Favors on table or not

neilly18

We are giving full bottles of wine with a stachel of jordan almonds tied around the neck (a battle I was not going to fight with mi mama) and a coaster set as favors.  Our wedding coordinator suggested that we do not put the wine favors on the table and the waitstaff will deliver them to each table as the cake is served.  He thinks if the favors are on the table it may look cluttered and I agree with him.  I actually think it may be a nice touch to have the favors presented this way, but I also am not the epitome of being stylish/trendy. Have you been to other weddings where the favors were not on the table?

cherylanddan0706

I haven't made my finalized decision, I am going to ask my DOC her opinion.  But at Jens (knottie) wedding she had lemoncello, she and her husband brought them over to each table and gave them to the guests.  I think it was a good way to say hi to everyone too.

leah2b

The only downside of that is for people who are not in their seats when cake is served.  Ive been to a few weddings where I have completely missed the cake b/c I was too busy having fun and dancing!  However, the waitstaff could simply leave the bottle on the table.By the way, very nice favor! 

hideme

If you're worried about having favors on the table, put the coasters on the tables and present the wine separately. I gave coasters as one of my favors and I don't think it cluttered the tables (they were placed right above the glasses -- but I also didn't have a centerpiece that took up a lot of room on the table).

jaimelody

Ditto heide- put the coasters and give the wine with the cake. I would guess if the bride and groom gave the wine out this would take a lot of time with the chit chat, so I would probably let the servers do it.

jamilynn9

I would def have the wait staff pass them out. No need for clutter. As pp said, make sure they put one at each place setting(s) regardless of people being there.

30may09bride

I like the idea of delivering them.  I did half bottles of wine for each person and was worried about the tables being cluttered.  I thought they looked fine, but that many whole bottles would be a bit much.  Just make sure that each place setting still gets a favor in case people aren't at their tables. 

neilly18

Great thanks  - I should have mentioned we planned on placing the coasters on the table. I am also going to give a list of how many bottles to leave at each table ( we are doing one favor per couple/family or single guest)  I do think this will work best but wanted to check and see

uppereastgirl

Does each couple get a bottle, or does each person?  If each couple does, I would have them handed out to avoid confusion about who gets how many.I would agree that it may look cluttered.  They'll already have their ribbons as "table garbage", and adding all the other stuff plus food and drinks is an awful lot to have on the tables.  But I do agree with you about the original presentation.

alliecarrie41

i would have a favor table and not have them at each place setting.

neilly18

UpperEast - I think you are quickly becoming my personal consultant!  The favor is per couple.  When they are handing them out I will make sure this is nicely/politely stated somehow

jen629

I had my limoncello on a favor table and then we decided close to the end of the reception to pass out 1 bottle per couple(they were full sized) it was nice because we got a chance to hand them out personally and talk to people also it avoided confusion  being that it was 1 per couple

I <3 Seabass

All of the weddings we've been to favors have been on the table but they were also small things so the table didn't look cluttered. I agree with your coordinator that full wine bottles would look very cluttered on the table, especially if you're doing 1 per person. I like the handing out of favors idea or if you're giving one to everybody (not just 1 per couple) you could just set up a table near the exit and people can grab one on their way out.