As most newlywed couples can tell you, wedding planning is a big deal. There are the basic arrangements that have to be made, such as selecting a wedding gown, creating a list of attendees and wedding party members, selecting a cake, booking the minister, and selecting a wedding location. However, an equally important priority is coming up with wedding favors. This is actually one of the more entertaining aspects of a wedding because it allows for creativity and gives the couple a chance to give back to those who are working hard on their behalf.
Wedding favors can come in a variety of gift ideas. These can range from elegant candies to classy keepsake mementos to items personalized to fit the needs of each member of the wedding party. For example, you can give your best man a selection of dvd’s if he is a movie buff. If your bridesmaid is a sorority sister, she can be presented with a selection of greek alumni trinkets for her party favor.
Perhaps the most popular item for wedding couple to give are keepsake photo frames with custom photos of the soon to be newlyweds. Such frames come in a variety of sizes, and the included photos can be professional affairs done in a studio or more casual images done in an outdoor setting.
In this day and age of cd burners, many couples have also started the trend of making “mix cd’s" of the music played at their wedding, usually romantic in nature, and guaranteed to allow wedding guests relive their dance floor moves for years to come. Other party favors can be more gender specific in nature. One such option is to give the female members of the wedding party jewelry such as earrings and a necklace while presented the male members with a deluxe shaving kid and cologne.
Of course, such an options may be cost prohibitive depending on the size of the wedding and your numbers of guests. A more inexpensive alternative for a wedding favor is to target the sweet tooth. Everyone loves chocolate, and individual candies can provide a welcome favor for any age and gender.
A unique method of providing a wedding favor that reflects the wedding atmosphere itself would be to target the season. For examples, couples that are married in a winter month can give out porcelain snowmen as favors. Summer wedding could be reflected with garden items and flower kits or beach related items. Smaller trinkets are also always in favor for wedding favors. Examples of these are card or candle holders, personalized glass coasters, fans, sparklers, or bookmarks.
An interesting alternative for a wedding favor would is also the practice of having the wedding guests compete, usually in the area of a trivia answer game, for one or more “big" prizes. These could range from gift certificates to popular restaurants to electronic items such as televisions or ipods. With so many options, the only limit to coming up with a perfect wedding favor is your own imagination.
