Decorative Packaging

Are you planning a wedding in the fall?  Is the groom to-be and avid hunter?  Her is a cute way to add a little surprise for him and still keep with the tradition of the groom tossing the garter.

This doesn’t have to match your wedding colors, no one will see it until after the wedding, but the groom will appreciate the fact that you are aware of his hobbies and interests and included his favorite hobby into your wedding day.

When you choose your garter, pick up some camouflage ribbon and add it to the embellishment of the band.  You can sew it on with little gathers and ruffles.  It will only take a few minutes.  But He will remember it for a life time!

Wow, this is perfect for a fall wedding and reception!  I love the deep chocolate brown sheer wedding ribbon with this huge orange Shasta daisy.  Imagine how the reception room will look when the guests walk in and see all the tables elegantly decorated, and all the chairs are draped in white with this striking bow around the back.  Gather your fabric or use ribbon and wrap around the chair back mid-way up and tie a bow in the back and slip one daisy in each bow.

Perhaps you don’t want to do all the chairs in the reception, due to time, or money, you could do the wedding party table and it will help accentuate that table.  This is a great color combination for a ribbon around a candle also; just place a flower blossom into each bow.  If you check out our ribbon selection and don’t see the type or color you are looking for call the number on the website.  We add new ribbon all the time as it becomes available to us.

Fall mums placed around strategically would be perfect for inexpensive decorations too.  With the brown and orange in the ribbon and flower, you can add a deep burgundy or wine color mums would make it a very warm and inviting room.  Mixing groups of brown, orange and wine mums could help fill up corners in a large room, they can line a hall way.  With all the warm fall color, the bride will definitely be the bell of the ball in a gown of white.  She will glow as she walks down the aisle.

I just found the cutest idea for a wedding favor.  Today’s bride is involved in the personal details of her wedding and this is a great way that she and her BFF’s can spend quality time together while making these.

I like this idea because this is a gift that will not be just a trinket to sit on a shelf to be dusted or added to the many other little thoughtful things from other weddings.  This can be used as a Christmas tree ornament.  Each year as you hang your precious ornaments on the tree, you can be blessed all over again by this little gift and the memories of that special couple on their wedding day.

Buy miniature ornaments in your wedding colors.  When you buy in bulk, you can get them at whole sale prices, just like wholesale ribbon.  Then use personalized ribbon to tie little loops for hanging the ornament.

I make a lot of ornaments at Christmas time for gifts.  I like the custom printed ribbon idea because that would allow me to put the year on the ornament without writing it on there.

I have seen many diaper cakes for a baby shower.  But I think this is such a sweet idea for a bridal shower.  Instead of using diapers, use fluffy new towels.  You can never have too many towels.  It would be fun to do them in themes too.  You could do a kitchen one and add kitchen utensils to decorate it.

This lovely bridal shower towel cake is so pretty.  The roses and pearls are so delicate and pretty. The gathered tulle at the top with a bouquet of roses imitates a bridal veil and a bouquet.  The wide satin ribbon beautifully embellishes each layer of the towel cake and helps define it.  Adding a velvet ribbon would change the look completely but just as beautiful.  You could do this same design with high quality sheets if you knew the size of the bride to be future bedroom suit.

When making diaper cakes, you would roll many diapers into mini rolls and hold them together with rubber bands or whatever until you complete it and add ribbon and accessories.  But this cake is much simpler.   You will need at least four luxury bath towels, four hand towels, and four wash rags.  If you want to make it four layers, you can use four bath sheets for your bottom layer.  Splurge for the high quality towels since this will be your gift.

The pearls are swaged and pinned with a pearl pin at each peak.  The ribbon can be held secure with double stick tape squares since it is just ornamental.  As you roll your towels, use pins to secure each roll so it stays firm.  On the final round, hide the pins or use ornaments to hide the pins.  Place the centerpiece on a crystal plate as if it were a cake and add flowers to complete the wedding look.

