Archive for July, 2008

Baby Shower Favors: Personalized “Baby Time” Jar

posted on Monday, July 28th, 2008 under Baby Showers |

When your looking for a unique baby shower favor or shower gift for your girlfriends, Original Favors has a ton to choose from. To see our entire selection of Baby Shower favors click here

Today we have a great new item that we’d like to showcase…it’s the perfect shower favor AND it’s quite an inexpensive favor for all it’s good qualities. It’s our Vintage “Baby Time” Jar w/ Themed Personalized Label. Not only is this favor versatile, it has over 30 different color combinations for your personalized labels. Simply pick the color scheme to compliment your party decorations and your good to go. If that isn’t enough, you also get your choice of clip art icon for the label AND 2 lines of personalization…FREE. Clip art images include, baby onsies, Shower Umbrellas, Storks, baby faces, ducks and baby carriages.

This favor is great because you can fill it up your favorite goodies…its made of real glass so it’s sturdy AND looks very high class, as opposed to cheap favors seen on other sites. PLUS, after the baby shower guests can use them for so many different things long after your event has passed – storing candy, nuts, chocolate, spices, loose tea, etc.

be sure to check out our Vintage “Baby Time” Jar w/ Themed Personalized Label party favor now!
and wow your guests with a baby shower favor hat is unique AND adorable.
Baby Shower Favors

Price reduction – bookmarks

posted on Monday, July 25th, 2008 under General Info |

Hello everyone. Great news we just reduced the prices on 6 of our bookmark items. These are our personalized and color customized bookmarks. We have a fall themed bookmark, a Beach themed bookmark, a heart themed, an Asian themed, A baby shower themed, and a winter themed bookmark favor.
Each of these favors are offered with your choice of personalized or unpersonalized labels. You can also pick from over 28 colors. These make great gifts because they are totally useable! order today and remember… personalization can take up to 3-5 days…

Fall Favors are here…Get them before they sell out.

posted on Monday, July 24th, 2008 under Fall Favors & Parties, General Info |

I know it’s still summer and no one wants to think about the warm weather fading away into fall….however, Fall parties and weddings are extremely popular nowadays and the favors we get in every year sell out so fast it makes our heads spin =)

Thats why this year we are telling all of our customers ahead of time to plan early. Get your favor orders in now so that you are sure to have them in time for your event. Once they sell out it could be 6 months before we get another shipment in!

New this year is a cute leaf frame that can be used as a name card holder, picture holder or thank you note holder. A great bronze leaf theme bottle stopper in gift box, falling leaf keychain, Autumn theme Votive candles, fall leaf soaps and a falling leaves bookmark (not shown below) in a cute cover that can not only be personalized but color coordinated to your event as well.
Fall frameAutmun Bottle StopperFall SoapsFall favorsAutumn Favors
We also have 15 other fall theme favors to choose from! Be sure to check out our glass jarsand mint tins as well because there are fall theme labels available for these items.

New Favors coming….Personalized gum boxes.

posted on Monday, July 24th, 2008 under Cool New Items |

This week we will unveil our newest line of personalized favors. Persoanlized gum boxes. They come in a ton of designs. We have graphics for all life events and party themes as well as a line of baby themed gum boxes. Labels will be offered in a wide variety of colors as well. Perfect for any event….kepp watch.

Choosing a Cake Baker

posted on Monday, July 22nd, 2008 under Food & Cakes |

If your reception hall does not provide you with a cake, and your local grocery baker just won’t do, how can a bride go about finding a great baker when there are so many to choose from?

First and foremost, pick a baker that has a Board of Health approved, sanitary storefront. Pick a baker that has experience and a baker who has established a respectable client list. Ask for references and check up on the results- see how real brides like yourself felt with their finished cakes. Interview a few bakers personally and taste the product.

