You are planning the perfect special event or party. You want to give your guests something that they can remember how special your event was with memories. However, do better than that. Send guests home with a special party favor that they will enjoy at home. Letting your guest take a favor home with them will truly remind them of how amazing your party or wedding was, it will bring them back to that very moment. As a part of Wedding And Party Network's cake week, we've found wonderful wedding or party favors that you can do with cake and other sweets! How fun and tasty will that be for your guests to take home with them?

Wedding Cake Tower – What's a wedding cake tower you're asking? Well, it's basically sugar cookies stacked in the form of a wedding cake. All you do is take 3 sugar cookies in a large size, 3 in a medium size and 3 in a smaller size. Ice each one of them with white icing and then stack them according to size. It will create a tier effect that looks like a wedding cake.

Place these in beautiful plastic containers and tie it up with a ribbon. These wedding favors will make absolutely wonderful wedding favors, as well as providing an amazing presentation.

Cupcakes In A Jar - Everyone enjoys cupcakes. Well, why not serve them in a jar for a tasty treat they can take home? All you do is find cute jars, bake cupcakes according to directions and find some colorful icing and ribbon. After the cupcakes have cooled, layer the cupcake then icing and add some sprinkles or whatever else you'd like in the jar.

As part of cake week, you can watch our how-to video  below. You can use whatever type of cake mix you would like and even dye it with food coloring to get the colors of your event. Also, do the same thing with the icing. That way, if you have more than one color to your party or wedding theme, you can combine the two to create a favor fit for just that. To finish it off, tie a fun ribbon on top of the jar!

Themed Cookies -Decorative cookies are always great favor ideas. Whether you are wanting to create wedding cookies or party cookies, your local bakery will be able to fix them up. If you're planning a wedding, let wedding cake shaped cookies be part of your favor. Are you planning a beach themed party? Well, make fun flip-flop or beach ball cupcakes that are colorful and fun!

Tasty Favors – There are actually tons of ideas out there for using food as part of your favors. You can use chocolate truffles and featured them in a cute little box all tied up with ribbon. How divine does that sound?

Are you planning a summer through fall wedding? Is it outdoors? Well, serve up honey in jars that would make such a cute favor! Honey, chocolate truffles, candy and even doughnuts would all make delightful treats that your guests will love!

There's no doubt about it, if you send your guests home with tasty treats as part of their party or wedding favor, they'll definitely remember your event. Whenever they use your favor at home, they'll definitely think of you. Stay tuned for our final day of cake week!

wedding cake cookie photo provided by krystal.pritchett via flickr.

Well, here we are, with 2 months to go before our wedding. I'm calm, for the most part. So, since everything is planned, I thought I'd tell everyone on all the little details of our wedding. We, and when I see we I mean me, have everything planned. Also, I like to DIY a lot of things with our wedding being one of them. Wedding invitations are mailed out so I'm ready for RSVPs to start pouring in(hopefully) and finish the last details of our wedding. Here is what "I" have chosen for our wedding and WE are both excited and can't wait for it to get here!

Wedding Colors: I always knew I wanted pink, it's my favorite color. So, pink ended up being the main color with accents of cream, black and a bit of gray. Pink and cream will be our main colors. They are featured in wedding invitations, programs, centerpieces, bouquets and pocket squares.

Black comes in with the bridesmaids. I had zero luck finding any bridesmaid dresses that I loved and we're not ridiculously expensive, so I decided to have the girls pick their own dress. Since black is the easiest color to match, I went with that. There is a little gray in our wedding invitations and our bird seed packages, which I love it paired with everything, so I may try to incorporate it elsewhere.

Wedding Location: Of course, one of my earlier posts explains how we settled on Anthony Chapel at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, AR. I'm still so excited I picked it and can't wait to see it in the springtime with all the beautiful flowers. Now, I'm just hoping for a bright and sunny day with no rain.

Dancing & Drinks: While down in Hot Springs, we checked out a few locations for our wedding reception. In the end, we chose The Porterhouse for our reception. It features 3 rooms that will offer a place for eating, dancing and playing pool. I love how the room looks and think it will portray our wedding. Hopefully, our guests will love the room and the food that will be provided.

The Flowers: Once I started the wedding planning, and I saw pictures of peonies and hydrangeas, I knew I wanted those for my wedding flowers. I love them. A single peony will serve as the bridesmaid bouquets, peonies and hydrangeas will create my wedding bouquet. They will adorn every table as centerpieces at the reception.

