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As all brides-to-be know, planning the perfect wedding can cause a lot of stress. However, all that stress is worth it when you see your guests having a wonderful time at the reception. One of the ways you can help make them have that great time is by giving bottle opener wedding favors. Although many people consider wedding favors sort of an afterthought when it comes to wedding planning, it does not have to be that way at your wedding. One of the popular things that many brides are doing today is giving out practical and useful keepsakes.

There seems to be a shift in brides' attitudes when it comes to wedding planning these days. Although it still is important for them to get what they want, which is obvious because it is their day, there also seems to be a need to do what will please the guests. By giving a favor such as a bottle opener, you are showing your guests that you care about them as well. You easily could get a satchel of potpourri, but instead you went with something that actually is useful. Although it is something small, it still is a huge gesture.

Another great thing about giving bottle opener wedding favors is that you have such variety. If the majority of your guests are wine drinkers, then you can go for a stylish stainless steel wine bottle opener. However, if more of your guests drink beer out of bottles, you can opt for a classy stainless steel beer opener. This actually is an important decision when it comes time to order your favors because you want to keep your guests in mind. Since the whole purpose of giving these favors is so they will be used, you want to make sure they actually will be.

Another nice thing about giving bottle opener wedding favors is that within the different types of bottle openers, there are different styles. This is great for matching the openers with your existing wedding theme or decor. For instance, if you are having a classic wedding, you might want to go for a heart opener. On the other hand, a starfish would be great for a beach theme wedding. The best part about these favors is that your guests will think of you every time they use it.

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This is my confession. I have to be honest with you. I always thought promotional products was a waste of marketing resources. Until I started my own business and everything changed!

I am a former marketing director and executive who frowned on the whole world of merchandise and promotional products.

In 2008 I was laid off due to budget cuts - business reality of the new millennium, right? - I started my own business selling software in the pharmaceutical field. It was an eye opener and for the first time I was confronted with trying to find out what marketing activity, strategy and materials really work to win over clients and new business.

Anyone who starts up a business knows, that when you start your own business you have to do everything yourself:

you answer the phone, make the copies, run the books, build and maintain the website, file taxes, write reports, set pricing, clean the office - and somewhere in this 24-hour a day operation you have to do what matters - make customer calls and make a good impression.

I started showing up at meetings armed to my teeth with sales arguments, spiffy presentations and well-rehearsed for price-discussions. Over 4 weeks I made 100 sales calls. I did not close one sale. And with every meeting, I had this weird feeling that the customers considered me "cold". Myself, I just felt business focused.

I had been a marketing executive for so long, that I had forgotten it takes more to close a sale than just talk.

Then it hit me when I was surfing the web for ideas and stumbled upon promotional products - I can't just show up at meetings empty handed. I have to go back to the roots of building business the right way: building a relationship. And that's what it's all about.

Here i've been calling this poor secretary for weeks to get my foot in the door - the least I can do is bring her some sort of promotional product. And get my name out there at the same time.

And how about the poor chap i'm boring with my sales talk? Could I improve my odds and his mood with a great promotional gift?

And that was all it took. I was happy to find that the world of promotional products has so much to offer at competitive prices. I spent a fraction of what I would spend on expensive brochures and a 30-second tv-commercial filmed in some studio.

2 days later a box of travel mugs with handles, personalized shot glasses, beer bottle openers, t-shirts and hats stood at the door step of my office. Delivery was so fast.

Armed with promotional products and a new attitude I spent the next month calling on prospect customers. I was determined not just to close the business, but build relationships with the people that I met.

After only 5 days on the road, I had signed my first client to the company. It turned out that the client was a big fan of Mexican food and I brought in these awesome personalized margarita glasses (hint: the secretary had told me on the phone that her boss was a big fan of spicy tacos - I took note!)

not only was this promotional gift a perfect gift - for about 20 bucks, me and the client started of a great discussion that led to a great dinner. 1 year later, he's a friend, and represents 30% of the turnover of my little business.

And it started over a margarita poured in a personalized margarita glass.

I will never frown on promotional products again!

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Favors are essential when it comes to parties or celebrations whereby you present them as door gifts or a token of appreciation. Such events range from baby showers, weddings to birthdays. People began to come up with new funky ideas for these unique presents such as diaper cakes, can openers, miniature honey jars and many more. In this article, we will talk about giving out coffee as gifts on special occasions.

Coffee plays a crucial role in our society nowadays as people get addicted to the rich taste of this beverage. It was first used as for rituals and slowly evolved into a staple beverage for billions of people throughout the world. Coffee gifts are still in the niche market, but it would make unique favors as people normally go for common favors. If you are daring enough to venture out of the convention, do consider giving out coffee as favors on your special celebrations.

