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which favor to do?
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I know a lot of you girls are pro-candy favors. I'm curious for your opinions on these favor ideas! Which sounds better and more unique? A) set of coasters B) boxes of candy C) cake pops (rou
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which favor to do?

posted at 1/24/2012 5:40 PM EST on theknot.com
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 I know a lot of you girls are pro-candy favors. I'm curious for your opinions on these favor ideas! Which sounds better and more unique?

A) set of coasters

B) boxes of candy

C) cake pops (round cake balls on a stick)

My concern with a is time and money, I don't want them to be left behind after putting in hours of work. With B I feel its not unique. With C I have never made them but they sound awesome and if we do them in the flavor of our cake and decorated in the right colors I think they would be cool.
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I am doing tile coasters, one set per family/couple/single, so I am planning on making about 100 sets for our 250 guest wedding. I am also planning on doing something edible as a favor for each person to have waiting for them at their table setting. The problem I see with the cake pops is that if you're having a wedding cake that's a lot of cake! Maybe it's just because I'm not a huge cake fan, but I would much rather have a little satchel of chocolates or candies.
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Re: which favor to do?

posted at 1/24/2012 7:04 PM EST on theknot.com
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 No matter how good the favor is, some will always be left behind...unless you are giving out $100 bills.  Either of the edible options is good; the coasters, not so much.
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I'm thinking candy boxes will ultimately be best.
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I vote B - you can't go wrong with candy.  My sister made cake pops for her daughters christening and while they looked cute, they were a total pain to make. I think if you really love the idea of the cake pops you should try to make some before you make your finale decision.

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Re: which favor to do?

posted at 1/25/2012 12:14 PM EST on theknot.com
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 Candy.  Coasters that don't match your home decor- really?  With someone elses name on them?
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 I think cake pops would be fun because candy is kind of overdone these days.   And I love cake pops.
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I would honestly go with the box of candy. Even if someone can't eat the candy they can bring it home to a kid. You are already having cake and not everyone uses coasters.
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I did coasters so I am biased. I think that they are the most unique of your options, which is what you said you wanted. I made many different styles and matched them up to guests based on their tastes and home decor. And no, they didn't have my name on them. Who would do that?
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I am going with a heart shaped tea infuser from the knot wedding store.  I was thinking about a lot of other things including candy, wine bottles, etc.  We ended up going with the tea infuser because we both like tea and because we are having an out of state wedding.  I wanted something that we could have shipped to my mom (lives in the same state as the wedding).  I also wanted something that we didn't have to put together, tie bows, or thank you cards.  The favor we got comes boxed, with a white bow, and a little tea bag shaped thank you tag.

All this and they ended up being less than 2$ PP including shipping!!!
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Re: which favor to do?

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 i attended a wedding that did glass coasters and i thought it was great, they used them as place cards with our names on a piece of paper that could come out of the coaster, and then when we took them home, we bought cute scrapbook paper to insert in them! When you get sick of the pattern/color, you can switch it out cheap! not sure where they got these from but i'm sure you could find them online!
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Re: which favor to do?

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 For my vote, a qualified C. Make a test batch and then do the math for how long it would take to do all of them. Figure out if you have enough fun making them to justify the work. 

We're doing a box of our favorite tea (ordering kilograms of loose leaf tea was hysterical) and a tea infuser that I'm adding charms to. 

In general, I'm solidly in the edible favor camp. And in the camp of knowing that no matter how much thought and effort you put into it, at least 30% of your guests are going to leave your favor on the table. (if they don't, you get to do a happy dance!)
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Re: which favor to do?

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 I'm going with B, but I am bias.  I am a partner in Sweet & Sinful Chocolate Co.  We make 12 flavors of handmade cream filled chocolates.  For the weddings we have
done so far, we have done the 1/2 doz box filled with their favorite flavors and the bride has done their own ribbon accessories to save money.  If you are interested, please view our website at
sweetandsinfulchocolateco.weebly.com
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