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caliocteach-LOVE the chocolate daisies suckers....may have to steal that one! Seems like I've mostly got candles, some chocolate (yay), and a cookie cutter-would rather have had the cookie!
some favors i've received: jordan almonds, a heart made from beads [the x-shaped ones] with the couple's name on a ribbon, and one of those tiny plastic champange cups filled with mints and covered in tulle. i hate tulle. but that's a personal problem, not one of the married couple. lol.
Worst ones that I have gotten have been a coffee mug - only bad because all I brought was a garment bag on the plane and potpourri (which smelled horrible on all of the tables)
I am of the opinion that favors in general are kind of dumb! I feel like they are sort of a waste, unless they are food : )
I once got one of those clear paperweights with the bride/groom's name and wedding date engraved on it. Looks expensive (probably was expensive) but I don't know what to do with it. Took it home and it sat on my desk (still in the box) for 3 months before I chucked it. Personally, I always always prefer edible favors :)
Plastic stuff...swans, cups, baskets, all white plastic with jordan almonds in them. I don't even like jordan almonds.
I am going to try to do brownie pops!
Tiny soaps that looked like white chocolate so FH and I grabbed the left overs and were very sad when we found out they were soaps :-/
Plastic Cinderella horse drawn coach covered with red silk roses. It did have some candy inside the coach but WTF?
Erindesmar I'm with you...I think favors are dumb too! I really honestly can't remember any favors that I've gotten, so they must've sucked. Is it not enough that you're feeding and liquoring up your guests that you also need to give them some crappy cheap gift that they'll more or less think is meaningless and chunk anyways. I'd rather save my money. Besides...they should realize their favor was that they got invited. Haha jk.
@AliCherri1: i hope you didn't discover they were soaps the hard way... by eating them!
i have gotten far too many bottles of bubbles, so now i kind of hate them.
my favorite favor was when the b & g donated money to a charity, but they also had sandwiches and chips for guests on the way out to soak up all the alcohol everyone drank during the reception.
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has anyone else ever gotten the plastic spoon wrapped in tulle with a Hershey kiss & hug inside. The "spoonful of hugs and kisses from the new Mr. & Mrs." deal?
The most recent favor we received was a single photo holder glass coaster. One per couple....which could go really well with pechnmew's shared cup of tea I suppose ;)
wow! I'm glad there are a bunch of us that got super tacky favors! I've gotten favors such as: ceramic mini frame (i think i saw it at the 99cent store), mini candles that melted in the car in August heat, jordan almods, a box that contained a coffee bag (!) and incense sticks!
LOL the birds crack me up! I've gotten flower seeds, and the single serving of tea (for each individual), so not so heinous. 
I have to admit, We gave the worst wedding favor in the history of wedding favors. Well, our moms picked it out. We gave them free rein on the Chinese banquet and here's what they came up with:
Needless to say, we had extras.
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Oh my gosh those were the birds that I gave out at my wedding!!!! j/k. They are absolutely horrible!!! Is it tacky to not have any favors? But have bowls on the tabels with candies in them instead?
Considering how many people hate the idea of favors, I am rather proud that so far the two we gave out haven't ever made an appearance on a what-not-to-favor thread...which I guess would mean they weren't half that bad :)
i've received candles (the smelly kind from Yankee Candle), picture frame (no picture but it doubled as our seating card), flower seeds, and I vaguely remember receiving jordan almonds at a few cousins' weddings back in the 80's.
Ever since 9/11, however, it seems most weddings I've been to have done a donation in lieu of favors, which is what we're doing. We haven't decided which charity to contribute to yet.
So i also once got a tea bag as a wedding favor - but one of those expensive ones they have at specialty coffee shops.... but i dont think we knew it was the favor... it was just on our table! so we ended up having a teabag war with our friends at the table next to us (dont worry we were all relegated to the hidden back corner!)
right - we are doing chocolates from a chocolate shop here in town... i debated the cd option, but decided that was tacky too.
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This thread is great!! We haven't decided on favors yet, and this is great guidance!!
I just don't like the cd's.
MsTofu -- Hahahaha. I got one of those glass roses from my highschool boyfriend on prom night. (Don't worry, it wasn't supposed to be a corsage or anything ) I had forgotten all about that!
Reading about all these awful favors makes me even more excited for ours -- mini boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts (2 per box). I'm hoping there are some leftover so I can stock up for the next day (or maybe post-wedding...I can never say no to a Krispy Kreme donut)!
DCbrideinATL - I think the only way you could possibly make that better would be if there was a way to serve them up warm. Krispy Kreme...yummmmmmmm...
::licks her lips and vows to go find a donut immediately::
omg - these are hilarious! The worst wedding I was at didn't give out favors and was too cheap (they could afford it) to spend $ on the meal - so we ate on paper plates and had small ice cream cups for dessert. Tacky!!
btw - I'm a sucker for freebees - check out www.myjeanm.com for a giveaway they're doing for a t.v. segment and lots of $ in products - of course you won't beat my video! :-) ha ha
I know a lot of you guys are hating on Jordan Almonds, but that's what we're doing at our wedding. It has nothing to do with whether or not we like them, it's because my famiy is Greek Orthodox, and you always give out Jordan Almonds - called Koufetta - at a Greek wedding. They're wrapped up in odd numbers because an odd number can't be divided evenly in 2, so it signifies the indivisibility of the married couple. We're going to put a little tag on each one that explains the tradition, as many of our guests aren't Greek.
