Favors?

I am having a simple reaffirmation ceremony and I will be doing simple favors to match my color scheme. I will either buy simple favor boxes or bags, tie with a coordinating ribbon and fill with various colored candies. You can get personalized bags from JeanMEssentials.com $16.00 for 50, and they have colored imprinting on them with your names and date. I got some personalized wrappers for candy bars from eBay with our names/dates and a Rose on them that I can wrap around mini candy bars and put those in the boxes or bags. I also plan on maybe ordering some Colorworks M&M`s in the ceremony colors and putting those in their as well. Ebay is a great search for something like that, as you can get personalized ribbons, boxes, pillow boxes, or something a bit fancier to hold your favors for a great price. Another really nice low cost idea is to purchase the netting circles and fill them with jordan almonds in the wedding colors and then tie with a personalized ribbon or a coordinating plain ribbon with a personalized tag attached. Good luck with your wedding :)

Pam, it`s really up to the bride/groom if they want to do table favors. I`ve been to too many weddings where I saw over 50% of the favors left at the table at the end of the night. It was sad seeing this especially when you knew how much time and effort the bride/groom put into making them.

Personally, I`ve decided to not do them for my upcoming wedding.

If you decide to do them here are some things I`ve seen done at weddings:

Little bags (or tulle) filled with candy (Jordan mints or hershey kisses)
CD`s the couple made with their favorite songs on them (these were quite popular actually)
Truffles in little boxes
Homemade soaps
Candles

If you`re crafty you can do them yourself at a fraction of the cost -- or you can spend over $1500 like a friend of mine did on gourmet chocolates.

Whatever you decide will be fine! Good luck on your special day!

Check out www.bridesmaid101.com and www.bachelorettepartygifts for more ideas since it was free and helpful!

~Amanda

I spent about $2/pp on my favors. We got $1 instant scratch off tickets and attached them to chocolate poker chips that we had wrapped in tulle. Our favor card said "Take a Chance on Love". They were a hit and we even had a couple $10 and $20 dollar winners. We made sure that the deejay told everyone during dinner that they were in fact real and not to throw them out.

I make personalized candy bar wrappers as favors and the one thing that I think the bride & groom should do when deciding to have favors, is to make sure that the guests know that they are theirs to take home.

Some people are not sure what is a favor and what is a decoration. At some weddings, it is pretty hard to tell. Especially when people say they used a glass bowl with some decorations inside, and this becomes a favor.....how does the guest know? Perhaps leave a cute little message letting the guests know to take them home. I`m sure many were left for this reason.