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One favor per couple/family..16oz. Jars!

Hi Ladies

What's the most polite way of asking guests to take one favor?  We are giving out 16 oz. jars of BBQ sauce but don't know if I should make a sign or have our coordinators near the table making sure guests only take one.

I am not placing them on the table since they are so large, I don't want them to take away from the centerpieces and table layout.  There will be a table in the prefunction area that will have the jars and place cards.

Hopefully most people will realize that they can easily just take one and that would be more than enough but I'm sure there will be others that will want to take more.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Marissa

Re: One favor per couple/family..16oz. Jars!

  • twilight.rosetwilight.rose member
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    edited December 2011
    I don't think you really need to explicitly say "One Per Family." People will likely look around at the number of people there, and look at the number of favors, and be able to determine on their own that there are only enough favors for each family/couple to take one.
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  • edited December 2011

    If you are really worried about it make a tag with the family's name on one side & thank you on the other side. Punch a hole in it, tie a ribbon on it and slip the ribbon around the neck of the bottle.

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  • colstj1colstj1 member
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    edited December 2011
    I agree with jelybean, I would put family's names on the jars and put them in alphabetical order on a table :)
  • gymbugmj2kgymbugmj2k member
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    edited December 2011
    That or make a sign on the table that says something like "a favor for your family" or "from our new little family to yours"   some might take 2, but then again some may not want one at all.

    If your'e really worried about it, then do what others have suggested and personalize it per family.  Are you having assigned seating?  If you know that "A, B, C, and D Smith" are at one table you can have tags "Mr and Mrs B Smith"  etc.  so that they know its for the two of them.  The jars can then either be their escort cards, or the actual escort cards can be in front of each jar....
  • jerseydeviljerseydevil member
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    edited December 2011
    Just put a little tag on the jar with the family's name. They'll see the names, look for theirs and only take that one.
  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_favors_one-favor-per-couplefamily16oz-jars?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:27Discussion:b8b1b7d1-e837-4b0c-9eb3-d8904f9d79f3Post:4517bd3e-87f8-4bfd-8af9-56133c0958ee">Re: One favor per couple/family..16oz. Jars!</a>:
    [QUOTE]I don't think you really need to explicitly say "One Per Family." People will likely look around at the number of people there, and look at the number of favors, and be able to determine on their own that there are only enough favors for each family/couple to take one.
    Posted by twilight.rose[/QUOTE]

    I think this is putting way too much faith in your guests and their levels of common sense. I would explicitly label each jar with "The Doe Family" or "John Doe & Family."
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