Favors — The Knot Community

corked mini wine bottles?

epie — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:06:10 +0000

Hey everyone!

So I posted this yesterday and it dissapeared into oblivion. But anyways....I'd really like to have mini wine bottles for favors, but my reception venue insists that all wine favors be corked. Has anyone come across any mini bottles of wine that are *not* screw top? The screw top variety are available for as low as $1/each at the grocery store, so I'd love if I could find a corked version in the same price range.

Thanks!

Coconut Cups and glitter?

nikkib043012 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:11:19 +0000

Hi ladies!!!! I am very confused right now. At first my wedding was going towards a flower theme, but not quite hawaiian. Now, hower , due to a couple changes it changed to complete glam with glitter stilletos and all. The problem is that i am stuck with 160 coconut cups that i was going to fill with pink lemonade for the reception favors. Should I still keep them? My wedding is in April so i am already extremely stressed!

Favor/welcome bag items for little boys?

brookerich — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:59:56 +0000

Hey everyone,
For our favor/welcome bags I'm putting something in each bag for each guest at our wedding, for the women I'm putting in a pashmina wrap, for the men I'm putting in a swiss army type knife, for the little girls I'm putting in a little silver bracelet.

I'm at a TOTAL loss as to what to include for the little boys (age 10 and under). Anyone have any ideas on this? I got the little girls bracelets for nearly nothing (14 of them for less than $10) but they look really nice so I'd hate to just get the little boys something cheesy if that makes sense. For both boys and girls I'm including things like candy, glow bracelets/necklaces and activity books. I'm just stuck on the one "little boy" specific item. I don't want to spend a ton on each kid (there are around 6 of them, I wouldn't want to spend more than $10 or so each)

Any suggestions would be welcome... Thanks!

Are Hershey's Kisses tacky?

emcas — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:51:20 +0000

My FI and I have little boxes for favors and with the wedding approaching (December 10) we have no idea what to put in them. We wanted something different, etc. but I just want to get this done and out of the way! Hershey kisses are already wrapped, so we could just put them in the boxes. They are really small boxes, like 2"x2". What does anyone think?

THanks!

This is so TACKY! IMO Anyway!

melissarand — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:39:46 +0000

This is just my 2 cents but when I saw this I thought it was SOOOOOOOO TACKY I had to post it and ask what your thoughts were. Am I the only one that thinks having your picture plastered on your wedding favor is tacky??? I just have to know!

Flower Bulb wedding favors

kleb52 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:03:03 +0000

Help! I need ideas on wording for the tags on our favors. We have little burlap sacks with flower bulbs in them. I am wanting something not too cheesy. Suggestions???

Favor Help

MM5678 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:14:19 +0000

Hi All!

My fiance and I have decided to give sea salt and peper corns in individual jars for favors. I came up with adding a little note saying, "thank you for adding some spice to our lives!"

My fiance doesnt seem to be sold on the note wording... any suggestions?

Thank you!

oops, nevermind

brookerich — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:24:31 +0000

Nevermind, evidently my first post didn't taste so good so TK spit it back out! haha

Anyone know where to find $4-$5 pashminas?

brookerich — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:42:39 +0000

I'm wondering if anyone knows where to find pashmina scarves/shawls for around $4-$5 each. I know you can find them on practically every street corner in NYC but unfortunately I'm in GA. lol Surely someone out there has an online resource to recommend. I only need around 15 of them and I'd like to get them in our wedding colors if possible.

Any advice/info anyone has will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Charity Donation favors???

shanay981 — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:44:50 +0000

Hi Guys!
Can anyone point me in the correct direction, or have any suggestions on creative ideas/ways to go about Favors that indicate we are making a charity donation in their name in lieu of traditional favors?? Anyone have any pictures or websites to check out?

Thanks so much!!

virginia themed wedding favor

casenews — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:16:33 +0000

does anyone have any ideas for a virginia themed wedding favor?

Need help with wording for bridal shower tags..

GRLWALSHY62500 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:35:52 +0000

Hi,

My sister is having a destination wedding so we are doing a tropical/travel theme for the shower. The favors are flip flop luggage tags. I wanted to say something like

Sine the couple is starting on thier journey, Something for you on your journey.

But I just can't get it to make sense. I'm open to ideas....

TIA

Candy Favors...what kind of candy

Patricks Fiancee — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:31 +0000

Well I was loving the koozie idea with candy filling the koozie, but my mother says they are not classy enough to measure up to the rest of the wedding, and reading a few posts on these boards makes it clear that koozies are a thing of the past.

Sooo.....

How do people normally do candy favors? Settling for candy favors seemed like a simple decision (and probably a guest pleaser) but now I'm not sure how to put these favors together.

Do I get the bags/boxes personalized and go with regular store bought candies, do I order all personalized candies/wrappers?? Err, what combination of personalization of bags and candy is best??

