I'm going to get married in the winter, and the whole theme of our wedding is a Winter Wonderland. At first I was thinking a really cute favor would be coffee mugs with little packets of hot cocoa for people to warm up with when they get home/ get to the hotel, or they could always use it at the reception as well if they really wanted. Our wedding colors are white, navy blue, and silver. So at first my plan was just thinking of getting a bunch of cheap white mugs from a Goodwill, and writing on them a W (that will be our initial). But then I was thinking, wouldn't it be weird for all of these people to have a mug with the initial W on it? Sure, for his side of the family they'd probably think it was cute, (since both his mom and dad's side of the family has a W) But my family is G and M, so won't it be weird for them?
What do you think people will appreciate more? A mug with out initial or just some snowflakes to go with the theme and maybe the date or our names written in a discrete location like the bottom of the mug?
Re: Monogrammed vs. Just going with the theme.
you are on the right track when you are thinking it will be weird. Don't put your initials or wedding date or anything like that on a mug. Most of those will be left behind and then you'll have 50 mugs with your initial on it.
Honestly, I wouldn't do mugs at all. I have a full set of dishes that match, I imagine most other people do as well. I wouldn't keep one random white or snowflake mug. You'd probably find it the next time you went to the goodwill.
Websites/blogs where our wedding has been featured:
http://www.dapperq.com/2013/11/a-very-dapper-wedding/
http://www.onabicyclebuiltfortwo.com/2013/10/wedding-christina-g.html
http://4realequalityweddings.com/2014/05/16/g-christina/
Please don't buy mugs from Goodwill as a favor.
Why not just give each guest two packets of nice hot cocoa. You can attach a cardstock snowflake to them with your names and wedding date if you insist on some sort of personalization. Everyone will already have a mug in their hotel room (what hotels DON'T have coffee pots nowadays...!) or at home to use.
If you buy these below, the favor would only cost about $1 per guest to give each guest two packets! Sounds like a deal to me.
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Lakes-Cocoa-Classics-Premium/dp/B009CYS3EU/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1372883669&sr=8-10&keywords=hot+chocolate
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a0/c2/8b/a0c28b943acdb12e9ab573dd29f5a09a.jpg