BnLDirect.com Re-Launches Website

Bill Beaver announced today that BnLDirect.com has re-launched it's website with many new offerings.

At BnLDirect.com we provide our customers with hundreds of purchasing options through our affiliate relationships. In addition, the CollectionsGiftsandMore.com website lists approximately 2,000 items in stock and ready to ship. Here's the lineup of websites and their products. All of the websites can also be found at http://www.bnldirect.com/

GreenProductsForGreenLiving.com - Eco-friendly products and services
CollectionsGiftsandMore.com - Gifts, home decor, cast iron home decor, gift baskets, novelty candies, flowers and stationary.
Halloween Store - Halloween costumes and decorations
Ticket Store - Tickets for concerts, shows, sports and special events
Health Store - Health food, diet, vitamins, supplements, exercise equipment
Pet Store - Pet supplies, pet medications, pet training and pet insurance.
Christian Store - Bibles, Christian books, Christian music and clothing
Natural Organic Food Store - Whole food meals, snacks and treats
Travel Store - Shop for air, hotels, car rentals, luggage and accessories
EYEOFH - A community website for artists, musicians and artists.

Planning Your Wedding on a Shoestring Budget - Wedding Favors

WEDDING FAVORS

Some brides don’t like the idea of giving gifts to her guests, but we think it’s a nice gesture as a thank you for attending your special day.  These favors can be elegant, fun, or practical.  We prefer the practical.  Here are some great suggestions for fun and unique wedding favors.

• Fudge makes delicious cheap wedding favors. Wrapped up in white tulle and tied with a white ribbon it would be beautiful. Add a tag; you make yourself, with a little message like "Love is divine". Cut out the tag with scallop scissors and punch a hole for the ribbon.
• Regular candles are nice too for cheap wedding favors. Wrap in tulle and tie with ribbon. Stick a small flower in the ribbon.

• Tree seedlings, such as citrus or any kind of tree, are something most people would love. They will always remember your wedding with this unique wedding favor idea. Wrap the plastic pot to disguise.

• Flower seedlings or seed packets are a nice wedding favors. Wrap in anyway that is appropriate for your wedding. Tie with ribbon, raffia or paper ribbon.

• Sachets made from lavender. Make a small bag from lace. Sew up three sides, put the lavender in and sew up fourth side. Attach a small silk flower. Potpourris in drawstring bags made of lace or tulle are pretty. They smell nice too. You can use any kind of bag that's easy for you to make.

• Everybody loves herbs. Buy small ones and place plastic container right into a small terracotta pot. Put some moss around the top to disguise the plastic planter. Include a pretty tag with instructions for care and attach to a ribbon tied around the pot.

• A strawberry plant is another live wedding favor idea. It can be presented in the same way as an herb. Anything of this nature that is in season is appreciated.

• Candies, such as M&Ms in your wedding colors, Kisses or Hugs, mints, a wonderful piece of chocolate or any kind that you would like, look great in a cupcake liner. They come in different sizes and colors.

·        For an outdoor wedding, consider buying umbrellas at the dollar store.  Wrap them in ribbons with your colors.  This, of course, is for a smaller wedding only, but can be a great gift to help shield guests from inclement weather or the sun.

·        Buy plain chocolate bars in bulk or get the miniature version.  Print out new labels on your computer that you personalize for yourself and wrap them around the bars.

·        Make your own CD using your favorite songs. Include the First Dance song, the cake-cutting song and all the traditional songs. Make CD covers with your picture on it and gave all your guests a copy of the CD.  You can also make general mix CD’s with all of your favorite songs on it – not just the wedding ones!

·        For a Christmas wedding, give each guest a Christmas ornament.  Take a plain ball type ornament and use a paint pen to personalize with your name and the date of your wedding

·        Do you and your intended share a love of something unique?  Are you big NASCAR fans?  Love to golf?  Rabid about a sports team?  Gear your favors around these unique characteristics that are you.

Also, unless you have your heart set on taking home your table decorations, consider giving them away to guests.  A fun way to do this is to take a hint from most class reunions.  Give one to the guests that traveled the farthest, the ones who have married the longest, married the shortest, etc.  This helps bring people into your reception and make them feel like a bigger part of your special day! Discount wedding favors will also help stretch your budget.

Perhaps the largest expense of your reception is food.  Our next post will look at some viable options for feeding you and your guests without having to mortgage your house.