Now that the Superbowl is behind us, it is time to start really planning your Valentine’s Day dinner. You got to sit around and watch television and snack on all your favorites, so turn the table on your special someone and plan a romantic night to thank them. Valentine’s Day is a great way to simply express to those you love how much you appreciate and love them. Wondering how to plan a memorable Valentines Day? It doesn’t have to be a complicated affair! A simple romantic evening can consist of candles, flowers or a thoughtfully planed meal. Serve up your favorite meal and enjoy Valentine’s Day with your special someone. Take these other creative Valentines Day decoration ideas to serve up a romantic party for two.
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We’ve showed you how to start planning the perfect Valentine’s Day date, but these sweet ideas for dinner will assure you have a memorable evening with your loved one. Use red charger plates and a pink tablecloth to create a beautiful red table setting. Pair with cute red paper drinking straws and white table napkins and you have set the tone for the perfect dinner date. You don’t have to spend a lot of money or an extravagant outing, a card and dinner is a sweet simple way to show your love. For more Valentine’s Day ideas, check out our Pinterest page!
This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday! This is Super Bowl XLVI and the New York Giants are playing against the New England Patriots. The game airs on Sunday, February 5th at 6:30 on NBC. Football is a time-honored American pastime that involves throwing touchdowns, double downs and field goals. Every Super Bowl has a memorable Super Bowl Half-Time show that features a few celebrities and top musicians. Football has a lot of terminology and football game rules that can be difficult to comprehend. One thing we know for sure is that planning a football party can be super easy compared to learning the rules of football!
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The New England Patriots team colors are Nautical Blue, New Century Silver, Red, and White. The New York Giants team colors are Blue, Red, White and Gray. Decorating with either color is as simple as hanging paper color garland, blowing up a few big balloons and putting out a few bowls of chips. Set out some glasses, drinks and you have an instant party! The Super Bowl 2012 can be an epic party with a few easy decorating tips: coordinate your colors, serve finger food and plan some halftime conversation. For more Super Bowl decorating ideas check out our Pinterest page!
Wedding place card holders are essential if you plan on having special seating at your wedding reception. Assuring a spot for each guest means that people won’t have to sit with strangers and you can be confident they have something in common with their neighbor. There are many different ways to create a wedding seating chart. Start with family and then add friends. You can mingle friends with people who have similar interests. Create an escort table that has each person’s name with their table number. Attach them to something that matches your theme. Wedding place card holders can be put at a main table or at each place setting.
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These cute place card holders are some of our favorite ideas for unique place settings. Miniature place card vases are some of our most popular reception accents. You can fill them with individual flowers for party favors that guests can take home. They serve as a double duty party favor, which helps you save money! There are more ideas for how to create your own table settings and escort cards on our “What’s Your Number” Pinterest board!
February is almost here and what better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with a wedding? Romantic Valentine’s Day weddings are all the rage this time of year. Decorate with pale pinks and lace doilies for a vintage shabby but chic theme. Hand stitched hankies and heart shaped cookies are so cute for a dreamy dessert display. Celebrate love the old fashioned way with a soda pop stand with red heart drinking straws. There are so many cute ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved one. Not planning a wedding yet? You can still incorporate sweet red and pink details into a stunning cupcake stand or surprise proposal. Set the mood to whisper sweet nothings in their ear while nibbling on tasty treats over a romantic candlelit dinner for two.
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The cutest thing about these drinking straws is that you can mix and match them with almost any type of drink. If you want to create a sweet Valentine’s Day dessert table with chocolate chip cookies and milk, these straws make the perfect accent. Or if you prefer something cold and sweet, try a red koolaid with these striped drinking straws. A dessert table is the perfect way to show that special someone how sweet they really are. Plan ahead for the perfect Valentine’s Day 2012 surprise!
The wedding emergency kit is the life-saving, tears-averting kit that many vendors bring with them on-site during a wedding to help battle any type of emergency, from torn veils and stained dresses, to bee stings and hysterical ring bearers.