This will be a beautiful centerpiece for any bridal shower! And the bride will love the new towels too! You can also make one of these for a new neighbor as a welcome to the neighborhood gift.  You can use some hand towel, dish towels, and a few neutral bath towels to make it.  It would be a great idea to decorate with some coupons for local restaurants.  Maybe a current telephone book, a city map, notes with hints for stores with the best prices, a directory of churches in the area and any other items you think would be useful for your location.  When I was recently out of my element, and relocated in a big city,  I was at the hospital with my husband and could not find a laundromat anywhere.  I was at the mercy of strangers who were helpful.

Party favors are always a good idea.  It is expected that guests will receive some small token as a thank you gift for attending weddings.  In today’s economy, saving money is essential and while a bride won’t want to cut corners on her wedding gown or her photographer, you can save a lot of money if you make your own favors.

Votive candles are very inexpensive and can be purchased in bulk for an even greater savings.  Everyone loves candles; some prefer scented candles while others are just as happy with the warm glow of a candle.  You can order candles personalized and packaged for a fee but your guests will appreciate your added effort to say thank you to them.

This type of candle is a great thank you for weddings, bridal showers, or baby showers.  Anytime you go to a lot of effort to plan a large party or function, it is appropriate to give a small gift just to say thanks for fitting my special day into your busy schedule.

The glitter design can be placed on the glass votive jar by using a stencil and glitter paint, or free hand a design on to them with glitter glue. Decorative packaging is an important part of any gift.  The clear plastic boxes can also be purchased in bulk.  They will come flat and you have to fold them.  A lovely ribbon bow will complete the gift packaging.  Add a decorative gift tag and select the ribbon to fit the occasion.  You would want to use baby shower ribbon if that was the function.  I love the gold metallic lame’ ribbon that matches the gold glitter stencil on the candle, Choose the ribbon to fit the occasion.  You can buy the candles in colors and glass holders in clear or frosted.

Your guests will love the little gift and either save it as a memento of the occasion or burn it.  It’s a great idea to order bulk items at whole sale prices because once the wedding events begin its one party after another.  You can also order your ribbon in bulk at whole sale prices.

Wedding Ribbon Wreath

This wreath would look amazing as part of the decorations at a wedding reception. A wreath like this is very easy to make and could be used in very formal settings or even to decorate in the home.  This is a creative way to add just the right color to a room that needs a bit of a change.  You can change the color to fit any holiday or occasion.  You can change the ribbon to fit any style setting.

This wreath is made from grosgrain ribbon.  If you changed the ribbon to a shiny satin ribbon, it would take on a completely different look.

If you were using this as decorations for the church or reception, choose the colors that the bride has chosen to be her accent colors and alternate her colors.

To make this wreath, the only thing you need is plenty of grosgrain ribbon or your ribbon of choice.  You will also need a wire hanger and a pair of pliers to help bend the hanger into a perfect circle.  You can trim off the hanger part as you will not need it since you will be using ribbon to hang the wreath to hang it.

Depending on how large you want your wreath, cut approximately one hundred 6” strips of grosgrain ribbon.  You will want to dip the ends in ribbon glue or fray-stop or cut with a hot blade to prevent the ribbon ends from raveling.  Begin tying knots around the hanger, making sure the knot is in the center of the ribbon. Continue the knots and keep scrunching them closer together until you have the look you desire.  Attach a length of ribbon that is approximately 36” long with a knot on each end to the hanger.  Be sure to keep the ends as long as the rest of the strips. This will give you an 18” loop to hang your wreath.  Adjust the length accordingly to fit your décor.

Years ago, most people only decorated with wreaths at Christmas time.  Modern decorating uses wreaths in almost every room for any season.  There are so many unique ways to accent a wreath to customize it to anyone’s taste.

I adore the look of this white feather boa wreath.  In many cases, less is more! This wreath is simple yet elegant.  Pristine white feathers hung with a beautiful taffeta ribbon in a color that can be changed to fit the season or room.

White feather boa wreaths also look incredible as wedding reception decorations.  Use ribbon in the bride’s colors alternating.

You will need a hot glue gun, thin floral wire, a foam wreath base, and U shaped pins attach the boa. Spray glitter can add a nice sparkle to the wreath too.  They make white glitter spray and you can spray the white boa to resemble snow. White wreaths look amazing hung on a mirror.

