Wedding favors for a good cause [PICTURES]

[meli]

Hi everyone! I wanted to share this with you since I got the idea from this website. I posted this in the DR forum but thought I would re-post here in case anyone is looking for wedding favor inspiration! I think this idea could be easily adapted to benefit any number of good causes.

 

Cheers,

Meli

 

After the devastating earthquake there were a couple of threads here about how you could use your wedding to help Haiti. Those discussions made me realize that I really wanted to do something to acknowledge and ideally help the people of Haiti especially considering that my wedding is on the same island as theirs and that I have friends from Haiti.

 

I decided to order small personalized crafts from Haiti to use as wedding favors. This would give my guests something small they could take home and remember the wedding by; while, at the same time supporting the Haitian economy and contributing towards the livelihoods of local artists.

 

I spoke to a friend of mine in Haiti who sent me some ideas. Here are just a few of them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I settled on these painted paper weights. Our initials and wedding date will be written on the back like this.

 

 

 

I've placed my order and should be getting them the second week of May. I'm so excited!

[Roxyjude]

What a FANTASTIC idea!!!!

[jennifer769405]

What a wonderful idea!! I love it

[tigger]

Great idea!

[jodieP]

It's a great idea!

 

Well done!

 

Jodie.xx

[Leez309]

Great idea! Where would I go to order these?

[A2Bride]

What an amazing idea. I love them!

[meli]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leez309 Great idea! Where would I go to order these?

Hi Leez,

I arranged everything through a family friend based in Haiti but I know that she ordered the crafts from a store called "Kay Atizan" which is owned by a woman named Simone Ambroise who deals directly with local artisans.

I found this website for them: Kay Atizan It's in French but there are pictures and I know that Simone speaks English.

I will get her contact information from my friend and post it as soon as I have it.

Cheers,
Meli

[wendyjd]

What a great idea.

[meli]

Got the contact info. Sorry it took me a while.

 

If you are interested in any of these or other crafts you can contact the owner of Kaz Atizan, Simone Audant-Ambroise at [email protected] or +50934566989.