When do you book?
Definately 6 months ahead. Better to be safe then sorry, you’d hate to loose out on the perfect cake because of bad planning! Make sure you have important details like date of event, location (indoor vs. outdoor) number of people attending, food allergies etc.

Designing a cake…
You can generally choose from a standard catalog of cake designs but an excellent baker can come up with a unique on of a kind cake just for you! Take into account location when designing. Utilize seashells for beach weddings, and colors that compliment nature. If your reception hall is elegant and classy, pick a cake that compliments that decor. The possibilities are endless.

Budget…
The cake is a must have. It’s a wedding staple. It’s prominently displayed and a part of the wedding festivities. If your budget is low, consider loosing the 3 tired look for a smaller, high quality cake with less details in the design. Another alternative, do it yourself…A friend of mine recently got married and his mother baked a 3 tier cake herself. It looked beautiful and tasted great and no one thought anything of it being homemade. Trust us, your guests will be happy if it tastes delicious and won’t care where you got it.

Location:
If theres one thing I learned about the cake…make sure it stands up in the heat. I had a summer wedding in florida and by the time the reception rolled around it was tilting to the left and struggling not to melt! Take that into consideration…no one want to pay $600 for a cake that lands on the floor before anyone can enjoy it =)

Happy shopping!

Gas prices are effecting Shipping rates

posted on Monday, July 18th, 2008 under General Info |

Good morning. We’ve been noticing an increase in our UPS/Fed Ex costs for a while now. As the price of gas increases so does our shipping costs…Unfortunatly we’ve held off as long as we can and it appears that we’ll need to increase our rates on shipping slightly.

We hate to do this but it’s been such a significant increase that we cant keep the rates how they are now. The change will take effect Friday, July 17 at approximately 6pm, after the close of business.

We hope you understand.
Original Favors

Just in New Lip Gloss Favor Labels

posted on Monday, July 15th, 2008 under Cool New Items |

You asked for it so you got it…

Baby Lip Balm

Our Line of “Pucker up Lip balm favors have been a big hit…There was only one problem. NO BABY SHOWER LABELS. Well they are in and they are available now.

Offered with free personalization. and your choice of 17 designs and 4 color options, along with the text of your choosing! You can create a favor that is uniquely yours.

Some of the new label designs include “mom” a great label that is customized to match the mom to be! pick your hair color and skin tone and create a super personal favor.

Also available are storks, Prince Frog, Teddy Bear, Lamb, Pea Pod, Blossom, Onsie on a clothes line, sailboat, Buttercup flower, Butterfly, dress & baby.

Scented with a hint of vanilla, and handy enough to throw in your handbag, this favor is PERFECT for you girlfriends and relatives. Labels also available for other life events as well!

Baby Shower Lip Balm

check out more label choices here: Life Event Themed Lip Balm

Wedding and Party Vendors add your info here

posted on Monday, July 13th, 2008 under Wedding Vendors |

We would love to help our Brides plan a great unique wedding. We’d also love to help everyone plan an super party. But we need your help…. Add your articles, website address and contact info to our blog. Be sure to add a little description to let our customers know what your all about!

Be one of our MySpace page friends

posted on Monday, July 13th, 2008 under General Info |

Hi everyone. Our MySpace page is brand new! Visit to see a slideshow of all of our products and to see whats new. If anyone wants to be added to our friends list in MySpace heres our page…this will get you put on our mailing list for new items, news and more! We even have a few contests per year where you could win discount coupons, prizes etc.! Join us!
OriginalFavors.com Myspace page

Party Blog is up and running…again =)

posted on Monday, July 13th, 2008 under General Info |

Welcome to Original Favors. We’ve finally got our blog up and running… Again…

Although we’ve lost all of our previous posts and articles we hope to quickly get our customers and our viewers involved in making this thing what it once was. We invite your questions, your comments or your ideas. We have a close knit network of wedding and party professional so we are here to help you with anything, from planning, to ideas about decorations or just general etiquette questions!

Blog away!