Wedding help...favors!

[AOIIsilver]

I made my own wedding favors and saved lots of money. I made three types..but just one type would have been fine

1) Tiny bottles of Bubbles (I got a case for $10) with our name and dated printed on computer paper and tied with ribbon on the lid.

2) Small crystal slippers with a Hersey's hug stuffed inside tied up with tulle and ribbon.

3) BUT! The cheapest and best received gift was the packets of flower seeds. We went to Wal-mart when they had seeds for 10 cents a packet. I bought up all of the baby's breath and blue belles. I typed up a "Thank you" message that asked the guest to plant these seeds as a rememberance of the love that was sowed on our wedding day. I glued the message to the back of the packet. I made 200 for $25 including printing, paper, seeds, and glue! EXCELLENT idea!


Good luck!
Silver

[RxyChrldr]

Thanks for all of the great ideas! Right now we're thinking that doing some sort of little treat bag tied with ribbon and a sentiment of sorts will probably be the winner..but I really like the idea of personalized candy bars that i've seen in a few bridal magazines..like a full hershey's bar with a personalized label. Unfortunately, can't find any for really cheap...might not be too hard to make myself if I had decent computer/graphics skills..but I definitely don't want it to look cheapy like it probably would if I did it! Thanks again, ladies..and no goldfish or jordan almonds, I promise!

[Cluey]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
3)The cheapest and best received gift was the packets of flower seeds.

I was just about to post this!

This was one of the best favors I had ever seen. They took translucent envelopes of seeds, punched two holes in the top of the envelope and attached with ribbon a little poem which talked about love being like flowers. It was so cute!

[MareImbrium]

I went to a wedding where they gave out plastic heart shaped containers just thin enough to put tiny mints in them. The first initials of the couple's first names and the last letter of their last name were on the container.

[sororitygirl2]

I'm the type to sort of scoff at traditions that I see as silly and useless, and am saying "ditto" on the idea of not having favors. I've never never heard of a favor that was that cool, so why waste the money? You're wedding can definitely still be classy - I've been to weddings that were in the neighborhood of $150,000 (i.e. very classy, very high society) that didn't have favors, and no one was offended...

If you do want to do something, I think the seeds or a small tree that guests can plant in their yards are both good ideas.

[rho4life]

Magnets w/ your names and the date, and a cute drawing of a stick bride and groom. Useful and won't melt on the way home!

[AOcutiePi4ever]

Originally posted by rainbowbrightCS
How about giving a goldfish? I went to a wedding where they gave out little fish wich came in jars. Really interesting and cute.

Just an idea.

oh dont do that.... fish are a pain in the ass and think of the poor fish stuck in the jar... i know if my parents or i came home from a wedding with a goldfish we would be like, "wtf?!?!"

[XOAlumXO]

My sister just got married and she had wine bottles as favors. She had labels made with her and her husbands name printed on it. These seem to be pretty popular amoung the weddings I have attended this year. I have been to 10 weddings in 2003, mostly bc I am asked to sing at the weddings. But, I'd have to say that the wine bottle favors are probably the more classier favors I have seen. And, I think they are good momentos.

My cousin made a picture CD which was pretty cute also. They used their wedding song as a back drop.

[PM_Mama00]

The wine bottles/champagne bottles are very popular nowadays and people can get use out of them.

My cousin also had tic-taks at every place setting.

Warning: Don't do it if you're Italian and you're family picks at every little detail.

[MareImbrium]

I recently talked to a long lost friend of mine about favors at her wedding and she gave everyone a pair of those nice chopsticks.

[krystle]

I dont know if this would go with your theme or whatever..but at my mom's wedding about, two summers ago...they used the placecards as favors, and something to tell the servers what food that guest was getting.

It was a small nantucket like basket with a blue candle inside, then a small namecard was tied on with ribbon and a colored heart next to the name. Then on the bottom of the basket was little stickers with mom & my stepfathers initials and the date.

Pretty cute I think. I wonder where mine went...

[RxyChrldr]

Originally posted by krystle
I dont know if this would go with your theme or whatever..but at my mom's wedding about, two summers ago...they used the placecards as favors, and something to tell the servers what food that guest was getting.

I really like this idea! Okay so I just got the invitations ordered yesterday..they're a really pretty, yet simple, white card with a thin platinum border. The writing is embossed in black with an "Engravure"-type font, with our names printed in script. I think they look so classy...and it's a huge relief to have that out of the way! Unfortunately..we forgot about the whole where we're registered at thing. Is it tacky to include an enclosure card with maybe directions and a note where we're registered? Hmm..ideas appreciated! Should we just leave that out all together? Thanks again everyone!

[Hootie]

I don't know what your budget is like but I know that if you visit Yankee Candle's website, you can have personalize mini-jar candles made - complete with you and your spouse's name and maybe a favorite quotation.

I personally like the cd idea because to buy a bunch of cd's is inexpensive, and then it could be a project that some of your bridesmaids could do. Maybe to spice it up you could not only add some of your favorite love songs, but some other fun songs the two of you like and shared.


I was going to do the hershey kisses from the Mr. and Mrs. when I was planning my wedding...though cute, it's a pain to put together.

Also I don't like the idea of the mini-disposable cameras at the tables. I've heard stories of drunken guests getting out of hand with the photos...not to mention that they cost a FORTUNE to develope!

[rho4life]

Originally posted by RxyChrldr
Okay so I just got the invitations ordered yesterday..they're a really pretty, yet simple, white card with a thin platinum border. The writing is embossed in black with an "Engravure"-type font, with our names printed in script. I think they look so classy...and it's a huge relief to have that out of the way! Unfortunately..we forgot about the whole where we're registered at thing. Is it tacky to include an enclosure card with maybe directions and a note where we're registered? Hmm..ideas appreciated! Should we just leave that out all together? Thanks again everyone!

I know some people balk at the idea of a registry, and others who love it. I know guests like it when you include a map, especially if there's travelling involved between the wedding and the reception. As long as you register at some major stores, and tell your parents and your attendants [b/c that's who'll probably be getting asked a fair number of questions], people will find your registry.

Good Luck!

[33girl]

Originally posted by AGDee
I'm disappointed that nobody has matches anymore. What does one do when one needs a match and nobody gives them out anywhere anymore?

Dee

See what all you fanatical anti-smokers have done? A pox on you. Bah!!

One of my friends gave out the seeds in a miniature pot...and you guessed it, mine are still sitting on my bookcase. I rent, for the love of Pete. Where am I going to plant a tree?

Edible favors are the best - see if you can find anyone who makes homemade candy. It's a little more personal than the kisses, almonds whatever.

Some people don't mind about the registry thing and some think it's REALLY tacky - so I would skip the card. As rho4life said, people will find your registry - I know the first thing I do when I get an invite is check at Kaufmann's and Lazarus. I take it you already are registered - if not, please don't use someplace that is local only and no one from elsewhere can find it (unless everyone you invited is local). May Company has a registry that is cross-referenced at all their stores.

and if people are traveling, please, PLEASE include a map - not a mapquest map, drive the easiest route yourself and write it down as you drive. (Or as the groom to be drives, hee hee.)