Have you ever wondered about how to prepare your wedding emergency kit? Worried that you are missing out on crucial items that could make or break your big day? Are you a wedding planner seeking to ensure that you’ve covered every essential item on the list? Koyal Wholesale has surveyed the top wedding vendors to prepare the following list of must-have items for any wedding emergency kit. Consisting of over 150 items, this ultimate wedding emergency kit has been carefully crafted, drawing on decades of wedding experience. Now, you too can prepare your kit like the pros do. Pack these items, sit back, and enjoy the big day.
 { Just some of the 150 items in the Ultimate Wedding Emergency Kit }
The Ultimate Wedding Emergency Kit by Koyal Wholesale
Pack these items and be prepared for any wedding emergency
- $20 cash
- AA Batteries/AAA Batteries/9V Batteries
- Ace bandage
- Allergy pills
- Aspirin (Not everyone can take Tylenol/Advil)
- Baby powder (Good for lipstick stains)
- Baby wipes
- Backup Silk Bouquet
- Band-aids
- Batteries in all sizes
- Benedryl (allergies and allergic reactions make this quite handy)
- Bible
- Black bow tie
- Black chalk
- Black Gorilla tape
- Blank envelopes (big and small)
- Bobby pins & pony tail holders
- Bottle of White-Out (used for emergency coverage of scuffed white shoes)
- Boutonniere pins
- Breath mints
- Bug repellant
- Buttoneer (look it up – fastest way to replace a button on a shirt)
- Cell phone charger (iPhone charger)
- Clear earring backs
- Clear nail polish
- Clear tape
- Clothespins
- Copies of universally likable readings (for officiant or minister)
- Copies of vows
- Cord covers
- Cork screw
- Corsage pins
- Cotton Balls/swabs
- Crayons, coloring books for kids who get bored
- Curling Iron Deodorant (men’s and women’s)
- Diaper pins (sturdy enough for fixing broken bustles)
- Digital camera
- Disposable Camera
- Double stick tape
- Elastic wrist bands
- Emergency buttons
- Emery boards
- Energy bars
- Excedrine
- Extra brush and combs
- Extra extension cords
- Extra flower baskets
- Extra timelines & wedding schedule
- Extra votive candles (for power outages)
- Eye drops
- Face wipes
- Fake Rings (they do get used!)
- Feminine Hygiene products
- First Aid Kit
- Fishing wire (monofilament)
- Flat back gaffers tape
- Flat shoes (if it’s a long day)
- Floral tape
- Floral wire
- Floss
- Foam double stick tape
- Garbage bags
- Garter(s)
- Glue dots
- Goo Gone
- Guest book pen set
- Hair pins
- Hairdryer
- Hairspray
- Hand Mirror
- Handfasting cords
- Hankerchiefs
- Hot Glue Gun with a few glue sticks
- Japanese Washi decorative tape (for making pretty fixes)
- Jewelry pliers and a few spare supplies
- Lighters (preferably those with the extended ends for lighting candles)
- Lint brush
- Lip gloss
- List of emergency telephone numbers (of vendors, family, etc.)
- Lotion
- Lots of singles for tips
- Makeup remover
- Makeup sponges for deodorant white marks
- Markers (Sharpies)
- Mens black socks
- Midol (for cramps)
- Mini flashlight
- Mints
- Mouthwash
- Oxy stain remover (works really great)
- Panty hose for bride and flower girls
- Paper pads or notebooks
- Paper towels
- Pepto Bismol
- Perfume
- Picture frames (one or two, to make pretty signs for the buffet or dessert station)
- Piece of sandpaper for roughing up shoe soles so bride or groom won’t slip
- Portable PA system
- Poster size paper (to make last minute signs)
- Powder & lipstick
- Pretty printed “RESERVED” signs
- Razors and shaving cream
- Regular duct tape
- Ribbon Ring box
- Ring pillow
- Safety Pins (tons of them)
- Satin-padded white hangers (for when the photographer wants to take pictures of the wedding gown)
- Scissors
- Scotch tape (so the attendant can attach any cards that get separated from their gifts)
- Serving set
- Sewing kit (Needles + Various colors of thread)
- Shoe polish
- Silk rose petals
- Skittles or other candy (for a crying ring bearer or flower girl!)
