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To be honest i know all the men in my family would not want a wine charm... hmm let me see if i can help come up with something....
Hmm... earrings and cufflinks? Not that all guys use cufflinks but they're kind of fun.
What type of wedding are you having?
I am not splitting the favors into male/female guests. I am having a Victoiran themed wedding and so far I am going to give out individual apple pies and heartshaped birdseed favors. I am going to have one more favor, just because I don't like even numbers, but I haven't decided on that one yet.
Allthough, I like the idea of wine charms, I am not sure that the guys would use them after the wedding. They are nice to have for guests to keep track of their drinks though.
My wedding will be "elegant and contemporary". I figured since I am in favor of non-edible favors and my FI prefers edible favors, I'd give the ladies earrings and the guys some fancy pretzel or something of the sort. I ran the idea to one of my friends and she exclaimed, "What about the girls?!" I told her, the girls are getting the earrings, and which would she prefer? She said earrings, but still want the pretzels, too. lol
I'd be totally ok with the guys having edible favors. What do you think?
Is there any special reason you wouldn't do edible favors for everyone? I don't think it's going to seriously affect anyone's enjoyment of your wedding, but I think favors should either be all the same or at least comparable. Earrings vs. pretzels are very different, and might look a bit off together.
We're just doing food for everyone - I'm sure they'll all love it.
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Do you know if all of your female guests have pierced ears? I know several women that don't, or can only wear precious metals because of allergies...
No special reason, just want the favors to personalize my wedding more as I am a beader. As for the pierced/non-pierced earrings, I will have extra on hand for non pierced earrings to swap to. And I will be using precious metals.
Oh, this is similar to what I want to do, though beer coolers are not really my guests' thing.
Honestly, I think that edible favors are almost always better than non-edible. People like yummy things, and if you make earrings or get wine charms/cufflinks, there's a good possibility that some people won't have the same style as you and will end up leaving them behind or not using them. Of course, there's a possibility they could not like whatever edible favor you give as well...I also don't know that I love the idea of gender-split favors. What if you have women that don't wear earrings, period? But I do love the fact that you want to personalize your favors with your beadwork...would it be possible to use beadwork to decorate the favor boxes or something?
Oh I like the idea if you're a beader. It'd be a nice personal touch! Is there something that is a hobby of your FI you could incoprorate, since the girls' is inspired by you? e.g. a bookmark for the men, if FI's into reading, personalized tees if he's into golfing...
Either give everyone edible favors or else skip them entirely as they are never required. Also, jewelry is highly personal and what you think someone may like, they may end up hating, which is wasted money on your part.
I'm a girl, but I don't have pierced ears. I think I'd be a little annoyed if I got earrings as a favor and my SO got an edible. I'd be looking for some sap guy to trade with. :)
What about giving everyone a choice?
Yea I'm going to have to say i'm not loving the guys having edible and the girls not. Either both edible or neither IMO
Id go with edible! Maybe you can go to a candy shop and have them make something up special!! I love goodies too... i am giving them special jam's in old style jars with a tag that says "spread the love" and then also having a candy bar for them with vintage candies that are hard to find that we all use to love! GOODLUCK!
This is similar to what I'm doing. . .almost.
We want to give printed glasses as favors. The problem is that we're having beer and wine, so I kinda feel like we should give both types of glasses, but how do you pick who gets what.
I would say with yours it depends on how many guests you've got. If you can reasonably ensure that nearly all your female guests will love the earrings I'd go for it and find something similar but manly for the guys. Maybe a tie tack/bar. If you do go ahead with the earrings I'd also have some of those backs that can turn post earrings in to clip ons, in case someone doesn't have pierced ears (like my grandma).
I think your earring idea is super unique, but it's reception will ultimately depend on your guest list.
I am not to concerned with the females not liking the earrings because my guest list is pretty small and I know everyone pretty well and know that they all wear earrings. I thought earrings would be nice because it's what I'd make them for them for special occasions such as bday, x'mas, anyway, so why not favors?
I am more concerned with what the get the guys and I thought to get edible because that's what they like, and I agree that most men don't like trinkets, including my male guests. Tie tack/bar is a good idea but perhaps not for my guests, as most of them don't wear ties (except to weddings, perhaps! :D)
I am kind of disappointed and sad that most people voted for the option I liked the least (yea, I'd prefer to skip favors completely over doing all edible favors. :P)
In my personal experience as a guest, most people don't keep favors anyways (no matter how cool us brides think they are!) Edible favors are always big hits. Everyone likes candy or chocolate. But if you have the extra cash and time to seperate everything out - go for it! Its your big day so do what you feel!
One alternative I've seen is kind of a buffet-style favor table. You can have earrings, snacks, candy apples, seed packets, whatever your style of wedding is. That way people can grab what they like and no one feels like they were forced to have a specific favor or missed out because someone got something better than they did.
Once again, I am going to suggest Jones Soda with personalized labels. You can add a personal message and pick your flavor(s) as well. Just go to their website to get ya started!
I am a girl with pierced ears and I still wouldn't really love earrings as a favor. I'm VERY particular about my jewelry. I'd rather get no favor than earrings.
I'd say edible favors all around or do a "choose your own favor station"
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I already have an idea about what to give the female guests as favors but I can't think of any for the male guests that is inexpensive and useful.. What do you think of wine charms? (Since I am thinking of making earrings for the ladies, but then, wine charms are gender neutral..)
Anyone else have different favors for the male and female guests?