If you and your intended are wine enthusiasts, serious collectors and members of the local wine club, that shared interest may just be the perfect theme for your wedding celebration. A vineyard wedding may be just the thing if there is one nearby, or you can recreate the atmosphere at your reception with vineyard style décor. Wine themed wedding favors can help set the scene, and there is a tremendous selection of them available, making it easy to find just the right ones to suit your personal style.
Wine bottle openers and barware sets make unique, wine inspired wedding favors. For guests that are serious wine enthusiasts, there is the Vineyard Collection Wine Tool, a durable stainless steel tool that includes a foldout bottle opener, corkscrew and knife. For more decorative favors, you can choose from a selection of chrome corkscrew openers, adorned with hearts, Murano glass, starfish, grapes or calla lilies. Barware gift sets are another great option, and are available in many lovely styles. Some sets include a matching opener and bottle stopper, while others sets come with matching openers and coasters.
Decorative wine bottle stoppers and pourers make excellent wedding favors, both beautiful and useful. Stoppers can be purchased in a virtually endless array of options, topped with decorative emblems, figurines or patterns that include grapes, hearts, calla lilies, starfish, angels, leaves, crosses, swans, diamonds and Murano glass in a variety of shapes and colors, to name just a few. Pourers are available in many of the same decorative styles, and sets that include matching stoppers and pourers are another option that will make a lovely gift for your guests.
Wine charm wedding favors make lovely gifts, and there are so many shapes and styles available that are sure to find ones that strike your fancy. Grape bunches are nice for a wine themed wedding, or you can choose heart or tear shaped Murano glass, dolphins, sea shells, fortune cookies or butterflies, among the many other available styles. Wine glass charms are even nicer gifts when paired with champagne flute favors, such as the Twisted Stem Champagne Flute or Personalized Champagne Flute.
There are a variety of candles that will fit in nicely with a wine theme, such as the Calla Lily Champagne Flute Candle, the Vintage Reserve Wine Bottle Candle, and the Wine Themed Candle, shaped as a basket filled with grape bunches and wine. Novelty favors for a wine theme include the Champagne Bucket Timer, the Wine Cork Place Card/Photo Holder among many others.
A vineyard theme is a wonderful way to celebrate a unique aspect of your personality as a couple, making your wedding day even more special. A wine-inspired theme might even get your husband-to-be more involved in the planning, since your theme will based on something he’s interested in. Surely, for him, helping to choose wine wedding favors will be much more interesting than choosing between heart and flower motifs.


If you love crystal, you aren’t alone. Crystal has been prized for centuries, its unique luminous and delicate glow making it the perfect material from which to craft everything from fine glassware for the table to beautiful jewelry and figurines. Items made of crystal bear a certain air of sophistication, whether the piece is a beautifully sculpted rose or a whimsical fairy tale figure.
Place card holders serve a very practical purpose on your wedding day, doing their part in keeping things organized and efficient. However, they don’t have to be frivolous little items that are just used for a day. Made in styles ranging from elegant to whimsical, well-chosen place card holders can do double duty, becoming lovely mementos of your wedding day for your friends and family to take home after they have served their purpose on your wedding tables.
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It takes a creative mind and lots of organization to plan a wedding. There are many different aspects to planning a wedding in addition to the moment when the couple says “I do”. One very important part of planning a wedding is to make the seating chart. It is very important that all of your guests feel comfortable with where they are sitting in order for them to thoroughly enjoy the reception. In order to make sure that your guests know where they are supposed to sit, place card holders are needed on the table for each guest as this is one way of making each guest feel that their presence is welcomed and cherished.
Wedding bells have been a part of weddings for centuries, symbolizing love, luck and new beginnings. In days gone by, church bells would ring across the countryside to signify that some event was happening at the church, be it a wedding, a funeral or a Sunday service. The bells were thought to bring good luck to the newlywed couple. Some superstitious tales would say that the bells also frightened away evil spirits and bad vibes to ensure marital bliss and happiness. Today, wedding bells are still oftentimes rung as the couple exits the church, as part of the ceremony, or at the wedding reception. Bells are also now a popular wedding theme, used on invitations, attached to centerpieces, and given to guests in the form of
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