Brainstorming.

I'm pretty set on the idea of giving a charitable donation in leau of excessive wedding favors. Our guests will recieve trinkets, but those will probably end up being hand made or something so super cute I just had to have it.

Since we will be making our own reception playlist, and I have to say it will be MAGNIFICENT, I think we will burn cds for all the guests as a wedding favor. Music is an important part of both our lives and I know our mix cd would be the perfect way for our friends to remember our wedding day. Also, you can always play a good cd right, it's not going to just sit on a shelf.

And my idea for save the dates is simple. I want seeded paper. This way, when you recieve your save the date, you can write that date into your calendar, and then PLANT the save the date card. Just plant it, and it will sprout wildflowers and last as long as you continue to take care of it.

Botanical Paperworks makes wedding favors that are use seeded paper. I am either going to BUY the favor, and USE as a save the date, OR buy the seeded paper in bulk and make them myself. In order to decide which would work better, I'm going to practice this weekend with REGULAR paper, so I can see how much would be wasted (to determine which option is the least expensive). I dont want it to look TOO homemade though, so I'll need to be objective about it, and not be a penny pincher if the homemade ones dont pan out.

Figure A

Figure A : Here is an example of the premade wedding favors/save the date. I'm concerned about this design because the DATE is so small. And the point of the entire thing is the date. Sooo....

Figure B

Figure B: These arent bad, but I like the design of the other ones much better than a butterfly. At the same time, I dont MIND the butterfly at all. The price difference is $.66. The ones I like better, with the small dates, is the less expensive of the two.