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Crafts for favors?

BlovesS — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:07:36 +0000

For our favors I was thinking of putting a craft in everyone's place to make a picture frame magn. (like the ones in gradeschool) during the wedding as a small entertainment time. Mostly because my fiance and I love to do holiday crafts at home. Is it too tacky or do you think a wide range of people would enjoy doing one?

Side note: They would be self sticking foam pieces (so no glue at all) to a foam frame in little kits.

Need a favor idea

disneybride15 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:40:48 +0000

I'm looking for a favor idea. we are having a wedding themed off disneys princess and the frog and i need a favor idea.

Candy/Dessert Bar?

jking26 — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:57:08 +0000

I need some insight. My wedding is planned for 2 in the afternoon. I was going to do a buffet of finger foods but now I am leaning more towards a candy/dessert bar. I would like to have all sorts of candy and desserts. My family are big bakers so we were going to do everything by ourselves. Can anyone tell me if they think this would be a good idea? I was going to do the whole "chinese take out" box with a quote and use them as favors. If so, what kinds of candy do you think I should use? I was thinking mini candy bars and junk like that. Anyone have any input? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks girls!

need a new idea for a fantasy theme

zenjenn — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:24:29 +0000

we're not having a fairy tale princess or renaissance theme, but its taking on a bit of en ethereal sort of wedding. our original idea was small bottles of mead (we make it ourselves), but we don't have the space or resources to make it anymore...any ideas on substitute favors? i'm looking for something different and kind of fun, partially fantasy or magickk themed (fairy godmother magick not bunny in a hat magic).

Do we need to have favors?

wailginds — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:24:09 +0000

I've been thinking and thinking about what to give as favors.... OR to give them at all. I've been told, most people don't really care- and usually forget them anyway. Do you think its necessary?

HELP! Fabric needed for favors!

elm02182 — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:56:00 +0000

I have been to michael's and joann fabrics trying to find a fabric to work with our favors. I don't mind if our favors all match! What we are doing is making a homemade apple butter. It preserves for one year and our wedding is in July but this is the best time to make it. Our wedding style is a country/rustic and we are doing mason jar centerpieces and our flowers are mainly sunflowers with some oranges. Our favors are going to be on the tables to help with decoration. These are some pictures of what it will kind of be like, but I need a yellow/orange fabric to help decorate. I don't know if there is a reliable place to order online? I live in new york. we are doing the favors in a few weeks, and i guess w could wait to decorate them, it would just be nice to get it all out of the way! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

We have these 4 oz Bell jelly jars. We are labeling the jars on the lid so people know what is in the jars.

We are looking to do this with the fabric, in a similar style and color. along with ribbon we have rafeta (spelling? the straw like decoratative stuff). and will be using it to tie a tag that says "eat drink & be married" with our names and wedding date that looks like this:

White Powder used in Candy Buffet

janexchang — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:35:41 +0000

Can anyone familiar with candy buffets tell me what the white powder is that people use to fill the jars? Sometimes the jars are filled with this white powder and whirly pops are stuck in them. Is it flour, sugar, some sort of craft sand? I'm sure I can use any one of the ones I just mentioned but I'd like to know what the norm is so I can use it for mine. I feel like baking flour would be too messy and sugar may be a waste or a sticky disaster

Lottery Tickets for Favors

shnokums — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:59:01 +0000

Just wondering what your thoughts were as to having lottery tickets for favors... yay or nay?

We are thinking that we would hand the lottery tickets out with our bridal party right after dinner and have everybody scratch them off at the same time.

DO NOT USE THE INTERNET COMPANY "ALL FOR YOUR WEDDING"

louisaegan — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:51:43 +0000

I ordered cake toppers a month before my October 2nd wedding date for my out-of-state wedding at my parents' house. When I arrived in town the week before the wedding, the cake toppers (the one and only item I'd ordered from the company) hadn't come. It took numerous calls and emails to speak to an actual person, and when I finally got through to someone, two days before the wedding, I got a curt apology that they wouldn't make it, and the rep said, "It's not a big deal." Excuse me, but this is my wedding, and it IS a big deal. They're in the wedding business and should realize that their job is to get purchases to customers in a timely manner (before the wedding). Even more maddening, they were apparently importing the cake toppers from Canada, and the cake toppers hadn't shipped from Canada yet--surely, they must have known WELL BEFORE my call that my toppers weren't going to arrive to their headquarters in NY state in time to be shipped to California. But I never received an email update saying my shipment would be late, a call, or anything.
Learned from this experience that the big craft chain Michael's carries inexpensive cake toppers. I was only able to find blonde cake toppers there, but one of my bridesmaids proved handy with a brown Sharpie marker. Go with Michael's, definitely NOT with All For Your Wedding.