- Small door stops
- Small lightweight extension cord (tri tap)
- Snacks
- Spare pen (black ink)
- Spare wedding music CDs & prelude CD
- Spot remover
- Static guard spray
- Step stool
- Straws (for the bride so she doesn’t ruin her lipstick)
- Sunglasses
- Super Glue
- Swiss Army knife
- T-pins
- Tablecloth clips (keep a half dozen or so in your bag)
- Tissues
- Toasting flutes
- Tons of bottled water
- Toothbrush (small disposable ones)
- Toothpaste (for bee stings)
- Traffic cones (for vendors or family who need to park close to the venue)
- Tums
- Tweezers
- Tylenol / Advil
- Umbrella
- Unity candle set with basic colors of sand
- Velcro – self stick and ties
- Vocal ease (for laryngitis)
- Waterproof mascara
- Waterproof tape
- White and black nail polish
- White chalk (good for lifting a lipstick stain)
- White duct tape
- White ribbon
- White spandex chair covers (at least 2)
- Windex (clean up sticky fingerprints, wipe down mirrors, pictures frames and other glass; also good for loosening stuck rings)
- Wire cutters
- Wrinkle Remover
The 2012 New Year is here and what a great way to celebrate by inviting your friends and family to a party! Ring in the New Year in style with plenty of gold and silver decorations. Gold and silver décor is popular for a shiny New Year but try accents such as blue or green for a festive pop of color! Bulk tableware is a great way to save money and celebrate without breaking the bank. There are a lot of ways to decorate for cheap on a small budget. Buying in bulk helps to keep costs low and you won’t spend all night doing dishes instead of celebrating! Whether you’re planning a last minute party for New Years or planning ahead to watch the ball drop, send out a simple E-card to notify all your friends about the shin-dig! Throw out a few easy party appetizers and a little sparkly décor, like these New Year’s Eve Cupcake Wrappers, and your party is all set! Plus, cupcakes make great take home party favors that won’t leave a hole in your pocket.
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The year 2012 brings a lot of new possibilities and resolutions. We can’t imagine a year better than the last but here’s to 2012 being full of new friends, new opportunities and plenty of fun parties to celebrate all of that it has in store! If you love the idea of having a beautiful gold and silver New Year’s Eve wedding, be sure to check out our “Weddings in Silver & Gold” Pinterest board! Happy New Year!
On Fridays we typically post marriage proposals and other fun wedding videos. This week we thought we’d mixed it up a little bit. There are many ways to plan a sweet proposal. Marriage is not a sentence but a fun adventure, so why not make your marriage proposal just as fun? You can personalize any of these top 10 ways to propose marriage ideas with your own personal touch.
- Treasure Hunt: Send your girlfriend on a treasure hunt. Start with a clue at home, then send her on a tour of your favorite spots all over town. When she gets to the last hint, the prize should be you on one knee. Make the last spot a specific meaningful place.
- Proposal Picnic: Have a friend or family member set up a picnic — complete with wine and cheese or chocolate covered strawberries — for you in a park. Take your girlfriend for a hike on a route where you’ll stumble upon this surprise “Proposal Picnic.” Then you can incorporate the picnic theme into your wedding with picnic basket party favors.
- Furry Find: Have you been talking about commitment? Does she really want a little furry friend? Buy a pet that she has always wanted (bunny, kitten, puppy) and loosely tie the ring around its neck. Not there yet? Substitute a stuffed animal — still cute, but less maintenance! Be warned, this proposal is only successful if you’ve talked about a pet and have decided to keep one.
