We have all been to marriages and gotten the common wedding favors: the candied almonds, the candles, the picture frames.  And while they were all very nice, you’ve got the opportunity to use your wedding favor as a method to say something about yourselves as a couple with a novel wedding favor which will always remind your visitors of you. 

To decide what kind of unique wedding favors you’re going to pick, you need to take a look at what you want it to say about you as a couple.  What type of interests do you have?  Are you an outdoorsy couple who is always going on a hike?  Or are you a coffee connoisseur who can’t go without their premium blend in the morning?  Do the two of you spend all of your extra time and money travelling?  Or would you rather just curl up with a good book?  These are the cues you may use to choose what type of unique marriage favors you’re going to pick. 

For the outdoorsy type, you can pick a completely unique marriage favor that brings to mind the outside, like leaf candles or coasters, or you could go with the hiking theme, and give people carabiner key chains.  If you like coffee, you can give folk coffee scented candles, or coffee accessories.  The travel-lover could give away suitcase-shaped boxes crammed with candies as wedding favors, and the book-lover could give away bookmarks that suited the theme of their wedding. 

Try and find something in your wedding favors that provides something useful for your guests.  And yes, while candles and picture frames are mostly ornamental, perhaps the candle gives off scent and light and the picture frame can be used to display a favorite picture.  I got a crystal swan as a wedding favor once, and even though it was completely gorgeous and looked great set up on the reception tables, it truly didn’t go with anything I owned or serve any purpose, and it soon got put out of view. 

The key to giving your visitors unique marriage favors that they’ll love is combining the personal with the useful.  Your visitors are at you marriage to support you and to be witness to your stipulation of your love for each other ; they might love wedding favors that both reminds them of you, and they can use for years yet to come.  And while that sometimes is a candle or picture frame, don’t be afraid to think outside the box to come up with unique marriage favors. 

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Crafting your own group of unique wedding favors does not mean you have to sacrifice quality.  Listed below is a collection of easy-to-do DIY projects that’ll provide your guests with elegant wedding favors.

1). Lottery Scratch-off Tickets. With scratch-off lotto tickets, there will be no doubt that each of your guests will use their wedding favors.  Simply place your scratch-off ticket into glassine envelopes and affix decorative personalized labels that cleverly read “Lucky in Love”.  A nice touch would be to include a penny that was minted in the same year your wedding will take place.  A perfect DIY wedding favor for any season!

2). Forced Bulbs. Take 2 to 3 forced bulbs (eg: paperwhites, amaryllis) and place them inside a drawstring burlap bag or jute bag.  Dangle a personalized hang tag that reads “Love Blooms” from the drawstrings.  Makes great fall wedding favors or winter wedding favors!

3). Homemade Jam. Share your family recipe for sweet homemade jam by canning them into miniature glass jars.  Tie a gingham wedding ribbon around the neck of the jar.  Hang a custom label that reads your names and wedding date.

4). Chocolate Bars. Perfect for the inner-graphic designer in you.  Remove the original paper wrapper and take note of its measurements.  Based on these measurements, design a new wrapper using your favorite illustrating software.  Print your design onto colored paper.  Wrap your new design around the chocolate bars.  Use double-sided tape to secure the ends of the paper wrapper.

5). Pears.  Pears are a delicious fruit that makes a wonderful symbol of your status as the “perfect pair.”  Create a rubber stamp with your names and date and the phrase “The Perfect Pair.”  Stamp onto squares of kraft paper or light-weight butcher paper.  Wrap around each pear.  Present in a rustic wood crate and invite guests to pluck their own pears.

6). Homemade Chocolates. Make homemade chocolates using one of the many molds out in the market today.  Put some of these sweets in a little translucent bag.  Tie a ribbon around the neck of the bag and dangle a tag that reads “Thank You.”

7). Homemade Cookies. Using a family secret recipe, bake cookies and place them in a small baker’s box.  Wrap in red and white baker’s twine and a darling hang tag that reads “Sweet Treats.”

8). Small Bouquet of Flowers. Place small sprigs of flowers into plastic vials.  Wrap several vials together with decorative fabric and tie with a colorful ribbon.  Present them all on a wick basket and invite your guests to pick their own flowers.

9). Small Potted Herbs. Small pots of thyme, rosemary and basil make practical wedding favors for a spring wedding or garden theme event.  Wrap a colorful ribbon printed with your names and wedding date around the clay pot to personalize the look.