Decorative Packaging

Table favor tips: We’ve all been a guest at a wedding and felt the subtle excitement when we realize the bride and groom aren’t the only ones getting presents. Okay, so it’s now espresso machine, but coffee flavored chocolates in a cute little box make waiting for 45 minutes for the meal to be served a little more manageable.

However, if you’re the bride, you may not realize how much work and expense can go into these little table treats. Shopping online for decorative packaging-boxes, bags, bows and shred-is one way to save some money, especially if you are have a large wedding. Another tip is to have a favor party [to make your party favors, lol]. Invite your bridesmaids, girlfriends and family over for a table favor assembly line. Do the work while you watch contemporary wedding movies, like Runaway Bride, My Best Friend’s Wedding or Maid of Honor.

We got so many heartfelt wedding gifts! The pretty paper and delicate bows hinted at the meaningful contents of packages meant to remind us of our special day and the special way we had wound up together. A decorative butterfly and hummingbird, said to represent the groom and I, from my creative sister and several picture frames to display our wedding photos in. Our loved ones were so thoughtful and they wrapped their love up in pretty floral paper secured with shiny satin bows.

My daughter is about to turn five. Wow. That’s hard to even wrap my brain around. It seems like only months since I held her swaddled in a soft yellow blankie and rocked her to sleep. That didn’t last long. She wasn’t quite a year old when she decided cuddling wasn’t her style.

Now, her long ringlets of blond hair go halfway down her back, but I can remember when I first tugged and struggled to gather thin strands of baby fine hair into a tiny pink bow. Oh how the days fly by.