Local French Favours

As favours, if you plan to have a wedding in France, it can be a great idea to go for local delicacies or even to cook them yourself!

For instance for a wedding in Provence, you could prepare some little jam pots with lavender jelly (you can also ask The Chateau Bee for help), for a wedding in Brittany you could give some mini milk cans with caramel candies in it, etc...

I have gathered for you a selection of local gourmandises...

The Maxi Saladou...a giant caramel sweet ! By La Maison d'Armorine

Delicious home made madeleines,  et voila! 

  

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Select some colourful macarons (for instance from a chic Ladurée boutique) and present one or two in a little box as a favour. Or, you can be more practical and use them as place names too.

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Some pink pralines that you can buy in big quantities; put them in a nice sachet with a ribbon and a thank you note...BON and BEAU! Check Var Dragees if you want to buy some.

Melting-in-the mouth nougats, a speciality of Montelimar in the South of France: honey, sugar and roasted nuts

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Enfin, pourquoi pas des calissons d'Aix? A calisson consists of a smooth paste of candied fruit (melon, orange) and ground almonds topped with a thin layer of royal icing. You can buy some at La confiserie du Roy René

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8 Original Marriage Proposals

Every step of your wedding matters, including the very first one: the wedding proposal! Internet is full of original proposal ideas so I've selected for you the best ones...which are also budget friendly!

1) The Chocolate Idea
Buy a box of your girlfriend's favourite chocolates and place the ring in the box!

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2) Gather some close relatives and ask each of them to wear a T-shirt bearing one of the letters in the phrase "Will you marry me?" Then suggest a group photo and wait for a "yes"!

3) If in Autumn, organise a pumpkin carving competition between you and your girlfriend and carve "Marry me" into your pumpkin! 

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4) Create a personalized fortune cookie with your proposal message inside.

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5) Ask your local baker to make a cake with the proposal written in frosting or chocolate sauce. Have it displayed in the shop window and suggest to your girlfirend a little walk to the bakery.

6) Propose a walk in your garden and surprise her with a ring hanging from a tree branch.

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7) Stick glow-in-the dark letters onto the ceiling and wait for the night, when all the lights will be switched off...

8) Ask Ben & Jerry to help you...offer your girlfriend an icecream, and let her marvel at this special one!

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