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Monday, November 19, 2012

Peach and plum wedding inspiration

Peach and plum wedding inspiration:
Peach and plum wedding inspiration
While discussing the design of a fall wedding with one of her brides, Utah Events by Design couldn’t help but notice her bride was frustrated at the common impression that because she was having a fall wedding, her design elements would be limited to the standard fall palette of reds, yellows, oranges and browns and that guests would have to be surrounded by pumpkins, spice candles, and maple leaves. That cozy fall scene isn’t for everyone, so a new innovative wedding design took place. This gorgeous peach and plum one!
Peach stationery ideas
Peach and plum wedding inspiration
Lavender, peach and plum bouquet
I wanted to use a deep, romantic and striking color. I couldn’t help but notice that part of what makes fall such a beautiful season is the striking contrast in colors from the bright yellows to the deep reds and rich browns. I decided if I was going to use shades of purple, I would need a lighter color to help soften the look. I selected peach for a few reasons: it provides a softer alternative to the popular fall color orange, it’s such a calming, feminine, and soft color. I also chose it because peach and purple are an unlikely color combination and yet they work so beautifully together. In addition to these colors, I introduced elements of golds and coppers throughout the details of the shoot to anchor the look and identify it as a fall color pallet and not a spring soiree. 
Peach and plum wedding inspiration
Peach and plum wedding inspiration
Lavender and plum bridesmaid dresses
Peach and plum wedding inspiration
Soft peach and lavender wedding cake
I wanted to explore a watercolor look which would allow all the colors to run together much like the falls leaves did outside my office window. But I didn’t want the paper suite to be the only area where this style appeared in the shoot, so I decided to incorporate the watercolor design on the wedding cake. 
Soft peach and lavender wedding cake
I simply fell head over heels for the combination of peaches and purples in this shoot. I think this design encompasses the beauty of the fall season while offering alternative options for brides saying “I do” during the autumn bridal season.
Don’t you agree? We absolutely love this alternative fall look. Thanks to the creative folks below for sharing such pretty inspiration!
Photography: Alixann Loosle Photography / Design Styling and Planning: Utah Events by Design / Linens, chairs, flatware: Diamond Rental / Paper Suite: Freshly Minted Invitations / Floral: Urban Chateau / Bridesmaids: Lily and Iris / Bridal Gown: Alta Moda Bridal / Hair and Makeup: Kristen Packard Makeup Artist / Cake: One Sweet Slice / Wedding Favors: Beehive Soap and Body Care / Location: Provo Canyon, Utah
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Fabulous Details For Your Wedding

Fabulous Details For Your Wedding:
Custom-Welcome-Bag
Gracious Bridal offers all of the fabulous details to make your wedding or event spectacular. From embossed guest towels to custom wedding cake toppers, we carry a vast selection of personalized wedding decorations, favors and gifts. We specialize in many styles of the hotel welcome bag, perfect for destinations weddings and corporate events.
Monogram-White-Chocolate-Covered-Oreos
Our selection of favor packaging is ideal for the DIY Bride. Mint tins, favor boxes and custom printed bags are all perfect for filling with home-baked goodies, jordan almonds, chocolates or trail mix. Couples foregoing the traditional wedding cake for individual cupcakes have fallen in love with our large selection of Cupcake Wrappers.
Sparklers
Our popular edible favors include monogram chocolate covered oreos, delectable caramel popcorn, personalized candy bars, custom monogram cookies and brownie pops. From drink mixes to honey jars, most of our favors feature personalization for that extra-special touch.
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Personalized tote bags, engraved jewelery and embroidered spa items are a popular choice for brides to present to the Wedding Party as a gracious way of thanking them for sharing their day in such a memorable manner. Groomsmen enjoy our personalized flasks, coolers and koozies.
Wedding-Cookie-Favor-Bag
Gracious Bridal is a fabulous resource for savvy brides and event planners. We provide only the best selection of event decorations, favors and gifts and pride ourselves on our attention to detail. If you don’t see what you are looking for here, contact us… we specialize in working with our clients to design that perfect favor or gift.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Wedding Blogs | Top 100 Wedding Blogs of 2012 - Wedding Blogs | Top 100 Wedding Blogs

Wedding Blogs | Top 100 Wedding Blogs of 2012 - Wedding Blogs | Top 100 Wedding Blogs

I found this site while searching on facebook. Please check out of great ideas for your upcoming wedding event.

