Spring is a joyous time of year and the perfect time to plan a wedding. This time of year is traditionally a time of new life, love and fertility so it's the most popular time to have a wedding. That means its best to plan ahead for your own wedding if you plan to have it during the spring.

A spring wedding uses many classic colors like white or cream and pastel colors like pink, robin's egg blue, lavender and yellow. Some brides even opt for fresh spring colors like peach, teal and greens. Attire for a spring wedding includes dresses with shorter sleeves, open necklines and shorter length skirts for the bride and her attendants; as well as lighter fabrics for the groom and his party. If the wedding is to be held closer to summer, it's even ok for ladies to wear more open shoes and men to wear lighter fabrics like linens, khaki colors or crisp white cottons. In order to make the spring wedding very special, couples may want to choose wedding dcor and favors that invite the freshness of spring into their ceremony. Here are some ideas:

Love is in bloom. Springtime brings forth many lovely flowers and plants that blanket the earth in vibrant colors and scents. That means lots of bright colors and sweet scents fill the air. So too can you do this with your wedding, even if it's held indoors due to showers. Use floral-shaped scented candles, lots of hearts and flowers everywhere to give your wedding a spring-like atmosphere.

Perfect pair. You and your future spouse are the perfect pair of lovers. If you want to show others how special your love is, why not use wedding favors that depict two matching hearts, birds, rings or even sweet things like fresh green pears? You can find these items as candle holders, salt and pepper shakers and matching goblets.

The birds and the bees. Along with flowers pollinating and spreading forth their lovely blooms, the birds and the bees play an important role in this process of springtime. Give them a place in your wedding dcor with bird and bee wedding favors. These can be as simple as candles in the shape of bumblebees or birds placed in votives or at place settings at the reception, or you can find whimsical candle holders and wedding favor tins that use this design.

Calla lilies. These elegant flowers are known for their long strong stems and oversized white blooms. Long considered the symbol for pure love, the calla lily can be used in your spring wedding in floral arrangements, dcor and wedding favors. Try calla lilies along the sides of napkin holders, stems of wine glasses, and silk calla lilies draped across place settings. Be sure to wrap them with ribbons imprinted with the bride and groom's names to make it more personal.

Let your guests share in that warm loving feeling with springtime wedding favors.