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Favor help
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I have no idea what I am going to do for favors. My fiancé and I have bounced between the ideas of candles coasters koozies and I just can't come up with the perfect idea
We are doing a simple traditional wedding our table decor is a flower arrangement with tea lights under neath
I would like the favors to represent us in some way or form meaning I love candles hence giving candles as favors but I don't know if that is too much candle on the table with the decor
Any ideas?!
We are doing a simple traditional wedding our table decor is a flower arrangement with tea lights under neath
I would like the favors to represent us in some way or form meaning I love candles hence giving candles as favors but I don't know if that is too much candle on the table with the decor
Any ideas?!
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Re: Favor help
[QUOTE]I have no idea what I am going to do for favors. My fiancé and I have bounced between the ideas of candles coasters koozies and I just can't come up with the perfect idea We are doing a simple traditional wedding our table decor is a flower arrangement with tea lights under neath I would like the favors to represent us in some way or form meaning I love candles hence giving candles as favors but I don't know if that is too much candle on the table with the decor Any ideas?!
Posted by clanager03[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Favors are not required. But if you choose to have them, stick with something edible. Anything else, and you're more likely to be taking alot of those favors home. </div><div>
</div><div>I love candles, but I'm particular about scents. My DH (as well as most of the guys I know) would not be thrilled with that favor. I hate koozies so I wouldn't take those. And I already have some nice coasters at home, so unless you were buying a really nice set, I'd probably have no use for them.
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I'm making seed bags with a small card with our names and date of our wedding on one side and on the back, the types of seeds inside the bag (and maybe a little bit of info about the seeds if I can fit it). As I live in Texas, I'm putting in Bluebonnets and then selecting another wildflower that's one of our wedding colors (purple).
That way, even if people don't take them home, I can take the seeds myself and plant them.
That said, I'm making sure the seeds I get are okay to just "scatter" and will take that way as well as being okay to plant in October (when our wedding is).
I also looked at: wine bottle stoppers and bottle openers and cork screws. Then I realized that made us look like alcoholics. LOL!
I agree with others; koozies aren't really that great of an idea (unless it's a redneck wedding perhaps?). Candles were one I also considered, but dumped for the reasons PPs said.
Good luck!!
Wildflower seeds can't be used by those who live in apartments (or other rental properties), or those who simply don't garden or don't want wildflowers taking over their yard.
Favors, if you choose to have them, are meant to be something the guests would enjoy. So I think your mindset might be a bit wrong in that, NBD, you'd just use the extra seeds yourself.
That said, there's got to be lots of good ideas out there.
OP - Skip koozies, coasters or candles. And skip anything that has your name & wedding date printed on them. No one (other than maybe your mother) want a trinket with your wedding info on it. Try to keep it edible. You could do candies, chocolates, cookies, or jars of local honey or your favorite jam. There are a ton of ideas.
Websites/blogs where our wedding has been featured:
http://www.dapperq.com/2013/11/a-very-dapper-wedding/
http://www.onabicyclebuiltfortwo.com/2013/10/wedding-christina-g.html
http://4realequalityweddings.com/2014/05/16/g-christina/
[QUOTE]All of my friends are getting married (been to at least 10 weddings in the past 2 years) I recently have been seeing more "useful" guest favors and wedding party gifts. One product that keeps popping up are Herban Essentials towelettes (I have seen these at 3 weddings) either in gift bags for the wedding party and at place settings/small gift pouches at tables. The lavender towelettes are amazing! I went to a wedding in California in February, the bridesmaids were each given bags of the lavender towelettes and at each table were lavender themed favor bags at each place setting including a lavender sachet, 2 Herban Essentials lavender towelette, a lavender soap and a lavender lotion -- I thought this was a fabulous idea worth sharing :) I just went to their website and ordered a few bags for myself herbanessentials.com Hope this helps!
Posted by amandagrayson[/QUOTE]
<div>I would most likely have a massive headache.</div>
if any body else has any other ideas I would love to hear them!
[QUOTE]Good point; hadn't considered it. I think there's 1 couple who's coming who lives in an apt; the rest are all homeowners, and, since most people mention people just toss favors, I was looking for something different. ...Posted by shaylagirl[/QUOTE]
shaylagirl - Do most of your guests live in Texas. If so they would understand and appreciate bluebonnet seeds more than Knotties from across the world. It is so Texas. I think with most favors you are likely to have some left.
