I am completely a sucker for packaging.  I absolutely judge a book by its cover when it comes to just about any purchasing decision, and I can be a very judgemental guest at a wedding!  I honestly think the packaging for bomboniere favours is more important than what is inside (ok, smack me for this admission, but I am telling the truth).

Given I have such an eye for detail and am so picky when it comes to bomboniere packaging, you’re in the right place to find the best favor boxes, jars, containers and tins in the world!  You are in safe hands with Pink Frosting :)

At every wedding, bridal shower, baby shower, or any special event, you want to share the memories of that special day with your guests. Decorate your wedding with personalised or themed bomboniere favour boxes and fill them with traditional bomboniere almonds, jelly beans, customised candy or other gorgeous little fillers for a simple, elegant and well-received favor for your guests.  Add unique style to your bomboniere box with personalised ribbon, a personalised label or some colourful organdy ribbon.

There are so many gorgeous options available for you to choose from when you’re searching for a themed bomboniere box.  You can choose from the very simple and traditional white or cream box filled with jordan almonds, to something smashingly funky like a personalised candy jar for your guests.  As part of the Australia Entertains Bomboniere Buying Guide special, here are a few of our favourite bomboniere boxes to help you create a bit of magic when you want to give your guests something special as a favour:

These miniature gold favor box chairs do double duty at your wedding.  We love them because they are a fun way to present your candy to guests as well as a beautiful place card holder.  Place one on each guest’s table and you solve both issues all at once!  Perfection for a traditional wedding.

When you say they’re Italian made, you know the quality will be stunning.  How cute are these beautiful two–piece polka dot favor boxes?  In orange, pink, gold, green and blue, they are a fun way to present your bomboniere to your guests at a shower, summery wedding or a kids party.

We’re all in favour of a cure for breast cancer, and we just adore these special Kate Aspen favour boxes with the breast cancer awareness symbol of a pink ribbon.  Fill with pink bomboniere almonds as shown in our picture here, or a note stating you will be making a donation to breast cancer research in lieu of giving a favor to your guests.

These adorable bride and groom candy bags are perfect for embellishing your table settings. Each made with incredible detail to replicate a bridal gown and tuxedo. Perfect for wedding favors, rehearsal dinners and bridal showers. Fill with candy or mints for a sweet “thank you” to each guest.  The tiny bride’s gown is made of a white satin bodice with a full tulle skirt. Faux pearls adorn the neckline while lace daisies line the skirt. The groom’s tuxedo is made of black satin complete with matching bow tie. Each ensemble has a tulle pouch sewn on the back with a ribbon drawstring closure.  These really are perfectly adorable!

Lugging luggage has never been so enjoyable! With a hanging tag that reads, “Thanks for making the trip!” these mini suitcase favor tins go the extra mile for guests who do the same for you. Perfect as travel themed party favors for a destination wedding, family reunion or birthday cruise with your closest friends.  Each perfectly detailed favor tin is complete with rolling wheels, pull handle and retro travel stickers printed on one site.  Happy travelling!

Handmade by us and adorned with your monogram, these gorgeous party crackers say “celebration!” like few other party favors. One tradition suggests that guests give one end of their cracker to the guest beside them to share the “pop.” A nice ice-breaker. Our crackers are empty and we’ll leave one end open for you to insert your own gift and your own message, and we’ll include the satin ribbons for tying up the open end.  Isn’t this glam?

Just like the classic, glass canisters you’ll find in a traditional kitchen, only smaller and sweeter! Fill the jars with a tasty treat, personalised candy or hellybeans and treat your guests to a unique, miniature marvel.  We just adore these personalised bomboniere jars.  They are perfection on any wedding table.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

We’ve organised countless beach weddings over time here at Australia’s number one wedding shop, Pink Frosting.  From bright tropical themes to rich nautical colours to muted neutrals inspired by the sands and rocks, beach themed wedding are our absolute favourites.  Whether you are planning a beach ceremony, a destination wedding at Hamilton Island, a party on a cruiseship or at a beach resort on your favourite overseas island, you’ll find that bomboniere and favours for a beach themed wedding are a cinch to organise with a little imagination.

