Wedding Favor Ideas

The following are ideas for wedding mementos, which are dazzling, traditional, ethnic, nature, and gifts types. Select one or combine some categories into something unique.  To make it even more unique, personalize the favor. The favors can be personalized by printing the bride's and groom's names and wedding date on tags, labels, clear seals, and ribbons which can then be attached to the favor or engraved on the favor.  Any ordinary favor can be special and unique by adding your own personal names and date.  You may even add a personal saying to your guests along with the personalization. Wedding favors are truly something through which your special day can be more fondly remembered.

Your sources for supplies can come from a variety of places.  You can order ready-made favors or make them yourselves.  Making the wedding favors can be fun and you are only limited by your own creative imagination which you can be your guide. A sampling of sources could be your local candy stores, craft stores, print shops, wineries, specialty gift shops, flower shops to name a few. 

For the couple, on a budget, making your favors is also a special type of favor that is not very costly. Supplies are readily available from a variety of vendors. The special-handmade wedding favors provide that personal touch to your guests.  This is also fun to make alone as a couple or with friends as a special time together, especially at a bridal shower.

Select the wedding favor that is part of both of you that says “thank you” in a polite way to be remembered.  Having a theme is great and makes the wedding reception more interesting.  The wedding favor can set the mood from formal to informal settings.  But most of all remember the wedding favor as an extension of your gratitude to your guests by sharing the special moment of your lives together.

The following is a list of different wedding favor ideas for your guidance. Remember, your own creativity will add that special personalization on your wedding favor.  

1.   Publish your own newspaper about the bride and groom from childhood until the day you met. Write a short summary of your lives from birth until the day you met.

2.   Newsletter about the bride and grooms wedding plans. Write a short summary of your engagement period, make it comical, it adds an interesting story.

3.   Magazine front page picture featuring the bride and groom on front page. Have your pictures taken as a featured couple in a magazine.  The magazine could be wedding, sports, or events.

4.   Actual Sunday newspaper for Saturday evening reception elegantly tied with white ribbons. Have your own wedding announced in the wedding section of the newspaper.

5.   Personalized miniature fairy tale storybook replacing bride and groom as characters, similar to the children’s “Little Golden Books.”

6.   Message in a bottle and cork beautifully tied with ribbons.  Write your personal “Thank You” message to your guests on a linen paper; roll the paper and place inside the bottle.

7.   Actual lottery ticket from your state.  Include with the ticket, paper money printed with bride and groom pictured on the paper money saying good luck and thanking your guests. One of your guests might be an actual lucky lottery winner.

8.   Golf balls personalized with couples name and date of wedding.

9.   Golf tees and markers personalized with couples name and date of wedding.

10.  Matchbooks which includes personalized golf tees and markers

11.  Personalized water bottles for sports enthusiasts labeled with the bride and groom name.

12.  Personalized deck of playing cards.

13.  Miniature bubble bottles so your guests can blow bubbles during the reception.

14.  Butterfly releases. A butterfly placed in a box for each guest and timed for release during the reception by your guests who will open the box and watch all the butterflies released.

15.  Miniature Wine Bottles Specially bottled for the bride and groom.

16.  Miniature Champagne Bottles Specially bottled for the bride and groom.

17.  Miniature Champagne Bottles filled with jellybeans.

18.  Miniature Champagne Bottles filled with Jordan almonds.

19.  Miniature Champagne Bottles filled with bubble bath.

20.  Chocolate Candy Bars uniquely wrapped for the bride and groom.  The candy bars would show the bride and groom names with wedding date and for the ingredients listing the bridal party or saying something about the couple.

21.  Cassette tape or CD’s with recorded message from bride and groom a along with romantic music.

22.  Personalized Matchboxes but filled with candies.

23.  Beer cans specially labeled for the bride and groom.

24.  Soda cans specially labeled for the bride and groom.

25.  Disposable decorated cameras for guests to take pictures of your wedding. Great to receive candid shots after the wedding.

26.  Miniature bottle of fragrant oils special bride and groom signature line.

27.  Crossword puzzle about the bride and groom.

28.  Puzzle picture of the bride and groom picture.

29.  Bingo cards about the bride and groom and play bingo during the reception.

30.  Sea weddings: miniature boats filled with candies.

31.  Bumper stickers of “Just Married” bride and groom.

32.  Homemade cookies in personalized tin cans with your own recipe. Label the cans “Made with Love from the Bride and Groom.

33.  Homemade jams in personalized jars with your own recipe.

34.  Gourmet coffee beans personalized with your own label.

35.  Gourmet cocoa powder personalized with your own label.

36.  Gourmet tea bags personalized with your own label.

37.  Coin embellished with bride and groom.

38.  Key chains imprinted with bride and groom name.

39.  Key chains with bride and groom pictures.

40.  Favors baked into the wedding cake and some lucky guests go home with tiny charms as a thimble, ring or wedding bell.

