Themed ideas for your seasonally focused wedding
Wedding favors, while a fun wedding detail, are usually left to the last minute. Once you know your color palette and wedding theme, choose a wedding favor that complements both and is something you think your guests will use and enjoy.
We always recommend edible favors because unlike tchotchkes, which will probably get tossed, a food or beverage will almost always be used.
To help fall brides and grooms find the perfect favor, here are some ideas from MyWeddingFavors.com:
Lots of people like candles, either to collect dust on a shelf (sorry, but it’s true) or to burn for their aromatic fragrance. This pine cone candle perfectly fits a wedding held in October or November with that woodsy feeling. Sold in a set of 4, price based on quantity purchased.
Couples getting married on a vineyard or who fancy themselves as oenophiles may want to give their guests a wine stopper with a decorative leaf topper. You can save money by gifting one item per couple. Price based on quantity ordered.
Guests with a sweet tooth will enjoy these bite-sized treats. With more than 50 designs to choose from for the wrapper, you can package a few in favor boxes or bags for guests to take with them at the end of the night. $0.68 when you order 300 or more.
Similar to candles, soaps are one of those items that people like to leave as a bathroom decoration, but they are also an item that can be used. These leaf-shaped soaps are packaged as a pair, so one box per couple is fine. Price based on quantity ordered.
“Pumpkin Patch” Gourmet Brownie Favors
These delicious brownies are decorated to look like pumpkins, not jack-o-lanterns more like the ones direct from a pumpkin patch. Each one is on a stick, brownies on a stick and cakepops are quite popular these days, and comes wrapped in cellophane with a ribbon of your color choice. Sold individually, minimum of 12 required, $3.75 each. (Basket/wagon shown here is sold separately.)
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Anne Chertoff is the author of The Wedding Organizer available at russellandhazel.com.