Also, what types of candy does everybody recommend??

Thanks!

Cheap Pens?

cwill6212 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:18:27 +0000

I ordered small cards that say "Your Best Advice for the Bride & Groom" which we're going to put on the place settings. I thought of including a personalized pen with it (for convenience and to double as a favor)

Any ideas where I can get this for cheap? So, far $40 is the cheapest I've found (which really isn't that cheap!)

Candy or Cookies?

JennLax — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:05:30 +0000

Hi there,

FI and I had originally planned on doing a candy bar as our favour, but we're on a really tight budget and there aren't a lot of places near us to get bulk candy at affordable prices.

I LOVE to bake and had an epiphany this morning... Do you all think it would be alright to bake a bunch of batches of homemade cookies and put those in the jars instead? Then people could take a few of each flavour and it'd be a lot more personal.

It'll definitely help cut down on costs and I find baking relaxing, so it'll help with nerves in the days leading up to the wedding as well :P

Our wedding is casual and informal, with the ceremony taking place outside and the reception in a big beautiful barn. The cookies seem to fit better with the "rustic casual theme."

Thoughts?

ETA: I know it seems like my mind is totally made up in my post. I just wanted to hear other opinions because I've never been to a wedding with homemade cookies as the favour. Which makes me feel like there must be a reason why it's not a popular option?

Help! Play on words for food favors!

babs0627 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:40:12 +0000

My fiance and I are giving each household represented two half pint mason jars as favors for our wedding. One jar is filled with homemade Pear Relish which is sweet and one with homemade Chow Chow which is more vinegar and tomato based. Both can be used as toppings on hot dogs, peas, etc like any relish or chutney and pear relish can be used as salsa.

I am thinking along the lines of two is better than one or something like similar but different enough, or some sort of play on words like Love is the spice of life like Spread the Love for jam and jellies. I feel like I'm missing something obvious to use as a label or a car in the gift basket.

Thanks for your help!

Giveaway: Cute candy buffet signs!

kfrazier612 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:40:49 +0000

Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone putting together a candy buffet--it's a giveaway for a set of custom signs:

http://www.bluecollarbride.com/a-sweet-giveaway-for-your-candy-buffet/

Pens as Wedding Favors

chelseasyms — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:14:23 +0000

Does anyone know a good place to get personlized pens? We are going to give the guests pens with our names and the date of the ceremony on them as wedding favors. I have googled it and all the sites I went to looked sketchy. Thank you!

won gift certificate- use for wedding or shower?

mes54 — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:14:46 +0000

So I was lucky enough to win a gift certificate for $100 for favors, and was thinking of using them for our wedding (we are doing a photobooth so were planning to skip favors), but I was also thinking of using them toward my bridal shower. We already have a mini handsanitizer and body butter for the shower though, so would something else be overkill? Can't decide which would be better! For the wedding i would probably do a keychain bottle opener, or a mirror compact for the shower. Opinions welcome!

PLEASE DELETED - POSTED ON WRONG BOARD

goobersinlove — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:39:58 +0000

SORRY EVERYONE POSTED ON WRONG BOARD

This is a really terrible situation that I feel embarrassed to even be associated with.

Background Info: FI's mom is BSC. She is the kind of person who refuses to take responsibility for her own life - it's everyone else's fault that she can't get ahead, be happy, etc. She also thinks that, now that her two boys are grown, they literally "owe" her for the 18 years she spent raising them. As you might expect, she is also very emotionally and financially unstable and there is always a crisis that she wants FI to deal with for her [[examples: "Go talk to my landlord for me b/c he's threatening to evict me" or "This guy I'm talking to (who is married) has rejected me and I'm really hurt - go beat him up" or "I need money because XYZ."]]. She will create weird reasons to be mad at FI or I. She has also completely alienated all of her family and FI's deceased father's family, and has fabricated all kinds of reasons why they are not good people and she is the only sane one.

Needless to say, I dislike her very much and gave up on wanting a relationship with her. I'm civil to her and tolerate her when I have to be around her, but that's it - FI and I are living our own life now. FI does know and admit that his mom is a complete mental case.

Last night, she texts FI at 10pm because her car broke and she doesn't have a way to get to work. We go up there and FI gives her one of our cars to use and he is going to buy the parts and fix her car this evening (FI is a mechanic). I did not go into the other room in her house last night where her dogs were, but when we both got back in the car to go home, he expressed how MAD he was at her for the condition that her dogs were in, specifically the 14 year old golden retriever.

If you're skimming, don't skip this paragraph. This is where it gets sad and disgusting. According to FI, she keeps this poor dog chained up in the house, it's nails are so long that they are curled all the way around under her feet and she can't walk, and she is super skinny... like one of those sad ASPCA commerials. The other to dogs are kept locked in little cages in the room. So on the way home while I am driving, he is texting his mom furiously asking WTF!!! She gave him a bunch of BS excuses like "I can't clip her nails because I don't have a nail clipper and can't afford to take her to a groomer" and "I don't know why she's so skinny, she eats all the time!" and "I keep her chained up so I only have to clean her hair in one room."