- Make A Scene: Make a list of 10 reasons you’d like to marry your beloved. Have them delivered with a singing telegram to embarrass her throughout the day, with the last card arriving by personal messenger (you!). This works as a very public romantic gesture but chances are by two or three she’ll either be annoyed or know what’s coming- so make sure this matches her personality!
- School Her: If your girlfriend is a teacher, ask a coworker to plan a special surprise proposal with the classroom of kids. They can present a special birthday card or Friday surprise for your special girl. When she’s standing in the middle of the room watching the kids you can walk in behind her. Use mini chalkboards for each kid to spell out the letters to the question “Will You Marry Me?” What a cute classroom proposal this would be!
- Get Wordy: Create your own crossword puzzle and be prepared to help her work it out over breakfast. This is a sweet way to propose at home without a lot of people or drama. Or you can contact your local newspaper and hire them to print the crossword for you. Crossword proposals are really thoughtful.
- State Fair: Arrange a surprise proposal with a street caricaturist at your local fair. Have him sketch a picture of you two with you on your knee. Yours will read, “Will you Marry Me?”, and hers will say, “Yes!”
- Special Request: Go out for a night of dancing, and ask the DJ or band leader to pass you the mic so that you can dedicate a song and propose on the dance floor.
If none of these make you excited you have two more options, you can hire a local theater production to help you choreograph a flash mob proposal. Or you can skip the brainstorming and headaches and let a professional proposal service do it for you. The Yes Girls is one company that specializes in proposals and wedding planning.
Celebrating a new baby is a big milestone for a new mom and dad. Planning the announcement and introducing the baby can be daunting and stressful for new parents. Traditionally close friends or family members would put together a special baby shower to celebrate the new bundle of joy. New traditions are starting to occur where parents announce their own future family member and invite guests to share in their happiness with them. Baby showers have become a unisex party for both men and women to enjoy.
Here are the new trendiest top 10 popular baby shower decorating ideas for your future bundle of joy!
- Gender Reveal Cupcakes: These cupcakes are a great way to surprise your guests with the sex of the baby. The sex of the baby is revealed with pink or blue frosting filling inside the cupcake. Use a neutral cupcake wrapper like green and yellow to confuse guessers.
- Baby Theme Food: Invite guests to drink from large baby jars or milk cartons for a fun “be a kid again” feel! Pop bright colored retro paper drinking straws for a grown up way to avoid spills! Mini treats and mini cupcakes are the perfect excuse to serve finger food instead of an entrée.
- Diaper Cakes: This trend has been on the rise for some time now. The honored couple is supplied with diapers rolled up in the form of a cake. You can wrap cake with coordinated ribbon to make the cake match the rest of the baby shower décor. Decorate a cupcake stand with similar theme cupcakes for a matching presentation!
- Book Theme Baby: This theme is great for the avid reader parents. Guests are invited to bring a copy of their favorite childhood book they read themselves or read to their kids. Ask them to write an inscription on the inside cover for your child.
- Sprinkle Party: This term is used for moms who are having their second or third child. Since the assumption is they already have everything they need from the first baby shower, a simple sprinkle is the perfect party for giving diapers and other goods that a second time mom might need for a new gender different than the first baby.
- Jack and Jill Reveal: This is a super simple idea that won’t take a lot of time or energy. When inviting all your guests make a note to inform them to wear a blue or pink shirt to symbolize their guess for whether the baby is a girl or boy. Guests can receive baby party favors in blue or pink to reward them for their correct guess!
- After The Arrival: Some parents prefer to have the party after their big arrival comes so they can host a “see and sip” party where guests are invited to an open house style baby shower to see the baby and sip on drinks.
- Bring A Letter: This party theme really works well if you have a lot of guests attending. Assign each guest a number or letter to bring. They decorate a large wooden number or letter any way they’d like and they’re hung in the baby’s room for future learning tools!
- Onesie Decorating: This time honored tradition of decorating onesies for the new baby is a great way to incorporate different styles into your baby’s wardrobe. Buy bulk baby onesies for each guest to decorate and craft supplies from your local craft store. Onesie parties are all the rage!
