Modern favors are not only about being beautiful, but functonal as well.  Gone are the days of leaving a wedding with a knick-knack favor that eventually gets tossed in the trash.  A smart bride knows that her guests will love a gift that they will be able to use in their own home.  So what’s hot in the world of practical favors?  Here are a few suggestions:
Photo Albums and Frames
Glass Coasters
Kitchen Items: Ice cream scoop, pizza cutter, coffee scoop, measuring spoons or cups, wire whisk
Bookmarks
Key Chains
Luggage Tags
Wine Sets of bottle opener and stopper
Candles

A modern bride knows that everytime her favor is used, her guests can not help but thing of her special day!

  
Play on Words

You’re in LOVE and you want everyone to know it! These practical favors came with a cute message about the newlywed couple.
The Perfect “Pair” - Pear shaped salt and pepper shakers
Two Peas in a Pod - Pea pod candles, key chains, ect.
A “Grate” Love - Mini cheese grater
Love Beyond Measure - Measuring spoons and cups
A Perfect Blend - Coffee favors
Bet On Love - Vegas or poker theme favors
Cut Out for Love - Heart shaped cookie cutters
Love Rules - Ruler favor

The pefect favor is a beautiful keepsake from your wedding and a thoughtful “thank you” for your guests.  A little extra thought will help you to choose the right thing for the special day.  Be creative and have fun!

Hope you found this helpful You can find more tips in my guide to favors for theme weddings.

There are basically 5 different types of ice cream makers.  They are: the traditional hand crank, the electric, the combination hand crank and electric, the nostalgic, and the automatic ice cream makers.  Which kind you get will depend on several factors. 

First, you need to know how important sentiment is to you.  If an old-fashioned ice cream maker is what you want, you will probably want a hand crank ice cream bucket.  These come in different sizes from 4 quarts to 6 quarts.  You can churn the ice cream just as your grandfather did using this type of set-up. 

There are electric ice cream makers for sale that look and work just like the hand crank models in every way but one.  They turn by an electric motor instead of by hand.  You may feel that you do not have the strength or the perseverance to crank ice cream by hand until it is ready.  An electric maker can do most of the work for you.  All you will have to do is to check to make sure the ice keeps moving and add rock salt when necessary. 

You might want the capability of using a hand crank at times, even though you generally prefer the electric motorized one.  For you, there are ice cream makers that will do both.  These are generally marketed as electric machines with a hand crank added into the package. 

Another type of nostalgic ice cream maker is a carnival style machine.  These are nostalgic in looks only.  They may look like old fashioned ice cream makers, but they are really modern electric appliances.  If you are more concerned with looks and convenience than authenticity, these might be for you. 

A more modern type of ice cream machines are the automatic ones.  These look nothing like the more traditional bucket-style ice cream makers.  They look more like an average small kitchen appliance, such as a food processor or blender.  They sit on the countertop and make frozen treats in about 30 minutes. 

Ice cream is just a part of summer for most people.  Many will eat ice cream year round, especially if they have the means to make it easily.  With all the different types of ice cream makers, you are sure to find one that fits with your lifestyle.

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Here is a quick selection of details from other Hermes scarf designs that have been faked….

Amours 1998 by Annie Faivre…. genuine title engraved on the bell…. fake lacks detail and pretty easy to spot!……….. DETAIL

Bouteilles a la Mer by Pierre Peron, 1960 and re-issued 2005…the fake is lacking a lot of colour…look at the floats…  COLOUR

Christophe Columb decouvre l’Amerique 1992 by Carl de Parcevaux…. not too hard to see what is missing here………DETAIL and COLOUR

Le Jeu des Petit Bonheurs 2004 by Sophie de Seynes….  the fake misses out the title in the centre………………… DETAIL

Tibet II by Cathy Latham, issued 2002…. the fake is quite accurate at first sight but look at the title……………..DETAIL

I hope that you will have noticed that I have been trying to brainwash you into recognising that the COLOUR and DETAIL are the best ways to identify FAKE from GENUINE Hermes silk scarves.  There are a large number of designs that have been faked.  Assume that the scarf is fake until the Seller convinces you that their item is genuine. Look at the details and compare with known genuine scarves. Google key words “Hermes silk scarf” and that will take you to many good websites with photographs.  Look at the Seller to see if they have sold a number of the designs on the fake list, or if they have sold a thousand items and this is their first Hermes. Either Seller should be treated with great caution.