Reusable shopping bags?

Care6582 — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:04:25 +0000

I have been considering giving reusable grocery bags as our favors at our wedding. FI ( I hope that means fiance?) doesn't care, and our parents think its fine, but I wanted to know what other brides/wedding guests think? I would like something that people may use again, and I try to be "green". I use reusable bags myself when I shop, but don't want to give something foolish... any thoughts?

Sweets Bar!

w028jrb — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:45:13 +0000

I am getting married next October and am looking into doing a sweets (candy) bar. I am wanting to make caramel apples, kettle corn, and have other types of candy available. My question is, if I am having 150 people at the reception, how many caramel apples should I plan for? I was thinking one per person but that seems like an awful lot since there are other things to choose from. Do you also think that estimating 2-3 cups of kettle corn per person is sufficient? I am going to be making both of the caramel apples and kettle corn roughly a week before the wedding. I really appreciate your input!

Thanks!

Damask Wrapping Paper

dawnmarie1279 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:46:22 +0000

Anyone know where I can get rolls of damask wrapping paper inexpensive to wrap my favors?

Help with favor tag wording

Melgor78 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:28:33 +0000

We are having wine favors but the hall ask that they not be opened during the reception. Does anyone have a suggestion for a cute saying to put on the favor tag letting our guest know not to open them?

TIA

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www.pricewisefavors.com/

They sell favors and favor supplies.... I randomly stumbled upon it and thought I would share!

Centerpieces with cinderella theme

Capriana — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:32:42 +0000

my theme is cinderella and i was wondering if anyone knew any websites or stores that specialize in princess themes such as cinderella

Favor Ideas...

Laurie91011 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:27:18 +0000

Do I give a favor to each person or each couple? Im on a budget and don't want to spend too much on favors but i don't want to look cheap either...does anyone have any ideas?

FREE Ivory Organza Favor Bags!!!

10Jen11 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:31:38 +0000

Hello brides to be!!
I was just going through some boxes and found all of my left over stuff from my wedding when I got married 2 years ago and I found some goodies. Knowing how rediculously expensive stuff is getting this days for weddings I thought I might help out another bride to be. I have 47- 3" x 4" Ivory organza bags and 6 - 6.5" x 5" Ivory organza bags and they are totally FREE of charge. I'm willing to pay the shipping on them as long as it's under a few bucks. If you're interested please send me an email at jkerns64@hotmail.com, please put in subject line ORGANZA BAGS so I don't delete the email as spam. It's first come first serve so when they're gone, they're gone. Thanks ladys and good luck with the wedding planning!!

Different Idea

erinmoore4 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:24:18 +0000

My FI and I want to donate the money that we would have spent on favors to a local Military charity, since we are both active duty. However, my mom thinks that this idea is crazy and that our guests will be offended if we don't provide something for them to take home. To compromise, I told her that we would print up cards saying that "Instead of favors a donation in your name was made to ___ Charity." Can y'all help me out? Am I way off base in thinking tangible favors are not required anymore? Or do people still expect them? Thank you!!

Wedding/Party Favors for Sale

CHRISTINA DEPALO — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:47:05 +0000

I have 80 - Villeroy & Boch heart shaped silver tea light candle holders for sale for $1.00 each.
I over ordered for my wedding a few years ago and have these left over.
I live in Staten Island but will deliver in the 5 boroughs. I can email pictures if your interested. My email address is Chris451d@aim.com
Thanks!!
Christine

sugeestions for my candy buffet

hhgg1225 — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:37:15 +0000

My fiance and I are having a candy buffet at our reception I would like to stick with the color theme of purple. Besides m&ms, dark chocolate kisses and jelly beans does anyone else know of candy that is purple or can be ordered in purple? Thanks!

Most people prefer edible favors - can someone explain why?

