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Favors, yes or no?
I'm in the beginning phases of choosing favors for my wedding. I happened to look on this discussion board about different favors and it seems that a lot of people have commented "If you must have a favor" and say, go the edible route. Are favors going out of style? I was always under the impression that you should have favors. Any thoughts?
I am thinking of doing butter mints. Since I am having an entire dessert table with various desserts. I also had the idea of getting mini pizza cutters since my fiance and I met at a pizza place.
I understand that most people throw them away, or never use them and what not, so I'm trying to go with a drinkable or usable item.
Thanks for the thoughts!
I am thinking of doing butter mints. Since I am having an entire dessert table with various desserts. I also had the idea of getting mini pizza cutters since my fiance and I met at a pizza place.
I understand that most people throw them away, or never use them and what not, so I'm trying to go with a drinkable or usable item.
Thanks for the thoughts!
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Re: Favors, yes or no?
I think the trend is much more people paying for their own weddings, economies creating tighter budgets, and people realizing that favors aren't necessary and would rather that money go to something else (like another app or upgrading a bar package). Honestly, it's about being smart with your money - why would you spend money on something you know most people won't use. If you've got spare money burning a hole in your pocket, by all means go ahead. At least with edible, most people are willing to take someone else's if there is someone who doesn't like them. There are only so many trinkets or pizza cutters someone actually wants and since a favor is meant to be a token of gratitude or appreciation (rather than being something that shows off the bride and groom), you should be picking out something with the guests in mind and what would be most liked by the group as large. As the entire reception is a thank you and expression of gratitude to the guests for attending the ceremony, the favor is just extra on top of that.
I think the big issue with non-edible favors is that many people don't have uses for them, so they don't take them or eventually get rid of them, especially if they've been personalized. The problem is that those things just don't remind people of your wedding-they take up space. And if they've been personalized, they have lower, if any, resale value.
Also, as the PP says, the money spent on favors can be otherwise spent on things that guests would enjoy.
But yes, edible all the way if you're going to. The pizza cutters are cute related to your story but we already have one, and how useful would a mini one be? I think you'd have a ton left over at the end of the night. Just something to think about.
ETA missing words.
I rarely take favors. I know edible favors are popular here, but I highly recommend doing a photo booth. Those are consistently great hits in my crowd AND you can take a picture souvenir home, if you wish. I actually have quite a few photo booth film strips in my work cube that are all from weddings.
Yep, same with my mom. It was the little boxes with mints. Rather boring in my opinion, and that was the only thing I had to DIY.
However since you say you're doing a dessert table maybe make that the "favor" and you could have mini pizza boxes as takeout boxes so guests who might be full can take a dessert home with them to eat later. Then you're still incorporating the pizza place, it's not a trinket that will be left behind by most guests, and you're not really adding much more cost.
The last few weddings I have been to, the favours were edible. One was hot chocolate mix with marshmallows and chocolate chips in a mason jar. Others were a small bag of candies or Hershey's kisses. The last wedding I went to didn't have favours but had take out containers for food from the late night buffet if anyone wanted to take some.
At our wedding we had a candy bar with baggies so guests could take candy home, but 75% of it was eaten during the reception! There was hardly anything left over when the reception was done (good!).
The only time I've had a physical object as a favour was heart shaped cookie cutters. I kept them, as they are small and non-specific (I don't want something with someone else's wedding date on it), and I don't really have many cookie cutters, so they were nice to have. But I haven't really used them much.
Just kidding. Even though shot glasses are used in our house, I do not want to use one with someone else's wedding details (all our barware matches!) I'd much rather have an edible favor.
At a friends wedding, they had a photo booth that printed out two copies of the photos. The booth was maned by attendant. One copy was placed into a photo album where guests could add a little note along with the photos (this became the guest book), and guests got to keep the second copy.
Pricey though.