Another Wedding Favors Thread...

[picklypopcorn]

WIBU to offer mason jar- style glasses as wedding favours?

Link: www.amazon.co.uk/Tennessee-Handled-Glass-Jeremiah-style/dp/B00DUW4IIA/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&qid=1470823151&sr=8-33&keywords=jam%20jars&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21


I haven't been to many weddings and I'm new to all this so I don't know the etiquette surrounding favors. It's going to be a pretty relaxed wedding.


My idea is to fill them with Pimm's and lemonade for just after the reception but then stick a tag on them telling people they can take them home with them at the end of the day as a wedding favour?

I can't afford to do the Pimm's idea and wedding favors so it's one or the other, does anyone foresee issues with this?

[ThatsMyStapler]

I've always had favours at weddings. Normally sugared almonds


www.foreverweddingfavours.co.uk/latest-news/history-wedding-favours

The History of Wedding Favours
Wedding favours are popular at weddings throughout the UK today. But many people are not aware that they are a centuries-old tradition, steeped in history.

It is believed that wedding favours originated amongst the French aristocracy and went by the name of Bonbonnieres (much prettier, isn't it?) The Bonbonniere was a small gift given to guests at weddings amongst the high classes and would typically be a small box, made of crystal or precious stones, containing sugared almonds or other sweet treats. This was at a time when sugar was considered a luxurious delicacy, as it was believed to hold medicinal properties and was a lot more expensive and difficult to get hold of compared to today.

This tradition spread across Europe, with the Italians giving chocolate wedding favours and the Spanish giving their guests a vase of orange blossoms, symbolic of fulfilment and happiness. Wedding parties in Greece also offered their guests candy coated almonds, giving them the name of Bom Bom Yara. Even as far as the Middle East, the bride would provide five almonds for her guests to represent fertility, wealth, longevity, health and happiness. And when wedding favours first came to England, around the sixteenth century, English bridal couples would give 'love knots' made of ribbons and lace.

[crazywriter]

Don't bother with favours. We just did sugared almonds for ours and then forgot to bloody hand them out lol nobody said anything to us about it, even those who wanted a traditional wedding from us.

When it does come to wedding favours I like the edible ones so I don't have to take things home with me. I'd think something like the jars was quirky and memorable but I probably wouldn't try to fit it in my bag.

[practy]

What about a small packet of love hearts?