner is a sort of bamboo material, and green napkins are folded fan style on the plates.  Each place setting is adorned with green topiary place card holders that incorporate with the look of the centerpiece, leaf votive tea light holders, and these Tree Design Wooden Favor Boxes, which I also love.  Surrounding the table setting are a number of other eco-friendly favors, mostly in brown or green hues to match the color scheme.  If you walk by the window you’ll see a variety of bird nests, wooden birdhouses, natural fans, seed favors, and more.  These favors aren’t just cute, but they’re good for the environment, too.

There are a number of other ways to really go green with an eco-friendly wedding besides your favors.  For starters, your invitations are the first thing you’re going to choose.  Not only can you have them printed on recycled paper, but you can have them eco-friendly right down to the ink:  environmentally friendly ink is usually soy-based.  Consider recycled paper for your other paper goods, too:  place cards, save the dates, thank you cards, programs, and possibly even your menu—which can feature organic food, and even be served on organic dinnerware.  There are also plenty of organic wines to sample and choose from, too.

Even though flowers technically do grow in the ground, cut flowers are actually very toxic.  Luckily, simply by some researching, you’ll be able to find organic floral suppliers.  Another option is growing your own flowers, or maybe choosing greenery instead—that will really coordinate with your “green” wedding!  Your attire can be eco-friendly too:  if you’re looking for a light, summery dress to wear at your beach themed wedding, organic cotton is a great choice.  The hot weather isn’t for everyone, though, so if your event takes place in a cooler season, cotton may be a little too thin.  Besides cotton, other organic fabric can include hemp or bamboo.  Plus, if you’re looking for colors for your bridesmaids’ dresses, you can always choose dresses made with low-impact/vegetable dye.  With a little bit of research, you can also find eco-friendly wedding bands.  Mining, whether it is for gold or other gems, is actually very destructive.  So, another great idea is to favor some hand-me-downs.  If you don’t have someone to pass a ring along to you, shop around at thrift shops for older, antique rings.  You’d be surprised at the quality after a little TLC.  Not only will the rings have a vintage feel and look, but they’ll have a little more of a sentimental background.

I hope this article inspires all of you brides-to-be to consider an eco-friendly wedding, or maybe just Eco-Friendly Wedding Favors.  Happy Monday!

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Beautifully Beaded Place Card & Photo Frames

When you think cheap wedding favors, you may just think: cheap.  I mean how could something that costs .99 cents be quality?  Of course with many things, you get what you pay for – and that certainly holds true with certain items.  A .50 cent Round Silver Mint Tin, is afterall, a mint tin.  But there are some gems out there that not only are cheap, but of good quality and value.

Here are 10 great cheap wedding favors that are gorgeous, bestselling and very popular.  These are our recommendations to you if you are on a budget and are looking to give something worth while.

1. Beautifully Beaded Place Card Frames – perfect for displaying your seating assignments and holding your thank you photos.  Available in Silver or Gold and priced just right.  A bestseller and something the girls and I love in the office.
2. Heart Book Lovers Collection Bookmark – I have been recently reading a few books at night before bed, but I didn’t have a bookmark to mark my page (can you imagine?) So I took a sample of this bookmark from our showroom.  Perfect for weddings and love themed events, but I would also recommend any of the bookmarks in the “Book Lover’s” line  as they are all made the same way just in different designs: heart, fleur de lis, castle, starfish, peace sign, snowflake, key and butterfly.  Although they aren’t very large, they are packaged well and for .89 cents you can’t go wrong.
3. Personalized Hershey Kisses – Who doesn’t like chocolate? With over 50 designs and at .30 cents each, fill a huge bowl on each table of these yummy treats.  Featured in Modern Bride Magazine.
4. Calla Lily Bouquet Candles – A bestseller, with good feedback from our customers and pretty to look at.  I really can’t see your guests actually using them, but rather displaying them in their homes.  Really cute design!
5. Crystal Heart Keychain -  I love these as wedding and bridal shower favors.  I happen to like keychains, and the quality, price and packaging can’t be beat.  One of our favorites in the shop!
6. Monogrammed Purse Mirror – Perhaps not perfect for a wedding, but great for a shower, these are the one mirrors I would recommend.  While the other mirrors are quite popular, they are made of hard plastic and i think the Monogrammed Mirrors with a fabric overlay, are just better quality for the price at about a dollar.
7. Place Card Holders – If you are looking for a place card holder, while these are not exceptionally popular, they are of outstanding weight and quality: Contemporary Heart Place Card Holders and Silver Plated Wedding Cake Place Card Holders (Seen in Modern Bride).  I would recommend them to our brides for quality and price.
8. Butterfly Magnets – (also available in starfish and fall leaf designs) – there are very few refrigerators in this country without a magnet attached to them, so for practical purposes, magnets are fun favors.  The quality of these magnets combined with the cards they come with make an outstanding choice for wedding favors.
9. Personalized Candy Jars – very popular with our brides this year, you can personalize these in so many colors and designs.  For .99 cents on most of the jars we offer, which includes the personalized stickers, just fill with candy and you have a great pop of color to your tables.  We use our extra jars in our office to hold paper clips and pushpins.
10. Fleur de lis Soaps – I love the fleur de lis motif and its also quite popular this year among brides.  These soaps smell good, look good and are packaged well for their price.

Hope this has given you some good ideas of what it worth the money in the cheap wedding favors category, if you have any questions please feel free to leave us a comment or send us a question, we would love to help you plan your perfect day!

Always <3 Erica

We recently had a bride come into our showroom looking for favors to coordinate with a really unique theme:  Love in 100 Languages.  She ended up choosing the Heart Shaped Love Theme Glass Coaster Favors featured in the picture to the left, each with the word “love” in English as well as a couple of other languages, and other love related words.  The ladies and I here at the office started gabbing about what a great theme idea it is, which inspired me to write this article.

Here at Little Things, love is [obviously] always the word of the day.  And not just in English, either.  Alecia, our Customer Service Manager, says “Ana Behebak” to her boyfriend.  That’s “I love you” in Arabic.  Marko, who works as our Search Engine Marketer, resides in Finland.  So coming from him, “I love you” would come as “Minä Rakastan Sinua.”  And if we ever need to say it in another language, the desk in our showroom is a glass table top with “I love you” scribbled on it in a hundred different languages.

Here’s ten different ways to say “I love you,” besides in English, and the other two languages featured above:

1. Spanish – Te Amo / Te Quiero
2. French – Je t’aime
3. Polish – Kocham Ciebie
4. Slovak – Lu`bim ta
5. Gaelic – Ta gra agam ort
6. Icelandic – Eg elska tig
7. Chinese – Ngo oiy ney a
8. Greek – S’agapo
9. Hawaiian – Aloha Au Ia`oe
10. Filipino – Mahal kita

A great idea to go with this theme would be branding each table as a different language/country.  You could use these Amor Glass Coasters or these Asian coasters Asian Coasters, and also visit our Irish Theme Sectionfor other great ideas.  Of course, we have many more favors available to incorporate with any theme at our website www.littlethingsfavors.com.

TGIF!  Have a great weekend, everyone!  Lots of love! <3 Kelsey

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