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Unusual favours

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StrongInside · 31/01/2020 17:23

Hi,

I know there were several threads discussing favours but I wonder if anyone has any fresh ideas. I am trying to think of ways to make the wedding memorable for its fun and unusual details. Changing the traditional reception table layouts, playing about with ceremony seating etc. So I would like the favours to be something quirky too, if possible, ones that our guests will actually want to take.

We don’t have a theme as such, just a specific colour scheme.

Chocolates, drink bottles, mini plants, mints- all so commonly done, it sounds boring to me. And some of it too random, like tea bags??

I don’t like a charity donations idea either- I actually want guests to have a physical thank you gift.

Any ideas?

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NemophilistRebel · 07/02/2020 12:12

The weddings I’ve been to that have round table or long tables I’ve always preferred the long tables
At least then you aren’t just stuck talking to the people next door as the people across the table are too far away or covered by massive centre pieces.

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StrongInside · 10/02/2020 12:30

@WilheldivaHater I’ll first see if the hotel can do that layout, then post pictures. I hope most will remember to take their favour because they are little and light, but I hope by the point I notice any left behind, I won’t care😁

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StrongInside · 10/02/2020 12:31

@NemophilistRebel exactly, that’s my problem with the round tables!

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getyourarseoffthequattro · 10/02/2020 12:32

if you really want to do them i would do something edible.

we are doing jam tarts as it fits in the theme!

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StrongInside · 10/02/2020 12:40

I just don’t see the point in edible favours when we are providing so much food as it is, but if it fits with your theme, go for it. What’s your theme, out of curiosity?

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getyourarseoffthequattro · 10/02/2020 12:50

very loosely based on alice in wonderland. nobodys gonna be dressed up but the table decs are themed

FluffyLamkins · 15/02/2020 20:54

We had leather key rings with each guests initial on them. My husband has a saddlery workshop so we made them ourselves. People are still using them ten years after the wedding. I’m planning on setting up a shop to sell them for other brides at some point. You can buy other versions online perhaps?

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SweetPeaPods · 15/02/2020 20:58

We hired an old fashioned ice cream van instead of favours

Disfordarkchocolate · 15/02/2020 21:00

Personalised crackers, filled with fun stuff and an after-dinner mint.

Dozer · 15/02/2020 21:01

There are no good favours.

Yorkshiremum17 · 15/02/2020 21:04

We had a winter wedding and did gingerbread men for the men and gingerbread ladies for the women. All home made and eaten there and then!

Disfordarkchocolate · 15/02/2020 21:06

The most memorable wedding I went to had 2 guests. Bus tour and pizza afterwards, wonderful day and happy marriage. That's what people really remember - happy, food, drink. If the only thing they remember is your wedding favours I think you're a bit focused on the wedding and not the marriage.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 15/02/2020 21:07

One of the best wedding o went to didn't have favours. They had lunch boxes for the children filled with things to keep them occupied through the speeches. They also had a basket of slippers by the side of the dance floor for the women.

supadupapupascupa · 15/02/2020 21:08

We had paper and wooden fans in a basket for ladies to take if they wanted to. It was a scorcher so a great idea

tallah · 15/02/2020 22:06

My sister made scents in tiny tester bottles. The scents were trademarked and had been made by the couple at an experience day thing.

Iwantcollarbones · 15/02/2020 22:14

We had hangover survival kits; pain killers, ready salted crisps, bottles of water, eye masks, Single use breathalysers, sick bags.

From what I can tell everyone got back to their hotels, used the breathalysers for a giggle, ate the crisps and threw everything else

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 15/02/2020 22:21

If we do something different...I think our guests will remember.

Went fo you need them to remember some quirky odd thing about your wedding, and not the lovely memory of seeing people they love get married (which they will, and is the best memory)? It sounds like you are competing against other weddings they may go to!

I see you went for bee bombs in the end, which may just be more confusing than quirky, unless you will be Mr and Mrs Bumble or something? I don't see how that says "thank you" in any way, it's just random!

Although it at least avoid the awful idea of gifts based on recipient sex - some things in this thread are just ghastly stereotypes!

LoafEater · 15/02/2020 22:40

Was at a beautiful wedding last summer. Favours were penquin classic short stories, Hand picked to be relevant to each guest, 100 of them! They looked really beautiful on the table and everyone loved them. They came home with us and have been in a drawer unread since.

I suppose I’ll find them one day and just chuck em.

ScarlettBlaize · 15/02/2020 22:55

No one gives a shit, and no weddings are memorable.

tallah · 17/02/2020 05:34

@ScarlettBlaize you seem nice

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StrongInside · 17/02/2020 08:32

Yeah @tallah, nice, their family and friends are so lucky to have them. Literally no help whatsoever in answering my question, what’s the point in them posting🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Thanjs everyone, I am really happy with the colourful bee seed bombs. Quirky, practical and if someone finds them random @BuzzShitbagBobbly, there is a short and sweet poem attached to explain what to do with them. It’s a sumner wedding, wildflowers aren’t that random. To me, jam or tea bags would be more random.

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Chista · 17/02/2020 08:54

There were 3 big family weddings in one year back in 2015, one was mine. My BIL went all out and got jam pots in different flavours with the lids printed with their names and the date. My SIL couldn't be bothered and saved a lot of money. We went the charity route where we got little pins for our donation to Cancer Research and Make a Wish foundation. Now no one remembers the jam pot favours or where their pots even are, our favours are still talked about and I see a number of family members still wear the little pins we selected as the favours.

Letseatgrandma · 17/02/2020 09:00

The last wedding we went to, the favours were really pretty ornate looking keys. The groom pointed out to us that they were actually bottle openers!

They are fab-we both have them on our key rings and use them loads.

Best idea I’ve ever seen.

recreationalcalpol · 17/02/2020 09:06

Wedding favours are a bit tacky in my view, don’t bother. We spent money on a completely free bar, and I know my guests would have preferred that to favours

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 17/02/2020 10:00

Quirky, practical and if someone finds them random BuzzShitbagBobbly, there is a short and sweet poem attached to explain what to do with them. It’s a sumner wedding, wildflowers aren’t that random. To me, jam or tea bags would be more random.

I meant it's random to do with you/your wedding/you as a couple; and hence your desire for your wedding to be the most memorable event ever. You may as well give them all a packet of fishfingers each. Although that would probably make it relatively memorable Grin

For example, a Brit/Italian couple I know, who met in Italy and holidayed there a lot, gave some very Italian candies as favours. Small, consumable and relevant to them.