Jetur20 — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:58:43 +0000

I'm having a destination wedding in Italy and want to give a little more for those that make the trip. But it's not quite a standard destination wedding, about 1/3 of the invited guests are from Italy (my FI's father and extended family lives there). So we will still have about 120 guests so I can't spend more for the favors than I would for a wedding at home.

All of that being said, I always leaned towards something that will last a while that people can use later and (hopefully) remember the fun time at our wedding. Glasses, luggage tags, bottle stoppers, bottle openers, etc. I like the idea of something useful, too.

But everyone says edible favors are the way to go. It just seems like people eat it - even if it's not particularly good chocolate/candy/whatever and then it's immediately gone and forgotten.

What am I missing? I feel like there must me something I'm not seeing which is why most people feel the opposite.

If it helps we plan on having a few different kinds of dessert besides cake. Does that change the answer?

Thanks!

$favors$

tawalove — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:31:08 +0000

I'm a bride on a budget (like many) and i was wondering how much most of you plan on spending on favors?
I don't want to be cheapy, but I also don't want to waste money on silly items that people just end up throwing away. Any creative ideas would also be welcomed!!

Edible Favors??

asmartass66 — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:09:42 +0000

Any ideas out there on edible favors? I am having a fall wedding theme next Oct.

Can Candy Bar act as guest favour?

RachelleB123 — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:48:12 +0000

Hello, just wondering if a Candy Bar with bags that read "thank you" is a sufficient guest favour?

ivyrose13

kerrib11 — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:48:23 +0000

I'm a lurker here, but I was reading through posts and saw that you put whoopie pies in your OOT welcome bags. I was born in Maine and love Whoopie Pies. No one out here knows what I"m talking about!

In-Room bags for Out of Town Guests

balasj — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:13:58 +0000

I'd like to provide welcome bags for out of town guests in the hotel rooms and am starting to think about what goodies I can get! So far I plan to include a printed list of suggested things to do in the area and the details of the wedding day activities (times, addresse etc), some bottled water, advil or tylenol and probably some sort of granola bar and candy - maybe M&Ms or Kisses...

Any thoughts on other good munchies to provide??? What have you enjoyed getting or wanted when traveling to a wedding food or otherwise that the hosts can leave for you?

Coffee bar instead of Candy Bar

bruinek4 — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:24:48 +0000

I originally was all about a candy bar.. but then I got the feeling that everyone else was too! I really like the idea of doing a coffee bar, but not with syrups and lattes. I want to have flavored whole coffee beans that guests can choose from (for example, hazelnut, caramel, chocolate, regular, decaf, etc) with mini coffee bags for guests to take home. I would set it up the same as a candy bar and would also have alternatives for coffee (teas, hot cocoa) with some sweet treats to accent the table... What do you think?

Bridesmaid's favors

aca310 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:56:36 +0000

I had a friend who received a wet bathing suit bag as one of her favors for being a bridesmaid. This is a great/useful idea, but I don't know a good place to order them. I googled wet bathing suit bags, but I see some with draw strings. I like ones that have a zipper to close it. I saw this girl's wet bathing suit bag, but I don't think it would be big enough for women's bathing suits. Just for an idea of what I am looking for I will paste the link. http://store.kettleoffishclothing.com/girls-pink-terry-velour-wet-bathing-suit-bag-tote.html

Does anyone have any leads on where I can find something like this for women, so I can use this for my bridesmaid's gifts?

Sleigh Bells

michkev — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:33:46 +0000

A friend is getting married this December and rather than bubbles or flower petals or rice, she would like her guests to ring bells at the end of her ceremony. Specifically, she is looking for sleigh bells on a leather strap that her guests can then keep as favors. The only ones that I have found are very expensive. Any help would be much appreciated!

Holiday Themed favor

Buggles522 — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:12:57 +0000

Okay we are having a November wedding with a holiday/rustic lodge theme. There will be Christmas trees and other holiday decorations. It will be a small wedding maybe 50 to 75 people. I was thinking of doing a felt stocking for everyone with holiday treats like, homemade Christmas candy, chocolate covered pretzels, hot coco mix, smore fixins, caramel apples then maybe a personalized Christmas ornament, a hot chocolate mug. All the edible stuff will be made by us, so it shouldn't be to costly as far as that goes, and the ornaments will probably be bought in bulk and personalized by us as well with paint. What are yall's thoughts on this? Good idea? Bad idea? Also any other items you would put in the stockings.