I threw in a few branches and lace to create beautiful finishing touches for the wedding. Although, I did throw some carnations in there to represent my sorority flower and use them for the flower girl's kissing ball and corsages. I can't wait to see everything together!

Let Them Eat Cake: There will be a wedding cake, groom's cake and mini cupcakes! We figure our guests will be up moving around a lot so mini cupcakes are great to pop in your mouth and go. We actually have chosen 6 different flavors to fit every taste bud that are sooo yummy!

Of course, there had to be a wedding cake for cutting purposes and it's a simple 2-tiered cake with a feather cake topper. I forgot to mention that I love feathers and have incorporated them into a centerpiece, corsages, cake and my reception dress. Bart isn't a big fan like me.

The thing I'm really excited about, because I thought it'd be a nice surprise for Bart, is his groom's cake. A fun 3D sport's cake featuring a St. Louis Cardinals hat on a baseball field. Hopefully he'll love it! I love sweets and can't wait to eat all the delicious flavors that we'll have at the reception.

Thank You For Coming: For our wedding favors, we have chosen personalized koozies, setting up a candy buffet and having a photobooth. So excited about everything! That might have been my biggest problem during the planning process, I needed to have restraint. I love photobooths, our fun props and the fact that one of the pictures will go in our guest book and another picture will be something the guest can take home with them. The koozies have our names and the candy is more for looks, but I'm sure people will enjoy it too.

Of course, this isn't all of our details. There's the wedding dress, bridal party gifts, photography and all the little details that I've included in our wedding that I love. We can't wait for it to all come together and for the day to get here!

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Are you planning an environmentally friendly wedding? If you are, being Eco-friendly must really be important to you and the groom. You want to show the importance to your guests what being Eco-friendly means to you and how you incorporate it into your life. Showing them how you do it, may want them to try to incorporate it into their life. What is the best way to do this? Send them home with a "green" party favor.

Seed Packets: Providing seeds, such as plants or flower seeds in environmentally friendly packaging will definitely get your message across. Your guests will be able to take home their favors and actually plant them in their very own home.

Trees and plants help the environment and placing them all in a recyclable packaging will convey your message of help saving the environment.

Potted Plants: If you're hosting a rustic wedding or party, potted plants can not only serve as great decor, but also a parting gift as well. A wedding outdoors will look great with adorable potted plants.

The guests have probably been eying them all night and come to find out, they get to take them home! They'll absolutely love the idea that they'll be able to take this wedding favor home and place it out in their home. Every time they look at it, they'll think of you.

Donate: Another great favor idea for a wedding or party is to make a donation in honor of your guests. Whether you make a donation to a charity or local foundation that you support, your guests will love that there is a donation out there in their name.

It's a great way to offer support to any foundation through your event, get it's name out there and maybe even recruit some more supporters. Having donations serve as your favor will give so many benefits to the foundation and your guests.

All- Natural Totes: If you're planning an out-of-town wedding, give your guests will an all-natural welcome bag. An organic tote bag filled with natural ingredient filled personal care products will have your guests being so grateful that they came! However, you may think that your guests won't realize that their totes are organic.

So, include a little note in the bag explaining the contents and the importance of "going green". Your gift bag can even go with whatever theme you're going with for your party of wedding. Guests will love this Eco-friendly favor.

These 4 wedding and party favor ideas for an Eco-friendly event will be a true hit at your next event. However, there are so many more ideas like soy candles, honey, organic tea or organic candy. If it's for a birthday party, let children create their own party favor out of recyclable items. Personalizing these favors to fit your theme for your wedding or party will be truly ideal! You'll be introducing your guests to how you live your lifestyle so maybe they can incorporate it within theirs. Environmentally friendly wedding favors will be a huge success and help provide a clean environment.

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A new and exciting trend to hit the wedding and party circuit are photobooths! These fun party props add great personality to any wedding or party and can take it to the next level. You have amazing party decorations, delicious party food, fun party music so now all that's missing is a fun photobooth that your guests will absolutely enjoy to the fullest. Photoboothphotos.com is a great shop for all your photobooth needs! Exceptional photobooths sure to offer a night full of fun at your next event.

Why a photobooth?

Fun Photobooth Pictures

This party prop adds a fun aspect to any wedding or party, of course! Besides that, guests will have a fun and unique wedding favor or party favor to take home with them. Sure guests enjoy party favors such as, chocolates, fans, seeds, mints and cookies, but who doesn't love pictures? Guests will absolutely love taking home a personalized photo from your event, it will bring back fun memories when they look at it.

