Wedding Trends From the Catwalk - How to Generate Ideas for your Wedding Stubby Holders!

As the new seasons wedding dresses hit the catwalks the latest trend for you and your bridesmaids is 'blush'...! Step aside traditional white wedding gown and make way for the softer more feminie hues of pink, peach, cream and champagne - these colours tend to be more flattering for a wider range of skin tones and can be the base for creating a complimentary wedding colour palette from which to build your dream wedding! Team up your bridal gown with similar shades for your bridesmaid dresses, see in the image below how they have used a range of colours across the girls to compliment the cream colour of the bride's wedding dress...

This beautiful blush wedding colour palette also brings warmth and romance, use light materials as drapes and soft wedding decorations to shape the formality of your wedding reception, candles can create a wonderful ambience to make your guests feel welcome and relaxed. This wedding colour would also lend itself to a beach wedding or rustic garden wedding, bringing together outdoor elements with this natural blend of colour. An outdoor celebration also means that you can be creative with your set up and the type of food and drink you serve, follow your colour scheme and fill large pitchers with soft fruit cocktails, for example...

Cointreau Blush - Made from Cointreau, pink grapefruit juice, lime juice and club soda or Florida Bride - Made from white rum, grenadine & soda.

Both delicious fresh cocktails that would make a great welcome drink for your guests on arrival and would introduce the colour theme too!

When thinking about your wedding stubby holders as bonbonierre gift ideas you can certainly incorporate your wedding colour theme, the design can be formal and sophisticated or modern and humerous or of course a mixture of both. Once you have decided on the sayings for your wedding stubby holders and the base colour you can start to put together your design ideas.

You can also include an individual guest name on each cooler so that your wedding stubby holders can become a place name marker and a personalised thank you gift all in one! Here are a few design ideas that we have put together to help get you started with your 'blush wedding planning' ...

Happy Planning!

Wedding Colour Schemes and Ideas for your Halloween Wedding Stubby Holders!

A wedding inspired by halloween is something very different indeed and will certainly bring some fantastic and unique wedding ideas to both entertain and spook your guests!

Perhaps you will decide on a subtle hint of halloween to celebrate your wedding day on 31st October - the use of wedding colour schemes including orange and black widely associated with halloween along with a 'witch' inspired purple would look great for such an occasion. You can plan your vintage wedding ideas around this colour scheme, you can see some great images in the collage above, the use of pumpkin lanterns and wooden barn furniture can make a great setting for your wedding theme and add a rustic feel to an outdoor wedding.

Sweet treats make an ideal choice for your wedding favours and desserts, you can decorate these pumpkin-style or go all out and introduce slime or insects as part of a trick to go with your treat! Love the idea of 'pick your poison' as a caption to go on your personalised wedding stubby holders as bonbonniere ideas! Because fo the versatility of Coolaz coolers each guest could literally pick their poison to be kept cool in their drink cooler!

Here are a couple of halloween inspired wedding stubby holder ideas for you to give as wedding favours to all of your guests:

Eat, Drink and be Spooked!

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Love is sweet, please take a treat!

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Pick Your Poison!

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Happy Planning!

Wedding Planning - Creative Ways To Ask Your Bridesmaids!

So you are on the exciting path to planning your wedding day, you have a sparkling diamond on your finger and the man of your dreams by your side. Now for something that is equally as important ... choosing your bridesmaids. For some it is an easy choice, a sister or cousin that you are close to or have grown up with and promised the honour to from an early age, for others it will be a group of friends that you can count on, your besties that will be by your side no matter what! Whoever you choose to walk down the aisle before you, to carry your wedding bouquet, bustle your bridal gown and check your teeth, there are so many ways that you can ask them.

Here are a few of the latest trends for 'proposing to your bridesmaids'... what a lovely way to introduce them to the most important event planning adventure that you will ever face together!

The trend seems to be the quirkier the better... You could DIY a cute gift box or scrapbook full of memories that you have shared together, photographs and personal items that will remind you of all the good times. A gift of wine or bubbly would be appreciated by any girl and personalised wine bottle labels are another popular idea, you could get miniature ones made up for a smaller bottle to be placed inside your gift box, perhaps with a champagne flute and a few other goodies as a thank you.

Personalised dress hangers are a great idea too, I saw some ideas on etsy.com where the wooden hangers had the names printed or wood-burnt onto the top, there are also some funky ideas where the hangers have the wire part curled into the word bridesmaid or an individual name, you could give each of the girls a little gift card that says, "we've got the hanger now to find the dress" or something similar. You could even arrange a personalised bridesmaid stubby holder and wrap this around the central part of the hanger for a double gift idea!

Some other unique ideas include a fun egg that you crack open to reveal a message, or you could make your own fortune cookies and hand them out at dinner, you can really personalise the message for each flower girl, bridesmaid and maid of honour!

Maybe you will take your girls out or have them over for a casual barbeque with a few cold beverages to celebrate, why not arrange for personalised bridesmaid stubby holders, something that your bridesmaids can keep! Here are a few suggestions of some fun sayings that you can include on the coolers for a bit of fun:

Top 10 Sayings For Your Bridesmaid Stubby Holders...

1. I need someone to wear an ugly dress so I look prettier in mine!
2. Did anyone ever tell you how hot you would look in peach satin ruffles!
3. I can't say I do without you - be my bridesmaid?
4. Eat, Drink and Help me plan my wedding!?
5. Keep Calm and Be My Bridesmaid
6. I got my man... but I still need my girls
7. Be my - chiffon wearing, tiara adjusting, teeth checking, flower holding, dress bustling bitch - for just one day!
8. I moustache (picture of moustache) you a question... will you be my bridesmaid?
9. I promise there will be no ugly colours, puffy sleeves or bows on the butt - will you be my bridesmaid?
10. It's my turn to pop the question... will you be my bridesmaid.

