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[D489]Do It Yourself Favor Ideas

by Phil De Fontenay, Phi

Girls have been known to have a folder of unique wedding ideas that they have clipped and collected for years until their big day finally arrives. Some people have a vague idea of what they would like their wedding to be like and leave the nitty gritty to a wedding planner. Others plan out every minute detail themselves and have quite a few wedding favor ideas to choose from well in advance.

Regardless of which category you fall in, ideas for wedding favors can range from the tacky to the treasured. Contrary to what you might think, it's not just how big a budget you have that determines how good your wedding favor idea will be. A little homework, a little patience and a lot of creativity (original or borrowed) are the ingredients in the recipe to a great wedding favor idea.

Tacky Favors

Extremely lovey-dovey wedding favors are not a good idea as what you feel for your spouse (right now) may not really interest 200 people a few weeks later. Leave all the mushy sentimental poems and love songs for your own exchange; give people something they would like.

People spend money to attend a wedding and while they are not in it to make money, they would at least like to leave with a small trinket of the wedding that looks like it has thought put in to it; not just a crate full of standardized mint tins that they could have bought from the gas station on the way back home. Don't make yourself look cheap by making your guests feel uncared for. Just like you take pains in seeing to the dress, the décor and the food, look through several wedding favor ideas online an in bridal magazines and something just might click.

Classic yet Predictable Favors

The candied almonds wrapped in net, the personalized Hershey's kiss and the monogrammed candles are all sweet ideas, but if anyone has ever been to a wedding before yours, they've seen them all. However, you don't need to go over budget to come up with a good wedding favor idea. Take the classic and put a twist on it.

Instead of the famous Hershey's kiss, opt for personalized M&M's in the color of your wedding; they even put your name and wedding date on the candy. Instead of the monogrammed candle, add a candle holder so that even after your candle burns out, your guests can make use of it.

Another way you can make your wedding favor idea have a longer shelf life is not to include anything perishable or consumable. If you really want your guests to be able to keep the favor, opt for non-perishable items such as pens and frames as opposed to flowers and sweets.

Themed Favors

The best wedding favor idea is to tie it to the theme of your wedding. If you got married on the beach, consider a pair of flip fop fridge magnets or palm tree salt and pepper shakers. The wedding favor ideas do not have to scream wedding and they do not have to be white, silver or pastel. They have to be something that looks interesting and people can keep for a while.

So while a flip flop magnet may not say Amanda Weds Jason, it is something your guests can look at everyday and think about you if you are close to them. If you're not that close to begin with, any favor will any ways be handed to the kids as a Happy Meal toy when they are picked up from the sitters!

Are you in the process of planning your wedding? If you are, you likely already know that there are a number of important decisions that you will have to make. While a good percentage of your focus will likely be placed on the guest list, the food, the drinks, and the music, wedding favors are also important.

Whether you do your wedding shopping online, locally, or through a catalog, you will see a large selection of wedding favors available for sale. The phrase wedding favors is used to describe a wide range of items, mostly decorations. Popular decorative favors for weddings include candles, place card holders, bubbles, handheld fans, and so forth.

Since wedding favors do come in a number of different formats, as well as a number of different designs, many brides and grooms are overwhelmed with all of their options. Many do not know which wedding favors they should purchase. If you are one of those brides or grooms, what you will want to do is take a step back and start from the beginning. There are a number of important questions that you will first want to ask yourself.

Do you have a wedding theme?

Many brides and grooms choose wedding themes. Typically, a wedding theme depends on location and date. For example, weddings in December often have winter themes. Destination weddings or weddings during the summer often have beach themes. Religious themes, cultural themes, and animal themes are also popular.

If you have a wedding theme, it is important to find wedding favors that match your theme. For example, if your wedding theme is winter, search for wedding favors that have winter decorations. When doing so, you may find candles will small snowflake prints, place card holders in the shapes of sleds or snowflakes, snow colored bubble containers, and so forth.

What do you want to see at your wedding reception?

A good way to make sure that you purchase the perfect wedding favors for your wedding reception is by first examining what you want. Shopping first, as previously stated, leaves many brides and grooms overwhelmed. Despite the fact that candles, candy bags, wedding themed disposable cameras, and bubbles are available for sale, it doesn't mean that you actually have to purchase them.

An easy way to make sure that your wedding reception is perfect, in terms of appearance, is to envision what you want. When you envision your gift table, bridal party table, and guest tables, what do you see present? If you see bubbles, small candy bags, and disposable cameras, purchase them.

As a recap, wedding favors come in a wide range of styles and designs. Just because they are available for sale, however, it does not mean that you have to purchase them. As for what wedding favors you do decide to purchase, make sure that you create a wedding theme first. This enables you to easy and quickly find and buy wedding favors. It also helps to create an elegant wedding reception where all decorations will properly flow together, as opposed to clash with one another.

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