Avant Bride's Wedding Planning Blog» Wedding Favors and Welcome Bags Archives – Avant Bride’s Wedding Planning Blog http://blog.avantbride.com A unique bride guide for creative and cheap wedding ideas. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:36:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Adding an Indian Flavor to your Wedding http://blog.avantbride.com/adding-an-indian-flavor-to-your-wedding/ http://blog.avantbride.com/adding-an-indian-flavor-to-your-wedding/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:54:41 +0000 AvantBride http://blog.avantbride.com/?p=529 AvantBride is taking this blog international! For the next nine months I’ll be traveling the world and looking for the best new trends I see  in weddings and bringing them to this blog.  I’m also interested in other creative ways you can add an international element to your wedding.  Please leave me a comment if you have any special requests!

India

India is known for its bold, vibrant colors and exotic feel.  Using beautiful handmade paper for your wedding invitations, out-of-town bags, name place cards, save-the-dates, thank-you cards etc. could be a fun way to add color and flavor to your wedding. 

While shopping in downtown Mumbai (Bombay) I came across Chimanlals.   It’s a beautiful shop filled with an array of items made by hand.  The work is exquisite and the custom wedding invitations are incredibly unique and detailed. 

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They have great sampler packs as shown above and can do special orders.  I could see using them as part of a welcome bag especially if your wedding is in the Southern California region or even west coast.  They could also make nice favors, especially as they’re both kosher and organic!

 

For more information:santa-barbara-pistachio-martini-shaker
Santa Barbara Pistachio Company
www.sbpistachios.com
info@santabarbarapistachios.com
Located at:
Santa Barbara Pistachio Company
3380 Highway 33
Maricopa, CA 93252
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