Chivas

Natural Goat Milk Skin Care, soaps, facial cream & bath salts. All made from hand milked goats. They also make a vegan lip balm. The farm is located in Southern California, just a little south of Santa Barbara. The name of the company means goat in Spanish. They also use herbs from their garden in the products.

I heard about them when Lauren, the co-founder, came to an ABC meeting in Orange County earlier this month. We received a bar of soap as our favor. Which is in the photo below. The reason she was there was to promote favors for weddings or showers. They can custom blend scents and make a custom label for the items. They will also stamp them. Our bar was lily of the valley with a tree stamp. They do need at 60 days to make these since they are hand made, but for a unique favor or welcome basket gift, that will be used, this is a great item.

Enjoy,

Beverage Monday

MMM, Chocolate!

I am going to veer away from actual beverages today and talk about chocolate. I saw this product in the summer edition of Bride and Bloom and thought it would be a perfect fit for Beverage Monday. It is for the wine lover who happens to love chocolate, too. It is called CocoaVinoso™. It is a premium dark chocolate that is blended exclusively from the highest quality cacao beans imported from around the world. You can enjoy it by itself or pair it with the corresponding red wine. They have all kinds of other fun pairings on their website. Check them out.

Cheers,

Green Favors

The Wedding Greenhouse

Aren't these cute? Who wouldn't want these little plant favors from The Wedding Greenhouse. You can either have a terracotta pot or a white pot. They come with your choice of ribbon color. They can also put your names & date on them. You can choose from mini palm{shown}, peace lily, coffee plant or red ardesia. An unique way to have a little green at your wedding.
Happy Planning,

Fun Things

Here are few fun products I saw at The Special Event last week~A trade show for the event industry.  I will post some my own photos when I finally get my computer back.

PicPlates

You can customize a plastic 7 1/2 inch plate with photos.  The more you buy the more you save. These are great for showers or casual rehearsal dinners/weddings.  You just upload your photo, play with it and you have yourself a cute little plate.

Scentevents

With this company you can customize the scent of your wedding. 

 Let's say you fall in love with a venue but there is an odor.  You can use Scentevents to 'mask' the smell.  You can also use them to convey a feeling that you want.  Just another way to customize you event.

Photofetti

As the name suggests these are confetti with your photos on them.  They are one inch rounds and double sided.  You also can choose different colored accent pieces to add in.  Since Photofetti is larger you should be able to use them in most venues.  You also just upload your photos and order all online.

Photo M & M's

Mr. Joyeux & I used personalized M & M's at our wedding {four years ago} with our names and dates on two different colors of M & M's .  Now you can also include your photos.  They have 25 colors to choose from, although they can't print on the darker colors.  They have introduced shimmers {gold, platinum and pearl}.  How pretty would those be?  You just upload your photos, add a message and you can now also choose your font.  So fun!

So check these out for other ways to personalize your wedding or any other event.

Happy Reading,

Steph

Custom Bridal Party T-Shirts

These are all from Wedding Things.

Aren't these cute? You can customize them for your whole bridal party and yourself, too. Wedding Things is based in Vancover, BC and they ship to several countries. Check out their site they have a whole lotta cute things.

Favors for Charity

fa·vor /fey-ver/1. a small gift, decorative or festive item, often distributed to guests at a party. 2. a gift bestowed as a token of goodwill, kind regard, love, etc.

In this age being socially responsible there are several different ways you can favor your guests for coming to your wedding and also help out those in need.
is a company that lets you give to the charity of your choice. They have a list of some of the most common divided by type. You place cards on the tables to let your guests know that you gave a donation to a specific charity in lieu of giving a traditional favor.
is another company that contributes to a favorite charity, but in this case you give your guests a chocolate truffle, boxed and wrapped in a ribbon color of your choice, with a card explaining your contribution. They give a portion of the cost of the truffle to your charity.

The American Cancer Society and American Diabetes Association let you make contributions directly to them and they give you scrolls or table cards for your guests. You can also make a donation to the ASPCA.

Happy Reading,