Coffee gifts include coffee beans, coffee gift baskets, coffee mugs, scoops, as well as pre-packed coffee. Personalized coffee favors are made available and you have a whole range of products to choose from. All you need to do is place your order of the quantity of desired coffee products that you need from the suppliers and they will deliver the products to your door step. The price for these goodies depends on the quantity as well as the quality of the products. Most of the online suppliers do offer gift tags and thank-you notes at low prices.

Other than ordering complete readymade favors from suppliers, it is also possible for one to prepare their own unique coffee gifts. The materials needed are cellophane bags, coffee, ribbons, gift tags, and 1 - 2 oz bags that we can use to seal in the aroma of the coffee. Pick the flavor of the coffee based on your theme and you can purchase processed coffee off the rack or from suppliers. Weigh and pack them in sealed foil bags. You may want to add on a tiny scoop or saucer spoon to the package before you attach your gift tags. Finally, wrap the coffee bags with cellophane bags, tie and decorate with ribbons.

This special beverage represents the love and memories of the people who are giving out the gifts. It symbolizes the perfect blend of all elements like people as well as the coffee itself. Furthermore, they make perfect gifts for coffee lovers.

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One of the most enjoyable ways to enjoy your home bar and wine furniture is to have a wine and cheese party. To make the party a big hit, however, requires creativity and planning. In planning your party, your first step is to select a theme. For example, do you want wines and cheeses from all over the world represented? Or, do you want wines and cheeses representing just one region, California for example. For the sake of putting our focus on a particular theme, let's use wines and cheeses from all over the world.

When you send out your invitations to the party, make sure they detail the party's theme. For time's sake it's best to assign a region to each guest, or multiple guests, depending on the number of people you anticipate will attend. Each guest will be instructed to bring a bottle of wine and a cheese from that region.

Alternate between red wines, white wines, and even sparkling wines with each invited guest. Give your guests a suggested price range as well. For some extra fun and ambiance, have your guests bring a theme decoration or two representing their assigned regions,( the country's flag, for example). Make sure that your guests are instructed to r.s.v.p. This is important for determining the supplies you'll need to provide.

When your guests arrive, give them a glass for red wine and a glass for white wine. Also have some Champagne flutes available for the sparkling wines. Make certain that you have at least one ice bucket and/or wine chiller available to keep the cold wines chilled. As far as needed bar accessories, you'll want a cheese slicer and several special cheese knives. The cheese slicer features a thin band, and is essential for many soft cheeses. If your guests have not cut up their hard cheeses, have them do so in small squares.

Make sure you provide plenty of toothpicks. It's also a good idea to have bottled water handy to refresh the palate between wines and cheeses. Your guests should be situated in "stations" around your home bar area. A word here about wine openers. An event like a wine and cheese party will definitely help you understand the value of a "heavy-duty" wine opener! When you're opening this many bottles of wine, a commercial quality opener will make the task almost effortless. A savings of energy that you'll appreciate at the end of the day! Definitely invest in a quality opener if you haven't already.

Use a mobile wine cart to move around the room and attend to your guests. A wine cart is an excellent resource at a wine and cheese party! Also, for those of you that would like to get fancy, provide your guests with wine adornments. These adornments attach to the stem of the wine glass and allow wine drinkers to identify their own glasses. Wine adornments are available in a variety of wine oriented themes.

By following these simple suggestions and guidelines, your wine and cheese party will be a smashing success! It might even inspire you to form your own wine "club." Good luck!

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The rabbit corkscrew is a wise used device when it comes to opening wines. Even if it is very easy to use and manipulate, there are people that say it can get unreliable and even hard to handle, but their problem is not the opener. They simply do not know how to use it correctly and this is where their problem comes from. For all of you new comers to the wine lovers community, here are some basic instructions on opening a bottle with a rabbit corkscrew.

- The first thing you have to do before starting to use the rabbit corkscrew on a bottle, is to remove any type of protections the bottle has. This means no seals; no foils or any other packaging should be present. People that try to use the opener on bottles with seals will only make the opening process a lot more complicated and a lot harder than it should be.

- Then, you should take the corkscrew by its handles and place it on the bottle. You will notice how it will securely attach itself to the bottle. Manage the handles a bit so that the device is tightly placed, in such a way that it may even be able to lift the entire weight of the bottle if detached from the table.

- When the rabbit corkscrew has pierced the cork, you can begin to squeeze on the handles gently. No force is required to pull the cork out. If you attempt to open the bottle by force, as it is required when using other openers, you might damage the device. So simply push the handles concomitantly until the cork pops out. It will only take some seconds if handled correctly.

- If your rabbit corkscrew hasn't been used for a while, it might need some technical revisions. Any mishandling or damage that is not attended to can affect its integrity in such a way that it might start to push the cork down inside instead of pulling it upwards. Make sure all parts are securely placed before using an old opener.

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The history of Italian wine begins with the first wines that originated in the Middle East. The Old Testament has many references to wine. Wine was used by the early Minoan, Greek, and Etruscan civilizations, which brings us to the roots of Italian wine history.