I have never had so much rage and hate for a person than I do for FI's mom right now. Obviously I never liked her before, but now I don't think I can ever be in the same room with her ever again. I'm shaking with anger even as I type this.

FI and I were both very upset about this last night, and we didn't discuss in detail what we should do about this because we were so mad. What I would like to do is either A) call the local authorities to report it and they will come pick the dogs up and she gets arrested or B) go get the dogs ourselves and take them to the local animal shelter. Taking them ourselves is not a possible option because we live in a 600sf apartment - we are not allowed to have pets, and we aren't home often enough anyway.

I want to try to talk FI into Option B - taking the dogs to a shelter where they can find a better home, but (even though FI has expressed his gross disapproval of her maltreatment of these dogs) I am anticipating that he will resist this because it would "upset" his mom and cause a major blowup.

Even though he knows his mom is nuts, he still does his best to tip toe around her and take the path of least resistance in order to sort of make everyone's life easier I guess. He stands up for me and himself when necessary so she rarely interferes with our life, but I still think he could be a little more assertive with her than he is. I feel bad watching him try to walk a line of being a compassionate son and at the same time not becoming a victim of his mom's crazy train.

While this conversation has not happened yet, I'm worried it that he will ultimately end up not wanting to make this tough call in order to avoid the blowout. And if he doesn't jump onboard with this plan, I don't know what I am supposed to do. I guess I could "anonymously" call the authorities, but then when they are in the picture taking the dogs and charging her, I believe that FI is smart enough to figure out that it was me who made the anonymous call and I could see him getting mad at me for that.

CLIFF NOTES: FI's mom is mistreating her 3 dogs and I want to get FI on my team about taking them from her possession and putting them in an animal shelter.

HELP ME! Give me some wise words or ideas that I simply cannot see now in my state of anger towards this person!

Photobooth

katheriner89 — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:04:04 +0000

I am having double prints at our photobooth, So people can have a copy of their photobooth pictures. Which I was going to have as their "favors". Do you think that is enough? I am going to have bookmark sleeves with a ribbon of our wedding color tied at the top.

I don't know if I should invest in getting something else.
Any ideas?

Are favors a must? Personal opinions on this matter..

misslashae — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:47:55 +0000

Are favors really important? They just seem so damn expensive. HELP! Is it bad manners to skip them?

which favor to do?

amawilco — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:40:52 +0000

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.

Are they in or not??

ash2107 — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:45:03 +0000

I've noticed the last couple of weddings I have been to, there havent been any favors. So my question is do I do favors? Are they still in or have brides strained away from them???

New Orleans Wedding Favors?

kraeuter2b — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:06:12 +0000

We're getting married in New Orleans and I have no idea what to do for favors. My fiance and his family are from the northeast, so I would really like something that says "New Orleans" without being totally cheesy. Maybe some sort of personalized Mardi Gras beads? Or the bakery that is making my cake has fluer de lis chocolates? Any other suggestions?

box for macaroon favor

MrsL2012 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:20 +0000

I can't seem to find a clear box that will fit one macaroon in it. similiar to this: http://weddings.theknot.com/Real-Weddings/40486/detailview.aspx?type=3&id=40486&STOPREDIRECTING=TRUE&wedding%20details=favors&colors=orange,yellow&pageIndex=3&PgReferrer=results.aspx

does anyone know where i could find a 2.5x2.5x1 box that'd fit a macaroon?

Donut Favors

stephie25 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:47:22 +0000

My grandmother is going to bake her famous donuts for our wedidng favors and I'm looking for a bag/box that is an approptiate size for 2 donuts per guest. I'm having a hard time finding anything that would hold less than 6 donuts, does anyone have any suggestions on where to look?

Thanks!

weather issue

cdanie14 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:06:10 +0000

will hard sugar suckers melt at an outside june reception?

Lollipops

ReginaKS — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:10:46 +0000

Do any of my fellow knotties know somewhere I could get lollipops (not plain suckers, actual lollipops) in my wedding colors which are pink, blue, and green? We have decided to do them and personalized guitar picks as these items bring out a little of each of us, but everytime I search for lollipops all I can find are the small suckers like what they used to give me at the bank when I was a child. Any ideas? Thanks!

Welcome Baskets

LittleMissCutiePie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:11:58 +0000

So, a large portion of our guest list (75-80%) are OOT. FI and I decided a nice gesture would be to put welcome baskets in their hotel rooms. We're going to include a card welcoming them and inviting them to join us for our gift-opening the next day (lunch provided). What would, or did, you put in your baskets? TIA!