Place Cards and Favors - Starfish & Sand Dollar Theme

I just finished 2 wedding orders and one wholesale sample order today. They are all ready to ship/pick up. I'm so glad to have them done as I had a lot of things to do. Tomorrow I should have photos of another large stephanotis with pearls bouquet to share. What supposed to be a "slow" period for me has turned into a VERY BUSY time. Don't get me wrong it's a good thing. Just won't be going on a Legoland trip like we had hoped for our son's birthday.

At any rate, I finished Kerri's order today. I had her cymbidium orchid favors to finish and her place cards. She really wanted real starfish and sand dollar shells on her invitations but I told her that it would be more cost effective to go with an image and then try to do the real shells on the reception items. So for the place cards it made sense. I suggested we do the dark brown font versus purple since the tent fold is already purple and the dark brown would look nice with the shells and be much easier for people to read their names.

This is how those last items of her order turned out.

Out of Town Guest Bags - Kicking off Your Wedding with Style!

Many destination wedding couples want to welcome their guests, who have sometimes come from very far places to be a part of this wonderful occasion. A few of my clients have requested personalized welcome tags, water bottle sleeves and wedding week itineraries. Most wedding coordinators can help the bride/groom with local goodies for a service fee if the couple cannot do it themselves. The bags can be as elaborate as those nice canvas beach bags or even just nice color coordinated paper shopping totes!

This particular client requested oranges and yellows as her color theme and wanted the cymbidium orchid. This is such a nice way to greet and welcome your guests at their hotel room. Especially since they probably just got off a long flight! You definitely want to throw in some great local items (in Hawaii the popular things are macadamia nuts, Maui chips, Kona coffee, shortbread macadamia nut cookies (Big Island Candies or Honolulu Cookie Company are my two favorites!), and of course the local tour/activity guides!