I took the easy way out and hired a wedding planner for our ceremony and reception, and I’m glad I did. Not only did she have excellent ideas, but she did a great job with the planning. I don’t know if I could have handle all of this on my own. There was a lot more to preparing for this, than I could ever have imagined. She helped me with colors and fabric for my wedding party, the flower arrangements and so much more. She really had some fabulous suggestions, from decorations to the wedding favors.
I took care of all the invitations, because I wanted to handle that personally. But she had just about everything else under control. All I had to do was pick and choose colors, flower arrangement, and what theme I wanted for my ceremony and reception. I told her I just wanted a traditional wedding with all the trimmings, so we started picking out the accessories I would need. I found the most adorable flower girl basket, and ring pillow that I wanted, and some really beautiful hair accessories I wanted my bridesmaids to wear. We went through so many ideas and they were all so fantastic, I almost wish I could have chose them all. I knew that I wanted to go with a ceramic favor of some sort for my guests, but I still wasn’t sure which one. They were all so lovely and I was having a hard time deciding, so I figured I’d make that my last selection. So we moved on to other things.
My fiance and I must have tried 50 cake samples before we finally agreed on the one we wanted for our reception. It was a beautiful yellow cake with white frosting and red roses all around. For a cake topper I chose a heart with doves in front of it. It was really lovely. We had crystal champagne flutes and wine glasses on all the tables, and adorable little place card holders for all the guests that were placed on the table according to my seating arrangement. When it came to the centerpieces, the wedding planner had the most exquisite ideas. I decided on the bouquets of carnations and roses arranged in a gorgeous ceramic bowl. They were so beautiful and they really added to the rest of the table settings.
Now I needed to decide on which of the wedding favors I wanted to have for my friends and family. We were getting down to the wire and I still hadn’t made my decision. There were just so many choices, it wasn’t easy. I wanted to have the best for my guests, I just couldn’t decide which one that was. Finally, I had to choose, so I picked the candle wedding favors. For one thing, they are absolutely elegant looking, and for another it’s something they can actually get some use out of. Everyone loves candles, right?
Well, everything was spectacular and the wedding ceremony was everything I had hoped it would be. As we were leaving, everyone threw rose petals at our feet and they released a couple of doves as we exited the church and continued on to our limo. It was truly a magnificent ceremony.
The reception went very well too. Everyone complimented us on our gorgeous wedding cake and there was the traditional toast to the bride and groom by the best man. Everything was just as it should be, and after all that time, trying to pick wedding favors, turns out I made the right choice. Everyone loved their ceramic wedding favors.
