Favors
fall wedding favor question
Does anyone have any cute, cheap ideas for our fall wedding….? Also, does anyone know where I might find small burlap bags if I decide to do some type of candy in burlap bag w a ribbon? Thanks!
Amanda
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Re: fall wedding favor question
*steps down from soapbox*
Nevertheless, you can get burlap favor/gift bags on Ebay, Amazon, and Etsy. Also online stores like Papermart.
The fall colors of M&Ms and Hershey's kisses are great.
You could also do a small box with a few locally made chocolates/truffles for each guest.
You'll find that a lot of brides spend a couple hundred dollars on favors, and end up with over half the guests not even taking/using the favor.
For budget brides, favors are one of the first things suggested to cut.
[QUOTE]<strong>Well I’m not made of money and have had a very short engagement, but I would like to provide our guests with a small token of appreciation</strong>…besides the meal I am providing at 35 dollars a head…which is pretty expensive in Michigan. So, just because I wanted cheap doesn’t mean cheaply made, or not nice…it just means, a cost effective, simple gift, but thank you for your help.
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</div><div>I think the word you are looking for is "inexpensive." "Cheap" implies that something is of poor quality or not worth the money that you pay for it.</div><div>
</div><div>Also, what's inexpensive to one person may not be for another. I think little burlap bags with candy is a good idea, but I would have to price burlap compared to paper or cellophane. In fact, brown paper could look really cute for a fall wedding.
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It's a consumable idea (not something that will collect dust), and a sweet reminder of the couple when they come up each year. I guess it kinda depends on your area -- we're semi-rural, so it worked (even for me, an apartment-dweller, since they're easily planted in pots). If you are in the middle of a big city ... maybe not.
I loved the idea, loved receiving them, and was excited to do something similar (maybe in little muslin or burlap bags or tiny "tin" pails, had the budget allowed), but we had to push our date back from fall to spring.
A friend of mine is getting married this October and she is buying cider donuts in bulk a day or two before her wedding and putting them in celephane bags as her favor.
I love the burlap bag of candy idea tho!
If you schedule will allow for it, but think about doing your own chocolates. Many of the craft stores have great chocolate molds & even make it super easy to do chocolate covered oreos w/wedding theme impression on top (like hearts or bells). I've seen them available at Michaels & Joann's.
I got extrememly lucky and of my friends loves to do chocolates so she offered to do our favors for us as our wedding gift. We opted for heart shaped chocolate suckers. Then we ordered heart shaped stickers from Oriental Trading that say "Thank you for sharing our day with us" to put on the back of the plastic bag that is being put over each sucker to keep them fresh & clean.