If you use white, and decide you want to add a few decorations, you will find that blue and silver will look awesome.

Hot glue the end of the first boa to the foam base, and begin to wrap the feather boa around the foam wreath pinning it as you go. If you want to add small clusters of ornaments, hot glue them after the boa is completely wrapped.  You may need several boa’s depending on the size of the form and length of the boa.

Have you considered how beautiful that an all-white bridal bouquet can look?  The natural assumption is that if your gown is white, then your bouquet should be full of color.  Many brides will combine her wedding colors into her bouquet.  I have never seen an ugly bouquet or ugly bride but check out these all white bouquets and see if one will be what you are looking for in your special day.

The total white flowers, accented with baby’s breath and lots of green leaves are gorgeous.  Adding beautiful white satin or taffeta ribbon to the bouquet is the perfect choice.  I love the top photo of the one with the fluffy sheer ribbon on the bouquet of tulips!

The important thing to remember is that this is YOUR day and you can have whatever you like in your wedding!

Ribbon is as important at a wedding as the flowers and the cake!  Adding ribbon to accessories always adds beauty to the arrangement.  Some will add ribbon to the special glasses used for toasting the bride and groom with sparkling juice or champagne.

Using custom printed ribbon around the bird seed bags or bubble containers is a great way to dress up the items and give a souvenir to your guests.  Your custom printed ribbon could say the bride and grooms name, or the date of the wedding, or a favorite verse.  You choose what you want printed on the ribbon.  There will be a lot of areas you can use this ribbon.

The same custom printed ribbon can be used when making the invitations and directions to the reception.

Wedding showers are so much fun.  The bride hopes to get all the things she will need to start housekeeping with her new husband.  Planning a shower can be challenging when trying to come up with new ideas for decorations.

This wedding cake made from towels is such a cute idea.  You can tuck in all kinds of neat gadgets she can use in the kitchen or bathroom.  If you use kitchen towels then use kitchen items, if you use bath towels, then insert items she can pamper herself with.

Using fluffy cotton towels, you can use organic or green ribbon when assembling this cute cake.

You will need:

2 bath towels, 2 hand towels, 2 washcloths, wide green ribbon, Pearl or bead headed straight pins, or safety pins, Dowel, wooden stick or similar, Cake board, large plate or tray, Silk flowers, Small soaps or other mini bath products.

Step 1 – First take a bath towel then neatly fold it in half length-ways and then in half again. Now put this towel to one side and do the same with the second bath towel.

Step 2 – Next take one of the folded towels and, keeping the edges neatly together, tightly roll it from end to end, leaving about 6 to 8 inches unrolled at the finish.

Step 3 – Then, making sure that it’s the same way up, overlap one end of the second bath towel with the end of the first and – holding the coil very firmly – continue to roll tightly.

Step 4 – Secure the coil by pushing bead headed straight pins into the end. Alternatively use large safety pins – we found diaper pins work quite well.

Step 5 – Now repeat the above process from step 1 with the hand towels and then the washcloths. Though for these you won’t need to overlap the ends quite so much.

Step 6 – Next, with the neater folded edges facing upwards, position the coiled towels so that they look like 3 separate tiers of a wedding cake (If necessary tap the ‘cakes’ lightly to neaten).

Step 7 – Then measure the height of each tier, and add the numbers together.

Step 8 – Now cut a piece of dowel or a straight stick a little longer than this measurement.

Step 9 – Then, keeping the pinned edges at the back of the wedding towel cake, thread the dowel through the center of the tier of coiled bath towels. Then through the center of the coiled hand towel tier, followed by the washcloth tier.

Step 10 – Finally place the ‘wedding cake’ on a cake board or tray.

1. First wrap ribbon around each tier, knotting or tying the ribbon into bows at the back – where the pins are.

2. Then, attaching the item to the protruding piece of doweling, top the cake with some pretty silk flowers or something of your choice.

3. Adorn the cake by tucking small soaps, or other mini bath products, into the towel folds.

Be sure to tell the bride that you used pins so she won’t stick herself when unraveling.