Snowflake Wedding Favors
Snowflakes. As a child you watched them spiral slowly down. And you knew were on to something special. Maybe your mother let you play hooky from school on the first day of snow.
Grownups told you each one was unique, but you just wanted to touch them to your tongue, and they all tasted the same. At school, snowflakes were part of your first foray into art. They were innocent, complex, sharp and rational. They were almost synonymous with sour grade-school paste and the metallic taste of those blunt-end scissors.
Snowflakes mark the heart of the senses in winter. They’re the flip side of steaming cup of hot chocolate after a hard day at play. They’re your winter wedding in miniature.
They have a sporty side, too. An alpine, après ski feel, fit for the march into adulthood. Put grownups in enough fresh-piled snow, and they play again. Which is why snowflake favors are perfect for your wedding. Did you want them sweet and fragile, rich and buttery, minty, shiny, or cool?
Even if the perfect snowfall marks the day of your wedding – a movie moment, where the snow falls thick and slow from a receding indigo dome, each flake tumbling down in its own distinct pattern, looking as if it had been falling forever – you probably won’t ask your guests to step outside and stick out their tongues. You probably won’t hand out red worsted mittens, tied on a string, to your guests and attendants, and ask them to play.
But they'll remember. They'll remember winter evenings in a concert hall before a string orchestra, where a kid niece stood and played the solo violin from Vivaldi’s Winter. They'll remember the hint of a great-grandparent who sped along in the dark in a horse-drawn cutter. The slushy sound as the blades of their skates traced a curve in the ice.
And the awful-wonderful feel of frozen fingers warmed in the sink after a day spent defending a snow fort. The delicious weight of two or three extra blankets. Waking up in the middle of the night and seeing stars shine with brutal clarity through naked trees. They'll remember leaving behind the roaming summer days for the dark, inner winter days where anyone can slowly become anything.
And you can ask them to join you in a quick little trip to the past. Gussied up in a grown-up package of course. With a little cellophane, a little glitter dust, a little tulle, a little tin. A small, sweet hint in a small tin of mints, or white chocolates, or the glint of a snowflake ornament warmed up with a ribbon.
Snowflakes: each one really is unique. Each couple is unique. Each guest is unique. It’s no wonder that brides are so set on this delicate, ephemeral little symbol that melts into time.
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Hi,
I’m getting married 12/26/09 and having a winter/snowflake themed wedding. Looking for ideas. I’m also looking for frosted vase with snowflafes and the numbers on them to put on the tables.
Any help would be oh so much appreciated.
Thanks,
Susan
i got married last winter and snowflakes were my theme i had a 3 tiered cake that a couple of my aunts made with two side cakes and a fountain each cake had a wintery flavor and filling. We hung snow flakes from the ceiling and gave away hot chocolate away as a favor which was a huge hit and was very inexpensive we used piping bags and printed a little poem my sister had wrote for it. if you are really interested in any of this i can send you pictures just email me at jessica.lajcak@nationalcity.com… and i had the coolest centerpieces my grandma made them out of pine branches and put a floating candle in the middle and sprayed it with fake snow everyone loved them.
Where did you get the snowflakes that you hung from the ceiling and how big were they?
Hi,
Im getting married in November and have a snowflake/ice/winter theme. i have make big snowballs out of carnations for the center of the tables with small diamantes in baby blut peeking out – im also going to put clear glass bowls of bon bons on the tables for the guests (like little snowballs) my cake has snowflakes all over and is 3 tiers. I am giving white sugared almonds away as favours as they are lucky – i bought white organza bags from ebay £5 for 100!!!!!! i could go on all day – if you want to know any more e mail me at ceriab08@aol.com hope this helps!! xx
Hey! I need some ideas for a winter wonderland/snowflake wedding! Email me at prinzazz15@aol.com
Myrtis, some ideas for you:
* A Winter Wedding board
* A snowflake wedding bulletin
* Snowflake wedding favor ideas
* A snowflake winter wedding theme
* Wedding Wednesday: A Silver and White (Winter) Wedding
* AisleDash / Snowflake wedding theme ( i love the wedding cakes on stands and the toppers)
* Winter Wedding Inspiration Part 2: The Classic Snowflake! (WeddingBee)
* Snowflake Winter Wonder Guest Book and Pen Set (this is perfect!!)
* Winter Centre Piece for dinner party (so is this!) free if you live near woods!! hang glitter snowflakes and surround with candles if ya like!!
* Winter Snowflake Hurricane Kit ( love the hurrican globe with snowflake idea)
i also love the idea of pure white roses in snow filled glass vases and one glittery snowflake off center in each centerpiece.
dont 4get the white twinkle lights, and candles. add pinecones to this mix and evergreens. head on over to brides.com First, check out A Fete for All Seasons: Winter (An insider’s guide to turning your party into a winter wonderland.) then after that one, check out let it snow: Warm up your wintertime reception with cozy-yet-chic concepts. check it out. i love the let it snow.
