As we gear up for another fantastic wedding season, I can’t help but get incredibly giddy about all the pretty little details that surround a couple’s special day. One of those details are the favors that a couple gifts to their guests at the end of the evening. Although I’m the first to say that not all favors are good favors, I’m certainly a fan of wedding favors that don’t contribute to vast amounts of waste at the end of the evening. When these small gifts can be eco-friendly and trendy at the same time, it’s a win for everyone. For some inspiration for your own Lake Tahoe wedding favors, take a peek at some of my favorite ideas below.

Of the Earth

What says “Thanks for attending our beautiful Lake Tahoe wedding” more than a gift your guests can take home and plant directly into their backyard. Seeds and saplings are a great way to add color, reduce waste and promote the beautifying of our planet.

Nibbles + Treats

I love the idea of guests taking home something that they can put together later – like your favorite cookie recipe or a special spice that you love to cook with yourself. Individual champagne bottles are another fantastic option for guests to toast in your honor when they get home!

Keep Cozy

Providing flannel blankets for cooler nights are a Tahoe wedding staple. They’re a fantastic gift for guests to take home at the end of the night. I’m also a fan of gifting your guests coffee beans from a favorite tropical vacation spot.

Beauty Products

Enhance your wedding colorscape by adding a wedding smell. How many weddings have attended lately that have their own scent? Guests can take your wedding scent home in the form of adorable soaps or small

For help with your own Lake Tahoe wedding favors, drop us a line below or contact us for a complimentary consultation.

On this blustery December morning, I thought I would fill my Tuesday with a blog post about yours truly and how I got my start in this wonderful industry of wedding and event planning. My name is Kyleigh and I am a Lake Tahoe wedding planner, the owner of Audere Events.

I got my start in the event and wedding industry when I was 19. It started as a summer job, to fill my weekends with while in between the spring and fall semesters. I was working a gorgeous mountain lodge, which was also owned by another event company in the area. Pretty soon I was floating back and forth between mountain weddings at the lodge and weddings on the lake.

Production days were my favorite. I loved walking in to a massive empty space at ridiculously early hours of the morning and knowing that by early afternoon, it would look like an entirely different space. I loved the feeling of accomplishment, when a completely ordinary space finally looked like something out of an extraordinary fairytale.

When that first summer was over, I chose to continue pursuing my degree in Psychology, with the addition of two minors in Business Administration and Communications. Coupled with my two years of work experience in weddings and events, I felt I had a well balanced education. After graduation, I took a position as a full time wedding planner in Truckee.

It seems silly to say but there was a fairly large world of difference between planning weddings as a venue coordinator, versus planning weddings as a wedding planner. Despite the initial learning curve, I couldn’t think of anything else I would rather be doing. I was helping couples, from start to finish, with the day that they would look back most fondly on. Helping them create memories and create something that was so uniquely them. I loved the emotions and reactions that I would see from my couples, as they day they had dreamed about had finally arrived.

It is an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to work alongside such wonderful people during such a joyous time in their lives. After five years of working as a Lake Tahoe wedding planner, I know that I have found my calling and I feel so grateful to have found it.