Wedding favors.....any ideas? Either homemade or bought...doesn't matter!

[Cricket]

We have plenty of time before my daughter gets married, so if the wedding favors are homemade, it's alright. Buying them is also alright. She wants something that is a little different then match packs or almonds wrapped in toille. When we go on a website it is hard to figure out sizes and colors etc. We want suggestions from someone who has actually seen them in person. Any ideas or suggestions would really be appreciated.

 

[suer182]

The last wedding we went to, the favors were a pita to try and get into the suitcase. They were glass goblets, with their names and date on it. Very nice, but for those that were out of towners..... DH wanted to bring them home since it is his nephew, me I wanted to leave them there.

 

[Karry]

DS#2 married his DW last August. They had a really nice favor. It was a wine stopper and the top part was shaped in a heart. It was in a small see thru box tied up with lacy blue ribbon/bow with their "name tag" tied on to that (Meg and Peter 8/17/07) I'm not sure where they got it, but I'm sure you can go on a website and find them.

 

[iluvcruzin]

For my son's wedding, they bought little flat glass ornaments shaped like a heart and attached a little piece of paper with a saying "we loved that you attended our special day" with the names and date. Very simple and cute.

 

[blusky558]

I went to a wedding last winter where they used a coffee color theme, and the favors were little burlap bags filled with coffee beans. The bags were tied with ribbons with the party colors and a printed tag. Very useful!

 

[Donna - dsw]

Karry, Blusky558 & Maureen - - those sound wonderful.

No matter who the couple is - - I don't need their names and dates on anything after their wedding. Something on a seperate card or tag would be wonderful.

 

[bOB]

Maybe a small compact eco friendly car with personalized plates, definintly useful.................

 

[Karry]

[quote bOB]Maybe a small compact eco friendly car with personalized plates, definintly useful.................[/quote]=lolgang I definitely want to go to THAT wedding! :grin

 

[Beryl]

I have seen something similar to these at a wedding! Sugar cookies in the shape of a heart delivered with the recipe and the cookie cutter and a cutesy poem. I thought it quite clever but then I'm a sap!

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Also at the last wedding I attended the couple had purchased several trees for a local kid's water park. There was a little note saying that they had done so in honor of the guests that attended their wedding. I thought that was very nice.

 

[Radiance]

My niece made CD's of music that was played at the wedding. The CD cover was a picture of them when they got engaged. It was then wrapped and tied with a bow. I think they gave one to each couple and one for each single guest. I keep mine in the car and everytime I play it it brings a smile to my face. Good memories. Unfortunately the CD has lasted longer than the marriage :lol

Radiance

 

[Cricket]

Wow, some really good ideas!

boB...How about a real mini, mini? like a model of what you are dreaming of?? Hehehe!

 

[Rubysky]

I like the cd idea.

 

[Karry]

Beryl's suggestion reminded me of a wedding of our dearest friend who got married on 11/4/01. The ceremony/reception was on a "luxury liner" that sailed down the Hudson River. I thought she was nuts...November in NJ is usually chilly/cold. It was a super glorious, warm day and right after 9/11 when the Empire State Building was lit up red, white and blue. Many of her relatives were on board from Boston and as we sailed past Ground Zero everything stopped and everyone said a prayer :angel Anyway, her neice is insulin dependent diabetic and they put a note that in lieu of gifts, they made a donation to the JDA.
I don't know when the wedding is or what area you live in, but we were married in May (MANY years ago!) and I love to garden. I wanted to buy a geranium and put it in a pretty pot or a pack of impatiens and tie it up in netting with a ribbon for each couple and I composed a poem about planting it and watching as it would bloom and grow as love does, or something corny like that! :grin My mother took CHARGE of my wedding (if I'm paying the bills, we're doing it my way =grrr) and said :nono I always thought that would have been a nice thing to do. Have fun planning! I have 2 DS'es but am very creative and love to plan things and I was very lucky both my DDIL's included me so much in their wedding and shower preperations.

 

[Happy2cu]

We went to my husbands cousin's wedding a few years ago. They gave out evergreen saplings to plant with a small card on it to think of them and their love for each other - something sentimental like that. And I do just that every time I look at the tree in the yard.

 

[red stripe]

wow, you have some great ideas here. But I vote for bOB's idea :grin

now this is not a favor, but something I used to make years ago for weddings.. it was something to throw the rice or birdseed from. I used wood 'stalks" from a florist. I made a long tube about 3 inch's across. I made it out of the same material as the bridesmaids dresses, then I took pinking shears and cut it into about 6 inch lengths. You then take these tubes, insert the stalk, wire it and then cover the wire with a bow. fill the tube about halfway and then fold down the extra material into the middle, they were then stood in shallow vases outside the church. everyone picked one out, and when you shake it at the bride and groom,the spare material unfolds, and the seed is released. I wonder if they still do that any more?