Hi! I have 63 days left until my big day, and Im trying to think of favors that won't cost a lot of money. We are planning on 125-150 people at the reception. We are having an Irish/Celtic theme, and I was thinking about baking Irish soda bread and and wrapping a piece or two for each person, but that would take a lot of baking and it doesn't seem like a very good favor idea… Any ideas or suggestions?
Re: Inexpensive favors
If you are absolutely set on them, buy some bulk wrapped chocolates - not everything has to fit a theme. You can put them in box or bag decorated with your theme if you absolutely want it to tie in thematically.
The least expensive favor is to not do one. They are totally optional.
Anything edible tends to go over like gangbusters here. Cookies, candies, chocolates, all fair game!
I love candy bars but lots of my friends have done them recently so we wanted different. We did small bags of regional candy. We're in Chicago so we did Fannie Mae chocolate bars, Red Hots, Lemon Heads, Tootsie Rolls, and Wrigley gum (something else too but I can't remember what). We made 150 bags for about $250. It took about 2 hours to bag everything with the help of my sister and mom.
The problem with coasters is that 2 doesn't do anyone any good. If I get coasters, I need a set of at least 4, and preferably 6 or 8. I don't want a couple of random coasters any more than I want a random wine glass. And are these tiles absorbent? Because if not, it defeats the purpose of the coaster.