CD Wedding Favors

awierman · February 2014

Hi - My fiance and I are 26 days from the wedding (ahh!!) We made mixed CDs as favors for everyone and we are trying to make CD booklets for them - but we are having a lot of trouble with the booklets! I can't get them to work formatting wise with Microsoft Word 2010. Does anyone know a way to format them?

Our other option if I can't get it to work would be to sharpie on the cds themselves "Don and Ashley's Wedding Tape." Do you think that would be cute or tacky? I don't want to upset my guests.

AddieCake · February 2014

You want the truth?

JoanE2012 · February 2014

awierman said:

Hi - My fiance and I are 26 days from the wedding (ahh!!) We made mixed CDs as favors for everyone and we are trying to make CD booklets for them - but we are having a lot of trouble with the booklets! I can't get them to work formatting wise with Microsoft Word 2010. Does anyone know a way to format them?

Our other option if I can't get it to work would be to sharpie on the cds themselves "Don and Ashley's Wedding Tape." Do you think that would be cute or tacky? I don't want to upset my guests.

I don't know anyone who listens to CDs anymore. It's very outdated. Not to mention illegal.

I would skip this and either do something edible or nothing at all. Favors are not required!

awierman · February 2014

Yes, please!

awierman · February 2014

JoanE2012 said:

awierman said:

Hi - My fiance and I are 26 days from the wedding (ahh!!) We made mixed CDs as favors for everyone and we are trying to make CD booklets for them - but we are having a lot of trouble with the booklets! I can't get them to work formatting wise with Microsoft Word 2010. Does anyone know a way to format them?

Our other option if I can't get it to work would be to sharpie on the cds themselves "Don and Ashley's Wedding Tape." Do you think that would be cute or tacky? I don't want to upset my guests.

I don't know anyone who listens to CDs anymore. It's very outdated. Not to mention illegal.

I would skip this and either do something edible or nothing at all. Favors are not required!

Thanks for your opinion Joan. I hadn't thought of it that way. We both just thought it would have been cute - but I can see what your saying.

AddieCake · February 2014

What Joan said.

pinkshorts27 · February 2014

Yup, illegal unless you bought the songs for each person (ie. 100 copies of each song on the cd). And while I have my CD's that sit in my car, a mix CD from a wedding wouldn't go there. It would go in my junk drawer for a year and then I would toss it. Not everyone likes the same music and most people don't listen to CDs anymore.

awierman · February 2014

Ok I didn't realize that. We did buy the songs, but not 100x each. I guess we will scrap the cds. Are there other ideas for favors that are not food? I feel like every wedding we go to has food favors and a) a ton of people leave them behind and b) we wanted something more original

JoanE2012 · February 2014

awierman said:

Ok I didn't realize that. We did buy the songs, but not 100x each. I guess we will scrap the cds. Are there other ideas for favors that are not food? I feel like every wedding we go to has food favors and a) a ton of people leave them behind and b) we wanted something more original

Food favors are usually a hit! I rarely see it left behind. I'd rather go for something that's popular and a crowd pleaser than unique and left behind because only a few people liked it.

When and where is your wedding? Is there something food-wise that is unique to your area or time of year? ie saltwater taffy for a beach wedding, Ghiradelli in San Fran, key lime flavored in Florida, candied apples in the fall, etc. When all else fails, I really don't think you can go wrong with chocolate.

chibiyui · February 2014

We're doing a cookie bar, but I'm also having a milkshake truck come in towards the end so everyone can get a late night milk shake. Maybe do something similar, late night pretzels, ice cream, french fries?

awierman · February 2014

Thanks ladies! Those are great ideas! We're getting married St. Patrick's day weekend at a PA casino. Maybe those chocolate coins? Or poker chip wrappers if we can find them?

JoanE2012 · February 2014

Good ideas awierman! You have two great "themes" if you want something tailored to your wedding.....casino or St Patrick's. For St. Patrick's.....I googled, here's some ideas from See's candy. I've actually never had them, but I heard they're good. Not sure your budget, it may be too pricey.....but it gives you an idea.

http://www.sees.com/Cat.cfm/st_patricks_day

Or something like this....it's simple and you could probably DIY...

http://www.destinationweddingfavors.com/product.php?productid=17048

And lastly, if you see a good idea and it doesn't fit into one of those "themes", don't worry! We gave out chocolates that didn't fit in any theme, but it was presented nice and just looked good at each place setting. We had none left over.

awierman · February 2014

Ok great! Thanks for your help. I found poker chip chocolates that say "to have and to hold em" and on the other side say "bet on love." We may include some of your suggestions with that too. I feel a lot better about this!! Thanks - I appreciate your help and input!!!

Maggie0829 · February 2014

I would personally just skip the favors completely.

QueerFemme · February 2014

At this stage, I'd probably skip favors as well. But you can always do jam, honey, unscented candles. I agree with everyone else about the CDS. I'm glad you are scrapping them.

awierman · February 2014

I ordered the new poker chip chocolates online over the weekend and they should be here next week, which gives me plenty of time - thank goodness. If they were any closer to the wedding, I probably would have scrapped favors altogether. Thanks for talking me through this! I'm glad not to have handed out the cds and learned all of this later

AddieCake · February 2014

I think those will be great favors. Good plan change!

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