Thursday, October 21, 2010

Fresh and Healthy Appetizers

Photo courtesy of http://flatironkitchen.com/

Every wedding should have some healthy appetizers! These individual servings of dip with assorted vegetables is the brainchild of Flat Iron Kitchen.

Flat Iron Kitchen is a "boutique catering company serving fresh, creative, seasonal cuisine using market vegetables and other ingredients that are sourced locally wherever possible."  If you live in the New York City area take the time to contact them about your catering needs.  Fresh and healthy! A perfect way to start your lives together. 

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Wood Picnic Basket Wedding Favors

Photo courtesy of FavorsandFlowers.com

I love the idea of favors that are packaged in gorgeous containers.  Favors and Flowers (their web site is http://www.favorsandflowers.com/) offers you picnic basket favors that are perfect for picnic or garden weddings.  Each one can be purchased with ribbon and hang tags (also available on their site) or you could make your own.  Choose your favorite candy filling to make your guests day complete.

Favors For Your Picnic Wedding

Photo courtesy of: http://www.favorsandflowers.com

Having a wedding picnic? Consider offering your guests fans as a wedding favor.  Favors And Flowers, (their web site is http://www.favorsandflowers.com/) offer a variety of shapes and sizes of fans.

This heart traditional bamboo hand fans measures 13" L top to the bottom tip of the fan and 10" across. It is made of quality sturdy bamboo strips. Just add some silk ribbons and a tag or some silk flowers and your favors are complete.  This site offers a variety of sizes and shapes of fans, so stop by and take a look.

This favor is guaranteed to be used by every guest at a summer wedding!

Give Your Drinks A Real Buzz With Fizzy Lizzy

Photo courtesy of Fizzy Lizzy http://www.fizzylizzy.com/

I recently discovered some incredible juice drinks at my local Whole Foods. Known as "Fizzy Lizzy" this award winning beverage is a combination of fruit juice and 'fizzy water,' hence the name "Fizzy Lizzy." Fizzy Lizzy comes in eight different flavors (my personal favorite is pineapple, grapefruit a close second, but try
them all!). I love that they not only quench my thirst but have a high percentage of REAL juice without fillers.

You can choose to drink these alone or use them to make signature drinks, Fizzy Lizzy is a great boutique juice option for your wedding. Just toss them in a tub full of ice and they are perfect for a picnic wedding, cold and thirst quenching but pretty colors and great flavor too.

Their web site reveals there really is a REAL Fizzy Lizzy. According the the site: "One day back in 1995, Liz (yes, there’s a “Lizzy”) was riding her bike. As usual, she had a carton of grapefruit juice and a bottle of sparkling water in her backpack. You see, it was her habit to mix juice and seltzer and the only way to get that combination was to make it yourself. So she got off her bike, started mixing and had her “aha” moment. The next thing you know Liz is running a little company out of her fifth floor Manhattan walk-up, pounding the pavement and evangelizing (to anyone who would listen) about the virtues of juice and sparkling water without the usual added sugars, gums, or other junk. A new religion is born: The Fizzy Lizzy Church of Healthy Soda (TFLCHS for short). Try Fizzy Lizzy. We think you’ll join up. Whether you’re into our Cranberry or our Pineapple, all are welcome. TFLCHS has a big tent."

Stop by their web site for more information on "Fizzy Lizzy" with a list of flavors and serving ideas.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Eyelet Lanterns Light Up Your Wedding


Photo courtesy of http://favorsandflowers.com/
Bring a festive glow to your celebration with these lovely white eyelet paper lanterns. Perfect for a wedding reception or bridal shower. Set of 3 (1 piece measures 11.75"Dia and  2 piece  measures 8" Dia) , comes with 3 wire frames. Simply unfold these eyelet paper lanterns, insert the wire frame, and suspend in different heights using monofilament strings (not included) to create a festive celebration. This not a light source, decorative only.