Italy is one of the oldest wine regions in the world, and the history of Italian wine has roots that are even older. When we tell the history of Italian wine, we must speak of people who have been consuming and relishing wine for thousands of years. Its ancient origins trace to the Mesopotamians, sometime between 4000 and 3000 B.C., who lived near present-day Iran. Many left their marks on the Mediterranean shores. The further study of Italian wine history tells us the Spaniards brought vines into Sardinia, Sicily and other places centuries after the Arabs and Phoenicians planted what many believe to be the first "foreign" vines in Italy, beginning the history of Italian wine.

The Etruscans (English name for the people of ancient Italy and Corsica whom the ancient Romans called Etrusci) from Asia Minor also produced wines. The history of Italian wine was then passed to the Romans who recognized the potential of the slopes that gave them Falernum (renowned wine produced in ancient Rome, often mentioned in Roman literature but has since disappeared), Caecubum (came from a small territory, ager Caecubus, at Amyclae in coastal Latium), Mamertinum and other heady wines eulogized by poets from Horace (65 B.C. - 8 B.C.) to Virgil (70 B.C - 19 B.C). The Mycenaean Greeks settled in Sicily and southern Italy in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., driven by unsettled conditions at home, and found the climate so beneficial to growing grape vines that the ancient Greeks were prompted to nickname their colonies "Oenotria" ("oinos" meaning wine in Greek), the land of wine.

Romans loved their wine, drinking it with every meal. Roman red and white wines contained more alcohol and were generally more acidic, sturdy and powerful than modern fine wines. It was customary to mix wine, which may otherwise have been unpalatable, with a good proportion of water. They preferred sweet wine, but interestingly their best, most prized wine was white coming from the area that they thought was the best wine-growing region, the Falernian region near Naples. They mixed additives such as honey with this wine making an aperitif called mulsum. Herbs and spices were also often added. Wine and salt water was known to be mixed. Chalk was mixed with wine as well to reduce acidity.

When we study the history of Italian wine, we note the population explosion in Rome from 300 B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era, when demand for wine increased greatly. The Romans made large contributions to the ancient art of viniculture; they are credited for using props and trellises. Italian wine history recognizes the Romans as the first to understand that aged wines taste better and that certain wines should be aged between 10 and 25 years. They improved the Greek presses used for extracting juice, and classified which grapes grew best in which climate, increasing yields. The study of Italian wine history teaches that the Romans were the first to store wine in wooden barrels, understand that wines kept in tightly closed containers improved with age, and how to utilize the cork.

Italy is the largest producer of wine in the world with more vineyards than any other country, including France. Grapes are grown in almost every part of Italy, with more than 1 million vineyards under cultivation. Italian wine history takes us on a journey of over 2,000 years. Today, Italian wines tend to be higher in acid, dry and can be light bodied as in a simple Chianti, medium bodied as in a Montepulcino, or full bodied as in an Amarone or Brunello.

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WMF is one of the leading cutlery and kitchenware manufacturing companies. Whether you are looking for cutlery for children, for family or for any special occasion and party, WMF cutlery will match your purpose the best.

Here the cutlery is made with silver coating and of pure silver too. Cutlery is the most essential part of any party- breakfast, lunch or dinner. For any kind of cuisine, whether Italian, Asian or any cheese party, the need of proper cutlery is always felt.

Cutlery is the inseparable part of a dining table. A stylish and graceful looking cutlery speaks a lot about your status. There are different types of cutlery for different uses. You can have afternoon tea sets, dinner sets, dinnerware, fine bone china, etc.

The cutlery from WMF is known for its unique designs of both classic and contemporary. Now there is Taika cutlery, which is designed as being highly slim in an elegant way. The handle and knife are moulded in great style. The curves are soft and handles are highly gracious.

The cutlery comes in both silver polish and real silver. There are different spoons and knife sets for different purpose. There are coffee spoon sets, salad server both in large and small size, fish knives and forks, egg spoons, cocktail forks, steak knives etc. which are made for daily use purpose.

In the kitchen, a lot many small things are needed and which cannot be neglected. To make your kitchen a modern one, you just need to pay little attention but with a lot of care. Different kitchen wares and tabletops include:

· Aprons

· Pastry brushes

· Bottle and wine openers

· Bottle Stoppers

· Cake stands

· Butter dishes

· Bread boxes, baskets and trays

· Cheese cellars

· Choppers

· Crumbers

· Cookware

· Cookie jars

· Cookie cutters

· Cutlery

All the cutlery and cookware need special care in order to maintain the quality. Polished cutlery and dishes should not be mixed with each other as there is risk of scratches. The dishes and cups come in different prints. There are fine bone china cups and dishes, which come in flower prints and natural prints.

For children, you can buy special cutlery, they are made keeping in mind the softness and tenderness. They come with soft handles and are carved in a way to give velvety feel.

So, these are the different types of cutlery and dishes with which you can make your dinner table very stylish and enjoy eating with more fun.

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