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