Wedding favors are a way of showing your gratitude and conveying your thanks to the guests who made your wedding ceremony more special with their presence. This tradition of wedding favors or ?bonbonniere? dates back to ancient European history when the bride and the groom used to present their wedding guests with gifts.

Wedding favors could be anything edible or some show piece. And choosing a wedding favor is not that easy as it seems to be. Your guests have taken time out to share your special occasion with you. Hence it is important that you present them with something which they would relish. After all, planning a wedding is not just about buying beautiful and inexpensive wedding dresses. There are lots of other things too.

Here are some of the common and popular favors which you can consider:

Cardholders: Available in every imaginable color, they are a very popular wedding favor. Especially silver plated wine goblet place card holders are very elegant and stylish wedding favors.

Photo magnets: They can be good favors to be given to your guest. Be a little innovative. Add a personal touch and put an engagement photograph of you and your groom in it. You can find a huge variety of photo magnets to choose from such as silver, plastic, ceramic or gold.

Potpourri sachets: They are an affordable way to please your guests with stylishly packaged, aromatic potpourri sachets available in a variety of pleasing fragrances.

Candies: Delicious candies and sugared almonds are a nice favor to give. You can get them exquisitely gift wrapped in beautiful boxes.

Votive candles: They make a cute decorative gift. Wrap colorful votive candles in attractive paper, some fabric or in a cute box and tie it with a bow.

Wedding mint tins: Personalized wedding mint tins with your name inscribed on it or your photograph are perfect for wedding favor. Fill the tin of rectangular, square, round or any shape with the mints of your choice.

Heart- shaped soaps: Packaged beautifully, soaps again make a beautiful wedding favor.

Beach favors: If you are planning a beach wedding, you can gift sea shells to your guests filled with candies or sugar stars.. Or you can also give scented gel candles with seashells in it.

Wine favors: Now wine favors like wine pourer or wine stopper are becoming popular. They are a little expensive but they truly make a sophisticated and classy wedding favor. Personalize the favor and inscribe your name and wedding date on the wine stopper or pourer.

Once you have decided what you want as a wedding favor, order the favors as early as possible. Selecting a beautiful wedding favor is as important as finding beautiful and inexpensive wedding dresses. Just like there are online shops where you can find vast collection of inexpensive wedding dresses in different designs and styles, similarly you can check out the net where you would find wide variety of wedding favors and order from such online shops.