What is the ettiquette on wedding favors

SamanthaJean528 · August 2010

I am recently engaged and am planning a very small, intimate wedding with just our families and a few friends, no more than 40 people invited (and I doubt all of them will even attend.) I am wondering what to do for wedding favors for the guests. Are favors even necessary with such a small group of people? I hate those pre-packaged cheesy favors. Any ideas on what to get?

iamjoesgurl · August 2010

Wedding favors are nice, but not necessary. If you do anything, I think it is best to do something edible. Other favors (i.e. personalized items, etc.) often go unused.

ricksang · August 2010

No, you don't have to have them. It's no big deal

wadingmoose · August 2010

We did caramel corn because it was a fall wedding. The aren't required though and I really only did them because I wanted caramel corn. I justified buying it because "IT'S FOR THE WEDDING!"

Yeah. I did.

kikibaby · August 2010

We had less than a dozen guests, and we did truffles from a local place in Vegas.

mandysmear · August 2010

unless people can eat it, they won't want it.

wadingmoose · August 2010

Thank you for not talking about your favors Mandy. That would've made me hungry.

Wait. It did anyway.

banana468 · August 2010

I liked our favors (and I know at least some of our guests did) even though they weren't edible.

But you dont' have to do favors at all if you dont' want to.

bonnyandtim · August 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_ettiquette-wedding-favors-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:eb7c2de2-1edd-4351-864c-ed4b8a48eaf9Post:5b05a02e-09a1-4f45-9583-bedb11c4a685">Re: What is the ettiquette on wedding favors</a>:
[QUOTE]We did caramel corn because it was a fall wedding. The aren't required though and<strong> I really only did them because I wanted caramel corn. I justified buying it because "IT'S FOR THE WEDDING!" Yeah. I did.</strong>
Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]

That is

AWESOME!!!!

[Deleted User] · August 2010

Not necessary or required, but a nice touch. And edible is always good. We used some of the favor kits that we bought at Wal-Mart in the shape of goblets, wrapped in a tulle circle, tied with string and then a favor tag on them. We filled them with M&M's.

cupcakecolleen · August 2010

i'm doing hershey's hugs and kisses. michael's sells the stickers like the ones on the knot wedding shop that you can print at home.

they will be uber cheesey and say, "hugs and kisses from the mr. and mrs." on them

cheap and edible. LOVE IT

davenia7 · August 2010

I'm doing useful favors. April 30th beach wedding in Charleston on the sand. Sandalwood fans and individual sunscreen packets.

meganyani · August 2010

We have a fall weddng and perhaps it's borderline cheesy but we are giving those mini pumpkins (well, gourds) to everyone. We didn't want colored M&Ms like so many and hey, they don't have to feel bad about throwing it away BUT it can be used through the season in their home. I feel that's a win-win, haha.

but food is always a good choice!

JenO24 · August 2010

We're getting married at the beach so I'm doing small glass bottles w/ sand from where we'll get married along w/ sea shells so everyone can take home a piece of the beach. 95% of our guests are OOT and haven't even been to the beach we're getting married at.
So it doesn't have to be an edible favor for people to like it...contrary to what the majority has responded here.

Calypso1977 · August 2010

regardless of wedding size, tehy arent necessary at all. in fact, most weddings ive been to, the favors get left behind on the tables as no one ever really wants them. edible is probably your best bet for makng sure they are "used" but even then, its an expense i personally didnt want to incur, nor did i want to waste an afternoon of my life making them.

parker624 · August 2010

our wedding was 10 days ago. we had favors (monogrammed beer mugs to go with the microbrews we served). no one took them home with them and now we have 150 monogrammed beer mugs in our basement.

jessienjeremy · August 2010

Ya'll have some great ideas for wedding favors.. We are getting married in January and I thought about doing a Koozie with a cute little something of candy inside each one. We always love getting koozies from weddings and use them all the time. I am just not sure of what a good edible treat for January would be... Maybe peppermints???

obxbride17 · August 2010

Since you will find that many people often leave the wedding without even taking the favors with them, we feel that it would almost be a waste of money. Instead, we are making a donation to the American Cancer Society in honor of my FI's late mother and will have a sign at the exit of the reception letting guests know that we did that in lieu of wedding favors.

However, if you would like to do them, you could probably do something nice for not a lot of money since you are having a smaller wedding. Beer koozies with your names and wedding date have been hugely popular lately and are a great idea because people will use them during the reception and probably WON'T forget to take them with them.

squirrly · August 2010

We did chocolate covered pretzels. I made them with some help from my mom and sister, and they turned out great - and cheap. Photos and instructions in my bio.

Had we not done that, I wanted to do a gourmet popcorn buffet.

M&R7111 · August 2010

I was planning on getting $1 scratch-off lotto tickets and putting them in glassine envelopes closed with a label that will say "Lucky in Love". Inside will also be a penny with our wedding year on it and maybe a cute note with something like "hope you have as much luck as we did!".

I figured it would be fun for everyone at the table.

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