It's About The Shoes

Love, love, love the wide array of beautiful, creative, and non-traditional wedding shoes we are seeing these days!  From rainbow pumps, sparkle sneakers, and many other options, brides and bridesmaids are showing up with some pretty cute feet. :)

Bridesmaids (above) are looking quite stylish with hearts on their shoes, glitter Toms, rainboots, and watercolor rainbow shoes.

Instead of diamonds on the soles of your shoes, how about hearts?

How much would your bridesmaids love these ruffle shoes?


These rainbow pumps could be fabulous for a bride or bridesmaids.

Sparkle sneakers, enough said.

Make It Green: Recycled Wedding Decor

Looking for creative ways to incorporate eco-friendly and recycled products into your wedding?  We've rounded up some great yet chic ways to keep your wedding sustainable.


This recycled wedding sign is made from a wood pallet.  So cute!

Save money and save the earth:  skip buying vases and re-use glass soda bottles.

Wedding chandelier made from recycled glasses.

Table number centerpieces care of recycled book and cut out book paper.

What a great favor!  Plants presented in recycled cans.

Favor Striping

I get the feeling you like our posts most when they involve what we love most:  FAVORS!  So, my goal is to try to devote at least one of our weekly blog entries to just that.  As a favor and gift company, Wedding Belle Favors strives to keep up on what is the trendiest, chicest, "it" item when it comes to favors.  We love how personalized and handmade favors have become recently!  In this post, we're focusing specifically on favors that incorporate stripes.  Stripes are clean, classic, fresh, yet modern at the same time.  Stripes can show up in the favors themselves, maybe on the tables they are displayed on, or on accent items, like favor tags.  We love some of the ideas we've assembled below.

1.  Striped Gerber Daisy Favor Boxes.  We've included one of our most popular and best selling stripe-themed favor.  It's cute and dainty and the perfect size to tuck a truffle, some fresh lavender, or other small favor item.

2.  Striped Tables.  Favors get a pop when displayed on a vibrant table.

3.  Favor Bags.  These chic chevron stripe favor bags are perfect for treats.

4.  Striped Straws.  Straws are becoming increasing popular at weddings, both as a practical piece, but also decorative.  They make cute "picks" for favor goodies, or as the favor itself.

5.  Favor & Treat Boxes.  Candy, popcorn, & treat bars are popular for weddings; have your guests use these cute pink and white striped boxes to collect goodies.

Please Be Seated

Well, we couldn't write a blog post on beautiful tables without a follow-up focused on table numbers and seating cards!  Again, I am just blown away by the beautiful and creative ways that brides are directing guests to tables and marking tables.  They truly are works of art.  Take a look below:


Ditch the guest book!  Number your tables with these journals and have guests write their salutations.

Name each table with the word "love" in various lanugages.

Wine bottle table numbers are super cute!

Cute, rustic idea to hold place cards.

Flower numbers to mark each table....lovely!

La Table

I can't get over the gorgeous tables that are sweeping through weddings these days!  Is it just me, or is creativity hitting all time highs in terms of the "art of the table"?  I know when I attend a wedding and arrive at the reception, often the first impression we have of the look, vibe, and style of a reception is that first entrance into the ballroom, barn, or backyard.  What's the first thing that often catches our eye?  The tables!  We find our seat and first take in all that the table has to offer.  And it's a lot!  Tables offer flowers, menus, favors, place settings, and other tokens that the couple has seen fit to include.  Below find some of our recent favorite, awe-inspiring tables:


With classic black and white and the look of a continuous vase, this head table is a showstopper.

What an amazing, rustic idea!  This wood plank runner is simple yet stunning.

What a fun idea, spelling out the word "love" on a table with coffee mugs.

Classic black and white gets a "pop" when differing designs top various reception tables.

Intimate, candlelit event is gorgeous.

This moss and floral table lends itself perfectly to outdoor receptions.

Favor Love

Well, it's what we love.....favors!  We haven't written a post in awhile on our favorite current trends, au courant colors, and what we find oh-so-cute in the favor world.  So here goes.....

1.  Mini Libations.  Mini bottles of alcohol are cute as favors.  We love the bride and groom touch added to this vodka below.

2.   Maps.  Maps and travel are huge with weddings right now, and that crosses all the way to the favor.  These cute pillow box map boxes are perfect to tuck favor treasures in.

3.  Eco-Favors.  Being responsible and green with your favors is important for couples.  Below, these Coconut Bath Salt favors are made with real coconut shells.
4.  Handmade foods.  It adds a personal touch when you offer homemade food items such as maple syrup, honey, chocolate sauce, or flavored cooking oil (below).

5.  Chalkboard Details.  The use of chalkboard is very commonplace and cute in weddings these days.  These cute heart shaped favor tags are the perfect touch.

For more fun favor ideas and inspiration, please follow our "Wedding Favors" board on Pinterest.

The Art of the Cake

Cakes are impressing us lately.  Just when you think creativity has been pushed to the limit, you see some of the cakes we've collected below.  Watch and be amazed.


Calligraphy Cakes.


Antique Paisley Cake.


Gorgeous cake with equally gorgeous tablecloth.


Adorable mini cakes.


Lace cake.


LOVE ruffles cakes!


Daisy cake.


Rustic charm cake.


Cupcakes displayed in fun ways.

Bridal Showers: What We Love

1.  Mini-Cakes.  We absolutely love the trend with mini cakes; sometimes one per guest or one per table.  The one below seems perfect for a bridal shower.


2.  Umbrellas.  What's more perfect than umbrellas to accent a shower?  These cute parasol-style umbrellas below are to die for!


3.  Fun Drinks.  We are loving the trend of old-fashioned soda in bottles, decorated straws, and interesting punches and cocktails for showers.

4.  Creative Cupcakes. Cupcakes are still wildly popular, but we really like the creative angle party throwers are taking in their presentation.  For example, we love these teacup cupcakes below, perfect for a shower.

5.  Lanterns.  Still in love with lanterns for parties of all kinds, including showers.

Our Favorite Spring Favors

Spring has definitely sprung and we are seeing so many wonderful trends tying Spring and weddings together.  From color trends like yellow and green, to tulips and delicate wedding cakes, Spring is a wonderful time to get married. We thought we would showcase some of our favorite favor ideas for Spring.


"Fresh As A Table" lavender sachets are super cute in yellow gingham bags and accented by a silk daisy.

We love these candy tubes in colorful blasts of Spring color.

Paper bag "bouquets" are a welcome addition to any table.

These "Love Nest" soap favors are s-o-o-o cute for showers or weddings.

Gerber Daisy Place Card Holders.  Perfect.

Homemade limoncello favors.

We love these mini teapots tucked with cute Spring flowers.