I opted for edible - jordan almonds which have various cultural traditions with weddings and put them in "Jordan Almond Flowers". I had friends help me make them to save money. Kits are available online. The almonds were in my wedding color. The extras I made I used for decoration. (The left overs I am now using to decorate presents in lieu of bows.) Good luck (I got married in Liberty Hill.)
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I think the cozzie is a good idea if you and your friends are big drinkers or live near a beach or lake where they will be useful, but same thing maybe just put a tag on it that can be removed with your wedding date and name! The coasters seem like they will get expensive because you kind of have to do at least a set of four!
[QUOTE]All of my friends are getting married (been to at least 10 weddings in the past 2 years) I recently have been seeing more "useful" guest favors and wedding party gifts. One product that keeps popping up are Herban Essentials towelettes (I have seen these at 3 weddings) either in gift bags for the wedding party and at place settings/small gift pouches at tables. The lavender towelettes are amazing! I went to a wedding in California in February, the bridesmaids were each given bags of the lavender towelettes and at each table were lavender themed favor bags at each place setting including a lavender sachet, 2 Herban Essentials lavender towelette, a lavender soap and a lavender lotion -- I thought this was a fabulous idea worth sharing :) I just went to their website and ordered a few bags for myself herbanessentials.com Hope this helps!
Posted by amandagrayson[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>I would leave that behind in a heartbeat. First - I don't do lavender and many people don't. Second, my DH can't be around fragrance like that and I would have to get him out of there before the migraine his. And...I really am thinking vendor.
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I like the candle idea. You can even have them engraved with your names and date. Even if people do candles or the scent it is still a nice decorations ad reminder of your special day.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Favor help : I would leave that behind in a heartbeat. First - I don't do lavender and many people don't. Second, my DH can't be around fragrance like that and I would have to get him out of there before the migraine his. And...I really am thinking vendor.
Posted by kmmssg[/QUOTE]
Yep, especially since the poster was careful to name the company several times and give the website...and as it turns out, that company is a Santa Barbara company, and the poster gives her address as SB.
[QUOTE]what about wine glass or some time of alcoholic glass that way they can use it for their drinks through out the night? with either our favorite drink recipe card in it or our names on it some how?
Posted by clanager03[/QUOTE]
No, sorry.
Most adults want glasses that match, so they wouldn't take a single glass home.
You would have soooooo many extra glasses. Plus, the venue or caterer likely already provides glassware, so how would you make sure the glasses don't get cleared away by bussers?
No one wants something with your names on it.
If you can't pick an edible favor, don't have favors. It's really a waste of your time and money.
Our wedding was a montage of colors, though predominately orange and pink, so the variety of colors didn't bother me one bit.
I ended up making a set of custom wine charms that were unique enough to not just be our names/date. we had a blue bead to represent the college where we met, a wine glass to represent our love of food/wine, a 'thank you' charm to say thanks to our fam/friends, etc...
Out of the 220 sets I made, I think we had 30 sets left over - then again there were only about 200 guests actually in attendance.
Check etsy for some ideas too -- lots of neat items!
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We went with the one thing that everyone in my family said - ornaments from my uncle's wedding. He had the covered bridge he proposed at which was in the town they married made into wooden ornaments. They were amazing.
We chose to go with that company and do ornaments: http://laserkrafts.com/Portfolio.html we did the one that is the state of NH (where we live). The cutout in the center is actually sort of a state symbol called the old man on the mountain. People that aren't from here don't know what they're looking for to make it out...but it's kinda neat. They haven't updated their website in years but they can do pretty much anything. They were cheap, I want to say around $150 a piece. So If someone leaves them, we'll just use them for gift embellishments at Christmas.
We also thought about doing personalized coasters (as another knottie had suggested in a previous post), but personalized to the guest's name (not ours).
I loved the idea of a live flower or plant or little pumpkins (fall wedding for us) but I couldn't imagine lugging all those around on my wedding day.
I would love a seed packet...pinterest has some beautiful ways to imbed seeds into paper that you can shape, I love edibles and jarred items.... I would find a Koozie to be tacky and wouldn't take it.
You'll never be subject to a cash bar, gap, potluck wedding, or b-list if you marry a Muppet Overlord.
I trump all the Kitties with cuteness!!! Bhahahahaha!!!