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I am looking around to try and find a cute but practical wedding favor for my guests. I am in love with the little honey pots but they are too expencive at around 3.00 each. :( I have been searching for a while now but have not found anything reasonable.

So where did you bees get your favors from? Any good sites?

@alicia1745:It is just a summer wedding. There really is no theme. My colors are Purple and white. Someone else posted honey sticks! I love those and I think that is perfect (especially becasue I can get grape ones!) but I would really like to have something other than those. I like practical gifts that can be used and not necisarily candy. Part of my family is English so tea is huge! I really liked the idea of those honey pots but like I said above, I just can't afford them.

So something people could use.

Thanks!

I have a few friends that bought their favors from this site : Summer Wedding Favors. or Practical Wedding Favors.  Tons of sales! I would recommend bottle stoppers, coasters, bookmarks, salt & pepper shakers. Or hand fans such as sandalwood fans or paper fans if your wedding is outdoor! Good luck!

We're having large vases full of rolls of lifesavers as the FI and I used to share these candies in high school - over 30 yrs ago.  As well out escort cards are mini paintings on mini easels that will match a larger painting on the tables so guests can take these home as well.  (We are not painting all of these but using coloured prints and modpodging them to the canvases).

If you still want to do mini-honeys as favors but need a less expensive source, here are 2 suggestions:

1)  Ruchers de Lorraine (http://www.ruchersdelorraine.com/en/honey-1/showcase-7-types-of-honey-82.html) -- FI got our mini-pots here, in 8 different varieties (they come in sets of 7 flavors, but not all of our 7-pot sets have all the same flavors as each other, so we end up with 8 choices).  Pros:  the honeys are *under* $2 each at the current exchange rate, including shipping from France; they're all cool, gourmet/quirky flavors some of which are hard to find in the U.S.; we're supporting an independent, family-run business instead of a huge faceless corporation (if you care about that sort of thing).  Cons:  prices are in euros, so you'll have to convert them to dollars to get your actual cost; honeys are very small (30 grams each); jars are labeled in French, so you may need to let your guests know what they are! (I went the whole 9 yards & developed an English key to the flavors, so if you do go this route, let me know if you'd like a copy & I'll send you one.)  N.B. I used to be a French teacher, so this option made sense for us.

2)  mastercaviar.com (http://www.mastercaviar.com/caviar/french-honey-60-1-oz.-kosher.html) -- as suggested by MadTownGirl in another Hive post.  At $38 per 60 jars, her suggestion works out even more affordably than mine, with each jar ringing in at just $0.63 each!  Shipping is probably additional, but unlikely to equal the cost of the honey (possibly depending on your shipping preferences).  Also, these look to be glass jars rather than the plastic that ours came in.

Good luck in your honey hunt!  :-)

I was going to say the same thing as les105, see if you can find local honey at a discount and jar it yourself. I have seen mini mason jars at micheals that would be really cute with honey in them (might be a bit of a mess though) You could also add tea to the mix if it saves you money. My other idea that I saw from a previous post was a loose tea bar (since you like tea) and then have an assortment of the honey sticks for guest to take for their tea. I am acually thinking about this idea myself!!