Favors
Tulip Favors
So when thinking of favors, I wanted something unique that people could keep to remind them of our wedding for years to come. The wedding is all tulip themed since it has a very special meaning to me growing up. So I was thinking of giving everyone a tulip bulb in a favor box with a card saying thanks, the date, our names, and the instructions on how to plant them. Here is where I need some opinion:
The wedding is in April, and you can't plan tulips until Sep-Oct, will people keep them that long and actually plant them? And are people actually going to want one lone tulip in their yard? I thought about having them already in bloom and placed individually on the tables, but turns out that would be waaaay more work/expense than I would care to spend.
So ladies, what do u think? Good idea, or should I start thinking of something else?
The wedding is in April, and you can't plan tulips until Sep-Oct, will people keep them that long and actually plant them? And are people actually going to want one lone tulip in their yard? I thought about having them already in bloom and placed individually on the tables, but turns out that would be waaaay more work/expense than I would care to spend.
So ladies, what do u think? Good idea, or should I start thinking of something else?
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Re: Tulip Favors
My DD lives in an apartment as do all of her friends. What use would they have for a tulip bulb?
I'd start thinking of something else. How about a cookie shaped like a tulip? How about chocolate tulip lollipops? You can easily make them yourself with a chocolate mold.
[QUOTE]Well, one of the neater things my friend brought me back from Amsterdam was a wooden tulip. When we found out they were made in china, I found a few more and bought them online - they were about a dollar or so each. They're not practical, they are just a decoration, but if you're hell-bent on the tulip idea, google "wood tulip" and see what you can turn up.
Posted by smokyhills[/QUOTE]
You can probably get these on ebay as i had ordered wooden roses to place on each chair for our ceremony.
It's nice to force a bulb before the season, and I love flowering plants because of the long bloom time.
THey must have gotten a great deal on them but they also had TONS left over... but they will last forever.
I fear most of your guests will just toss them, IMHO.
[QUOTE]I think it's a really cute idea, even if people don't plant them. It's something different and "green." It'd probably be inexpensive as well and goes with your theme.
Posted by bmoruzzi@hotmail.com[/QUOTE]
It's not very green if a good portion of the plants never make it into the ground/potter/whatever. Then it's just wasteful.
Honestly, trying for a favour that your guests will look at and "remember your wedding for years to come" is naive at best. Your wedding is really important to you, not so much to the rest of your guests. They'll come and celebrate with you, but they're not going to look back at your wedding the same way that you will.
Give them something they'll actually use, like something edible. What if you did sugar cookies shaped and decorated like a tulip? Or chocolate lollipops where the head was a tulip?
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