| Whether you're in Vancouver, Banks Island or | | | | given out for those who did not attend it, |
| Toronto, weddings are without a doubt one of | | | | but it would not be very nice for that close |
| the most significant events which alters the | | | | friend of yours to receive two identical |
| life of any Canadian man or woman forever. | | | | candles for your weddings, isn't it? There |
| With Canada being the 2nd largest country in | | | | are a lot of other choices, literally |
| the world, it has a wide array of wedding | | | | hundreds, to choose from. |
| styles from the classically traditional ones | | | | |
| to the contemporary garden weddings. Amidst | | | | In some parts of the world, small slices of |
| all these, it is the family and friends who | | | | fruit cakes packed in a box are given out |
| makes the event truly exceptional. | | | | during the wedding dinner. The newly wed may |
| | | | also bestow the guests with their happily |
| Favours are dated back in time as European | | | | ever after faces framed in a tiny thank you |
| aristocrat's offers bomboniere (sugar coated | | | | picture frame. The next favours which are |
| almonds or Jordan almonds) to those who have | | | | quite popular in contrary are place card |
| attended their holy matrimony. This custom | | | | holders. It functions as, well, to hold the |
| has been passed on to our generation and it | | | | little cards which has your name on it which |
| is now an imperative and necessary part of | | | | are placed on your assigned seats. However, |
| wedding planning. Favours are the icing and | | | | it has now evolved into different adorable |
| decorations of wedding receptions, | | | | looking pieces of art which can be taken home |
| complementing it with little gifts as a form | | | | and kept as a memory of the wedding. Mints |
| of gratitude. | | | | make great favours when they are stored in |
| | | | handsome glass bottles or tin cases in the |
| Before the bride takes the plunge, a bridal | | | | shape of the bride and the groom. If you want |
| shower is planned by the bridesmaid to | | | | to make a great impact and make sure your |
| celebrate the last days of her singlehood. | | | | guests will remember them, there is a new |
| Normally this shower is only attended by the | | | | technology in the market when all you do is |
| bride's closest friend but it is not unusual | | | | just submit a picture of the couple to the |
| for some immigrant communities in Canada to | | | | designer. He will then transform a slab of |
| plan a full scale shower, inviting some 300 | | | | clay into a lifelike figure of both the bride |
| guests for celebration. Bridal showers are | | | | and groom. |
| normally held four to six weeks before the | | | | |
| wedding. | | | | However, the best favour a person can offer |
| | | | is a personalized one. A set of handcrafted |
| In this event, favours are given out. They | | | | wedding stationeries makes a great gift if |
| can be little trinkets or embossed keychains. | | | | art and craft is your thing. Even if you |
| Decorated candles are a high hit as it can go | | | | aren't, you can always head down to the |
| with anything. It does not matter whether it | | | | nearest library for some reference. Fruits |
| is in a miniature cup or carved into a | | | | make the best favour, especially if you are |
| carriage, it is elegant and takes the word | | | | planning a garden wedding. Red apples, green |
| feminine to another level. If you are | | | | pears and soft peaches all sitting on each |
| entertaining to guests who are more of a | | | | white table under the shady tree, swinging |
| plant and animal person, you'll never go | | | | gently from the cool breeze. Your guests |
| wrong in giving out wildflower seeds packed | | | | would immediately fall in love with the |
| in a butterfly gift basket. | | | | ceremony. |
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| One does not have to worry where to get it as | | | | The advantage of having a wedding in Canada |
| there are a lot of stores and gift shops | | | | is that you have such glorious and scenic |
| which specialises in providing gifts for | | | | places to hold the wedding. What's more, it |
| these occasions. | | | | has one of the best looking plants that can |
| | | | be altered into great looking favours. The |
| With that gone and done with, it is time to | | | | maple leaf, as can be seen on the Canadian |
| focus on the main event itself. The wedding! | | | | flag, is a jolly good example. Just stuffed a |
| Except for booking the hotel, sending out | | | | few of them inside a book or keep them in |
| invitation cards, getting bridesmaid, picking | | | | between newspapers. After a few days, these |
| the right gown, checking the hotel if they | | | | dried leaves become something more than just |
| have a restaurant for the wedding dinner, the | | | | mere leaves. These beautiful creations can be |
| guests are expecting something to be taken | | | | pasted on a card to thank your guests, or be |
| home. It is acceptable to have favours that | | | | made into a bookmark or it can be waxed and |
| are given out for the bridal shower to be | | | | given to your friends and family. |