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Just a question that I could use your help on. What's the best wedding favor you have received?
I've been to 3 weddings, and did not receive a traditional favor at any of them. At 2 of the weddings, guests could take the centerpieces home with them. However in both cases, the centerpieces were just 1 item (1 was a potted plant and 1 was a candle inside a vase) so only 1 person per table could take it.
Interestingly, my mother insisted that we give out favors.
As they were leaving, we gave our guests a midnight snack to-go. The white paper bag contained a little carton of milk (2%, whole, or chocolate) and 2 heart-shaped black and white cookies. (The NY deli style cookie with half black icing and half white icing)
Anything edible. I have a box of wedding favor knick knacks that I'm trying to get myself to throw away.
I go with anything edible or functionable. I refuse to give them anything they can't consume or will tossi n the glove compartment to only forget about and then I've wasted my money....
I'm actually doing both - cookies and then coasters that say love on them. I'm not sure when to give out the cookies, either use them as escorts to the tables or hand them out midnight snack style like TXbride....thats could work. Coasters will go on the table.
I'm doing two kinds- I'm having a candy bar (but I'm starting to lean towards the idea of cookies instead!) and I'm doing out of town bags using a canvas tote I'm in the process of decorating with our sanddollar theme, with local fruits, bottled water, snacks, cd's with some of our fav tunes, local maps, coupons for our fav local spots, and homemade olive oil hand soaps- weird yes, but AMAZING! I think there is something else I'm putting in the bags, but I don't have the list in front of me!
One of my sisters made cd's and the other one did votive candles.
My sister had Yankee Candle votives and really great locally made chocolates. My mom stashed the extra candles and sends her a few every year on her anniversary.
On a similar note, a friend of mine had the custom m&ms (and some other stuff, can't remember what so must not have been that great). However, her hubby orders the same custom m&ms (in their colors with their names and wedding date) every year for her for their anniversary. Too sweet.
I know I'm going against the trend here but I never really appreciate the edible ones. I have a pair of champaign flutes (one per guest) from one wedding I love and still use and it saved them from renting them so it actually wasn't that pricey. I also really like the idea of something for the ride home. Not sure what I'm going to do yet.
Another vote for edible favors here. I have tossed too many personalized votive candle holders, shot glasses, "bells," matchbooks, CDs, etc. from the weddings that I've attended.
I'll probably be doing Girl Scout cookies for my wedding.
I also like edible stuff. I have one too many ring holders, wine stoppers and bottle openers to do anything else with a clear conscience. I actually would love to do a donation on behalf of my guests, but my fiance insists his guests will feel slighted if they "didn't get something." We argued about it, and I think the winning outcome will be a per couple thing, and then a donation for everyone. I went to a wedding where everyone got a box of chocolate at the start of the reception, but each couple got a bottle of wine as they left. I thought it worked out well.
We are doing drink koozies--I found them for .73 cent each online. I was going to print our signature drink recipes on some coasters, and put them and the koozie in a cellophane bag. But, I think I am running out of time, patience and Gocco screens to complete it, so we'll see--they might just be getting koozies.
One wedding I attended had homemade grape jelly for every guest. They grew grapes in their backyard and had plenty to spare. It fit very well into their fall theme.
For my wedding, on the other hand, I am thinking about a candy buffet that guests can scoop candy into little boxes or other such container. My colors are blue and green, so I picked out blue, green, and white assorted candies.
Definately the best was the gourmet caramel apple for a fall wedding! Yummmyyy. I'm all for the edible gourmet yummies.
i did small jars filled with rosemary. there is a lot of historical significance to giving out rosemary at a wedding.... and it helped that it matched one of my colors ;)
ARob311 -- where did you find koozies for 73 cents?! I've been looking everywhere...
The best wedding favor I ever received was a small bottle of wine, but that was pretty expensive. Otherwise, I always appreciate edible favors.
i heart edible favors!
we're doin a baseball themed reception, so everyone's getting peanuts and cracker jacks! i found a place online that still sells cracker jacks in the box - not the snack packs!
and we hired a hot dog vendor - if you live in LA and have gone to a Lakers game you know what I'm talkin about - the greasy footlong hotdog with bacon wrapped around it with onions and cheese and everything!
MoreShoesPlease-- ohmigossshhh, you're getting one of those hotdog vendors? That's so awesome! I've been saved many-a-time by those vendors after sweating in the pit at a concert, seeing a game... that's awesome! Even better than Pink's!
I, like most of you, love edible favors. At past weddings I've received candles, shot glasses, chocolate, potpourri <--is that how you spell it?? and cds. The last wedding I attended gave out cds but with the cd the couple explained in 2 to 3 sentences top per song what the songs meant to the both of them. I'm getting married this fall at a winery. I was told
that we should give out mini wine bottles from that particular winery. Sounds like a nice idea but I'm afraid it might be a little expensive. Guess we'll find out this sunday
I'm planning on doing a photobooth so people will have a nice picture from our wedding. I'm designing the picture frame (somewhere along the lines of our invitation design) that will hold the picture. Probably have some sort of polariod or printer so people can get their pictures right away. It's a little complicated though and I haven't completely figured it out. But it is something different!
Edible ones are the best, everything else ends up in the garbage or in a garage sale
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Mini wine bottles are nice, though at the wedding where I got those, there were blush, reds, and whites, and everyone was trying to trade to get the type of wine they like best.
My sister did personalized Koozies. I love that idea--it's a practical keepsake. Anyone can use a Koozie--men, women, kids. I plan to do personalized Koozies, too--probably filled with chocolate.
Another cute one was a heart-shaped cookie cutter with a "recipe for a good marriage" attached. Another friend did personalized votives from Yankee. Again, both are practical.
