Favors — The Knot Community

Vanilla and...?

Knottie14295600 — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:23:16 +0000

Hello Everyone! I guess I'll get right to it... for our favors my future mother-in-law bought us a bunch of those bride/groom boxes. For our "bride" favors we are making homemade vanilla extract. My thinking is that it is something I have been making for a long time so I know the process, and it is something that will actually get used. However, I am not so sure of what to put in the "groom" box.

We are trying to make the favors as inexpensive as possible. The vanillas will end up costing about $40 packaged, so we would like to keep the groom's favor at about 1/2 that cost. I was thinking of going with a sweet and spicy theme? Possibly a BBQ rub of some sort? I could also do coffee beans, but I would wonder how many people would really use that? Any advice would be great!

....also, I am reading that many people are against "couple" favors. I guess this would technically qualify, but I am thinking it is fine since both people actually get something. Plus, all but two people are bringing a guest.

Photo booth frames? Should I order, and if so, how many?

charcoalandblush — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:52:55 +0000

I LOVE photo booths at weddings, but usually afterwards the pictures just sit in my desk drawer because I don't really have anywhere to display them. On a wedding buy/sell facebook group I'm in, someone posted about photo booth picture frames. I looked into it, and found two really nice and inexpensive options:

http://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Photo-Booth-Frames-Strips/dp/B00HRH3QX2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_indust_32?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Z5003DHBTCBR4KHX68Y

http://www.amazon.com/Marketing-Holders-Acrylic-Slanted-Picture/dp/B00IIWJG7U/ref=pd_sim_sbs_indust_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0FKYNC65KX2DN3S4NSMD

I know I would love/use either of those, but I wanted to get others opinions before DF and I decide whether we want to order them.

1. Would you use something like this? (It would be plain, not personalized/wedding related)

2. If so how many should I order? More than one for each guest, exactly one for each guest, or less than one for each guest? If it makes a difference, these won't exactly be our "favors" (our favors will be s'mores), although I guess they kind of are a favor too.

3. Which type would you order? Or would you order some of both?

Moved: Canceling without having signed a contract yet... is this bad etiquette??

hellohkb — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 08:01:59 +0000

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Moved: Mother of Bride and Mother of Groom Outfits

hellohkb — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:57:47 +0000

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Beer glasses as favors

STPgirl88 — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:54:57 +0000

Both my fiance and I are big beer drinkers. His cousin who is a graphic designer is doing all of our invites, save the dates, table numbers... and she suggested doing a beer glass as the party favor, which I think is a very cool idea. My only concern is I don't really want them to say our name/wedding date on them. I am just not a huge fan of personalized favors.

Ideas for something else we could put on beer glasses to make them cool?

Opinions on candy please!!

kimczys — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:51:42 +0000

We are getting sheer 3x4 bags for each guest that will be at their seat. Now.. what is everyone's favorite candy? What I have planned for now is:
3 Hershey Kisses

3 Hershey Hugs

3 Andes mints

per bag

Those candies fill the bag... but I want opinions on what most people like. Are the Andes mints a good idea? Maybe only do Kisses, not Hugs, and just add more mints and chocolates? Maybe a different candy like Rolos?

It's a minor detail, but I would really appreciate some opinions. Thought about a candy bar, but I don't have a lot of money to spend on setting up a nice candy bar. My wedding colors are peach. ivory and chocolate brown. The sheer bags are peach.

Thanks!!

Photobooth Magnetic Frame Suggestions

asiegle87 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:03:59 +0000

We are having a photo booth at our wedding and I've read many blogs stating we could use that as our favor as it's something our guests can have fun with and won't actually mind keeping. What I would like to do is have a photo booth frame as their favor to keep their photo in that will also serve as escort/place cards. I think the magnetic frames will be a better choice because I think more people would be inclined to stick it on their fridge rather than have some little plastic frame sitting on a shelf somewhere. My only problem is how to do I display the escort cards? They will take up way too much space laying on a table, and I don't want to put them at each place setting and have my guests searching around the room for theirs. I looked into a magnetic board, but I'd probably need several and they are not cheap at all. Do you think some sort of basket would work well, or will it look tacky? I want it to look nice without being difficult for my guests or break the bank. All suggestions are greatly appreciated! :-)

Personalized Mason Jars

Knottie59019565 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:24:00 +0000

Hey!

