Wedding favors

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Yes, there are a few wineries in the Seattle area that will do it, but we love that the wine is actually going to be from "the family wine estate" (haha).

Oh definitely! It makes it even more special when it's from the family! My Italian grandfather made each of his grandchildren a huge.. I don't know what you call them, they were bottles as big as a small child, probably 4 feet tall.. of wine for our weddings. He made them when we were born. It was very special to have that, especially since he passed away when I was 14 and couldn't be there for my special day. He only saw a few of us actually get married, but his wine was at all of our weddings.

[RaggedyAnn]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Oh definitely! It makes it even more special when it's from the family! My Italian grandfather made each of his grandchildren a huge.. I don't know what you call them, they were bottles as big as a small child, probably 4 feet tall.. of wine for our weddings. He made them when we were born. It was very special to have that, especially since he passed away when I was 14 and couldn't be there for my special day. He only saw a few of us actually get married, but his wine was at all of our weddings.

That is so sweet! You are very lucky he thought ahead like that.

We got luggage tags without the bride and groom's name this summer. (There was a travel theme.) I love useful favors.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Wow, that was touching.

[psusue]

I don't know about the whole confetti thing. Maybe that's a Sicilian tradition but when I was in Italy last summer (Milan, so northern Italy), they had confetti at a baby dedication, and everyone ate the confetti. Though again, I'm sure the tradition varies regionally.

[RaggedyAnn]

I don't know why people emboss/engrave half the favors they do, to be honest. That's why I was glad they were not. I throw all of that stuff out too, unless it is a package for food or drink. Call me not sentimental.

[lovespink88]

What are our current and recent GC brides using for wedding favors? We'll will be doing a donation to charity (specific charity is still TBD, lol)

[DreamfulSpirit]

We had 2 favors:

1- I'm Canadian (I'll be in an American Citizen in 2 weeks!) and there's this chocolate shop back in my hometown that I just love! So they made big maple leaves out of chocolate for us.

2- I saw in a bridal magazine an idea about making a music CD out of everyone's first dances. We only had about 80 guests at our wedding, so this was doable (where as if you had like 200+, it may not necessarily be). We contacted all the married couples that were invited to the wedding and asked them what their first dance song was. We then created the CD and put our first dance song, our parents's songs, and then all the others of those attending the wedding. Everyone loved it! We even had our DJ play the first dance song for each of our parents during the reception as well for everyone to dance to.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

What are our current and recent GC brides using for wedding favors? We'll will be doing a donation to charity (specific charity is still TBD, lol)

We did little bottles of alcohol. We used an eastern European plum brandy (which tastes like burning) as a nod to my hubs' heritage. We found cute bottles and we filled, corked and labeled them ourselves.

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi

We did little bottles of alcohol. We used an eastern European plum brandy (which tastes like burning) as a nod to my hubs' heritage. We found cute bottles and we filled, corked and labeled them ourselves.

Slivovitz!!! As my uncle always says, you can run a car off of it! It does make for fun parties though.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AOEforme

Slivovitz!!! As my uncle always says, you can run a car off of it! It does make for fun parties though.

Aaaaah Slivovitz!

For one of my professor's 90th birthday party, we celebrated with a shot of Slivovitz (he was from the Czech Republic). We all looked like we could have died--but he was a champ about it.

I got playing cards as a favor from a wedding. I like it!

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by AOEforme

Slivovitz!!! As my uncle always says, you can run a car off of it! It does make for fun parties though.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Aaaaah Slivovitz!

For one of my professor's 90th birthday party, we celebrated with a shot of Slivovitz (he was from the Czech Republic). We all looked like we could have died--but he was a champ about it.

I got playing cards as a favor from a wedding. I like it!

Haha, yes, 'twas slivovitz! I can't drink it without making a face.

Here they are:

[AOEforme]

We're doing 2 as well. We're making a donation to St. Jude's hospital.

I'm Slovenian, so part of the tradition is that my side of the family prepares a lot of traditional sweets (exactly like a cookie table). However, with appetizers during cocktail hour, four courses, cake, and late night snacks, the food often goes uneaten.

So, we're using a box for a place setting.




In the box is a little note thanking the guests for coming and explaining the tradition. We're going to have the guests fill the box with whatever treats they like so they can enjoy them the next day, or later that night.

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

I received an invitation to a wedding, and included in the invitation envelope was a bright, shiny penny. The couple asked that, when returning your response, that you include the penny after you've made a wish over it.

Their favors included a scratch-off lottery ticket with one of the lucky pennies taped to the back. There was a note that said something like, 'We appreciate your best wishes for us, and offer our best wishes to you, too. Good luck!' It was cute.

My ticket, unfortunately, was not a winner. Whoever wished on that penny didn't wish hard enough. Still, I really liked the favor.

Originally Posted by AOEforme

I'm Slovenian, so part of the tradition is that my side of the family prepares a lot of traditional sweets (exactly like a cookie table). However, with appetizers during cocktail hour, four courses, cake, and late night snacks, the food often goes uneaten.

So, we're using a box for a place setting.




In the box is a little note thanking the guests for coming and explaining the tradition. We're going to have the guests fill the box with whatever treats they like so they can enjoy them the next day, or later that night.

I'm in love with both of these ideas. Very nice!

[SydneyK]

I received an invitation to a wedding, and included in the invitation envelope was a bright, shiny penny. The couple asked that, when returning your response, that you include the penny after you've made a wish over it.

Their favors included a scratch-off lottery ticket with one of the lucky pennies taped to the back. There was a note that said something like, 'We appreciate your best wishes for us, and offer our best wishes to you, too. Good luck!' It was cute.

My ticket, unfortunately, was not a winner. Whoever wished on that penny didn't wish hard enough. Still, I really liked the favor.