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Wedding favours!

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welcometothechaos · 30/01/2022 19:14

Help

Due to get married soon and this is the only thing I'm stuck on!!

Thought of hangover bags- but then what do you put in them without costing a fortune

A dough"not" forget doughnut on the way out

A little shot bottle with a saying on ?

Any ideas I really don't know an don't want to spend a fortune on these

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IggyAce · 30/01/2022 19:17

Honestly save your money, my dh is a wedding photographer and from experience they often get left behind. If you really want to do something I suggest something edible such as personalised love hearts or chocolate.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 30/01/2022 19:17

What's the budget? Are they necessary?

If you really want to have something, a lucky dip lotto ticket each or maybe some packets of seeds to grow flowers.

ImInStealthMode · 30/01/2022 19:18

We'll be doing either nothing at all, or little envelopes of wild flower seeds which will be about £30 for 60.

PermanentTemporary · 30/01/2022 19:18

Really sorry but you know it's optional?

I don't remember any of the favours I've received except the most recent one which was nice, a little pewter coloured trinket box with 2 haribo in it. Very sweet but it's currently in my charity shop pile I'm afraid. Nobody will remember whether you do them or not.

Lulu1919 · 30/01/2022 19:19

Yes...don't bother
Or do something that helps a charity

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 30/01/2022 19:20

We made a donation to a charity that was close to our hearts in lieu of favours. The charity sent us pin badges in return which we attached to wildflower placecards.

Then the venue threw them all out the night before the wedding. But they made a big apologetic donation to the charity, so it wasn’t all bad.

bravotango · 30/01/2022 19:20

It has to be something edible or something that attaches to you, otherwise it's left behind. Charity pins are popular, or some sort of sweet.

Ragwort · 30/01/2022 19:21

Please don't bother ... no one really cares, most get left behind and it's a huge waste of money. Why do you think they are important?

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welcometothechaos · 30/01/2022 19:23

I suppose your right. We have said no one to buy gifts or anything and to just donate a little something to a charity we are super super close with who everyone knows means so much personally to us and everyone thinks that's a great idea- we do it for every occasion really!
But was Just a little something as a reminder of the day but think it's pointless as a lot of you have said they get left anyway.....
thanks though x

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mrssteptoe44 · 30/01/2022 19:25

I bought my wedding favours from a charity then popped them in a hessian bag with a few sweets. Favours can cost a lot but as it was money going to a charity close to my heart I didn't mind and I think the guests appreciated it too.

thefirstmrsrochester · 30/01/2022 19:33

I honestly wouldn’t bother with favours, even if you got whisky miniatures with a personalised label, they will get howft on the night. Seeds are nice but I’d wager most won’t get planted.

CMOTDibbler · 30/01/2022 19:50

I really, really wouldn't bother. No one cares.
If you want to give people a reminder of the day, then print a nice photo of them and send it with your thank you card with some actually heartfelt words, and they will get way more out of that than anything else

Idontgiveagriffindamn · 30/01/2022 19:51

We had the speeches before the meal so had cupcakes as favours so they could have something to eat.
Made them myself so didn’t cost a huge amount

DaisyMum40 · 30/01/2022 19:51

I didn't have favours at my wedding.

Opus17 · 30/01/2022 19:52

We put sweeties in a nice wee bag (bought in bulk). They can eat them on the day and don't have to remember to take them anywhere. Nice and cheap too

Normandy144 · 30/01/2022 19:54

We didn't bother but we did have an open bar and so diverted budget towards that as it was important to us. Funnily enough no one lamented the fact they didn't get a miniature pot of homemade jam or a random fridge magnet. Instead they were quite happy that the booze flowed freely all night.

Lindy2 · 30/01/2022 20:00

I just put a couple of heart shaped, foil wrapped chocolates at each place setting. There were still quite a few left at the end of the evening. A couple of my bridesmaids collected them up at the end and we ate them the next day. Grin

M0rT · 30/01/2022 20:04

We didn't do favours but asked the photographer to make sure to get couple/family pictures and sent them to people after. Our wedding is remembered in lots of our guests homes now but about them rather than us.

MrsH497 · 30/01/2022 20:46

Me and my mum made fudge not a single bag was left. We had the wooden place names which were also peoples favours.

MeridasMum · 30/01/2022 20:54

What about homemade fudge or tablet? A few squares in a clear bag tied with ribbon and a tag .

At my wedding (many moons ago), I gave everyone a tube of love hearts

Hohofortherobbers · 30/01/2022 20:56

A friend of mine made those personalised wine glass charms with our names on, I still have mine and dh's.

YellowLemonz · 30/01/2022 20:57

Best favours I've received at weddings are a shot, a pin from the charity they donated to.

LazyDoll · 30/01/2022 21:01

We had chocolate coins as ours was a Christmas wedding. Haribo hearts or love hearts are cute. 💕

Crunched · 30/01/2022 21:07

My niece had a code on the order of service which, when scanned, linked to a playlist of music played during the day. It was also on the thank you letters, I have listened a few times and it is a nice way to remember their special day.

SparkleTwinkle101 · 30/01/2022 21:07

We got some wildflower seed paper hearts and popped them in a let love grow seed bag

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