to like these wedding favours?

[Sweetpea01]

Okay, you caught me, not really an AIBU but I enjoy the varied responses on this board

Best friend's getting married, no idea what her favours will be but the boyfriend and I were talking about what we'd like (as you do when you're bored )

Anyway, I really like the idea of simple venetian style masks for each guest as a keepsake. Especially if it fit into the overall look of the day.

What are your favourite (or most hated!!) favours received at a wedding?

As if anyone would want a personalised pebble.

We went to a wedding where they had champagne glasses with the 'logo' they'd used on their invitations engraved on them (it didn't involve their names or date, it was just a symbol that looked slightly but not obviously like their initials). You were then supposed to keep your glass. We collected a set of 6 (as some were left behind) as we had no champagne glasses at home and only we would know they were from the wedding, to an outsider they would just look like glasses with an unusual pattern.

I agree most favours are pointless but I like the idea of something that gives people something to do at the table like lego or playdoh. Otherwise, anything eatable or drinkable is ok but not really needed.

At ours, people took home the table decorations if they wanted to.

We had small net circles in our 'colour' filled with a choice of 5 sugared almonds, mint imperials or white chocolate buttons in separate bowls so the guests could pick what they wanted themselves (yes I realise you aren't supposed to eat them but figured people would eat them anyway).

Favours are such a waste of money.

I don't think I've ever bothered to take a favour home with me. I'd possibly eat a sweet or chocolate favour at the time of giving, but tbh there's enough crap to transport home and my bag is never big enough.

Don't bother.

At our wedding we had a lovely center piece of flowers with a pillar candle in the middle, glitter and scatter crystals on the tables and feathers in the wine glasses (it looked good).
Our favours were little chocs in tiny voile bags and silver covered sweets scattered over the table. The kids loved them.
We also had bubbles for the kids to pretty much play with and rocket balloons for a few of the bigger (ahem so called drunken adults) kids.

I love wedding favours. I am sad when I go to a wedding without one. One to keep is my ideal. Can deal with chocolate. Love personalised stuff.

But I fill my kids' party bags with plastic tat too.

We had sugared almonds. Typical for my culture and sign of fertility.

I have never been to a wedding that had favours.

The only favours I've ever found useful were the charity trolley tokens a friend gave us.

Sweets are nice. Everything else is a bit pointless.

We had these as we we married in the town where it is made. The wedding was 13 years ago, but I know our friends still have the empty tins in use in a variety of incarnations, sewing kit, paperclip store, stash box...

We had marmalade that I made, seemed to go down well, no-one left any anyway!

I had horseshoes as my favours & place names, real ones that I polished & painted cream. TBH, I didn't expect everyone to keep them as they were heavy, but only 3 people left theirs behind.

4 years on & everyone who took theirs still has them as they're lucky! (only a worn horseshoe is lucky and I made about 180 of them as we decorated the church pews with them too!) People still comment on how lovely they are

Don't get booze, as in mini bottles - presumably you're also serving something alcoholic so one tiddly little 'extra' drink seems odd. Also there's a tendency to give it to the blokes but not the women (who might get something non-boozy) which is a tad odd.

I think something edible, maybe themed to the wedding venue (like the Harrogate toffee up-thread) is nice. Anything else is tat and probably an utter waste of money. Does anyone plant the little seeds you can get in matchbooks? I always suspect they wouldn't even germinate.

Having said that, I love party bags for children!

I went to a wedding at the weekend and they'd given donations to the local air ambulance charity instead of favours. They did have a very well stocked sweet table with printed bags that was available all day and I wish we'd thought of that instead of favours when we got married!

My favourite was a champagne glass for the civil partnership ceremony I went to. The glass had their names engraved which might have been bleugh if they weren't Mr Nice and Mr Camp (honestly) Great couple but still gives me a chuckle.

I'd save the money for a photobooth (depending on how many guests you have and the budget for each). Or put disposable cameras on the tables and let the guests take drunken ones as the night progresses for you to develop later. I think most favours are otherwise just junk and a waste of money.
Worst I have seen was when the bride made the best man run around each table while she did the thank you speeches, and he grabbed a centrepiece from each table and thrust it at them! They had 10 tables and she had clearly decided to use up all of the centerpieces, which meant her speech went on forever and the mother in law got the same plastic vase (with 'bonus' flowers) as the friend who had come all the way from Wales.... And then they had to carry them around for the rest of the night

Live herbs in small terracotta pots with names chalked on. Served as favours, place names, flowers and table decor.

I love the idea of personal favours to reflect that the bride and groom know something about you! (Someone spoke about it up thread)

Time consuming and potentially costly depending on what you choose but could be kept within a budget and such a lovely gesture - also a great talking point at the table!

My sister got married at Easter and we put Creme eggs into muslin bags. They went down well. Another family wedding we had miniatures of whisky for the men and wine for the ladies (friend worked in a distillery). We made tags for each. When I got married in the 80s, everyone handed out daft wee silver shoes etc to the ladies!

The last wedding I went to had no favours but a photo booth.

It was great. We have some brilliant photos of my children with the bride and it kept all of the kids entertained for hours

My dd had little rubber ducks from Hawkins Bazaar. Adults had little ones and children slightly bigger. We wrote names on in glitter pens. Wherever we visit now, over 9 years later, we find those ducks in friends and relatives bathrooms.

I'm going to make soap favours for mine.

I hate favours such as wine charms etc. They clutter up my house and eventually get thrown away.

I like edible favours or alcohol (not sugared almonds, yuk), or something useful.

For ours I grew herbs and put them in little flower pots. They almost all got taken home and some still survive!

We gave out flower seeds like this

www.netfysh.com/Seed-Sticks-Flowers/dp/B0012GOTGC

My stepmum wanted sugared almonds. I have a fatal nut allergy!

Chocolate and booze always good to receive.

I told everyone to help themselves to flowers - which they did! But we also did traditional favours of a small bag with some chocolates in

We are having a pick and mix buffet rather than actual favours but we are giving away all the flowers, balloons and candle holders too. There are only four children going so they have books and activity packs. There will be plenty of food and prosecco though! Hope this is going to be ok - there is only two weeks to go now!