Easy Dream Weddings

to save money when i got married we kept most of the favors to the wedding party and close relatives. we gave them wallet size pics in frames. i have also gotten cute coozies. good luck!

I attended a wedding where the bride’s grandma was known for making homemade candy. So she made a little candy for everyone, and that was the favor. The bride explained it, and started crying as she talked about her grandma. It was really cute. And everyone likes something that’s edible!

My cousin had little sachets of wild flower seeds tied with a ribbon and tag that something about growing the flowers would remind you of their growing love and flowers like people grow better with love and care etc etc
They were very cute and probably not horribly expensive. I had mine for a few years but lost it (with countless other things) when I moved.

At my cousins wedding they handed out these little bags of gold coins for good luck, that wasn’t romantic. Then my other cousin handed out these purple bags of potpourri, that wasn’t good either. Usually at weddings people want something that is edible as gifts, because there’s something to do with them. There’s nothing to do with little bags of potpourri. Good luck hon!

a gift card to my fave shop. that’s what i got as a fave but it was also a big wedding that cost money if you know what i mean.. but for you try handing out the center pieces off the tables if you paid for them… have numbers under the seats for each guest and by the nights end draw numbs and let them take home a center piece. if that don’t work try handing out small gift bags with sample sizes of things you and your husband like.. like bath stuff for the ladies and fishing or golf stuff for the guys what ever your hubby’s into or give things out that will give people an idea of the honeymoon spot.. good luck hope this helps

I have been to a couple of Weddings and I think my most favorite favor was a CD burned by the couple with their first dance song and other songs that they liked. You don’t have to go through a company to do this, they purchased the Cd’s and the labels and made them on their home computer. I also received a candle, a frame with my name and table number and the same couple that gave the Cd’s also gave a small bottle of wine with their name and wedding date. I have seen some good favors on The Knot web page, it may be worth looking to see if their is anything worth using.

Good luck.

The newly weds would do a walk about once the bar is open, after supper, and hand out small finger size pieces of wedding(fruit)cake., wrapped in saran, and tied with small thin ribbon . The belief is that if a single person sleeps with it under her pillow, she will dream of the man she will marry. Carry them in a decorated wicker basket type carrier with a handle.

I guess I’ve never gotten a favor I found useful. Usually it’s bubbles with their names on it or something. I got a scroll one time with a tie around it, it had a poem and the bride and groom’s names and date of wedding. it was a cute thing to keep but only if you know the people very well. For my wedding, which was outside in the summer (about 90 something degrees outside), i gave personalized bottled water. I figured it would help keep everyone cool and if they wanted to keep it, it had our names and date on it. our theme was daisies so it had a little daisy bouquet and a saying that went with our wedding. from what i heard most people enjoyed it and it was definitely useful

I guess it depends on what time of year you doing it…and itf you had a theme. Like Im having a spring wedding and Sunflower themed…and my favors will be a small pot with soil (with our names and date written on them)…and a small bag of sunflower seeds with a poem attached.
I think if you can comw up with alot of creative ideas along with your theme that people could actually enjoy and want to use.

I have a couple.
Porcelain ring box that was filled with mints- had that thing forever till I broke it
Small bottle of wine with a heart cork stopper- nice but $$$$
Bottle of Honey- very sweet with their logo on it and lasted me a year!!

I am personally doing candles. Which I have shown people and they love them. Perfect Pears in a bag.

Ones I HATE
CD- come on who likes the same music… and I don’t need a copy of the chicken dance.
Cookies or candy- I just had all that food and cake…
Mints- are ok, nothing special
Tea bag- sorry just cheap looking….
Coffee mugs from the dollar store….. ANYTHING from the dollar store…. just looks though less and sloppy.

These are the favors for my wedding:

Two stalks of lucky bamboo in a clear glass vase w/ glass pebbles in the bottom to anchor the bamboo. We’re not doing the “lucky pair” thing, just our monogram and wedding date label, that way guests can peel it off if they don’t want it on the vase later. I think the best favors I have received are personalized candy bars, mini bottles of champagne, and one bride gave out these gorgeous silver swans that were sugar servers,,,but those were mega-bucks I’m sure!

I think the best favor I ever received at a wedding was chocolate.

Last year I went to a wedding where we had at our place settings specially made chocolate covered caramels and the bride and grooms initial were on each one (new last name initial). They were in a tiny box. We were only given one but it was classic, simple and elegant. (not to mention delicious), when the young kids at the table across weren’t looking, I took their uneaten ones!! Good Luck!!

I can’t say I have received anything more memorable than mints in pretty boxes. We have only a very small number of guests, less than 20, so we are giving people a bottle of champagne, it’s from Berry Brothers who are a lovely wine company in London, their champagne tastes like crisp apples, it’s delicious, and we are getting the small bottles, so everyone can have a bottle to take away with them. Any that are left after the reception we will take home with us and drink!!!