Where to Find Great Wedding Party Favors
July 15, 2010
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Finding the perfect wedding party favors is an important part of planning any wedding party. The favors you choose should both reflect your personality and help your guests to remember your wedding. It can help if you base your wedding around a theme and then choose wedding favors that fit in with this theme or you can just go with the popular and traditional wedding party gifts.
The best wedding party favors are small gifts that will be useful to your guests as a keepsake, rather than something that can be used once or eaten and forgotten about. Popular items for favors are candles and tea light holders, coasters, miniature photo frames and photo albums, and candies or small soaps within a personalized box.
The favors you choose will of course depend on your overall wedding budget. If you are not on a strict budget then you can choose some really luxurious favors for your wedding party such as items made from silver. The price will usually become lower per item when you order more favors so they may not be as expensive as you anticipated if you have a large guest list.
If you have limited funds, you can still have really lovely wedding party favors with a little creativity. Many people choose to order items from wedding party supplies stores with which to make their own favors. This also makes them really personal to you for that special touch. A really simple and inexpensive idea but one with lots of meaning is to give each guest a small envelope containing seeds for them to plant at home. You can also easily make your own soaps, candles and pretty bags containing candies or other small items.
For themed weddings, you’ll want to choose favors that match the theme of the wedding party. Lots of online wedding party supplies stores organize their favors by theme to make this easy for you. If you’re planning a wedding party on an Asian theme, you might like to give personalized chopsticks, cherry blossom candles or coasters decorated with the Chinese character for love. Castle shaped candles, key shaped bottle holders and anything heart shaped will look beautiful at a fairytale themed wedding party.
You can also choose your wedding party favors by season. If you’re having a spring wedding, naturally themed items work well – candles with designs of beautiful blossoms and delicate foliage, lightly scented soaps and even a small plant or packet of seeds. For a winter wedding, think towards snow crystals and icicles – snowflake shaped items look lovely as part of a table setting. Or why not give each guest a decoration for their Christmas tree? For those on a budget, Christmas is the ideal time for making your own cookies and candies for a cheap but personal wedding favor.
Most commercial favors range between one and three dollars per head and the price will usually vary depending on how many you buy. There are several online sites specializing in wedding party favors, with great selections, or you can visit your local wedding supplies store. If you’re choosing to make your own favors, the price will depend on your ingenuity and creativity! Try looking for your supplies in non wedding stores for extra savings.