| The days of the "blushing bride" are over! In times | | | | receive a souvenir from the Museum of the |
| past it was expected that the bride would be | | | | Cherokee Indian or the African American Heritage |
| demure, shy, and even timid, but those days are long | | | | Museum at a wedding in the near future. These |
| gone. Today's bride is often a career oriented, | | | | types of wedding favors make a bold statement |
| successful woman that is not shy about her choices | | | | from the bride that her family, and her family's |
| when it comes to every detail of her wedding, and | | | | heritage and history, are very important to her. |
| nowhere in the wedding ceremony is this more | | | | Another way that wedding favors are becoming |
| obvious than her choice of wedding favors. How so? | | | | bolder - and this is true for all parts of the wedding - |
| Think of the statement that many wedding favors | | | | is the colors of the favors themselves. It used to be |
| make about the bride, her groom, and their life | | | | that the "appropriate" colors for a wedding needed |
| together. For example, many today are giving out | | | | to be soft and so-called feminine, such as pastels and |
| packets of seeds and even small plants or saplings. | | | | mint greens. However, today's popular color choices |
| This of course shows their concern for the | | | | for bridesmaid dresses and all other accessories are |
| environment. Some brides are choosing small tokens | | | | usually warmer and stronger. Think of shades of |
| of their favorite hobby or passion, such as models of | | | | warm brown and russet; typically the bride herself |
| motorcycles or paperweights with the Harley | | | | might wear a sash of one of these shades as well. |
| Davidson logo on them, if the bride is a "biker chick" | | | | Mint green has been replaced with shades of hunter |
| and not afraid to show it. | | | | or forest. It's also not unusual anymore to see a |
| Another popular choice by way of wedding favors is | | | | combination of two strong colors such as red and |
| key chains or tokens from a favorite museum, | | | | black being used for accessories, invitations, |
| especially one that celebrates her heritage or family. | | | | decorations, and even wedding favors. |
| For example, don't be surprised if you were to | | | | |