They'll have great entertainment, tons of fun, a unique experience and will take home a memory from your special day. Plus, you'll get all these great photos to take home and have an absolute blast looking back on all the crazy photos from Photoboothphotos. What a fun and unique memory!

Exciting Features!

Photoboothphotos provide larger than your average sized carnival or mall photobooth. The larger the exceptionally fun photobooth means the more people, which means extremely more fun. The booth takes four fun pictures for four unique poses, which prints off in seconds. Each photo can be customized to fit your wedding theme or party theme, colors and date.This makes it even more personalized and special to you.

Also, it makes the perfect guest book. Sorry, signatures of names just won't do. Take it up a level and have pictures of all your guests having such a fun time at YOUR wedding. What a great and memorable way to be reminded of your wedding or party. It just adds that much more to your wedding decorations, theme and the overall feel of your event!

When trying to find the perfect idea for entertaining your guests, providing a unique experience and having something memorable to look back on in Louisville, Kentucky; choose Photoboothphotos.com! Their great photobooth party rental is an amazing feature that will provide a good time and amazing pictures that you will cherish for a lifetime.

Your perfect day needs an exquisite cake to finish it off and it truly will be amazing. The Perfect Day Cakes offers up truly amazing and one-of-a-kind cakes that will put you in disbelief. Not only do they look great, but also taste great too. Whatever you can imagine, if it's from the simplest cake to the most extravagant; they will perfect it down to the smallest detail for your next special event.

Get Your Tastebuds Flowing

This local wedding cake bakery has had experience for over 10 years. This time has given them the time to perfect each recipe, techniques and try new and improved ones. The Perfect Day Cakes offers up yummy flavors featuring white, chocolate, raspberry, pina colada, white chocolate and whatever flavors you can imagine.

Why choose just plain cake? Don't! Pick from their wonderful, tasty fillings featuring Bavarian creme, strawberry mousse or blueberry. Don't stop there, top it all off with butter cream icing, chocolate fondant or white chocolate ganache. Imagine all the flavor combination's you can create with their variety of cakes, fillings and icing.

Intricate Designs Puts The Icing On The Cake

You will not only receive a delectable cake, but also an intricately designed cake as well. Designs range from weddings cakes, groom cakes, birthday cakes and even mini cakes. The Perfect Day Cakes makes round cakes, square cakes, topsy turvy cakes and 3D cakes. How about a grooms cake in the shape of a poker table or a classical wedding cake showing off 4-tiers with a beautiful ribbon as an accent. One of their wedding cakes will be absolutely stunning and a birthday cake will be so much fun from them! Creating unique shape cakes, traditional cakes and pretty much whatever you love; they will create it.

All About The Deserts!

Not just about cakes, The Perfect Day Cakes also creates pies, cupcakes, cookies, cheesecakes, truffles and wedding favors. Yum, delicious apple and pecan pie, banana split cupcake, chocoholic cupcake, candy cake cheesecake and chocolate chip cookies are almost as good as your grandmothers, or even better! Can't you just taste these delicious deserts now, so divine! These sweet deserts will definitely be perfect wedding favors or bridal shower favors too. Everyone will absolutely enjoy them!

With all the flavors, fillings and designs; your possibilities are endless in Owatonna, Minnesota. Fantasize about your dream wedding cake and they can create whatever your heart desires. The Perfect Day Cakes is the perfect stop for your next cake.

Wouldn't it be so much easier if the caterer not only did amazing food, but flawless event cakes as well? Delectable food and yummy cake wouldn't have to be a mismatched mess, but instead could be a flawless pairing. This Lufkin, Texas caterer is an expert on perfect pairings, so let

Steven's Catering be a flawless match for your next event.

Delicious Food For Every Event

This local gourmet caterer is known for their exquisite food, stunning cakes, beautiful presentation and amazing customer service. You couldn't ask for anything else with Steven's Catering. With such a wide variety of fresh food, you'll be able to pick from an assortment of food ranging from breakfast style food to a gourmet holiday dinner and even to a heavenly dessert menu.

Try an unforgettable Quiche Lorraine or their decadent chocolate swirl cake. There is an assortment of wonderful flavors and cuisines like Mexican to Italian to All-American; you'll find it all! An eye-popping chocolate fountain for your next wedding event is a must, along with flambe table side; it's simply amazing! Visit their website today for all their flavored cuisine, your mouth will be watering just by looking at it all.

Finish Your Event Off With A Delightful Cake

A gifted baker is what you need for your next specialty cake and Steven's Catering offers just that. They offer wedding cakes, groom cakes, birthday cakes and much more. All the flavors, fillings, frostings and intricate designs that they can create will enthrall you. What about an edible wedding favor? One of their delicious themed cookies will be all the rave and make the perfect party favor at your next party, bachelorette party or wedding shower. Your cake will be the perfect pairing for your special event.

