Keepsake Wedding Favors
After the engagement ring slips onto the finger, the planning begins. It’s time to pick the day, place, venue, flowers, music… the list goes on. Make the day special with personal touches is what guests will remember for years to come. Personalized wedding favors for guests to take home are a perfect keepsake from a beautiful day.
Cookbooks as Wedding Favors
Creating a cookbook allows you to bring parts of both families together and introduce the different flavors of your families. A family cookbook may include recipes from ancestors brought from the old world. It may also have recipes from family members who have married into the family and have very different ethnic backgrounds. Include family holiday foods, special birthday dishes, and favorite suppers. You can even have a section in the cookbook of favorite foods/snacks for ballgames that include a groom or bride’s favorite sport or team.
A Recipe For Creating a Wedding Favor Cookbook
Add photos to your cookbook. Use an engagement photo, a candid shot, or a photo of a favorite place. Choose a beautiful predesigned cover and dividers or have custom ones created from your photos.
Add a personalized story about the couple and how they met at the front of the book. Create additional pages filled with a list of the bridal part, thoughtful notes, and express of thanks for those that helped with the special day or remembrance pages for loved ones who are no longer with us.
A Decorative Touch for Display
Wrap a ribbon around the books with a tag that says, “Today two are bound as one” or another catchy phrase or quote. Then you are ready to display books in baskets at the door.
Other options for displaying cookbooks: For a country or downhome feel, arrange cookbooks in an old washtub, canner or crate. For a modern wedding look, place cookbooks on a small shelving unit that will become a piece of furniture in your new house. Put this on a shower registry so you have it for the wedding! A classic and elegant design may include placing cookbooks in individual gift bags with a few chocolates or other goodies and then arranged on tables. A fun twist is to have young members of the bridal party hand them out.
A Cookbook of Memories
As a final touch to a perfect day, have someone take a copy of the book around to be autographed & signed by loved ones and friends for your kitchen. Capturing grandmas autograph next to her famous cookie recipe, a note from mom about love next to her recipe for pot roast, and a drawn picture of a cat next to your niece’s recipe for a jam sandwich will be treasured for years to come. Make sure to keep a few extra copies for future children, nieces, and nephews!
Start your wedding favor cookbook today at www.cookbookspecialists.com or request a free guide!