Anyone know where to find personalized mason jar favors? The ones from the knot shop have disappeared

I have a kinda crazy idea for wedding favors

Knottie57426687 — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:58:13 +0000

I was searching for menu styles online, and found one where it's in a book. This got me thinking... We make our own little books (using blurb or something). with the menu in the first few pages (appetizers on one, main course on the next, etc). The rest of the pages (probably at least 25) would be quotes, poems, very short stories that we really like, centered around love and life. Working title: "Food and Other Thoughts." On the front inner cover, I can write "For [guest's name]" and on the back inner cover we can have a "thank you!" I definitely want to personalize each menu. The nicest version would be hardcover, but that's so expensive, so we'll probably do paperback. It'd be about $3 per book, and I think there are discounts for bulk orders. FYI we're having about 50 guests, all close relatives and friends. What would be really cool is if in the RSVP cards, guests could tell me what their favorite poem/quote is and I could include that. not sure if that'd work out. I know this is SO extravagant. But I really like the idea. There's not a literary theme to our wedding, but both me and FI love writing (I'm minoring in creative writing and he's attempting to write a book)...I also love poems. Thoughts? Advice?

Cheap sunscreen for welcome bags???

DixeChik19 — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:05:42 +0000

Hey! I'm starting to make a list of items and prices for my welcome bags. I'm looking for a good price on small sunscreens to include for our guests who may not realize its pool season or really bright/hot outside in Vegas (our destination wedding). Has anyone purchased any at a good deal?

Thanks!

One favor per couple?

dolewhipper — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:54:10 +0000

Is it bad etiquette to give 1 favor per couple instead of per person?

Favor is a 187ml bottle of champagne, and I have mini bottle of sparkling cider for those that don't/can't drink. Single people would get their own bottle which is where I'm thinking it may not be "fair" to the couples.

Dreaming of Not Burlap

rcher912 — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 02:21:01 +0000

So at first, my orchard-inspired, apple-themed, September wedding made a whole lot of Pinterest-sense. I'm not into fancy, blingy, or flashy things. I'm into baking, fall, caramel apples, and gardening.

The venue we've booked (a local college with a beautiful old tudor mansion) can still reasonably accommodate most of my Pinterest ideas (honestly, glass vases filled with red and green apples as centerpieces - so budget-friendly and I think they'll look wonderful. Major +, you can see over them to talk to people). However, I was thinking about doing small burlap bags to give to people to take home these centerpiece apples, which for an outdoor wedding would have been awesome, now it doesn't really fit.

I want to have people take home the apples, maybe include a recipe card for apple turnovers or fritters or something - maybe a few different somethings on different bags. Any ideas on how to package this? Should I just do plastic?

coffee or mini champagne

LauraW924 — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:07:48 +0000

Hi...getting married Dec 27, 2014. I'm trying to decide bt 2 things...personalized bags of coffee (enough to make 1 pot) or mini bottles of champagne...not everyone likes coffee but the same goes for champagne so I'm not sure which would be most appreciated. Thoughts please! Also would it look weird if I just got some of both and had guests pick bt the 2 from the favor table on the way out? Thanks!

Champagne splits

classicalandedgy — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:55:09 +0000

One per couple or per person? Most of my guests are couples, except for the children, who will obviously receive a different favor. Any thoughts would be helpful, thanks.

Favor idea for a wedding reception at the zoo

Knottie81311719 — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:01:03 +0000

Hi Everyone! This is my 2nd wedding and my FI's first. Lots of decisions and some I'm struggling with partly because I want simple but his family is really large and wants the whole enchilada! Anyhow, I digress, I've been racking my brain about favors that would be fun with our venue. I'm thinking maybe wine glass charms. I could make them with zoological charms and other beads coordinated with our wedding colors. Their super simple and I have a ton of time between sitting on the bleachers at the ice rink or wrestling tournaments I could produce wine charms instead of reading or surfing my phone! A box of candy just seems so boring. I'm committed to the big wedding but I would still like it to feel somewhat intimate and hand made favors seem appropriate. What do you think?

