Asian Wedding Favors

Get the Best Asian Wedding Favors to Spice up your Ceremony

sandy — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:29:20 +0000

Selecting a theme for your wedding can bring your ceremony to a new height and make it exciting and exotic. There are many favors to choose from, but Asian-themed wedding favors seem to be very popular among couples.

Asia is a continent steeped in mystery, tradition, and great history. On this continent everything has deep meaning from the zodiac signs to the characters used in written language. If you are a bride looking to bring the mystery and wonder of the Asia to your wedding, there are several great ways to do so by using Asian wedding favors. You may be a native of Asia simply looking to introduce the flavor of home, along with your family’s culture, into your marriage. Or, maybe you are someone who just happens to have come to love the culture. Either way, here are some wedding favor suggestions to help make your big day even more special.

Cherry Blossom Candles

Cherry Blossom Elegance Mini-Pillar Candle (Set of 4)

Spectacular in design, profound in meaning and elegantly crafted! Not only is the fine cherry blossom a symbol for love, affection and good fortune, this romantic candle is the perfect Asian-themed wedding favor and the definitive favor for any wedding with chocolate-brown and pink decoration

Double Happiness Themed Metalic Gold Box

Double Happiness Asian-Themed Favor Box with Metallic-Gold Symbol and Bow (Set of 24)

They say where love goes, happiness follows. Be sure to share them both with your guests with a beautiful, meaningful and exceptional wedding favor. The red-and-gold, tapestry-like design of the box is improved by a metallic-gold bow and the Asian “double happiness” symbol. The 3″ x 2″ x 2″ favor boxes are ready to be filled with the tasty treat of your choosing.

Asian Love Glass Coasters

These distinctive glass coasters declare your devotion in two languages! An alternating frosted and clear glass pattern frames the word “love” in English beneath the Asian calligraphic character for the same. Slip-resistant supports keep the coasters in place during use; these sturdy little keepsakes will function well and look great on any desk or table. Coasters come beautifully packaged in sets of two in a clear 3.5″ x 3.5″ display gift box tied with a red sheer organza ribbon and a thank you tag attached in both Chinese and English. Send your guests home with sophistication from Asia

Asian Pink Brocade Box

Asian Pink Brocade Box – Set of 6

With all the delicate beauty of Asia as their inspiration, these charming brocade favor boxes hold no limit on the imagination. Use them to wrap candy or Jordan almonds, or even to act as a small vase for the seedling you’ve enclosed inside. Your guests are sure to love these!

Don’t be afraid to use your own style to manipulate whatever choices you make. While trying to keep to your theme, target new looks and up to date interpretations that you can use in your gifts. This will give you the gifts that will really seize the attention of your guests. It’s always a good thing when you are giving exotic and unique gifts to your guests as wedding favors.

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Choosing The Right Asian Wedding Favors

sandy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:13:33 +0000

Asian Favors for your Wedding

Getting to choose the right favors for an Asian wedding depends upon the country you want to specifically represent and also the diverse traditions of each region. Now if the bride and groom are not of Asian heritage then the plans may be different and they may just want to bring an Asian theme to the wedding ceremony. Here are a few good tips:

1 – In order to determine the theme of the ceremony and reception and figure which tradition would be honored based on the specific region, be sure to hold a meeting with the wedding party.

2 – For a Chinese ceremony choose the Chinese themed wedding favors. Fortune cookies, for example, with personalized messages from the bride and groom can be a unique way to entertain and thank your guests for attending. Chinese tea gift boxes or Chinese paper lanterns could be a nice way to honor your family and friends.

3 – Choose Japanese wedding favors that are appropriate for that culture for a Japanese ceremony. Things like colorful hand held fans, chopsticks made from porcelain could be appreciated by your Japanese guests. For other unique ideas to remember the ceremony, you may want to have the groom and bride’s names written in Japanese characters on rice paper.

4 – When selecting Asian wedding favors, don’t mix traditions from different countries. It tends to show a lack of sensitivity to your Asian guest by confusing one tradition with the other. There are exceptions like maybe if the bride and grooms come from different backgrounds, then it would only make sense to represent them both. Now if you are choosing the themes for aesthetic reasons and are not of Asian descent, you still risk offending your Asian guests if you offer vague or generic favors.

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Planning an Asian Wedding can be Difficult

sandy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:46:29 +0000

Planning an Asian wedding can be difficult and frustrating (just like any wedding). The hardest part of the planning tends to be ways to celebrate the right traditions with specific cultural and religious needs. But when you have the correct information and a little time you could plan an Asian wedding quite nicely

Asian Wedding Invitations

- Food and Music- Traditional Japanese wedding foods are sea breams, red rice, rice wine and kelp. But, the Chinese usually serve foods that are phonetic plays on words. The Chinese word for apple, for instance, is close to the “go safely” meaning. Fat choy sounds like “be prosperous”. A Chinese menu may have lotus seed, tea, apple and seaweed. In the Korean wedding culture, they serve noodles which usually is a symbol for “long life”

- Choose Correct Traditions- Shinto weddings happen at a Shinto chapel or shrine and are held during the spring and fall. In this kind of wedding the bridegroom enters with the family of the bride. The groom and bride are seated in front of the priest and the family sits behind them in age order and sitting between them are the “go-betweens”. Buddhist wedding ceremonies are a bit different. They are held in a temple. The ceremony includes the presentation of the Buddhist rosaries, prayer, burning incense, drinking of the oath and hand clapping.

- Proper Attire- In a Japanese wedding, the bride wears a quilted robe called a uchikake and an elaborately tied obi. The bride changes her outfit three to four times during the ceremony. The first outfit is white, which shows the bride is adopting the groom’s family. Her head have to be covered. The second outfit is a western-style wedding gown. Then she changes into a colorful kimono. The groom in a Japanese ceremony wears a white under kimono, a black kimono and haore cords. In Korea, the bride wears a delicate gown decorated with beads, flowers and tiny pendants. The man wears a hat for the first time on his wedding day.

- Reception Planning- The reception is usually held in a different area. The guests are seated first. The bride and groom, each with their go-betweens, then make their entrance. The go-betweens make short speeches and then introduce the groom and the bride to their new family’s history.