Wedding favors are thank you gifts to each guest or family for sharing that special wedding day. It is the bride’s way of giving each guest a share of her good fortune, sending it home with them for their own enjoyment. Suitable wedding favors vary from culture to culture and with the means of the bride and her family. Commonly accepted favors are small frames, sugar-coated almonds, candies, specially made cookies, porcelain boxes or tulle bags with small keepsakes.
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The Bouquet
~ The Bride’s Wedding Bouquet ~ The first wedding bouquets carried were not of blossoms but of herbs. The aroma of the herbs were thought to ward off evil spirits. Later meanings became associated with […]
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The Ring Finger
For centuries the wedding or engagement ring has graced the second finger of the left hand. This traditional goes all the way back to the time of the Egyptians. They believed that a vein ran […]
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Italian Wedding Traditions
On the day of the wedding, the bride is not supposed to wear any gold, until after her wedding ring is slipped out. Wearing gold during or before the wedding is thought to bring bad […]