Wedding favors

[sageofages]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Speaking of weddings....what do you think about wedding favors? I think they are mostly a waste of money b/c I usually take them home and after they sit on my counter a couple days I throw them away.

The two exceptions I have enjoyed are: a little bag of nice chocolates and my favorite was a 3x5 picture frame.
This was a Nov. wedding and in December we all received Christmas cards with a wedding photo of the B&G so all we had to do was cut off the bottom where it said "Merry Christmas" and put it in the frame. If I remember correctly they enclosed their thank you note with the xmas card.

Back in my day wedding favors were never more than a book of matches that said the B&G's names and the date.

For daughter #2's wedding, we made little metal bells to ring instead of the glass clinking. They were decorated and many friends use them as christmas tree ornaments we have been told.

Easy and cheap!

[Scully]

Originally Posted by sageofages

For daughter #2's wedding, we made little metal bells to ring instead of the glass clinking. They were decorated and many friends use them as christmas tree ornaments we have been told.

Easy and cheap!

Cute idea! We went to Lindt Chocolatier (cheaper than Godiva) and handed out mini boxes of 3 truffles each. Which we had personalized there with our names and wedding date on the ribbon (which matched the color of my girls' dresses). Each person got a box, rather than one per couple. I figured, who doesn't like chocolate and why send someone home with another paper weight?

Also, if you want to make your own, they sell the truffles individually wrapped and you can make your own little gift bags and tie them with the chocolate inside.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Speaking of weddings....what do you think about wedding favors? I think they are mostly a waste of money b/c I usually take them home and after they sit on my counter a couple days I throw them away.

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Back in my day wedding favors were never more than a book of matches that said the B&G's names and the date.

We came from the same "day." I had never been to a wedding with favors until the last year or two (except for, as you note, the old matchbooks or napkins.) They seem completely pointless to me . . . I associate favors with a kid's birthday party.

I really don't want to take anything home from a wedding. Even the very nice chocolates we brought home from a wedding last summer went to waste -- we ate one each (of the 4 or 5 we each had in a box) and the rest went into the refigerator, where they remained until we found them 6 months later and threw them away. Of course, they were pretty much lost on me -- I'm not a big chocolate fan at all -- but even my wife and kids forgot about them.

My advice as a frequent wedding guest: Forget about favors.