Today, many brides and grooms are creating and inventing new ideas with wedding favors. One idea that is being implementing by couples all over the world is Wedding CD/DVD because they are inexpensive and it is a great keepsake for your guests.
Some brides and grooms have recording professionals, DJ, or photographer that charges a fee to design a slide show of their wedding pictures or video on a CD/DVD. If your budget does not allow to pay for a professional service, this can easily can be created in PowerPoint or any movie making software for those who are do it yourselfers.
Avery is a great place to get your free templates for labels, or if you own a Light Scribe CD/DVD burner this is a great option as well. Avery labels usually cost under $10.00 and you can purchase those online or if you want use Light Scribe, this would be the best option and cost-effective. Light Scribe is a technology that uses a special disc drive, media, and label-making software to burn labels directly onto CDs and DVDs and you can find that item on Tiger Direct, usually under $50.00. Finally, you need a beautifully designed CD/DVD jackets to protect your CD in style, which we offer those items on WicksnCandlesticks.
Once you have the above-mentioned items, next the decision to make would be the items you want to include on your video or images on your wedding CD. Here is a list of ideas that could be used on your wedding CD/DVD: wedding preparation (such as the wedding dress, hair, make-up) wedding ceremony, exchange of vows, unity candle lighting, wedding invitations, wedding location (church), and reception hall. Along with your sideshow, you could include well wishes video from the reception and get comments from your guest and if you had a wishing tree, the couple read aloud the wedding wishes from the wishing tree.
On the jewel case insert design, you could have printed paper or labels of the couples favorite songs, listed music (first dance, father-daughter dance, mother son-dance,last dance, and cake cutting) poems, photos, scripture, wedding colors, wedding flowers, and more and include a wedding picture at the top of the inside cover. Another idea would also to write a thank you note for your guest who attended and shared in your wedding celebration.
Remember, there is no limit on your creativity when designing your personalized CD/DVD keepsake because this personalized gift will be remembered for years and years to come.