Bring Steven's Catering Into Your Kitchen!

Do you crave that delicious food from Steven's Catering? Dry mixes are the answer! This delicious feature offers their most popular entrée, soup, dip and dessert mixes for everyone to cook at home.

If dry mixes aren't the answer, because you're a disaster in the kitchen, then stop by their new location, Sweets and Eats for one of their take and bake meals. Take and bake meals means they prep the yummy goodness and all you have to do is throw it in the oven; it's that simple. Offering daily menus and desserts will make family dinner a breeze.

A professional, dedicated caterer with a local flair is what Steven's Catering is all about. This caterer is for you!

If Green is your theme, or you're just a nature lover, check out these amazing wedding and party favors from Plant A Memory!

If you are planning a wedding and want to incorporate a "Green" theme into it, Plant A Memory products make it easy!

Start by sending Plant A Memory handmade paper wedding invitations. These unique keepsakes, made from all natural botanicals. Shower your guests with the love you share and the beauty of flowers. Flower seeds are embedded in the handmade paper . Each one an original, these unique guest gifts are to be planted completely. They are paired with an elegant 100% recycled paper insert and finished with a raffia tie. You can choose from wildflower seeds, evergreen seeds, or herb seeds to be used in your invitations.

Choose place cards to match your natural theme by using Plant A Memory's beautiful plantable place cards, or one of their other many beautiful designs — all 100% recycled material.

Plant A Memory offers a beautiful selection of eco-friendly guestbooks for your wedding memories. These are made from recycled, handmade paper with pressed rose petals, tea leaves, or flower petals. This makes a great alternative to the over-used, black-with-gold-trim guest books we normally see at weddings. Plus, it is a keepsake that will last for a lifetime!

Don't forget your favors!! Wedding and party favors are a great way to give each guest a small keepsake to remember your big event. Plant A Memory has gone a step above that with her plantable favors. Wedding guests can take their little tree seedling favor, or plantable cards and add them to their garden or landscaping to grow for years to come.

The seedling favors are definitely a favorite! They are adorable and look great any way you want to spruce them up! (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun!) You will feel good knowing that your guests are helping our environment by planting a new tree in the world. The PERFECT wedding favor for an Earth Day Wedding or even an Arbor Day Wedding!

Plant A Memory is more than just weddings too! They have great environmentally friendly gifts and favors for baby bhowers, themed weddings, tea parties, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and much, much more!

Your bridal shower or wedding is an event you will remember for the rest of your life. With Creative Wedding Favors' unique wedding favors, you can give all of your guests a little something to remember your big day.

Creative Wedding Favors offers an array of fabulous gifts for any style bride or hostess: bookmarks for readers, Eco friendly party favors, coffee or wine lover gifts, creative personalized containers and so much more! With hundreds of styles to choose from, every bride will be able to offer personalized wedding favors that match her personality or the wedding theme.

For years to come, Brad and Tiffany's wedding guests will remember their beach wedding when they look at the Thank You Seashell Candle given as a wedding favor. Special momento's can be created with a variety of items from Creative Wedding Favors. Maybe one of their engagement portraits in a White Rose Magnetic Frame to match Jennifer and Scott's lovely, all-white traditional wedding theme? The possibilities are endless!

Creative Wedding Favors also offers a large selection of invitations and save the date cards (Including magnetic photo frame save the date cards!). Their best sellers are themed wedding invitations; the Las Vegas wedding invitations are the too cute!

These little gifts make great party favors too! Use these for many great parties: unique themed parties, anniversary party favors, baby showers, birthday party favors, graduation or Quinceañera favors, and so much more.

Did you know that the average wedding costs over $23,000? While there is no shame in spending more or less than this, the averaged wedding costs can still add up quickly. Most brides overshoot their wedding budget goals by as much as 15%! To avoid breaking the bank with your wedding planning, here are some budget-friendly tips for brides-to-be!

Wedding Budget Tip 1:  Avoid The Busy Season

The majority of weddings occur between May and October. In fact, October is the new June. Late fall weddings and winter weddings are beautiful and allow brides to reduce costs by catching vendors and wedding supplies when they're not in great demand!

Also, consider marrying on a Friday or throughout the week. Marrying on a weekday may be less traditional, but it's a fun and unique way to make your ceremony special (and save money!). Weekend weddings are great but reception halls charge the most for Saturday evening weddings. By marrying on a Friday, you'll be able to save on the reception costs, enjoy great options for the ceremony location, and spend a three day weekend with your groom!

