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• Bid adieu to your guests with these snappy favour boxes. Make each box with a tag bearing your and your husband's initials, then slip it under a fancy knot -- like those often employed in sailing -- made from a length of cotton rope.

• Make a graphic impression with a selection of geometric tea sandwiches. Spread cream cheese onto bread, and layer on thin slices or strips of cucumber (the key is to leave the colourful peel on), then cut into shapes. Blanched asparagus, sandwiched and sliced, presents an equally striking -- and tasty -- option.

• Groom in dark navy suit with green boutonnieres