Thursday, October 18, 2012



1.     Use our personalized candy bars as gift cards for every occasion: cheaper than a greeting card, and tastes better too!
2.     Create a "candy bouquet" using our candy bars and Dream Clips (they are similar to 'floral picks' but hold our candy bars rather than a paper card).  Makes a nice gift.
3.     Use as personalized coupon bars (each wrapper is a different coupon: extra hour stay out, extended computer time, etc.) as a reward when the children do a good deed.
4.     At your next occasion use our personalized candy bars as the place settings and thank you (the person’s name and table placement on the front with a sweet thank you on the back) instead of paper place cards and/or scroll thank you.
5.     Use personalized candy bars as a “pick up” icebreaker at a bar.
6.     Use as a “calling card”.  When you get a phone number from someone, return your information on a personalized candy bar.
7.     Use personalized candy bars as a fun keepsake snack at a slumber party.
8.     Children can give personalized candy bars to teachers, bus drivers, coaches, counselors, etc. as thank you gifts at the end of school, sporting season, camp, etc.
9.     Give them to the children’s classmates at the end of school (camp, sporting season) to say “keep in touch” with their phone number or e-mail address on them.
10.   Keep our “general bar wrappers” (general happy birthday, get well, thinking of you, thank you) on hand for when you have an occasion sneak up on you. 
11.   Add personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s to gift baskets for a personal touch
12.   Purchase just the wrappers and wrap the candy bars yourself as part of craft time at a kid’s birthday party (make your own favor).
13.   Put the full sized personalized candy bars or mini personalized candy bars in party bags and give out at children’s parties.
14.   Use personalized candy bars to celebrate the end of a sporting season.
15.   Use personalized candy bars as stat cards of each player: include picture of player and all their stats for the season – great keepsake!
16.   Use personalized candy bars as a house warming gift (give a bunch of candy bars with their new address announcement on them).
17.   Send a personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s with a gift package to a child away from home. (college, camp, etc.)
18.   Use personalized candy bars, or CD’s to campaign at school. (student council, homecoming queen, most popular, etc.)
19.   Teachers can use personalized candy bars, or CD’s to reward students.
20.   Parent Teacher Organizations can use personalized candy bars, chocolate bottles or CD’s to reward teachers.
21.   Great Fundraiser! – Don’t just sell any old candy bar.  Sell candy bars that have your organization/school name on it -raise money and advertise!
22.   Use our personalized candy bars to notify everyone of your new address.
23.   Choose one of our hundreds of wrapper designs to go with your “theme party.”
24.   Put some personalized mini’s in toule or our beautiful organza bags and use as favors for any occasion.
25.   Use our personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as favors for a Sweet 16.
26.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate bottles or CD’s as prom favors.
27.   Use our personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as favors for an anniversary party.
28.   Use our personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as favors for a retirement party.
29.   Use our personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as favors at christening celebration.
30.   Use our personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as favors at Communion favor.
31.   Use personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s for divorce party favors. (yes we have done these!).
32.   Use personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah favors.
33.   Give personalized candy bars as a "thank-you" to vendors who helped make your event perfect. (banquet coordinator, florist, photographer, etc)
34.   Use our personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as a favor at a family reunion, class, reunion, etc.
35.   Have out-of-town guests for an event? Leave a bar in the hotel room for out-of-town guests.
36.   Create the “bed and breakfast” mood by leaving one for each guest in your homes guest room.
37.   Welcome your Sorority Sister / Fraternity Brother into the sorority/fraternity.
38.   Promote and advertise your schools next sporting event.
39.   Promote and advertise your club, lodge, organization. (We can import your logo right onto the wrapper!)
40.   Game at a reunion: Each bar has a picture of the person “before”.  They are handed out when you walk in and everyone has to find the person “now”.
41.   Use a personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s to ask him/her to marry you.
42.   Use our personalized candy bars to announce your engagement to parents, family, and friends
43.   Send personalized candy bars as a ‘save the date” announcement.  Telling people to save the date of your wedding. (Great for June weddings when people get booked way in advance)
44.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s and chocolate bottles as favors at engagement parties and bridal showers.
45.   Use personalized candy bars to invite "chosen ones" to be part of your bridal party.
46.   Give one to your fiance every day for the 30 days before the wedding; each with a different sentiment. 
47.   Decorate the table at your bridal showers by scattering mini’s with your wedding date on all the tables.
48.   Game for the shower:  Add different "trivia" questions about the honoree and see if the guests can answer them.
49.   Give personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s and chocolate bottles as prizes to the winners of shower games at  showers.
50.   Put minis in a pretty jar or baby bottle.  Whoever guesses a number closest to the number of minis wins the candy .
51.   Add a sweet touch to any bachelor/bachelorette party: Give out personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s and chocolate bottles to all!
52.   Put a personalized mini chocolate wine bottle at each place setting at the wedding rehearsal dinner.
53.   Hand out personalize candy bars before a wedding (or any) ceremony with the program.
54.   In addition to a flower girl, have a "candy girl" hand out minis as she goes down the aisle.
55.   Combine full-size bars and minis in a gift basket for attendants and family members, to thank them for being part of your wedding.
56.   Place bowls of minis at the guest-book table at a wedding or any reception.
57.   Sprinkle personalized minis to decorate the cake / dessert table at any reception.
58.   Use our candy bars to announce the web address to view wedding photos, new baby photos, etc.
59.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s and chocolate bottles as favors at a baby shower.
60.   Use a personalized candy bars to tell your parents (husband, sister, friends) that you are pregnant.
61.   Announce the arrival of your newborn on a wrapper with his/her picture and stats on it!
62.   Use our personalized candy bars as birth announcements from siblings or grandparents
63.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles as rewards to employees (safety committee, perfect attendance, etc.)
64.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles to attract customers.
65.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles to thank customers.
66.   Use personalized candy bars, chocolate CD’s or chocolate bottles to thank suppliers.
67.   Anybody can use personalized candy bars like business cards
68.   Realtors: give a bundle of bars to your customer at the closing.  Have the new address printed on the wrapper and your customer can give them to family and friends to announce their new address.
69.   Realtors: use minis in a bowl at open houses.  Include your name and phone number on the back.
70.   Use personalized candy bars to announce a Grand Opening.
71.   Hand out personalized candy bars at Grand Openings, Housewarmings, any occasion as people leave as your way of thanking them for coming.
72.   Car Dealership: Use personalized candy bars as marketing tool (Ex: Glove box raffle: have a different $$$ amount on each candy bar placed in the glove box and that is the discount on the car if the person buys it).
73.   Auto Service Center gives to the client for a thank you. (could have coupon on back)
74.   DJ’s: use personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s as “give a ways” at your next function.
75.   Actors: Stand out at your next audition!: When leaving an audition leave a personalized candy bar with photo and all your information as a sweet “reminder” for the Director.
76.   Use personalized candy bars as a political “Tool” for elections or fundraising.
77.   Use personalized candy bars to advertise your next garage sale to neighbors.
78.   Use personalized candy bars as a way to market your website or home-based business.
79.   Send personalized candy bars as thank-you notes.
80.   Send personalized candy bars as invitations.
81.   Add a personalized candy bar to a stuffed animal – makes a great gift!
82.   Use personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s in welcome wagon baskets.
83.   Give a personalized candy bar with the Prescription wrapper to encourage someone to “Get Well”.
84.   Use personalized candy bars  as weights for balloon bouquets.
85.   Create centerpieces using personalized candy bars which match your theme. We can make a candy bouquets using our dream clips (clips that hold candy bars, like the clips that hold the paper cards in floral arrangement).
86.   Create a “theme gift” geared toward the receivers interests (ex: use Golf Wrapper with personalized greeting on it, add in a golf mug, some golf balls, and a gift certificate to a golf store).
87.   Send a candy bar-gram to your parents, just to say “Thank You”.
88.   Around the holidays (or any time), send personalized candy bars, chocolate bottles or CD’s to a military unit saying “Thank you”
89.   There is an “appreciation week” for everything (nurses, volunteers, secretaries, bosses): use personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s to show your appreciation.
90.   Donate some personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s  to a local charity event.
91.   Donate personalized candy bars, chocolate bottles and CD’s to your place of worship’s “Flea Market” for them to sell to raise money.
92.   Practice “random acts of Kindness”, giving one to everyone you encounter for a day just to make them smile.
93.   Excited about your most recent purchase? (car, house, etc.)  Tell “everyone” with a personalized candy bar – you can even add a photo to the wrapper!
94.   You won the Lottery? Got that job promotion? Etc.: Tell the world with personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s.
95.   Use as a house warming gift (give to a friend as a new address bar).
96.   Stuff Christmas stockings with minis and/or full sized bars.
97.   Add personalized candy bars, or CD’s to Easter baskets.
98.   Use the personalized mini’s in Easter egg hunts.
99.   Use personalized candy bars, wine bottles or CD’s to let someone know you are sorry.
100.Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Christmas, whatever the holiday, send your love with a candy-bar gram – personalized with your sweet message.
101.For that person who has everything, give them a six-pack of bars (each bar is a “coupon” – good for a trip to the zoo, a night of baby sitting, a night off from cooking, etc.)

