Wedding Favours

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Are the still a must have? Seems like a waste of money and unsustainable but I would not want to disappoint my guests. Probably, just chocolate that will be eaten is best.?

I did bonbonniere but found little silver cardboard boxes which fitted well with my colours. Tied with a ribbon, they were a cheap, small bit of table decoration and were really pretty.

They are a waste of money, unless you find something really cool and signed don't bother

Sorry signficant/relevant to your 'theme' or something useful. There're really not necessary and you may as well save some money. In saying that I loved ours, and so did our guests.

I damaged a dress with a charity pin badge I only put on due to peer pressure. Then it went into metal recycling. I would rather nothing or something sweet!

Mine had a pretty empty box with a name tag on as a place marker The box was to fill up with sweets from the various available sort of pick and mix. I hate waste and this was got to choose some sweets would eat rather than waste.

I will fight you for the sugared almonds

We got scratch cards and a penny to scratch it with

MIL won £5 and was v excited 🤣

Was a laugh and you could keep the penny as a momento if you really wanted something

The other thing I've liked was scattered along the table - glow sticks, sunglasses etc. A lot of fun on the dance floor after the meal

We didn’t at our wedding. Don’t think anyone cared.

EXCEPT the most recent wedding I went to had terrible catering and setup, had canapes and food that I couldn’t eat some of becauseI was pregnant or it was disgusting, everything was late, so I was grateful for the favour of a box of little biscuits to eat immediately as I was starving.

Tbh, a lot of wedding favours, especially if non-consumable would probably go in the bin at my house (eg seeds).

What I actually remember from weddings:

-Venue
-Dress
-Entertainment
-People
-Whether I was left starving at any point

Things I don’t remember:

-Wedding favours
-Table decorations
-Speeches, unless exceptional, or really really bad

Waste of money.
Just feed your guests properly and no long speeches.

@Linnet Wedding favors are a thing down south too - I did cake pops - never heard of gin as a favor before!

Op also think about whether you also actually need a wedding favour that is food. If you’re feeding your guests properly then probably not. If you’re having a lunchtime ceremony with not enough canapes afterwards, then maybe yes.

No we didn’t.
The last wedding I went to before ours we were given mini Gin or something and I was pregnant so gave mine away anyway.

We had 6 children. From 9month-10 years. So I did give them all little cotton reusable bags with age appropriate stuff ie. The 2 babies got a matchstick monkey tether, and a variety of ‘baby’ snacks. 2 toddlers easy colouring books and crayons, with sweets and snacks. Older 2 children mini games, fancy colouring postcards and Mini fine liners, sweets. I probably spent €10-15 each on their stuff but it was all stuff they could keep and reuse a long time. And kept them all amused a while at start of meal and throughout evening

We also have no speeches so from sitting at meal, food was served quickly

We have done a donation to a charity which included a pin for everyone. Tbh it's charity close to our hearts and prefer the money to go there. Otherwise I think they are a waste of money.

Mini gin is a complete waste of money.
Even for those who drink - which isn't everyone, many people don't like gin.

Agree with this. For the money you’d spend on that, you could just put extra wine at the table.

We had acrylic round circles, with everyone’s name on them (they doubled up as place cards and coasters so were dual purpose), and were all taken as easy to put in a small bag or pocket. People still comment that they have them on their desk/ bedside tables now.

I do rather like a wedding favour, it adds a bit of fun, sort of the adult equivalent to the feeling if getting a party bag. I do tend to prefer consumables such as chocolates, after dinner mints, cookies etc. They can also form a fairly cost effective part of the table decoration too if in a nice little box etc.

I think they're a bit like chair covers. No-one remembers them.

Worth checking with your venue even if you do decide on something like mini gin / whiskey drams. Ours told us explicitly we weren't allowed to bring in additional alcohol without being charged corkage (and even those counted).

I’d give them a miss, I leave or bin them.

We had mini Welsh cakes as I’m Welsh.

I got married at Easter, so I did a huge bowl of various foil covered Easter eggs which was the table centrepiece and doubled as favours.

Do they need to ‘remember them’ though? They’re just a nice little bit of extra table decoration; a little gift to make people smile. They’re not supposed to go down in history as the most exciting moment in history.

That said, if you need to trim the budget, they are easily dispensed with and your guests won’t mind or probably even notice.

I grew little Bacopa plants from seed in little terracotta pots for mine. Each had a bamboo plant label stuck in it with the name of the guest, so they functioned as place markers. They were very popular and made the tables look beautiful - the reception was in a historic glasshouse so they really looked the part.

Forgot to add my husband is Persian too so we also had appetisers in a nod to his heritage. Guests noticed the link and commented. I’d definitely only go for edible though personally.

I like favours, the little touches can make a wedding special.

I don't like seed cards, always get chucked. I wouldn't mind sugared almonds but no one else here seems to. Personally not bothered about chocolates but take them home. Love alcohol miniatures. One person did honey from ger dad's farm- loved that. A scratch card was the best idea!! I don't like anything personalised with bride and groom name on. We did fans as it was a hot country.