41.  Creamy miniature boxed chocolates.

42.  Gourmet mints in miniature boxes.

43.  Jordan Almonds wrapped in tulle.

44.  Chocolate Roses.

45.  Chocolate Hearts.

46.  Chocolate Liqueur.

47.  Chocolate Coffee Spoons as coffee stirrers. The plastic spoons are covered with chocolate, which melt as you stir it in the coffee.

48.  Gold Coin Chocolates.

49.  Chocolate Business Card Size imprinted with “Thank You” on the chocolate bar.  The chocolate bars are contained in gold boxes.

50.  Marzipan boxes.

51.  Cake boxes for quests to take home slices of wedding cake.

52.  Pre-boxed miniature cake inscribed with bridal couple’s name and date.

53.  Personalized napkins.

54.  Personalized matchboxes.

55.  Personalized swizzle sticks for drinks.

56.  China: Fortune cookies with your words of thanks in the fortune.

57.  India: sweets (sweet life), eggs (fertility) and money (prosperity). Combine these with bundles of chocolate eggs, chocolate coins, and colorful candies.

58.  Britain: considered good luck if a cleaning lady begs from the bride and groom to the reception; Symbolize this by donating to various charities in the name of your guests and acknowledge with a card to the guests that a donation was provided on their behalf.

59.  Belgium: embroidered handkerchief of wedding date as a keepsake.

60.  English: miniature saucer bone china.

61.  Japan: miniature sake bottles.

62.  Italian: candy coated almonds confetti.

63.  Hawaiian: flower leis.

64.  Miniature tree and soil wrapped with burlap.

65.  Miniature cactus in clay pots.

66.  Flowers in potted soil arranged and grouped together as centerpiece and later taken by your guests, which are already in individual pots.

67.  Flower Seedlings wrapped in tulle bags.

68.  Flower Seedlings prepackaged with your names on the seedling packet.

69.  Potpourri wrapped in tulle bags.

70.  Rice wrapped in tulle bags for guests to throw on the couple.

71.  Birdseeds wrapped in tulle bags.

72.  Miniature lovebird house with birdseeds.

73.  Potpourri in miniature straw hats.

74.  Smooth flat rocks personalized, placed in boxes.

75.  Collection of gemstones in clear containers.

76.  Silk flower napkin rings.

77.  Tiny bud vases of fresh flowers for each guest.

78.  Bowl vase filled with fresh flowers and gold fish for each guest.

79.  Miniature natural baskets filled with potpourri.

80.  Small Natural baskets filled with dried fruits.

81.  Wreath as a centerpiece decorated with fresh flowers bunched per guest.

82.  Basket full of miniature seashell collection.

83.  Halloween: Miniature plastic pumpkin filled with candies.

84.  Halloween: Masks for all the guests.

85.  Christmas: Tree Ornaments with bride and groom names.

86.  Christmas: Miniature Christmas trees decorated with ribbons arranged together as a centerpiece.

87.  New Years: Party honkers.

88.  New Years: calendars with bride and groom picture.

89.  Valentine: Candy hearts in clear heart shaped acrylic boxes.

90.  Valentine: Miniature heart shape boxes filled with chocolates.

91.  St. Patrick’s Day: Three leaf clover in a pot.

92.  Easter: Ceramic eggs.

93.  Easter: Chocolate eggs.

94.  Easter: Miniature stuffed toy bunnies.

95.  Easter: Miniature stuffed toy chicks.

96.  Fourth of July: Miniature American Flags.

97.  Fourth of July: Scrolls to look like the declaration of independence but personalized for your wedding, a declaration of your love.

98.  Fourth of July: Provide each guest with a calligraphic scroll of your wedding vows and a place for them to sign.

99.  Fourth of July: replica of liberty bell.

100.Miniature frame placing your thank you notes in the frame.

101.Miniature frame placing your picture with wedding date.

102.Miniature frame and used as a table place card.

103.Coffee Mugs personalized with your names.

104.Engraved wine/champagne glasses for toasting.

105.Personalized small photo album.

106.Miniature wedding bells.

107.Ceramic doves.

108.High quality pad of paper imprinted with bride and groom’s names.

109.Personalized quality pens.

110.Personalized set of pencils.

111.Candles placed in water vases and have guests light candles when you walk in the reception room - great for evening reception.

Now that you have read some ideas on the variety of wedding favors that can be used, let your own imagination guide you through deciding on that special wedding favor. 

As mentioned earlier, by personalizing your favor, it makes an ordinary favor into that special unique wedding favor from the bride and groom. If you would like to personalize your favors, ribbons are an excellent and elegant way to personalize.  We provide personalized ribbons, favor tags, and favor seals. In addition to these items we also have an array of ready-made personalized wedding favors. Please visit our website at www.aweddingfavor.com to view the numerous favors we have available. We strive to provide our customers with the memorable favor of saying “thank you.”

We hope you have enjoyed some of our ideas that we have listed.  If there is anything that we can do to help you, please contact us at info@aweddingfavor.com or at (949) 766-0055.