Here are our favourite ideas for beach themed bomboniere and favors:

• Keep ‘em cool - paper fans in a myriad of colours and styles (which can be personalised for that special touch) are both decorative and functional
• Keep it fresh – give a taste of the season with fresh fruits such as a tropical mango wrapped in decorative paper and finished with a personalised ribbon saying “eat me”!
• From the sea – give bags of shells, starfish or sea glass – decorated with your monogram in a hessian bag or an aribica net 
• Flip out – with flip flops or thongs in your wedding colours
• Fill up – stuff mini canvas beach bags with candy and goodies which is a great idea for a destination wedding when you don’t have many guests
• Protect - protect your guests with a bottle of personalised sunscreen in SPF 15+ and a natural parasol given to each couple attending your wedding ceremony to shade your guests from the beating sunshine
• Light up - tropical lanterns blowing in the breeze and marine themed silver fog lanterns are practical reminder of your special day for guests and a favor they are sure to use at their next barbecue

The professional event stylist team at Pink Frosting has hundreds of practical beach wedding ideas and inspirations to help you put together the perfect beach themed wedding.  Visit the Pink Frosting website for more great beach wedding ideas.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

Ever since Grey’s Anatomy star Katherine Heigl celebrated her wedding with a magical winter theme theme, it has inspired so many couples to use the intimacy, romance and magic of winter as a theme for their wedding day.  The team at Australia’s premier wedding planning website, Pink Frosting, has put together menus, planning ideas and theming ideas to help you put together your own romantic snow-dappled affair. 

From an intimate, fireside wedding at the ski lodge to a grand, winter wonderland-themed gala, the Pink Frosting styling team have also been busy assembling the best winter themed wedding bomboniere from around the world, now available to buy in Australia, to help you send guests home with a memento of your winter themed wedding day.   We’re proud as punch to bring you these gorgeous ideas as part of our Wedding Bomboniere: A Buying Guide for Australian Brides special.

If you’re marrying amid sparkling icicles and gleaming snow-covered hills, our spectacular collection of winter wedding favors will warm your heart…and your guests’ hearts, too. From snowflake-embellished gel candles to delectable chocolates to soothing cocoa and cappuccino mixes, our winter theme wedding bomboniere are the perfect way to welcome your guests to your winter wonderland wedding!

Here are our best tips for gorgeous winter themed wedding favors:

• Sip it – give decorative tins or packets of hot cocoa mix
• Let it snow – inside mini snow globes
• Celebrate – with splits of champagne
• Indulge a sweet tooth – decorate sugar cookies as snowflakes, bells, or another seasonal emblem
• Christmas - give your guests a Christmas ornament as a favor to remind them of your wedding every Christmas when they trim their tree
• Snowflakes and snowmen - use winter motifs to adorn traditional bomboniere
• Pop a Mint - wintery mints are a treat for the season
• Personalise it - with snow themed personalised napkins, favor tins and travel candles

Whether you decide to DIY your winter bomboniere, or purchase a pre-packaged themed favor, the possibilities are endless.  My favourite is the idea of giving a Christmas ornament to your guests.  Even though winter doesn’t mean Christmas in Australia, this is a keepsake that your guests will no doubt cherish every December when they trim their tree.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

As I’m in the throws of a wedding bomboniere special at Australia Entertains, I thought it would be apt to present our Cake of the Week as wedding bomboniere.  There are so many options for presenting your wedding cake as a favor for your guests - miniature cakes, beautifully decorated cupcakes or slices of cake presented in delightful cake boxes - the options are virtually endless.  The idea of giving cake to your guests as bomboniere might be a little unconventional to some, but for those on a strict wedding budget, it’s a wonderful idea.  Here are my favourite wedding cake as bomboniere presentation ideas:

Cake favor boxes arranged to look just like a tiered wedding cake (images from Brides.com).  A gorgeous way to present your cake and favors (even if the boxes don’t contain cake).  These favor boxes can be purchased at Pink Frosting’s online bomboniere box shop.

Miniature cakes as a favor are a divine idea.  These delicate treats in a transparent bomboniere box were made by Pink Cake Box.  A classic favor that every guest will no doubt enjoy immensely!  However, this isn’t a budget bomboniere idea as elegant mini cakes can cost as much as $15 each.

Creating a DIY cupcake favor for your guests has never been easier!  Start with a simple cupcake, decorate with your favourite frosting, wrap in one of Pink Frosting’s laser cut cupcake wrappers and present in a cupcake favor box.  Voila!  Absolutely divine…

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

Talk to any seasoned wedding planner and they will tell you that the devil is in the details. That’s because a wedding is much more than a perfectly planned day - it’s the ceremonial declaration of life-lasting love that seeks to set a tone for the future. Planning a wedding with such lofty goals is no small task. But when you get the details right, every facet of the event can make for an unforgettable day.

Wedding bomboniere is one of the most important details of your wedding day.  Bomboniere - favours, favors or bonbonniere as it is also known - is such an important part of the day because your bomboniere is a distinctive keepsake that your guests will take home with them to remind them of the occasion. Your wedding favor is a one-time chance to express gratitude to friends and family who help make the day so special. 