Looking for creative wine names for favors

crschwartz — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 02:39:19 +0000

We plan to give mini bottles of wine for favors and are looking for some creative names for the different varieties. We have pear, grape, sand plum, blackberry, pomegranate, pineapple and mulberry. Hoping to tie in love, wedding or marriage theme into the names...Example "Scott and Amy - the perfect pear" or "pineapple of my eye." Any ideas?!

www.jordanalmonds.com is a SCAM!

Gigi1182 — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 01:36:59 +0000

Ladies save yourselves the hassle and DO NOT order from www.jordanalmonds.com!

I ordered for my wedding favors back in August and was told they would not ship until closer to my wedding date. I told them I would like them no later than December 15th so I would have time to get my favors put together. I have emailed them 5 times since the 15th and received no response. Out of curiosity I googled the company's reviews and found that they have a LONG STANDING HISTORY of not responding to messages, charging for candy and NEVER SENDING IT, and refusing to respond to customer inquiries. They are NOT accredited by the Better Business Bureau either. Since it has been more than 3 months since the charge went to my credit card, my credit card company won't do a charge back and this company doesn't reply to messages. I called them 3 times, 3 different numbers. One "customer service" line goes straight to voicemail, another is disconnected, and the 3rd phone number I found on my credit card statement goes to some guy who MIGHT? be the owner of the company. I left messages. Still nothing. I requested a cancellation and immediate refund. I doubt I'll get it. I'm now out $53 and my wedding is in less than a week. Thank GOD for Amazon.com, they have Jordan Almonds available and I'll get them on Monday... but I had to settle for white which is NOT the color I wanted. This sucks.

You have been warned!

Deciding between two chocolate favors

EAR123 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:55:08 +0000

Hi! I'd appreciate some input on which reception favor you favor! We are deciding between two boxed chocolate options that fit in with our understated "champagne" theme.

The first option is a 3-piece box of champagne chocolate truffles from Charbonnel et Walker. The presentation is very nice and fits well with our theme -- stating on the box lid that they are champagne truffles, and handily matching our wedding colors (gold, blush pink (with navy)). The samples tasted good, but not amazing. They are about $8 per piece: http://www.charbonnel.co.uk/products/dinner-parties-weddings/mini-pink-truffle-hearts.html

The second option is a 2-piece box of champagne truffles shaped as little champagne corks from Jacques Torres. The presentation is beautiful but does not match our colors (the boxes are brown and orange) and the box does not indicate that they are champagne flavored. Obviously, the shape (ands flavor) matches the champagne theme, but I have some concerns that the shapes are not immediately recognizable as corks. They look a bit like mushrooms and, errr, something else perhaps. Yet, they are delicious. They are about $5 per piece. The following links shows the 10-pack -- ours would be two pieces in a small box: http://www.mrchocolate.com/most-popular/champagne-truffles-10pc.html?___SID=U

My fiancé thinks I am spending way too much time debating these finer points and to go with what tastes best - to me, the theme is more important to carry through. What do you think? Which would you go with?

Favor Inspiration

hellohkb — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:19:40 +0000

If you're stumped on favor ideas, here are a few ideas...

Is this AW-ing? (related to donation favor)

peachy13 — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 20:06:36 +0000

Before lurking on TK, I was all about a donation favor until I learned that it comes off as AW-ing (especially using "in your honor" somewhere on the favor). This, among other things, is one of the great things I learned on TK that makes me very happy that I came here to lurk and ask questions.

Anyway, for favors I'm going with an edible, but my FI and I still want to make a donation to the org that we had in mind (ASPCA) mostly in honor of not our guests, but our rescue pup who we love so much. I wouldn't shove anything in our guests' faces regarding our donation (putting a print-out on their place settings, etc.), but I was thinking about maybe framing a picture of our dog along with other photos we'll have around the venue (of us, close ones we've lost, etc.), along with maybe a little blurb letting our guests know about our dog's story with a little tiny piece mentioning we donated to the org in her honor.

Or is that just tacky?

Dollar Store Favors

hpubride — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:48:42 +0000

They have these really cute bride and groom boxes at the dollar store in packs of 10 for $1. That are very easy to assemble and don't look cheap or tacky. We filled ours with candies and placed them at each guests' place setting. The theme was "Love is Sweet" so each table was named after a candy. We got the big bags from Sam's Club and who doesn't love candy?

