Favours!!

To be honest, i hadnt thought of giving them to people who give you presents.

i always just assumed you put them on the tables.

sorry its not much but hope this helps

xx

I thought you put them on the tables for the people who are eating. I've not been to a evening do at a wedding n received one, only with the sit down meal. scottish tradition may be different.

Thanks.

This is what I think too. As far as I'm aware scottish tradition is no different. I have not been given a favour at any evening do i've been to either. I'll just have to try and persuade mum to my way of thinking.

I have done weddings that have done both, some just have them for the day Guests & others have them in baskets like this for the guests to help themselves:

Im in the middle of doing mine now, and I'm just doing them for the people who are at the meal. In fact I', starting to wish I hadn't bothered with them at all, it's very tedious trying to assemble 100 odd boxes and tie them neatly with ribbon! lol

How would you check that someone has given you a present before giving them a favour? Lots of people don't bring presents to the wedding, especially if there's a giftlist, and you couldn't really go round asking! I can imagine that handing them out is the kind of thing that might easily get forgotten about too. So I think we will have them on the tables for the meal with the place setting.

I'd just put them on the table for day guests.

I think it may be a bit of a hassle trying to keep track of people bringing you presents etc - won't you have to have someone there to just take presents and give favors away - sounds a bit unnecessary to me. also they look pretty on the tables and will add to your decorations.

WEES. We had them at everyone's place on the tables. I always thought you saved a piece of cake and put it in a cake box for those who gave you something but couldn't make it/weren't invited to the day?

My OH didn't want to waste money on something that would get left behind, thrown in the bin etc. I really wanted to have favours though so we have gone for charity pins so that if they do get left behind the money won't have been wasted. We've gone for half Children's Liver Disease Foundation and half Cancer Research (both for personal reasons) and I have tried to give people the one that will mean most to them. I've spent hours making pyramid boxes tied with a purple ribbon and flower for them to go in. I'm really pleased with them.

For the evening we have put 5 mini eggs in an organza bag for everyone (day and evening). It was going to be just for the evening guests but my bridesmaids and mum complained that they wanted mini eggs (pests!)?.

I've done 100 bags for around 120 guests. Our wedding is at 4 so we've invited everyone to the entire day.

There's no reason for favours to cost the earth. I got 50 red bags and 5 purple off ebay for £5 and used 3 jars of quality street which cost me £10.

I've put 3 sweets in each bag. They look really pretty for only a tiny cost.

Thanks.

I don't want mum to waste her money so that's why I only want day guests to have favours. I'll just have to persuade her my way of thinking.

The favours are often part of the overall 'look' of the presentation of the table and are given to only ladies or all guests. x

We're putting our favours on the table for all guests. but i have a feeling only the ladies will appreciate the organza bags with sweets and sugared almonds inside!! x

We are not having any!!!

Although I am toying with the idea of wine glass charms as place names so I suppose these could class as keepsakes?!