Because I'm rather eco-minded and outdoorsy, I find myself drawn to things like little plants, plantable flower-seed paper, or the Matchstick Gardens--but then I have to remind myself that not everyone is excited about plants as I am :) And therefore, most of them will probably end up in the trash--which is the last thing I would want (to create more trash).
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We make home meade pickles that all of our friends and family rave about. We are thinking of offering them in 3 varieties, bread & butter, hot, & dill in small jars to take home. Theya re super easy and quick to make and we grow most of our own ingrediants so the cost will be minimal. We are also thinking of doing potted herbs as well. small little pots. If people don't take them home we will just plant them in our own garden and they will make a great centerpiece with a large canning jar of bright flowers every few feet (I want long tables instead of round. I think it is much more cosy and easier to talk to more people at the table.)
the best favor I ever got was a soap favor that looked like a real orchid! so pretty and I put them in my bathroom and whenever someone comes over -- they always comment about it! Its so pretty, I almost don't want to use it! here's a picture of it from http://www.sophiesfavors.com/candlessoaps_soapsorchid.htm
Luggage Tags! And they can double as escort cards. I think its such a cute idea.
CANDY!!!
We're doing white chocolate covered gummibears ( I love chocolate, he loves gummies, perfect!)
I think anything edible/drinkable - we got chocolates and tea in the past. Last wedding we went to didn't have anything, and I actually didn't realize until now when I was trying to remember, haha. One wedding we went to in the past had these horrible plaster lighthouses as favors ( because he proposed in the lighthouse). While a nice idea that was their memory not ours, so we didn't even take it home ( don't need additional junk). We also go Christmas ornament on one of the weddings, that was ok idea.
I think luggage tags, brag books/photo albums, luggage tags are also nice.
I once saw cookies and milk to be taken at the end of the wedding instead of favors. I thought that was great. Who doesn't like cookies and milk ?
My whole thing is: Do People Really Need Favors???
Most of my guests are coming from out of town and we are planning a destination week of events as well as I'm creating gift baskets for them when they arrive to their hotel. I've thought of doing mini bottles of wine since my dad makes wine, but the costs really add up.
I like the cookie cutter idea. I can say though from experience though that a lot of times the favors aren't taken by guests. Infact, I was at a baby shower today and I just realized I never took one of the adorable favors! LOL!
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I agree on the "is this even necessry?" I've been going back on forth on eliminating them all toghether, but I did't want to seem cheap either! I'm having a Christmas wedding - so the ideas I've heard were hot chocolate mix (in a cute little package), christmas cookies/cutters, and ornaments (obviously).
My main worry is that people won't take them or won't realize that they ar the favors. How did people solve this?
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we're doing a cookie bar and handing out hangover kits (though my mom refused to let us call them that!) at the end of the night. and i think i might be baking dog cookies for the cookie bar too. (i don't want our furry friends to skip out on the fun!!)
As far as favors go, I am copying my sister (which luckily she seems to take as a compliment). She had little boxes of chocolates (we are having them locally made), all of which disappeared, many of which were eaten at the reception. When people opened them up, I guess they just couldn't wait! She also did the custom Yankee Candles. Almost all of them disappeared; I'm sure if there were any left over a few of the women took more than one. I was thinking about doing custom match boxes to go with the candles, as I know most of our friends are the kind of people who pick up a handfull whenever they still have them in a restaurant or bar.
I like things that are tangible I could use and are also a nice memento. My favourites were rum cake wrapped in japanese paper set in a beautiful japanese dish. It was a Chinese-Jamaican-Japanese combined wedding. I now use the dish for sauces - soy sauce etc.
Another was sweet tarts inside small double happiness tea cups. I used the tea cup to hold my rings until I broke it the other day :(
With asian dishes, they are quite affordable when you buy them in bulk from Chinatown or from China - and you can definitely haggle the price down!
I'm doing these coasters with a picture of us in it. I think I'm going to put the date of the wedding in the corner of the picture. They come in a two pack so they end up being pretty cheap.
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We ordered corkscrew openers and wine stoppers for our guests. The men get the corkscrew openers and the women get the wine stoppers - so if they come as a couple they get a set. We got the corkscrew opener for $1.40 and the wine stopper for $1.25 (they were on sale at the time). You can check out: www.bluerainbowdesign.com. It's a wonderful site and their customer service is superb. I think it'd be really cute since you're getting married at a wine vineyard. :)
I think I have finally made a decision about favors. At first I wasn't going to have them, but decided I can make them with a personal touch. Here is a picture of our favors (lower left hand corner). We are filling them with Island Punch (purple) Jelly Belly beans, tying them with a purple ribbon, and the note will read that a donation has made to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Douglas County in their honor. I am on the event planning committee and I wanted to include them in some way.
Is it too cheesy?
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We wanted to do a donation since I couldn't see giving something that may sit and collect dust. We are donating to the Arbor Foundation (planting a tree in each person's name). My FI wanted to give saplings but I knew many of our family would throw them out (hence defeating the purpose).
Now we have a new idea....we'll still do the tree per person and I'll make decorated acorn shaped cookies. That's a lot of 3 inch acorn shaped cookies to make the week before the wedding! ;P Thank goodness I really love baking! ;P
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I've gotten a koozie (i had to explain what this was to several of my friends) with a bride and groom skeleton with the words "Til Death Do Us Part"
Needless to say, it soon made its way to the trashbin.
I think anything you can eat is great-- or even just use everyday is great. I'm such a packrat that I have random favors that several no purpose but to remind me when people got married.
I also love Mrs. Lovebug's favor idea. So cute!
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