when you can’t find a cute favor for your wedding…

Posted on 30. Mar, 2012 by in grab bag

Once I made the first big decision to get married, that’s when the thousands of little decisions began to pop up as we started planning our wedding. You’ve been there (or maybe you are now). Destination or local? Tons of guests, or a more intimate ceremony? Carnival or barn? Pizza or taco buffet? Okay, maybe not those last few necessarily…but one decision we all make, and often feel strongly about, regards the question of favors!

I’ve been to several weddings where I was happy to take home a sweet keepsake from the couple’s big day. Whether you know exactly what you want to share with your guests, or you need some ideas, the American Bridal website is full of inspiration for delightful and memorable wedding favors to share with your guests on your big day. Here are some of my favorites:

1: I love the idea of using American Bridal’s wine label stickers to add a personalized touch to each table. You’re gonna have the wine, so you might as well make it pretty! 2. I went to a fabulous barbecue wedding at a local park last year and each guest went home with a cute little matchbook like these. They’re a great value for your money, and I’m still using my match favors for the candles in my office! I love remembering that celebration every time I go to light a candle. 3. Keeping with that match theme, I love this matchstick key ring pen. I would love having a cute, hidden ballpoint pen on my keychain, and it’s pretty badass-looking too.

Often overlooked, a cute placecard holder is a really clever and practical option when you’re looking for a beautiful wedding favor that your guests will continue to enjoy. Three of my favorites from American Bridal include these Silver Love Birds, the Birdcage Tea Light/Placeholders (love that you can stick a candle in there!), and the adorable Elephant Card Holders. You know the trunk up means good luck!

7. Sometimes you already have a great favor–some candy, a little tea light, lottery tickets, bottle poppers, whatever–and you just need a cute way to package it. For that, I love these small silver picnic baskets. You can fill them up with anything. 8. One trend that I’ve noticed in eco-friendly weddings are plantable paper products–an invitation, save-the-date, or favor that you can take home and plant in your garden. Seeds within the card will germinate and wildflowers will spring up in your yard. This cherry blossom place card has wildflower seeds embedded in it. 9. Candles are an ever-practical favor, and these small travel tins from American Bridal are well-priced. I also like how neutral the top is, so if you put it on your desk or coffee table it doesn’t scream “I was just at a wedding!!”

American Bridal also stocks supplies for your ceremony and reception, jewelry and accessories, and stationery supplies, so you can lose hours browsing all of their well-priced offerings.

Are you using favors in your wedding?  What favors have you received at past weddings that you loved?

xo
meg

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  • http://www.andthenshesaved.com Anna

    What site doesn’t do a sponsored something or other? It was disclosed and totally NOT a big deal.

    Megan, you’re an amazing business woman. Go on with your bad self!

  • Adrienne

    Since my husband and I met in college choir, we did a donation to each of our high school fine arts booster clubs in lieu of favors. But we also ended up with an unintentional favor– as centerpieces, we printed tons of pictures of us growing up/dating/engagement pics, and then displayed them on photo holders on the tables. We were surprised– but pleased!– to find that many guests took the pictures home. Several of my family members have them on display as a classy reminder of our ceremony.

  • Kat D.R.

    We wanted favors that were unique to our wedding but something that people would actually use, not a little trinket or something that people would either feel like they “had” to keep or would just “forget” it at their spot. We went with large Hershey bars with personalized wrappers. We ordered extras too, which also came in handy. Some people chose to open theirs up at the wedding and share them with everyone at their table, so we were able to offer up another one for that person to take home. We also had some people coming up to us at the end of the wedding and saying that they were really disappointed that theirs had disappeared, meaning that someone must have accidentally (I assume!) grabbed theirs. We were able to give them a replacement. It was nice having something that people actually really enjoyed.

  • Eileen

    Really surprised to see a sponsored post; not sure why you needed to do that.

    • http://princesslasertron.com Princess Lasertron

      scroll on past, girl! I’m running a business here.

  • Monica

    The husband and I used 24-count Crayola boxes with labels we printed ourselves. These can get super-cheap during back-to-school sales, so we scored favors for a 150-guest wedding at around $40 total. We had the guests draw on guestbook pages for us, and then they could keep the crayons. The good news was, if someone did not want their crayons, people who were teachers/social workers/volunteers/parents/etc. scooped up all the leftover boxes. Not a box was left behind!

    • http://princesslasertron.com Princess Lasertron

      that’s a really cute idea and I love that they can be put to good use even if they’re left behind!