Tired of seeing the same keychains and bubbles in every wedding favor catalogue? Here are ten ideas for wedding favors that your guests will remember long after the big day.
Chocolates are a very traditional wedding favor. But before you just give plain chocolates, why not personalize them to your wedding theme? Create place cards by printing labels on your home computer with your guests names and table numbers, then wrapping the labels around large bars of chocolate. Customize the labels with a graphic that matches your wedding decor;: i.e., for a country wedding, create a gingham label. If you're not the DIY type, companies can make these wrapped chocolates for you, or you can go to
My M&Ms for personally printed M&Ms.
Give a wedding favor related to your location or hometown, particularly if you have lots of out-of-town guests. So a Vermont wedding might warrant miniature jars of maple syrup such as these, a beach wedding might call for a personalized beach ball (check out thediscountprinter.com), and a great New York wedding favor could be a Not for Tourists guide, which you'll find at New York bookstores and www.notfortourists.com.
Candles, particularly novelty-shaped candles, are not a traditional wedding favor. But if you're having a beach or pool-side wedding, these are fresh, young, and unusual. They also have a great color scheme to tie into your colors.
If you're having a Christian wedding, give a holiday ornament personalized with your names or your wedding date. Your guests will remember your wedding for years to come. While this favor is especially appropriate close to the holidays, it can be given year-round.
For the fun-loving couple, give these snow globes with a picture of the happy couple in them, or use them as place-card holders. Your guests will later be able to put in a picture of their own.
If you love to travel, give your guests these hand-painted keepsake boxes. They'll appeal to a wide variety of people, yet they look almost homemade. Open the lid to insert a scroll thanking your guests for attending your wedding, and wishing that their dreams may travel far.
Give your guests miniature pots of clover or good luck plants such as these with a note attached that says “Thank you for being here to wish us luck on our big day”
Edible favors are always popular, but why not make it more personal by giving your guests a sample of an old family recipe with a recipe card attached? Martha Stewart has downloadable templates that make it easy, or you can design your own.
This craft machine will allow you to make beautiful laminated recipe cards, magnets, or stickers.
If you’re getting married near a holiday, why not give favors that tie-in with the season? For example, candy canes or bags of gelt for a December wedding, maple leaf candles for a fall wedding, or silver star placecard holders for a July wedding.
