Favours

I love favours and wish I could of spent more on mine, , , ,

I'm having miniature perfume/aftershave and a charity pin

We are having a miniature bottle of Baileys for the ladies, Jack Daniels for the fellas, and a home made truffle, with a personalised note to everyone... they will say "The thing we love most about you is....................................." or "you are special to us because..............................." and everyone will have something personal. There will also be a scratchcard, all packaged in a beautiful little box with some ribbon and the guests name on the front. I am very very very excited about my favours!!!!

I have miniature whisky for the men as is tradition, and little fancy cardboard boxes with my dad's homemade tablet in it. Both quite traditional scottish gifts I think actually. I also have some wee extra bags for sugared almonds to give out to the guests who are just coming to the dance.

I am also love the favors because the favor thing will remember for long time and also the couples name.The thing is that ,you have to pick the wright favor thing for the guest which have written or printed the couples name and welcome sentence.This is the great thing in the wedding.

I think favours are underrated and underemphasised - a lot of people do them "because they feel they have to" and don't actually put a lot of effort into thinking what to put in them. This was the thread I made about ours: https://www.hitched.co.uk/chat/forums/p/247569/2386015.aspx#2386015

I suppose whether you keep them or not actually depends what's in them - if it's a little ornament or something then keep, but if it's chocolate... then surely you're meant to eat them???

I think this is a case of personal taste..... I'm in the don't see the point of them camp.

I've been to three weddings this year and can't remember what the favours were at two of them and the third was a homemade gingerbread man (that was lovely and must have taken a long time to make) but within a day it had gone soft and two days later I put it in the bin.

I know they are often used as a token of thanks but traditionally they were used as well wishes to the bride and groom. However, I know what I'm saying sounds ungrateful but I think there are many other ways to say thank you that means more to me. I've chosen another way of thanking my guests. Each to their own.

I have to admit that I have only really started to notice favours since I have been planning my own wedding. I can tell you exactly what favours people had at the last couple of weddings I have been to and I have made sure to keep them as a reminder. However I was probably guilty in the past of the "don't really notice them camp!"

I am having favours, we are getting married abroad so we are handing out fans for the ladies- not sure about men yet- but maybe also fans!!!!

I love favours myself, except when it's soap but I'm funny like that.

We're giving people four individual and differently flavoured chocolates as nearly all our guest adore chocolate.

I love favours! It's really nice to see the personality of the couple come out a little bit in them.

Having said that, the last two weddings I have been to haven't rated highly on the 'good favours meter' ?. One didn't have any (and I didn't notice until the next day) and the other one was so bad I can't remember it.

I like edible favours ?

I think a lot of people do just throw them in a drawer and forget about them, but i keep all mines!

However, my grandmother and OHs grandfather are both very important people who won't be there, and so we will be making a donation to Cancer Research. I did feel like we didn't want to just say we were making the donation so are giving out little cards saying we have donated to Cancer Research in memory of those two and am going to buy pin badges, silver with pink stone for ladies and blue for men, just so they have something to take home.

Also won't mind if there are any leftovers as all money will have gone to a good cause x

I have to say I have been to 2 weddings as an adult, both times I have never kept the favour. One was a christmas bauble, which I gave to my mum, as she vaguely knew the bride, and the other was some kind of ceramic heart... not sure what it actually was. I don't know what I did with it, but didn't keep it.

Due to this we are giving a handmade chocolate bride and groom as our favours, I know it will definitely go down well with the majority of guests!

It depends on the couple and the people going to their wedding. I went to a wedding a few weeks ago and they had the bog standard sugared almonds - one got eaten the rest went in the bin. I did keep the organza bag though. Personally I think favours are a bit overrated.

But if you're doing something a little more personalised and you know your guests will appreciate it then great. We have wedding ale and liqueur to give to our guests -or some chocs for teetotalers and kids. Each to thier own I suppose.

I have bees wax candles for my wedding and bonfire toffee lollies and treacle toffee's for the blessing.

The blessing ones are going to be in orange and white striped paper bags (our colours are orange and burgundy) and I've made stickers that match our invitations/theme that say thank you for being part of our day.

I'm now wondering if I should get some marigold (October flower) and pumpkin seeds to go with the candles at the wedding as the candles cost me nothing and there are only 17 guests. What do you think?

I always notice favours, but that's possibly more so now since I've been planning our wedding.

I hate the sugared almonds because I don't like the taste of them and I can't keep them, but I do like what they represent. I have been to weddings with lovely favours such as candles and handmade lavender bags, but have had to leave them on the table because they don't fit in my bag.

On two occasions, I've had slate coasters with the couple's name and wedding date on. I use one set which was from my cousin's wedding, but not the other which was from the wedding of two friends.

I've had chocolates on several occasions and they always go down well.

We're having small toblerones with personalised wrappers for ours. not the mini ones but the standard chocolate size ones.

I love favours and have put a lot of thought into mine if some get left behind they wont go to waste i will use them again in mine i have made

Wine charms for the girls

jd for the men

a penny for both

a rubber for both

a choc for both

and a thank you scroll for both

thats just so far im still adding to it i always keep mine if there not edible x

Personally I'm not a fan of favours for the sake of it. If they fit with your theme or its something you know your guests will appreciate then go for it. But I can't be doing with the majority. I hope my guests will enjoy my wedding for what it is... the marriage of myself and OH, not because they got a free gift out of it!

We're doing favours but still keeping them quite cheap. We collect rubber ducks (don't ask...) so we'll be giving each guest a miniature rubber duck. I think we'll also be doing a small sweet buffet for people to help themselves to throughout the day.

I'm not a big fan of spending a lot of money on favours though. our rubber ducks are being bulk bought and are about 50p each, but they still represent something to do with us. Instead of putting them at each place setting i'll be putting them in a water tray with a sign saying 'please adopt a duck'. Any that don't get taken, will come home with us again.

I'm one of these people who is of the opinion that most people will not care about the favours.

Yes, I agree I would keep things from immediate family, but not from anyone else, I have enough clutter at home.

I also think £7.00 is a fortune to spend on them (sorry!)

And as to them being a thank you to the guests for coming, surely they've come because they want to be there on the day for us to celebrate our wedding, and that should be enough. If you want to look at material things, we are paying for dinner, some drinks and all the entertainment.

If it was any other kind of party, people would usually at least be bringing a bottle.

Saying that, I will probably have them, partly because I think people expect them, which I know is a very bad attitude, as I do things for me, or us, not what others expect. But mostly because I think they will be a nice table decoration.

But I am think of very simple favours, perhaps chocolates, maybe soap for the ladies. I can then design and print some new wrappers. If its choclates I should be left with a fair bit of change from 50p.

I wasn't going to have them, but I think I may after all. I have a Welsh Mum and Scottish Dad, so I'm thinking of mini love spoons for the ladies and a miniature whisky for the men. I'm also thinking of getting pashminas for all the ladies since we've had to move the reception to late September and it may be chilly and we're expecting people will want to mill about in the courtyard.