June is almost here, and that means weddings! Brides, grooms, their assistants and guests can all use some fresh ideas and recommendations. We're here to help.

Naturally every bride and groom send exquisitely written thank you notes with a few weeks of receiving a wedding gift.

Remember, it's also traditional to thank your guests at the reception with a token of appreciation for helping celebrate this significant event.

Wedding favors can be elaborate or simple, very personal or a part of the table decoration. The choices are truly endless, and limited only by your imagination and, of course, your budget.

Enjoy a few that caught our fancy in the gallery, and add your favorites in the comments.

Gallery: 11 Wedding Favors

We just finished watching the Gossip Girl season finale, and, as happens every Monday night, we decided we want to start wearing more fabulous hair accessories. Between Blair's headband at the wedding and her hat at the end, and Lily's flower in her hair, we are simply inspired.

And so, while we might normally overlook this Tasha Satin Rosette Head Wrap (available at Nordstrom for $68) as being a little "too much," we're really feeling it right now. Of course, this isn't a headband to be paired with undone hair -- this is something to be saved for occasions when you're really going for a look. Perhaps you could bust it out for a fabulous Upper East Side wedding this summer!

Chelsy Davy, the Zimbabwe-born blonde beauty with a passion for partying and a penchant for short skirts, has been dating the third in line to the British throne, 23-year old twinkly-eyed, PR disaster-prone Prince Harry, for four years now.

So we were a bit surprised to find that she still hasn't met his grandmother, aka: the Queen.

The word around the blogosphere is that Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson got secretly engaged this weekend. Although their press agents swear up and down that it's not true, Kate was spied wearing a ring and insiders are insisting that the engagement is on. As far as we're concerned, this could just as easily be a hoax as it could be a super-exclusive wedding. It wouldn't be the first time the paparazzi weren't invited.

After their breakup last summer, Owen's been going through some dark times and Kate's been helping him bounce back. Honestly, we thought Owen had his sights set on Woody Harrelson as a life partner. From the article:

"He picked out the ring and went for the biggest one he could find. He was nervous about proposing but Kate was thrilled and the whole thing was really emotional."

[via PopCrunch]

Jenna Bush got married this weekend at the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas, and we're sure her new husband, Henry Hager, had no regrets as to his choice when he saw her walking down the aisle. Jenna was dressed in an Oscar de la Renta gown that we just loved -- it had a simple silhouette, but an intricate design with embroidered organza and matte beading from the very top to the end of her chapel-length train.

Not everyone looked so sharp, however -- check out the gallery to see what we loved and what we could've done without.

The Olsen twins didn't want to ruin their stylist, Estee Stanley's wedding by attracting too much attention from the paparazzi, so they did what anyone trying to look inconspicuous would do -- they put on Carver Masks (thank you Nip/Tuck for providing us with two straight seasons of Carver nightmares).

Geeks are known to be socially awkward, especially when it comes to talking to members of the opposite sex. So, what is a geek to do once he or she is ready to pop the question? Well, if both sides of the couple happen to be geeks, things might be a little easier to manage.

Just take a look at these USB engagement rings by designer Jennifer Flume. The idea is that a couple can exchange lovey-dovey data with these flash drives. And yes, those are Swarovski Crystals. The rings also come with necklace chains, in case you're not particularly fond of wearing your thumb drive on your finger.

I love all the flash drive mods that have been appearing over the past year or so. The more creative, the better! I can't get too excited though, because this is just a design concept and isn't on the market. Until then, stay pasty, indoors and painfully anti-social, geeks.

[via Neatorama]

Marriage on the rocks? On the brink of a break-up with the man or woman you thought was the one and only? If so, you need the Wedding Ring Coffin.

Seriously, what else were you going to do with that fancy-schmancy rock? Unless you're some kind of saint, you're probably not giving it back, and hawking it down at the pawn shop would be far too depressing for someone who's relationship just blew up in their face.

You need healing. You need closure. You need to bury your wedding band in a cute little box shaped like a coffin!

Each coffin comes with a plaque inside that's engraved with a message like "Gone and Forgotten," and, for the truly mature, "I Do...NOT." If you're spiteful and creative, there's also the option of writing your own message -- so long as it's less than "3 lines of text with a maximum of 20 characters per line, including spaces."

At only $29.95, I'm sure this little treasure will cost significantly less than your divorce, and might make you feel better.

[via Trend Hunter]

By now, you know that actress Elizabeth Hurley actually had two wedding ceremonies. The first at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire was traditionally British (gin and tonics, Bentley, light rain). To this event, Liz wore her much anticipated Versace dress.

For the second wedding ceremony, which took place in Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, India, the happy couple shook off their British sensibilities and gave into the regional traditions of the area. Instead of a Versace gown, Hurley wore a designer sari created by Tarun Tahiliani. Guests were treated to dancing white horses and walkways lined in chili peppers, all of which preceded a week of endless parties for 200 or so guests.

Wedding details aside, isn't that photograph spectacular? I don't know what your weekend plans include, but I wish mine included being lavishly showered in rose petals as my new husband dipped me back romantically in front of a circle of beautiful belly-baring women.

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Liz Hurley's Rock
Elizabeth Hurley's extreme diet
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Watch any diet commercial on television, and inevitably there will be at least one woman who says she wants to lose weight for her wedding day. That fact aside, I doubt that many other brides would be willing to undergo Elizabeth Hurley's rigorous bridal weight loss program.

The actress and model plans to marry Arun Nayer in March, so between now and then she has set her sight on a few rather drastic measures to help her fit into her Versace wedding gown. First off, Hurley has given up on eating after 4PM. But before 4PM, Hurley has decided that she will only eat egg whites, vegetables and steamed fish.

I'm just going to say it: Elizabeth Hurley is crazy if she thinks she needs to lose weight. But that gripe is really beside the point. Elizabeth Hurley is getting married -- shouldn't she be thinking more about the marriage than the size of her waistline on her wedding day?

When I got engaged and began the fun but overwhelming task of finding the perfect wedding dress, I got one piece of advice over and over. Women would tell me not to worry, that I would "know my dress when I found it," meaning that I would have absolutely no doubts, no second guessing, no wondering if I should visit just one more store.

Well, Elizabeth Hurley apparently does not subscribe to the traditional wedding dress advice I received. Ms. Hurley recently commissioned thirteen wedding dresses to be made for her big day, and reportedly hasn't felt a single qualm about the decision. Katie Holmes has followed suit, requesting (at last count) five dresses for her upcoming nuptials with Tom Cruise.

So what do you think? Did you "just know it" when you found your wedding dress? Or did you wish you had the option of choosing from several dresses and changing throughout the ceremony and reception?