Many couples leave planning their bomboniere to the very last moment.  They pour over stationery, dresses, bridesmaid gowns, wedding rings and first dance music, but leave buying or making their favors until a week before the big day.  We think this is a big mistake because your bomboniere should complement your wedding day style, your theming, and it will be the one item your guests take home with them, apart from the happy memories of your wedding day.

Because wedding bomboniere is such a fun and important part of your wedding day, the Pink Frosting team have been busy updating Australia’s number one online wedding shop with some new categories to help you make an easier and more stylish choice when it comes to selecting your wedding favors.  The new categories have been arranged by theme and by guest (women, men and children) to help with your selection.

Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to have some fun at Australia Entertains working my way through these wedding themes and helping you find the perfect bomboniere to complement your theme, your personalities and your wedding day.

I can’t wait!  Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn 

One of the exclusive brands carried by Pink Frosting in Australia and New Zealand is the Beverly Clark Collection.  Beverly Clark products are hand made in the US which lends a quality, sophistication and distinction to the collections that other wedding accessory packages do not have.  Three new collections have just arrived at the Pink Frosting warehouse - the rich Garbo Collection in rich claret, the sophisticated Elizabeth Collection in black satin and the Victorian Couture Lace Collection representing the best of old world charm in ivory or white seeded lace. 

The glamorous Garbo wedding accessory ensemble includes a flowergirl basket, ring pillow and ceremony (unity) candle set which is made of claret coloured satin which is draped elegantly over each design and accented by a hand-made crystal embellishment.  Complement these beautiful accessories with some bouquet jewellery - these crystals enhance a simple red rose bouquet.

You can view all of the collections at Australia’s number one online wedding shop, Pink Frosting. Also new from Beverly Clark this week includes aisle runners, gold plated serving sets, pet wedding accessories, wedding music and cake charms.  Ready to be shipped immediately anywhere in Australia and New Zealand.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

This adorable cake is a stunning example of what sugarcraft artists can achieve.  Louise from Cake Journal won for best novelty cake at the Scandanavian Cake Show for this adorable cake/ cupcake creation.  I adore this beautiful cake for a Christening, first birthday or a sweet sixteen celebration.  Isn’t it divine?

I’m loving the whipped cream which was actually thick royal icing and both cherry & the green berries have been glazed to get them shiny.

I think this amazing cake works beautifully with these cupcake party invitations, decorations and accessories to achieve an adorable cupcake theme.  All of these gorgeous cupcake party supplies are available from Pink Frosting’s online celebration shop.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

This week (and often lately) I am consumed by all things Japanese.  For this reason and so many others, Cherry Blossoms are on the top of my favourite blooms right now because not only do they make an outstanding table decoration, they are also a gorgeous theme for your wedding.  Who could resist the pretty, subtle blooms and the awesome scent delivered by these precious trees?  Richly symbolic to the Japanese, the cherry blossom is an omen of good fortune and is also an emblem of love, affection and represents Spring.  Can you think of a lovelier theme for your wedding, so steeped in tradition and symbolism?

I’m adoring this dessert table and cherry blossom cake by the awe-inspiring Amy Atlas.  Amy designed this bold, patterned dessert table for a wedding. The fuschia cherry blossom tree cake was inspired by a wedding invitation.   Custom lollipop trees were created to complement the cake, as well as raspberry truffles, chocolate and mini cupcakes. 

I think I am in love!

For anyone planning a September wedding this year, this is a wonderful inspiration for your theming, dessert and wedding cake.   If you’re looking for more cherry blossom themed decorations, visit Pink Frosting’s online wedding shop where the Pink Frosting wedding stylists have assembled a huge array of beautiful cherry blossom themed stationery, favors, decorations and accessories for your wedding day.

Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn

Pink Frosting, Australia’s leading online wedding store has a plethora of goodies to decorate not only your wedding but parties too.

Pink Frosting launched its online store two years ago. Now with a showroom in Canberra and shipping all over the world, Pink Frosting is the exclusive Australian distributor of brands such as Wonderful Wedding Graffiti, Kate Aspen, Jamie Lynn and Beverly Clark Collection.

All photos & items from Pink Frosting

Not just an online store, Pink Frosting has built a site full of inspiration. From tips on wedding music, to inspiring wedding themes. Pink Frosting has gone to great lengths to be Australia’s one stop wedding shop.

Pink Frosting is giving away FIVE $100 gift vouchers to their online store on the Polka Dot Bride Blog! To win, visit Polka Dot Bride and comment on this post telling Ms Polka your favourite Pink Frosting product and how you would use it at your wedding! Be creative!

Entries close 18th of June, 2009 at 5pm Australian Eastern Standard time. This is a game of skill!

Competition is open worldwide. Gift vouchers exclude shipping costs. Entrants must be aged 18 and over.

Good luck and Happy Celebrating!

Kathryn