A few more:
* The White Company – A White Christmas at home (can you say omg!)
* Gilded Pink board ( this could work soooo easy. like sunset on the snow, the pink warms it up!!)
* Winter Whites board
* Glittery Cupcakes
* Winter-scented pine cones (great 4 place cards)
* Wedding wednesday: Elegant gold affair
* A Fête to Remember: Your Paris-Theme Wedding (this is a great pale look)
* A Snowy Winter Wedding Wonderland… board
I PUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE CAUSE I THOUGHT THE COLORS WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL AND WARM. I LOVE THE GOLD AND WHITE LOOK. SOOO GORGEOUS.
Hello,
I’m getting married in February 2009 and the theme is snowflakes. If you have any pictures of a similar wedding theme or if you have any decoration ideas or left overs, please send me an email!! I need ideas at this point!
Thank you!
Sonia…why dont u buy (when the winter decos start to come out again) (or you can make them)snowflakes and hang them from fishling line from the ceilin to make it seem as tho its snowing in the room???
Sonia, I have so many ideas
Actually these are all taken from brilliant brides at Flickr, I just picked some of my favorites. I just know this will get you started.
I feel like a dork posting 4 photos from the same wedding, but (shrug) all of Row 1 is a snowflake wedding snapped by Traci Turchin. Everything about this wedding is stunning and has a little twist, from the blue snowflakes to the "snowball" bouquets. Follow that link, and check out the flower girl in her merengue dress with the black sash against those dramatic branch-and-snowflake arrangements around the altar. SO elegant.
K! Row 2. Pic 1 is a clever CP idea, silver ornaments in a clear glass cylinder filled with a branch arrangement. Pics 2 and 3 are another amazing, big-budget red, white and silver snowflake wedding snapped by Kim Long, you should check out every single pic. The cake display alone is incredible. Last pic is a simple, cute CP involving white spider mums, those are cute and probably could DIY.
And finally, Row 3. Pics 1, 2 and 3 are from a great snowflake "planning bio" by roach.b, three pages long. Last pic is from an incredibly sophisticated snowflake wedding by Kristen Henschen at Chicago’s Newberry Library with a white and pewter palette. Florals are hydrangea, callas and white orchids with frosted branches and hanging votives. This is a long set but absolutely worth clicking through every single photo.
Okay, really hope that helps! Let us know what you come up with or if you have more questions!
I AM GETTING MARRIED JANUARY 2009 AND I’M LOOKING FOR WINTER DECORATIONS.
IF ANYONE CAN PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU, KERRI
EMAIL ME AT kerrimariewalker@yahoo.com
I am having a winter wonderland/snowfleake themed wedding as well…the boutenire gifts that i made were made out of white card stock and matching gold and royal blue ribbon…i found a pattern for a chinese take out box and put floating candles in them with match boxes with our date on them, also as a decoration in my hall we put together birch trees with white tulle and white lights wrapped in the branches to create a winter tree…blow up a beautiful winter scene for your indoor pics….just a few ideas…hope they help!!!!
I’am having a Feb. 16, 2008 wedding with a red and white snowflake theme. If anyone has any other ideas email me, PLEASE!
Hello I am I am getting married on Febuary 9 2008 and am very excited about the theme (Winter winderland) mostly with light blue, silver, snowflakes I guess you get the idea but would love to here some good cheap unique do it myself ideas. I would also be interested in any leftover decorationss any one may have.You can email me at Angeliyz79 [AT] aol.com. PLEASS HELP!!!
you can find a lot of winter/snowflake themed things on oriental trading right now!
goodmorning, i an looking for centerpieces for tables, would like then to be lilys & snowflakes, getting married in late november, thanks for your help,
katie
I had a Snowflake themed wedding. I have lots of pics and left over items. Please email me at : dyneshia.garcia@oracle.com
Everything from the cake , centerpieces, attendent gifts, bridmaid’s gifts, unity candle etc…
Im having a snowflake themed wedding in Jan. of 2008… anyone have any ideas?? or left over decorations that I may buy from you?
my wedding is in December, i need a theme, can anyone help…i wanna use white and gold
For the white and gold i would do ornaments set white as the snow and glittery gold bulbs everywhere i am getting married in january and am also using snowflakes there is going to be so much glitter and sparkle it will be gorgeous.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!!!
I love the ideas. My daughter is having a Jan. wedding and her theme is snowflakes. So this was great to fine. I emailed it to her right away.
Susan,
i made you an inspiration board; hope it helps with your wedding!!