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On the lines of my "worst of" posts today, I thought I'd share my least favorite wedding favors. If you're considering these...save the money for your honeymoon.
Worst favors I've gotten from a wedding:
A pair of craft store feathered birds (3" tall)
Pens with the bride/groom's name and wedding date
Paperweight. Really??
Miniature cake topper
Discontinued Mary Kay lipstick...in mauve
What's the worst favor you've received?
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Oh gosh, that bird is pretty terrible. I've only been to 3 weddings, two of which didn't have favors, and the other only gave guests a small bag of M&Ms.
This should end up being a great thread! I haven't gotten anything truly heinous, and in fact I've gotten some really good ones (wildflower seeds)...
But I would say the 1980's style keychain (you know the one I'm talking about... clear thick plastic with a photo stuck inside) with the photo of the bride and groom that I received was probably a waste. I mean, am I really going to carry around a picture of my girlfriend and her husband with my keys. Nuh uh!
That bird is going to give me nightmares! haha!
I think the weirdest one I got a shooter. Really. I mean, who doesn't love a little cute bottle of alcohol, but it was a very strange wedding favor!
LOL! You've got some pretty bad wedding favors! Can't say I can relate - all I get are candles, which is great if you love candles. ...
The picture is great. Gave me a well needed chuckle.
The worse favor I ever received was a bag of melted chocolate. Totally liquified. Chocolate + August = mess.
Hey- a pen is pretty handy, regardless of what it says. I run out of pens all the time
The worst are pictures of the bride and groom in any capacity- unless its a sibling or something like that, no one really wants a picture of you two. Leave it to save the dates or thank you cards.
I went to a wedding once where they gave out subscriptions to their college newspaper- which would have been great if I went to their college. They met working on the newspaper staff so I understood it, but thought it was a little akward
I got a tiny tiny, (like 1.5X1.5 inches) of mixed nuts that had a tag which said "to love and cherish". It was the running joke all night long that we'll be loving and cherishing nuts. Most people didn't take their with them and I threw mine out after a few days. They should have just saved themselves the money.
the bird made me laugh! thanks for sharing 
@ms tofu: all i get are candles too!
I haven't gotten any terrible favors at weddings - mostly edible ones which are aok by me! I will say the most random favor was a set of glass coasters with flowers on them. They were very nice coasters, but it was one of those things where I was like, "OK, now I have to find a place for these in my house..."
I once got a bottle opener in the shape of a dolphin...lol! Others include candles, cd of mixed songs. I think edible is the best way to go. The pic of that bird is too much 
eh... a shot glass with the wedding date on it... a glass bird cage (it fits in your hand. I so don't get it- I guess because it kind of sort of looked like what was a larger version on their wedding cake???)
The worst:
We gave out homemade chocolate daisy suckers. We did this because of an earlier post on weddingbee about edible favors being the best.
At one wedding I got a cheap candle and at another I got some cheap glass coasters (the one The Knot sells). Both were thrown out. The weddings where they give out chocolate and candy gets my seal of approval.
If I were to go back in time, I would do little bottles of olive oil.
Love the bird!
worst favor i've ever gotten.
A mini cheese grater.
very... random.
the worst is probably those little plastic swans, followed by stale jordan almonds
The worst hands down was the plaster lighthouse, because bride and groom got engaged at the lighthouse. Good for them, just not sure why should I care to have one in my house. We left it at the table and fiance's mother took it. She LOVES clutter, kitchey tchachkies and anything that is free.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, aka THE BEST favors, is anything edible - candy, chocolates, tea...YUM !
You know I just realized...Byron is scowling. (I named him)
I received a scowling fowl.
Not recommended unless you like posting it to Weddingbee (Jen I hope you're not reading this!!)
The worst I've ever gotten was a single-serving bag of tea in a box. Except they only gave out one of those boxes to each couple... so what, we're supposed to each only get half a cup of tea that we share when we make it?
One wedding they gave out a little bag full of potpourri/incense stuff, and some of the guests wondered if they were edible...
jordan almonds. ewww.
i love chocolate, but i just hate those things.
This is a great thread (though I hope my guests won't end up here in two months kvetching about our darn keychains! LOL. I once got a wallet sized photo of the bride and groom. Not framed or anything. Like the kind of picture you'd get at prom.
I'm laughing at the edible potpurri and sharing the cup of tea! I ahven't gotten anything really hysterical. I don't like the jordan almonds or the nicknacky tings. I think I got a tiny silver (metal) spoon???
i once got a carabiner with the couples names on it. because when i am climbing up a mountain, maybe i want to be reminded of their marriage?
a handful of personalized m&m's.
seriously. they were by the door with a scoop, and they melt in both your mouth and hand.
That bird is pretty heinous! I'd say that my least favorite would either be the little container of bubbles with the doves/hearts/whatever on top that DOESN'T BLOW BUBBLES WELL or a silk rose with the couple's name and wedding date on it. What was I supposed to do with that thing, exactly? Granted it was the early 90s, but still!
I love this! The perfect list of what not to do! I'm definately going with something edible now! Thanks for the tips :)
lol...this is an awesome post! :)
the worst...cake shaped scultpture type thing...it wasn't even a candle!
my favors aren't edible but hopefully useful (ice cream scooper)! :)
@drifts - have gotten the bubbles before too lol...urgh I can make better bubbles in my kichen with dishwashing liquid.
Got a tiny little faux-silver bell with a ribbon with b & g's name & wedding date...um okay...it was cute for the 1st 2 minutes at the reception when everyone was ringing them .... needless to say I did not take home the bell.
Did the couples expect you to take home the bubbles and bells as a favor?? I've been to plenty of weddings, in fact pretty much every wedding I've been to, that use the bubbles/bells for the couple's exit from the church. I think the bell exit sounds reallly pretty and the bubble exit is really nice for photos. But these things weren't the wedding favors - they had something edible or some sort of knick knack. I'll have bubbles for our grand exit, but we're also having a gourmet chocolate/candy bar.
Oh yes they were on the table at each place setting not at the ceremony sites lol.
After reading everyone's posts, I was reminded that I didn't just get candle favors. I've received dumb bell shaped stress balls and this glass rose thing. It was about 12 inches.
We received a tea light wrapped in organza with some sort of loose bath beads, very much a waste of time since they were awful. :(
The bird is awesome! Ha ha ha. ^_^ Hmm, probably the lamest I've gotten is little personalized match boxes with m&m's in them. I mean, they only held about 5 m&m's, but it probably took WAY too long to put them in there (they bought just regular m&m's and put them in the boxes themselves). Seemed like a waste of time and money. I'm really not into anything knick-knack-y, ESPECIALLY if they personalize it. Even with someone I'm very close to I don't care about having their names and wedding date in my house. Food is good, seeds make me happy, tho I rarely bother to plant them.
I went to a wedding where they handed out religious tracts as the favors. The staff was basically just throwing them at people they were so uncomfortable. And it wasn't just that they were religious tracts acting as 'gifts' but they were weird comic-book style tracts where at the end the Devil took the main character's soul.
Hey, I'm religious...but still...that's a WEIRD favor.
Wow Mrs. Corn, I think that one's going to be hard to top!
@ JanieLeigh -- I hate Jordan almonds too. They taste like chalk! And they're impossible to chew! Ick!
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