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.
Re: Holiday Themed favor
1) Do all of your guests celebrate Christmas? If not they aren't going to want the Christmas elements of those favors.
2) Personalized how? With your names? If I'm your sister I might like an ornament from your wedding for my tree. If I'm your co-worker's plus one I'm either leaving it behind or tossing it in the trash.
But if everyone is into Christmas and you lose the personalization (or limit it to close family) I think it could be a pretty cute idea.
Something I did for a holiday party that people enjoyed was this: I bought smallish (about 3 inches) metal cookie cutters in holiday shapes (angel, star, mitten) and layed them out on cookie sheets on top of waxed paper. I melted chocolate and filled the cutters, sprinkled with holiday colored nonpariels, put them in the freezer to harden, then wrapped them with holiday cellophane bags. They can keep the cookie cutter, and get an edible favor to take home with them.
I think if you do just one type of favor to put in your stocking it's easier, you can just give them more of that one.
Good luck.
Mysticl: To question 1...yes all the guest celebrate Christmas it's mostly going to be family and close friends....not really co workers and random other people. To question 2....I mean personalize them with their names, and maybe thank you for celebrating our special day.
Kimp67: I know everyone probably already has a stocking but I thought that's what made them cute and unique.
Sue: As far as all the diy stuff....you clearly don't know my mom and her sisters.... I swear it's like a different craft project every hour...lol I love your cookie cutter idea...I might add something like that in too. I kinda thought having a variety would be easier because one aunt can make the chocolate covered pretzels at her house and the next aunt can make some Christmas candy at her house, and then we can do the ornaments, etc..... My whole family wants to chip in like that.. it's what we do. They wouldn't feel a part of the day if they didn't actually have some part in the putting together of the wedding.
Keep the ideas coming ladies.
I like the idea of a stocking. I have my own stocking, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't use the other stocking for decoration.
Personally, I am going to give an ornament (click) as a favor to our guests. We will only have immediate family and our closest friends (a total of 35 guests) in attendance, so I think it would be meaningful for them. You know your guests, and if you want to give them an ornament, I say go for it.
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