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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Edible wedding favors are bound to please almost everyone at a wedding reception. Although it isn’t important if your wedding favors are savory, most people would probably prefer a sweet option. One of the most popular is a simple chocolate bar with a personalized wrapper. Chocolate candy bars come in so many varieties it can be difficult to choose something you can guarantee everyone one will appreciate. Many people may eat the chocolate at the wedding but will probably keep any packaging that it comes in, as a souvenir.

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It is not unusual to see a picture of the happy couple on this sort of wrapper or even a presentation box. Candy inside tins is also a popular option for a couple getting married and has proved to be a popular edible wedding favor. Once again, it is easy to have the tin given the personal touch with the bride and grooms details on it. Tins are always useful so once the candy has been eaten, it can be used to store many small items that might be lost otherwise. Even people that don’t often eat candy will tuck in when it is an edible wedding favor because they get drawn into the occasion.

One unique way to give out candy as wedding favors is to use large glass bowls as the centerpieces for the tables and fill the bowls with the bride and grooms’ favorite types of candy. You can also leave a small presentation box with details of the wedding, and one that can even match the wedding theme if there is one. You can guarantee it won’t take long before the guests start filling their boxes with the candy. Cookies are other options for brides and grooms who want to give out edible wedding favors and there are a number of different options in this case. Undecorated cookies are best because they are supposed to go inside a decorated box which can have the wedding day details printed on it.

Plain cookies are also easier to use if you decide to have your images inserted onto them. There are many bakeries that can make these cookies for you in a variety of sizes and shapes; you just simply need to select a design and give the bakery a photo to use in the design process. Cocoas, teas and coffees are still another option for couples who want to give out edible wedding favors. Tea, coffee and cocoa are very popular with many people and there a huge range to choose from these days so you would not have just stick with the most popular available. Often the contents are in tins which can be personalized with the bride and grooms details and makes the box or tin more collectable. Perhaps these suggestions will help you decide what favors you will give to your guests.

If you’ve been knee-deep in wedding planning, chances are you’ve heard of the “candy buffet” or “candy bar” wherein a table-long array of the sweetest and colorful candy is displayed for your guests to dig in.  The Wedding Candy Buffet made its debut to wedding guests all over the nation within the past few years and there are no signs of the wedding candy bar concept slowing down.  Wedding candy buffets are genius, really, and super simple.  The following are a few wedding candy buffet ideas.

First, decide on the type of candy you’d like to display in your wedding candy bar buffet.  You might be surprised to find this task to be quite harder than you think.  There exists hundreds of hard and soft candy in every color of the rainbow.  Reach back into time and choose some candy with nostalgic value, then add some of your current favorites.  Imagine candied mints, colorful jelly beans, wrapped chocolates, licorice sticks, and even childhood lollipops gracing your wedding candy buffet!  But don’t go overboard, limit your choices to only about 10 of your favorite candy.

Next select the containers in which you will exhibit your sweet treats.  Clear glass jars are the vessels of choice.  Create a standout showcase with a mixture of narrow and wide glass jars to tall and short glass containers.  Indicate each jar’s contents with a decorative tent card displayed in front of the container.  Alternatively, handwrite the name of the candy onto a beautiful sticker and affix to the front of the glass jar.  Provide a candy scoop by the candy jar for your guests to serve themselves a helping of the sweet treats.

Lastly, choose a generously-sized yet portable container that your guests can use to load up with their goodies and take home.  Gourmet food paper bags personalized with your names and wedding date is the perfect idea.  Or transform Chinese takeout boxes into a great container for your memorable wedding candy buffet.  You can utilize glassine envelopes with personalized labels to provide your guests with a unique candy buffet packaging. 

By offering an “all-you-can-eat, make-your-own” experience, you’ll invite your guests to create their own wedding favors that they’ll be sure to enjoy!  The wedding candy buffet is the perfect accent to your wedding that will make a sweet and lasting impression! (AJG001)

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Are you are having a traditional wedding, then you are probably looking for traditional packaging for your wedding favors. It is important never to overlook the packaging for your wedding favors, no matter what the style of your theme wedding. The perfect packaging will create your wedding theme or style & will add a personal touch to your wedding favors. Beautifully presented favors make for memorable keepsakes for your reception guests.

When thinking about wedding favor packaging it is small boxes that will immediately come to mind. These are available in a range of styles, shapes & sizes. You will also find them made from a range of materials such as printed or textured card & transparent plastic, some boxes can be personalized. They are widely available & most favor stores will carry a wide range to choose from, often with choices in color & size.

Wedding favors that are best suited to put in these boxes range from candies to chocolates, bracelets to cufflinks. The trick is to purchase your wedding favors before you choose your packaging. We’ve found that specialtyribbon.com does a good job in pricing their wedding favors.

Another way to present your guest wedding favors is with pretty tulle nets. This works best for chocolates, almonds or candies, but could also be used for small candles. These nets are circular & after placing your favors in the middle you simply gather the tulle up & tie with ribbon. There is an art to getting these to look right, but if you get it right they look fantastic. Don’t worry though if you feel they are beyond your capabilities, as you will find people online or maybe at your local bridal store who can put them together for you.

Other ways to present your favors include wrapping them in pretty papers, satin or organza wraps or even sinamay envelopes. Experiment with wrapping your wedding favors in pretty handmade papers with ribbons & a personalized tag to finish, this usually produces an elegant & stylish favor. Items which are probably best wrapped this way include almonds, fortune cookies, cookies & wine bottles.

If you wanted to present your favors in a really unique way then try bottles or jars. These are relatively inexpensive when bought in bulk & provide your guests with a useful container long after the favor has gone. Best suited to edible favors such as candies, chocolates or preserves, but you could use them for things such as bath salts, loose tea or coffee & even liquid soaps. You will find bottles in a range of shapes & sizes as well as finishes such as textured glass, colored glass & transparent or opaque versions. Another trend these days is to go green or eco-friendly wedding favors that may be such things as personalized seed packets, your guests bring them home and they are plantable.

Your choice of packaging will enhance the beauty & unique wedding favors so you should take some time & thought over your final choice.

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.