Of course, I just read this whole thread and now i'm freaking out about the whole thing. I'm just trying to honor my family's traditions, and instead i'll probably end up on a 'worst favor ever' blog. Not a good feeling 
londonladybug - Don't worry about what other people on this blog think, if it's something that is important to your family and your customs than it shouldn't matter what other people who you will never meet think. I think it is very important to include culture in your wedding, and also love the idea of adding an explanation tag so those who are not Greek can feel a part of our wedding.
@ londonladybug: Definitley don't worry about it and go ahead with your jordan almond plans! And the tag explaining the tradition is a great idea. It's one of those cultural things like cash bars, dollar dances or cookie tables. Some people can't believe you did it whereas for other people it's not a wedding unless you did!
I vote for honoring your family's traditions.
The worst that I received was a horseshoe with ribbon strung through it and fake flowers glued all over it.
i despise all the stuff that you KNOW people will throw away, like those bells that you ring to make the couple kiss. such a waste!
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LOL I love this thread.
The worst I've received is probably the paperweight with bible quotes. I'm not really religious so I don't know what to do with it.
@ hcky0318 & caitlanc - thanks girls, you definitely calmed me down a bit. i was starting to break out in a cold sweat! I hope people will appreciate that we're trying to represent the greek heritage with the almonds, whether they like them or not. My dad has already had to come to terms with the fact that his baby girl isn't getting married in a Greek Orthodox church (my fiance is episcopalian, although there will be a greek priest giving a blessing at the end of our Church of England ceremony), I can't take the almonds away from him too!
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I have gotten:
-Bottle of Bubbles-Streamer wand for when the B&G left the reception-M&Ms-Bells-
None of them are overly exciting. My FI and I are opting not to give a gift and do a donation in honor of our guest to our favorite philanthropy to participate in.
Ah Jordan Almonds, a mediterranean thing. My fiance is Lebonese Armenian and I was going to be giving those out too, customs...I was going to put them in a small organza bag with a sunscreen sample (a dermatology custom..lol) but I was saved by a destination wedding and now have to put together bags instead. Don't feel bad!
My favorite favor: A rattan bell christmas ornament spray painted to a bronze and tied with a burgandy ribbon for a late fall wedding. I still think about my friend's wedding when I put it on my tree each year. It doesn't even have they're names...
I felt the lotto ticket was kinda weird ( a gamble eh?), but I guess I'd feel differently if I'd won?
BTW: If your favor is on this list, don't worry about it. I may laugh about Byron, my bird, but I still have him!
And Jordan almonds are a tradition. Like the garter toss, some people love it, some people hate it. This just happens to be the board that attracts the haters LOL.
We are going to give several things on this list. We're giving a CD. We're giving M&Ms. AND we're giving the infamous BUBBLES!
But I'm not sweating it. I've got a kickbutt party planned that will hypnotize them into thinking they are the best favors ever!! (That's how it goes in my head anyway...)
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@londonladybug -- don't stress! I'm one of the ones who hates Jordan almonds, but even if I didn't want to eat them I'd still enjoy the tag explaining that they're part of your family's culture, and the "odd numbers only" idea is really cool.
Even with food, it's almost impossible to give a favor that everyone will like. If the almonds are meaningful to you and your family, don't leave them out! If you have any almond-hating guests like me, I promise they'll get over it ;-)
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@eggplant: Ha, ha-- we gave horrible favors at our Chinese banquet, too. They were these white heart-shaped sachets with lace and a gold heart on them. The worst part was that the "fragrance" smelled awful, like those artificial car air fresheners.
We kept one to hang on our Christmas tree, but keep it in a separate box so it doesn't stink up the other ornaments.
and this is why I love being a part of the hive. Even the jordan almond 'haters' are supportive and sweet :)
haha What a great thread! I have to admit, I've never really received a "terrible" favor. But I do have ones that I like and don't like. I LOVE anything that is edible. In fact, two out of the "too many to count" weddings I've been to in the past year gave some sort of edible treat. One was reeses pieces in a tin and the other was a godiva chocolate. Both were eaten before cocktail hour was finished. haha. Have to admit though, I'm just not a fan of things that aren't "perishable." CDs are great, but to the bride and groom...it's what THEY like, and it's practically impossible to make somethign that Grandpa can listen to in addition to your kid sister as well. My fiance and I after realizing this (we were gung ho on CD's for the longest time) finally decided to get little 5 oz. jars of different kinds of jelly from our local cider mill. Peach butter, blackberry jelly, and apple cinnamon jelly. This way if people don't like them they can pass them on to someone who wants them in their belly. Not to mention, we supported a local store to boot!
But for those that have done CD's (just realizing now that some have)...I have to say that I do have all the ones I have received...and occasionally I like listening to Billy Joel followed by Bon Jovi :-)
I haven't ever gotten anything that bad, but I still find favors a bit useless....Edible things aren't bad though. Lately, I have been given cds--luckily, both were good cds, with some good choices on them. Also, my one friend did Swarovski crystals that she hung from little satin ribbons. I took one and some extras and actually put them on a plant and hung them from random places. They were cute and sparkly and didn't look bad.
The bird is hilarious though. :)
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What a wonderful thread!
I don't think I've ever gotten a horrible wedding favor but I tend to not keep/use ones where they have the bride and groom's names on them. I appreciate anything edible (and still solid) and more useful gifts (an icecream scooper, vintage magnets, pashminas.) I am a huge FAVORS person because I love to put them together but ironically, I do find them a little useless! Go figure!
They make fake jordan almonds that are actually like giant m&m's! My friend gave them out at her wedding and they were yummy, there were even some with toffee in them. mmm
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