Red Wedding Guide

Red is a passionate and strong color. It is very visible, brings text and images to the foreground and is a also commonly associated with energy. It is also said to represent sensitivity, passion, sexuality, joy and love. In Chinese culture red is the color of prosperity, good luck and happiness. It is a very emotionally intense color and a great one to use at your wedding for all it represents. Which is why having red wedding favors sitting on the tables for your guests will bring a huge reaction!

Red is also a great color to use if your wedding is going to be close to Christmas Day, Valentine's Day, or if your wedding is going to have an Asian theme. If you plan on using red at your wedding you also have to remember that it can physically cause and increase in breathing and pulse rate. Red is also an appetite stimulant, so consider ordering a little extra food.

Using red in your wedding favors is a great idea. It brings a nice hint of your theme color to each table. Remember not to overdo it either though.

There are many red wedding favors you could consider using. Since red is an appetite stimulant you can put something edible, such as red Jordan almonds in each favor, or wrapped in netting as a favor at each place setting. If you wedding day is near Valentine's Day there almost no end to the supply of red candy, red jellybeans, red foil wrapped hearts and red M & M's. These are especially inexpensive near the holiday so you will even save some money.

If your wedding is going to be during the Christmas season, there is always a variety of seasonal ornaments and favors you can buy inexpensively that will coordinate with your "color". If you're going with an Asian theme it's also a good idea to add in the colors gold and black which are traditional at Asian weddings. Ladybugs and red flowers are cute to use as red accents for a spring or summer wedding.

There are numerous wedding favor sites on the internet for you to browse to find your red wedding favors. Some rather unique and inexpensive ideas are things like foil wrapped chocolate ladybugs and ladybug magnets for a spring or summer wedding. There are place card holders that double as Christmas ornaments that have snowflakes printed in white on the red ornament. These are about $2.25 each. Foil wrapped hearts are available in red, gold and silver for about 20.00 a pound. If you cannot decide on something like this, you could opt for one of the many tins and basket type favors available and fill them with things like Red Jordan Almonds ($8/lb) or red cinnamon hearts ($5.50/lb).

A newer trend that many people are practicing at their weddings is to put disposable cameras on each table to the guests can take pictures, show the wedding from their perspective to the bride and groom. There are even red rose disposable cameras available for about $3.50 each.

You really can't go wrong using red as a color in your wedding or as the color for your wedding favors it's been the color of love since the beginning of time.