5 Steps to Finding a Memorable Wedding Favors
Your wedding is not only a celebration of your love; it is also a way of thanking special people in your life. In particular, personalized wedding favors are an expression of appreciation. It means, "Thank you for being there"—and it's also a sign of love.
That's why couples should give as much consideration to their wedding favors as they do to any other marriage detail. Why offer something bland and generic that's only going to end up accumulating dust in the corner of a closet? Make it memorable, make it stunning, and make it unique — something that, when seen, will make them remember you and your wedding.
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You'll find a lot of exclusive wedding favor ideas. Here are only a few things to remember when you pick from the selection:
You'll find a lot of exclusive wedding favor ideas. Here are only a few things to remember when you pick from the selection:
- Follow the theme of your wedding. Have you seen a wedding on the beach? A small glass jar with sand and shells may be used as a paperweight. Attach a romantic quotation or a line from a sea-theme poem, and you have something realistic and fitting. Dry flowers pinned against a refrigerator magnet make a lovely garden wedding favor, while a medieval-themed wedding may have chocolate coins in a velvet pouch.
- Be romantic. Dress up a picture frame with a portrait or a CD with your favorite songs. Even a standard package, useful for odds and ends like paper clips or jewelry, becomes a touching wedding favor if it's packed with potpourri and a special note from the couple to thank the guest for "good memories."
- Offer something useful but good-looking. What about a heart charm of champagne (toast your new life) with a note that says you hope that your guest will have as many days of happiness as this wedding is for you? A potpourri pouch, to place it in the wardrobe, may also hold the flowers' fragrance in your bouquet. There are items they're not buying for themselves, but they're certainly going to appreciate — while carrying the theme of your wedding.
- Think of "sweets." Chocolates and candies are always a welcome souvenir, and they can be wrapped to represent the theme of your wedding. If you have an exquisite night's wedding, try the rum balls in a tiny gold box; or if you have a seaside wedding, offer the chocolates shaped like seashells. You may also ask some of the suppliers to turn your monogram into chocolate or get chocolate hand-painted to look like tiny bouquets.
- Even "regular" wedding favors become unique if they are presented correctly. Try to group your wedding favors to become part of the centerpiece of the table. For example, small boxes of chocolate placed in a tier will add to the reception area's elegance. Or you might have chocolate rosebuds inserted into your daily floral centerpiece — now that's a "good" discovery!