Golf tees

peachy13 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:41:12 +0000

My bridal shower is at a golf club where my mother is a member—she is hosting the shower and many of her friends from the club (all of whom golf) will be in attendance.

We’re likely going to go with an edible favor but I actually just saw something cute on TK shop which was personalized golf tees. If I were to get these, they wouldn’t replace the edible favors and I would have them somewhere so that they’re not shoved in my guests’ faces, but that they’re somewhere where anyone can grab them, like in a snifter glass on the bar or something.

I like the tee idea because my shower is in the spring (when golf season starts), and I will have a surprising amount of female golfers in attendance at my shower, including myself and several of my bridesmaids. I think it would be a cute touch, but I don’t want to make them personalized to my name and wedding date, so would love some ideas on cute ways to personalize. Thanks!

Maple sugar candy favors

SJ1721 — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:25:30 +0000

Hey everyone, my wedding is in a few weeks (yay!) and I was trying to finalize my favors. I'm definitely doing an edible favor, and I was leaning towards maple sugar candies, the kind that come shaped like leaves or people. I love these but I just wanted to see how other people feel about them. As background, our wedding is pretty small (35 people) at an apple orchard in New England.

Inscription for Book Wedding Favor???

kas846 — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:43:28 +0000

Hi everyone, my FH and I are big readers and we first became interested in each other because we were reading the same book series. Books play a big role in our leisure time so I was really excited to come up with the idea to give a book away to guests as a parting gift from our wedding and find them for a cost effective price. I have all the books in hand and many are titles we have read or by authors we enjoy. I want to make it more personalized and wanted to write an inscription inside the covers of each of them but I am struggling to figure out what to say. I will put our.names and our wedding date, but I thought a little message would be a great help. Any thoughts or suggestions would be hugely appreciated!

What do people really think of Koozies?

afaber24 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 15:56:11 +0000

Love 'em? Hate 'em? Take 'em or leave 'em?

It seems like EVERYONE in my area does these for their wedding and I don't really have any strong feelings on the subject.

We'd probably only do enough for our rehearsal dinner and not for the entire event - 300 people. So we'd order about 50 just to give to our closest family and friends.

I guess it won't really be a favor because we would not hand them out during the wedding reception.

What are your thoughts? We have the $$ ...do we spend it or save it for our honeymoon in Vegas?

Is this a dumb idea?

DaniBites — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 14:05:16 +0000

Hi ladies! So I've been mulling over what to give as favors and I think I have a game plan but I wanted a professional opinion. I'm putting Lindor truffles in a bag that will double as the escort card (a nice white cardboard bag/box with the guests name and table number on the front) My mom and I will be making chocolate lollipops together and closing them with ribbons that have FI and my name and the date. My last idea was to put a small thing of bubbles at every plate so people can play with them throughout the reception and while they're dancing (in lieu of a knick knack they have to bring home). I'm sure not everyone will use them but I know most will and it's not something I'll be upset to see left on a table after the guests leave. I'm having a photobooth where the attendants frame the pics for the guests too so I'm hoping no one side eyes that I didn't spring for a fucking heart shaped bottle opener for everyone. Any advice would be very much appreciated!

XP: Ideas for KY themed welcome bags

sarahtrg — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:33:27 +0000

All my guests are coming from out of state so I'm looking for some small items to include in my guest welcome bags that are Kentucky or specifically Lexington, KY themed. So far I've thought of bourbon balls and little bottles of bourbon or whiskey. I was thinking of trying to find horseshoe magnets or ornaments or something to represent it being horse country out here.

I'm posting this on the KY board too but it's not very active...Does anyone have any thoughts?

Donation in lieu favor

minko1986 — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:46:15 +0000

Hi ladies---

I'm thinking about making a donation to a charity in lieu of favor. Is it tacky?

Mini Champagne Bottles

dolewhipper — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:32:32 +0000

Does anyone have any experience with ordering 187ml bottles of champagne/sparkling wine? My wedding isn't until March so I'm thinking about waiting till close to or after New Years. Thoughts?

Out of Town Guest Welcome Bags

Tracy1228 — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 17:44:57 +0000

Other than a bottle of water with a monogrammed label on it, what are some good things to add to the welcome bag/goody bag for my out of town guests? It's a winter wedding.