Check out these designs put together using a couple of ideas from our hens night stubby holder templates ...

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Happy Planning!

Wedding Colour Trends and Ideas for your Wedding Stubby Holders: Mustard, Mocha & White

Planning your wedding in spring or summer? Then this bright colour combination will give your wedding a splash of warmth to match the weather.

A golden mustard yellow for your bridesmaid dresses, teamed with natural whites and mocha will make a glowing combination that can be appreciated by your wedding guests throughout the day. Adding a personal touch to your tables such as a little jar of honey as a wedding favour for each of your guests, or choosing posies and wedding bouquets featuring daisies and cream roses along with a modern twist of wedding bunting will all bring together a real feeling of 'summer fair' to your summer wedding. Be sure to include the colour combinations across all of your decorations, the cute wedding bird cake toppers in the image above will make a great addition to any wedding cake! When considering wedding stubby holders as a gift for your guests remember that we can print almost any colour combination to the outer of your coolers and our design team would be happy to create a unique design or match to your wedding colours and wedding invitations or stationery. Here are just a couple of simple ideas for some inspiration. Design Reference Number: QRD-WED-WORDS-001-Mustard

Design Reference Number: QRD-WED-WORDS-013-Mustard

Happy Planning!

Colour Trends, Ideas for your Wedding Stubby Holders: Shades of Yellow

There is certainly something very sophisticated about the way black and white look together and then throw in some subtle colour or even something bold like this mustard yellow to make the perfect wedding colour combination.

One of the hottest summer wedding trends for 2014 will be yellow! There are so many shades and hues of yellow and a combination of the bright with the likes of the richer mustard colours can bring a fantastic burst of sunshine to any event no matter what the weather! The yellows that you choose can be light and subtle or bold and bright, or indeed a combination of the two. You can drop hints of colour at your wedding via your bridal party, their wedding attire may consist of yellow bridesmaid dresses, light grey suits for the groomsmen and yellow silk ties and pocket handkerchiefs to match! Your wedding photographs will look simply stunning with the pops of colour! When putting together your ideas for a wedding, both your ceremony setting and wedding reception venue should be flowing with colour, the reception is the place that you and your guests will spend most of their time so be sure to wow your guests and create a wedding venue with a theme to remember! From the very beginning when you send out your wedding invitations you can set the scene for your guests, insert a subtle wedding daffodil into the corner or bunting across the top of your design to create a summery feel for your guests. On the day you can bring the same vibe, and don't forget that you can double up your wedding coolers to be your place markers like the design below:

Here are a few other design ideas to help you create the perfect wedding stubby holders Design Reference Number: QRD-WED-WORDS-017

Design Reference Number: QRD-WED-WORDS-018_Yellow

Design Reference Number: DP15571-yellow-chevron

Design Reference Number: WED-CART008N-DP2303-yellow

Happy Planning!

Colour Trends, Ideas for your Wedding: Spring Green, Navy Blue & White

Colour Trends, Ideas for your Wedding: Spring Green, Navy Blue & White

Most wedding planners will tell you that Spring is the official season for a wedding, the weather will just be turning a little warmer and with longer days and the flora and fauna blossoming beautifully you will be able to set the scene for a perfect Spring wedding!

Preparing your wedding invitations is the first place to start when planning your dream wedding! You should consider how you would like people to imagine your wedding vibe and use your invites to really set the tone of your wedding day for your guests.

This wedding colour combination chosen with a spring green, bright white and contrasting navy blue is a fabulous way to bring light and bright elements into your special day. Consider the wedding attire for your bridal party - you can see in the centre of the collage above that the bridesmaids wore a navy blue top with a green and white stripy skirt, this could then be replicated thoughout your design, something similar to below:

Design Reference Number: WED15963-Navy-Green

A modern twist that is becoming very popular is the use of photo props in your wedding photographs, this could be a DIY effort or you could hire a photobooth to do the job for you. Props should include the obligatory moustache and lips on sticks but can be anything you like from funny hats to feather boas! You could add a hint of this to your wedding stubby holder designs:

Design Reference Number: WED15043-Green-Navy-Groom

Perhaps you are having a garden wedding, this is a fantastic way to bring an outdoor and fresh feel to your wedding ceremony and reception. The use of green apples as your wedding table centrepiece will be sure to reflect the spring element of your wedding. Don't forget that your coolers can double up as a place name, include a wedding guest name on each individual holder so that you have your bonbonniere / wedding favour gift idea and your place markers covered in one hit!

Design Reference Number: WED-FORM005N-Green-Navy

Happy planning!

Colour Trends, Ideas for your Wedding: Mustard, Black and White

There is certainly something very sophisticated about the way black and white look together and then throw in some subtle colour or even something bold like this mustard yellow to make the perfect wedding colour combination.

Wedding traditions do not have to be set aside when you choose your colours, you can still have the classic 3 tier wedding cake and the table setting that you have always dreamed of, you simply get to add your own personal touch at the same time. I love the black and white pattern in the image above that has been replicated onto the cake, the wedding table decorations and thank you gift box on each place setting. Go wild with your wedding flowers and include shades of mustard yellow in your bouquets. Spend some time visiting boutique shops in your area to gather ideas and ways to bring your chosen colour into your wedding. From your wedding invitation ideas to your table decorations and place cards stay true to your colour decisions and you will have a perfectly themed wedding day. Here are a couple of design ideas to help you on your way: Design Reference Number: QRD12751-Mustard-Black-White

Design Reference Number: QRD-WED-WORDS-026-Mustard

Happy Planning!