Friday, September 28, 2012

The Best Kept Secret of Modern Brand Marketing - Candy Wrappers!


This is a great article about why any business would want to use customized candy bar wrappers for promoting their business. Please take a look at all the reason why you should market your business with our personalized candy bar wrappers. 
 
The Best Kept Secret of Modern Brand Marketing - Candy Wrappers!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Don't forget your father this fathers day with all his favorite candy bars customized in personalized wrappers just for him. He will love it.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Are you getting married this summer or having a baby and need party favors for your guest then look no further Behind the Wrapper can help you make your event special with personalized candy wrappers, water bottles, mintbooks and invitations.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Today's Bride: See these vendors (in different forms) at our April show!

See these vendors (in different forms) at our April show!
Cherubs­N­Chocolate® Personalized Candy Bar Wrappers, Custom Chocolate for all Occasions Elevate any occasion with personalized candy bars! An impressive collection of more than 260 colorful, creative, and customizable designs printed on high gloss magazine grade paper so their premium feel matches their premium print quality. Add a photo, logo or just the right message to create your custom masterpiece that will become a cherished memento of the event. Now in 4 sizes! See our store today!

Friday, March 2, 2012

Spring is just around the corner with St. Patrick's Day and Easter coming up in just a few short weeks. You can shop through our store to order your personalized candy bar wrappers for this holiday season. We are working to get paypal set up for your payment convenience. Right now please pay by check or money order to the address provide at checkout.