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I'm going to poke at the edible favor love..
cakegirl.73
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New around here, and yes I'm going to poke at the edible favor love...while I understand why people like them, we are looking elsewhere for our favors. Both of our families have heath issues with food, or at heath freaks and won't even be eating cake!...more for me- so since we are a geek couple who work with computers all day, we were thinking of the usb flash drive favor- maybe with the date or nothing at all. Most of our invited do use them all the time- and to us its something practical. Any thought? Any love/hate comments? I know them can be expensive..but our guest list is 25 people.
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[QUOTE]Well, if it had nothing on it, I would LOVE it. If it had your monogram or date or anything related to your wedding at all, I would leave it because there's no way I'm carrying that into the office.
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]
This. People probably aren't going to want to use a flash drive with information about your wedding plastered on it. Use this idea, but without the personalization.
if it was a personalized iPod...would you leave that behind as well?? i think not.
OP...i think its a great idea. totally unique. and i would absolutely take one. and i'd leave the personalization on there.
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If anything, maybe 'personalize' with a quote or something that would be universal/general.
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OP I like the idea. The personalization wouldn't be something that would make me not take it but I would say get them in your wedding colors and call it a day.
Like PP said, I'm not going to use, well, anything that has somebody else's wedding information on it. Over the years, I've left behind wine glasses, shot glasses, candle holders ... pretty much things that I would have taken and used otherwise, just because it said "Tina & Steve's Wedding" on it.
The few times I did take those things, it was pretty much because the bride noticed I was leaving at the end of the night without a favor and kind of guilted me into taking one ... and then they just sat collecting dust in my cabinets until I no longer felt guilty about throwing them out.
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Thanks to everyone for the suggestions of personalizing vs not. I would prefer to personalize them, but I also agree with those that say some guests may not take them if they are. Good food for thought for FI and I!!
just take the damn thing and make the bride happy. i mean...there isnt 1 favor that is going to work for every single person. i personally HATE plain chocolate...but if the favor is hershey kisses or some other chocolate thing...i'll still take it. its the nice thing to do.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I'm going to poke at the edible favor love.. : So, if I'd said, "I'd take it but immediately pitch it in the trash", that would have been not rude? I have no words for this logic.
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what i was saying was...when you're at someone's wedding - its kind of rude to leave behind the favor. just take it..and do what you want with it. i wasnt referring to what YOU said specifically as being rude. i was saying in general...its rude to not take the favor just because you dont like it or because its personalized.
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: I'm going to poke at the edible favor love.. : what i was saying was...when you're at someone's wedding - its kind of rude to leave behind the favor. just take it..and do what you want with it. i wasnt referring to what YOU said specifically as being rude. i was saying in general...its rude to not take the favor just because you dont like it or because its personalized.
Posted by reese511[/QUOTE]
I don't think it's rude to leave behind something I'm just going to throw out anyway. Why should I be obligated to take something I'm just going to toss? Favors are not mandatory to give ... so why if one is given should it be mandatory to "receive"?
Honestly, I think once you get into the medium-large sized weddings (Like 50+ guests), it's kind of naive to assume every single favor will be taken. There are people that will always take the favor, regardless of what it is "because that's just what you do". You apparently fall into this camp. However, for every person that will <strong>always </strong>take the favor, there's going to be a person that won't take something they don't like or will just plain forget to take one at the end of the night. Just because it's not what you would do, it doesn't automatically make them "rude".
My advice to brides when selecting favors is to always ask yourself "What am I going to do if a lot of these get left behind?" ... you may not like it, but that scenario <strong>has</strong> actually happened to couples before (Just ask my friend who got stuck with 47 of the 150 personalized wine glasses she gave out). When you start personalizing non-edible favors (And not just their packaging), you're limiting yourself on how to deal with any left behinds.
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