Favors

PrettyGirlLost · January 2014

lovesclimbing said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

HaileyDancingbear said:

Favors aren't necfessary, although if you want to have them there are some nice, not self-centered favors out there. For instance I was thinking of doing little potted succulents as favors, they're pretty, they don't have my name on them (I guess that's a matter of taste but I don't like monograms or putting my name all over stuff.) and they're a low maitenance plant so guests could pretty much just plop them on a desktop and not have to worry about watering for weeks. Of course, my budget isn't set yet so if I need to make cuts, favors will be the first thing to go. I think he succulents are cute but I wouldn't cut anything else to make room in the budget. ETA I'll fix the typos when I get on a computer, going back to fix them on this phone is a massive pain.

Peaseblossom55 said:

FI wants to do a donation in Lieu of favors I'm not sure I like that idea. I would prefer doing mini succulents as a favor I think they are cute and it's something different from any wedding I've attended so far.

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Please, please, please don't do potted succulents, @Peaseblossom55 and @HaileyDancingbear. They will be a pain to transport home and lots of people do not like house plants. I would not take mine at the end of the night and would leave it at the venue. I would take matchbooks, shot glasses, playing cards, cutesy little fans, anything over a potted plant.

Meh I don't think they would be difficult to transport. . .they don't typically have a ton of dirt and the pots and plants themselves are very small. I would love a succulent and would not take matchbooks or those other items listed. I would take lovesclimbing's plant too! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------That doesn't matter. I can't imagine carrying a potted plant on an airplane. Where would you put it on an airplane? Under the seat back in front of you squeezed in next to your other carry on? It could be easily kicked over. A potted plant can't really be put in a carry on so you're stuck hauling your bags around in addition to a little potted plant that you have to be very careful of so it doesn't tip or get the leaves broken off or anything like that.

I personally feel that if you're going to have favors, it should be something all of your guests could easily take, not something that's restricted based on how people are traveling home

I can't imagine carrying a shot glass or a matchbook with the B&G's initials and wedding date on them on an airplane, either. Because I don't like that sort of crap, lol.

lovesclimbing · January 2014

PrettyGirlLost said:

lovesclimbing said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

HaileyDancingbear said:

Favors aren't necfessary, although if you want to have them there are some nice, not self-centered favors out there. For instance I was thinking of doing little potted succulents as favors, they're pretty, they don't have my name on them (I guess that's a matter of taste but I don't like monograms or putting my name all over stuff.) and they're a low maitenance plant so guests could pretty much just plop them on a desktop and not have to worry about watering for weeks. Of course, my budget isn't set yet so if I need to make cuts, favors will be the first thing to go. I think he succulents are cute but I wouldn't cut anything else to make room in the budget.
ETA I'll fix the typos when I get on a computer, going back to fix them on this phone is a massive pain.

Peaseblossom55 said:

FI wants to do a donation in Lieu of favors I'm not sure I like that idea. I would prefer doing mini succulents as a favor I think they are cute and it's something different from any wedding I've attended so far.

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Please, please, please don't do potted succulents, @Peaseblossom55 and @HaileyDancingbear. They will be a pain to transport home and lots of people do not like house plants. I would not take mine at the end of the night and would leave it at the venue. I would take matchbooks, shot glasses, playing cards, cutesy little fans, anything over a potted plant.

Meh I don't think they would be difficult to transport. . .they don't typically have a ton of dirt and the pots and plants themselves are very small.

I would love a succulent and would not take matchbooks or those other items listed. I would take lovesclimbing's plant too!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------That doesn't matter. I can't imagine carrying a potted plant on an airplane. Where would you put it on an airplane? Under the seat back in front of you squeezed in next to your other carry on? It could be easily kicked over. A potted plant can't really be put in a carry on so you're stuck hauling your bags around in addition to a little potted plant that you have to be very careful of so it doesn't tip or get the leaves broken off or anything like that.