- Guessing Game: This is another familiar tradition that is still in existence. Guests are asked to bet on what the baby will weigh. An alternative to baby weight (such a sensitive subject) is to have guests guess the baby’s eye color- though this only works if the parents have different eye colors. Create a little baby face drawing pad and each guest can take a crayon and color the hair and eyes the color that they think they will be.
Hosting your first Thanksgiving together is kind of a big deal right? You have to carefully include all the usual suspects and the family regulars. All the in laws have to be included, especially if you hope to receive props for your delicious cooking. The pressure to decorate and bake can be a lot to handle for a newlywed couple. That is why we have put together a list of how to survive hosting your first holiday together! We were influenced by a terrific article we found on Huffington Post and wanted to add a few additional pointers.
 Gourds are a great conversation piece. These candy corn gourds from familycircle.com can be filled with votive candles or festive candy.
- Guest List: Make sure you invite everyone. Even if you’re unsure whether your in-laws can handle your outspoken opinionated family, you’ll have bigger problems if you forget to invite a crucial guest who has been invited to every holiday event for the past twenty years. Be aware your guest list might grow and duplicate but a slight can really hurt your chances of hosting in the future.
- Incorporate Your Personal Traditions: Now is your chance to show the in-laws what you bring to the table. Family traditions from your family will blend into your new family so incorporating both into the big day will help show both mothers that you’re including them.
- Decorate With Conversation Pieces: Incorporating candles into your festive centerpieces is only the tip of the iceberg. Use glass vases filled with artificial leaves to represent fall, then decorate with cinnamon pinecones in the entryway to lure guests in. Transform an pillar candle by wrapping twigs and other found nature objects around the outside with a rubber band. Then cover the rubber band with ribbon or rhinestone ribbon wrap.
- Potluck Style Is Okay Too: Letting the in laws help with a small side dish or an appetizer is a great way to make them feel welcome. Plus, ask them to bring a recipe card or special family dish that has meaning. This way you have a conversation starter for when things get a little quiet. Ask them to share a special story about past Thanksgivings or holidays.
- Plan an Activity: A wishing tree is a great way to show your friends and family that you’re thankful and appreciative for their support and love. Decorate a manzanita tree centerpiece with silver glitter or crystal garland. Then hang things you’re thankful for on wishing tags. Guests can opt to add their own before the meal. This is a great activity to show the children that giving thanks is an important part of getting together for the holidays.
Here’s a great idea by Kate Crowle that she shared with us on Pinterest!
Happy holidays and everyone at Koyal Wholesale is wishing you a happy Thanksgiving!
A wedding has a lot of small intricate details that a planner has to think about. Each DIY bride or event planner has to run through list after list of wedding supplies they have to order and customize for each individual event. We like to think that we make that list a little easier by offering a large supply of wedding products in one place. Our always expanding inventory of creative goods just became a little larger with the addition of our DIY wedding supplies! Craft supplies aren’t always easy to find in specific colors and patterns. Our new eco-friendly Baker’s Twine is just one example of our hot new products! These colorful rolls of twine are perfect for creating DIY wedding favors and practically anything that has to be tied with a ribbon can be tied with twine instead.
 Baker’s Twine ideas and inspiration courtesy of iloveswmag.com
Any favor boxes or treat bags can be tied with baker’s twine for a retro look that is colorful and practical. Plus, invitations and paper goods can be wrapped carefully with colorful twine to avoid papers falling out of invitations and getting lost. Coordinate twine colors with your wedding theme to for a simple way to match your invitations with your reception decor. Use baker’s twine to hang table seating arrangements or tie table numbers to your centerpieces for a funky retro accent. And how awesome is this twine when combined with Japanese Washi Tape? What a great DIY wedding trick for brides creating their own invitations and reception decor.
 Baker’s Twine inspiration courtesy of 100 Layer Cake.
Baker’s Twine and Japanese Washi Tape Ideas courtesy of youstirme.com
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