Hi ladies!
So I've been mulling over what to give as favors and I think I have a game plan but I wanted a professional opinion.
I'm putting Lindor truffles in a bag that will double as the escort card (a nice white cardboard bag/box with the guests name and table number on the front)
My mom and I will be making chocolate lollipops together and closing them with ribbons that have FI and my name and the date.
My last idea was to put a small thing of bubbles at every plate so people can play with them throughout the reception and while they're dancing (in lieu of a knick knack they have to bring home). I'm sure not everyone will use them but I know most will and it's not something I'll be upset to see left on a table after the guests leave.
I'm having a photobooth where the attendants frame the pics for the guests too so I'm hoping no one side eyes that I didn't spring for a fucking heart shaped bottle opener for everyone.
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
Re: Is this a dumb idea?
Photobooth is ok. I'm not entirely sure that as a guest, I would care about a frame (if those are costing you extra). If they are those strip of four traditional photobooth type pictures or a poloroid-type, then I wouldn't want a frame. That's the sort of thing I'm likely going to tack on my bulletin board at work or hang on my fridge, not display in a frame on my desk/mantle/hallway table. You'd just be wasting your money.
No to bubbles. 1. They can potentially stain some fabrics, like silk or satin. If I wore a silk blouse or dress to your wedding and had people blowing bubbles on me, I would be pissed and you'd be getting a bill in the mail. 2. I wouldn't want people potentially blowing bubbles that will eventually land on my plate, silverware, or drinking glasses. 3. Those little wedding favor type bottles of bubbles are lame - unless you're giving me those big ol' bottles of bubbles in the toy aisle that actually make awesome bubbles, then no. But if you're planning on those big ol' awesome bottles, go back to numbers 1 and 2.
ETA: No one is going to side-eye not getting a bottle opener. In fact, most people hate knick-knack favors if you look at the posts on this board (or at least are indifferent). Edible is always your best bet. So if the only reason you're having the bubbles or the photobooth is because you feel compelled to give people a physical token to take home, then save your money. Also, favors are never required. People aren't going to remember whether you gave them a favor, though they might remember getting a tacky one or useless one. In fact, I was just reading an article this week (an actual article, not a wedding-industry produced blog post) about how people remember how they were treated at the wedding, not how the centerpieces looked or whether they received a favor.
With the photobooth, if it's includes go ahead. Although I went to a wedding where there were frames and I didn't want them.
As for the mimosa kits, where will you place them?