I personally feel that if you're going to have favors, it should be something all of your guests could easily take, not something that's restricted based on how people are traveling home

I can't imagine carrying a shot glass or a matchbook with the B&G's initials and wedding date on them on an airplane, either. Because I don't like that sort of crap, lol.

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I agree, I wouldn't want to take one of those either. But say you do want it. Or you keep such things for a week or two after a wedding or you don't have a chance to throw it out before goon home. A shot glass or a matchbook can be stuck in a corner of a carry-on very easily or stuffed in the corner of checked luggage. That's simply not possible with a potted plant.

wrigleyville · January 2014

Jennja22 said:

You know, I really like the idea of lottery tickets. I'd never even thought of it until someone mentioned it earlier in the thread. Although, you have to "know your crowd" because many people are morally opposed to gambling/etc.

We got married in Vegas, so we gave everyone some scratch-offs and little bags of chocolates wrapped to look like chips. They looked sort of like this, and I put our names and wedding date on the labels:

We figured if people were grievously offended by gambling, they wouldn't be in Vegas in the first place, so yeah.

A lot of brides on the Vegas board give out personalized drink coozies, and I always want to bite my tongue because I, personally, cannot stand personalized wedding favors. A coozie with something Vegas-y or Sinatra or Elvis or something generic is fine, but I'm not going to use a coozie with some random couple's name and wedding date on it. It just seems weird, especially if I'm having a BBQ at my place... like I'm obsessed with them and want to show off that I was at their wedding or something.

That doesn't really make sense, but yeah.

Viczaesar · January 2014

lovesclimbing said:

lovesclimbing said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

HaileyDancingbear said:

Favors aren't necfessary, although if you want to have them there are some nice, not self-centered favors out there. For instance I was thinking of doing little potted succulents as favors, they're pretty, they don't have my name on them (I guess that's a matter of taste but I don't like monograms or putting my name all over stuff.) and they're a low maitenance plant so guests could pretty much just plop them on a desktop and not have to worry about watering for weeks. Of course, my budget isn't set yet so if I need to make cuts, favors will be the first thing to go. I think he succulents are cute but I wouldn't cut anything else to make room in the budget. ETA I'll fix the typos when I get on a computer, going back to fix them on this phone is a massive pain.

Peaseblossom55 said:

FI wants to do a donation in Lieu of favors I'm not sure I like that idea. I would prefer doing mini succulents as a favor I think they are cute and it's something different from any wedding I've attended so far.

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Please, please, please don't do potted succulents, @Peaseblossom55 and @HaileyDancingbear. They will be a pain to transport home and lots of people do not like house plants. I would not take mine at the end of the night and would leave it at the venue. I would take matchbooks, shot glasses, playing cards, cutesy little fans, anything over a potted plant.
Meh I don't think they would be difficult to transport. . .they don't typically have a ton of dirt and the pots and plants themselves are very small. I would love a succulent and would not take matchbooks or those other items listed. I would take lovesclimbing's plant too!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------That doesn't matter. I can't imagine carrying a potted plant on an airplane. Where would you put it on an airplane? Under the seat back in front of you squeezed in next to your other carry on? It could be easily kicked over. A potted plant can't really be put in a carry on so you're stuck hauling your bags around in addition to a little potted plant that you have to be very careful of so it doesn't tip or get the leaves broken off or anything like that.

I personally feel that if you're going to have favors, it should be something all of your guests could easily take, not something that's restricted based on how people are traveling home

I can't imagine carrying a shot glass or a matchbook with the B&G's initials and wedding date on them on an airplane, either. Because I don't like that sort of crap, lol.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I agree, I wouldn't want to take one of those either. But say you do want it. Or you keep such things for a week or two after a wedding or you don't have a chance to throw it out before goon home. A shot glass or a matchbook can be stuck in a corner of a carry-on very easily or stuffed in the corner of checked luggage. That's simply not possible with a potted plant.

With a tiny succulent? Sure it is. I've done it.

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