Wedding Budget Tip 2:  Pass Up The Dessert Tray

Wedding cakes are a huge reception expense. Since this is the most important piece at the reception, no bride wants to cut it out completely. Instead, opt for a smaller wedding cake. Also consider a cupcake wedding cake. This tasty trend allows guests to enjoy a small portion of the same great flavor. The biggest treat for you? Cupcake cakes usually run about $60 compared to hundreds for a traditional wedding cake.

If a smaller version of your dream cake won't feed everyone, consider having a sheet cake of the same flavor along with your wedding cake. An evening of dancing, drinks and good food doesn't leave much room for dessert. Consider passing up extra dessert options which quickly add up (on the hips as well)!

Wedding Budget Tip 3:  Go Green With The Wedding Flowers

Opt for more greenery in the reception arrangements. Most guests won't know which flowers are in or out of season so trim the cost of your wedding flowers by using more greenery. The wedding ceremony flowers are a beautiful addition to the ceremony but remember that this is where guests spend the least amount of time. Most spend more time at the reception so consider putting the budget emphasis on your wedding reception flowers instead.

Wedding Budget Tip 4: Go Green With The Wedding Invitations

In the age of technology and conservation, eco-friendly wedding invitations are a big perk. If you want to send standard wedding invitations, consider replacing the RSVP cards with a note on the invitation that asks guests to RSVP at your wedding website. Wedding websites will save a ton on less important wedding stationery. (Oh, and invitation liners are unnecessary. You're breaking no etiquette by opting out on these.)

Wedding Budget Tip 5:  Double Up With Wedding Favors

Wedding favors are a must-have for most brides according to traditional wedding etiquette. Wedding favors can be practical and functional though! Consider favors that double as place cards or serve a purpose after the wedding. Personalized bottles of bubbles serves as wedding favors and can be used instead of tossing rice or bird seed after the ceremony.

Wedding Budget Tip 6:  Opt For A Cocktail Reception

This is a good way to glam up your reception without spending lots of money on food and decorations. Waiters carrying trays of hor d'oeuvres is a glamorous look and a frugal choice for brides. Many wedding caterers have their own wait staff, so consider hiring a local caterer with wait staff for a glamorous but easy-on-the-wallet reception.

Wedding Budget Tip 7:  Buy The Music, Not The Band

A band at the wedding is always fun, but consider a single musician or a dj instead. Going this route with wedding reception entertainment will save costs simply because you're paying for one person instead of multiple people.

Wedding Budget Tip 8:  Share The Menus

Instead of giving each guest a menu at the reception, opt for one or two per table. These can look elegant when placed between beautiful table settings or when stood on either side of the table's centerpice. This saves paper and printing costs plus adds to the decor of the table.

Are you looking for one convenient place to get all of your wedding invitations, wedding favors and even great gifts? Stop looking! Head over to The American Wedding instead.

Whether you live in the United States or Canada, you have access to top quality wedding stationery from The American Wedding. Whether looking for eco-friendly wedding invitations, budget-friendly invitations, save the date cards, or other wedding stationery styles, find it all at The American Wedding! They take care of your invitation needs from beginning to end. Starting with save-the-date cards and ending with thank you cards to acknowledge wedding gifts, the best thing about shopping with The American Wedding is that all of your wedding stationery is in one place!

Well, if there were a runner up for "the best thing about shopping with The American Wedding" it would be that you can also get wedding favors, tableware and gifts here! All the trinkets for the table at your wedding reception are covered! Their wedding favors are awesome for every type of bride. Traditional and modern brides both rave about wedding favors from The American Wedding. If you're interested in favors that your guests will love, pick up your favorite wedding favors while shopping for your stationery! One stop shopping is the thing that makes The American Wedding the American dream for many brides.

Now the wedding tableware is every bit as important as wedding favors at most receptions. The tableware at the reception speaks volumes about the bride so she must choose the pieces that best reflect her. With many options from which to choose, brides shopping at The American Wedding can get the best of the best in glasses and tumblers, cake servers, napkins, place cards and more. Looking for personalized napkins to add that special touch to your reception? Find the ones you want at The American Wedding!

The American Wedding makes planning a wedding convenient for all brides across the United States and Canada. It doesn't matter if you're planning a destination wedding on the beach or getting married in the mountains. From Hawaii to Newfoundland, Vancouver to Florida, you can count on The American Wedding to make your dream wedding reception a reality.