I fell in love with the picture above from an album on theKnot. The pearl strands did me in too and it’s now part of our wedding theme…well we don’t really have a theme so let’s call it imagery–part of the wedding imagery. It’s snowballed from an accessory on tables and centerpieces, to being incorporated in the invitations, to now (light bulb moment!) the wedding favors. And yes, I can use snow analogies now that the dreaded stuff has melted away.

One of my bridesmaids found this guestbook I wanted to tailor the invitations after:

Bruce and I have been thinking long and hard about wedding favors too. We went from fortune cookies, to lucky bamboo, to now finally hopefully a more concrete idea. I thought of this from something I saw at Walgreens a few years back. They were selling these boxes of oysters they had with a real pearl inside. With a quick online searching, I came across similar products:

Wish Pearl can

Love Pearl can

The actual oyster inside

Colors of the pearls you will find

On the label of the wish pearl can is this cheesy but cute poem:

“Wish pearl from the blue, Pick me up for a wish come true, Your wish on this pearl now, You will get your wish somehow.”

Each pearl is supposed to mean something:

White pearl for Wisdom
Cream pearl for Success
Peach for Health
Purple for Wealth
Black for Love

You’re supposed to make a wish before you open the oyster…did you get the color you wanted? lol I didn’t come up with that myself, it’s their advertising.