Thursday, March 19, 2009

Impress Your Guest with Your Wedding Party Favors

By Aaron H.

It is the duty of the bride to give out wedding party favors to all of her guests; however, she has the choice of giving an item to each individual guest or each couple or family. This would depend not only on her budget but also on the nature of the gift. If it's an engraved ornament or something of the sort, one gift might subside for a couple or a family but if it's a sweet treat, it might be nice to see that everyone has an opportunity to have one. The wedding party favor has become known as a thank you for attending the wedding and it's also a nice memento of the wedding itself.

If the bride wants to add a personal touch, she can make some really unique favors for the wedding or for the special people in her life with or without the help of other people, as not everyone has to receive the same favor. For the close relatives she should make sure there is no favoritism shown to her side when she chooses favors for her wedding party. Whatever she chooses for her mother or grandparents etc, she should also choose for her new husband's mother and grandmother. These are the people that want a lasting memento. For the other guests just a nice sign of appreciation for coming and the gift they will give is really all that is necessary.

The bride if she can spare the time can make her own unique wedding favors with or without help from friends and family. With a little imagination, she may come up with something original, or she can order items from a company with special engraving making her wedding favors unique and original. In addition, she does not have to give the same items to all of her guests. She might give close members of the two families special favors; such as more costly engraved items to parents, grandparents and great grandparents as they would be more likely to appreciate them and would want a keepsake and the other guests something to eat or just a little memento .She can pick out something to give which goes with the theme of her wedding such as a small shot glass in the shape of a boot filled with pastel M&M candies and wrapped with cellophane and tied at the top with a pastel ribbon for either a western or country wedding. Another unique wedding party favor might be to have a young person following her and her husband around as they greet the guests with a camera and take a picture of the bride and groom standing with this particular group of guests with a digital camera or the other type of camera would do, and send the photos out when the thank you notes are sent. Sometimes throwaway cameras are placed at the tables for the guests to take their own photos at the wedding. These can be bought reasonably from companies specializing in wedding favors.

When choosing unique favors try to be original, do not give exactly what other family members or friends gave. Be thoughtful in the selection. It's a good idea since people sometimes bring extra guests to have some extra wedding favors. It is not necessary to be extravagant with the extras and some sweet is often a good idea because some family member or the children can take them home and they will not go to waste. The wedding favors can be labeled with each couple or person's name and put on a table to be picked up either as the guests come or leave or just put on the table if they are all the same.

Unique favors that can be eaten by men, women, and children are a good choice, they often come in tins or packages that can be personalized with the name of the bride and groom and date of the wedding and still remain inexpensive. Key chains are always well liked and personalized hot chocolate are other things that go over well. Cookies in the shape of wedding cakes with icing decorations can be bought for the children. There is no end to what can be given as unique favors, most of all it just takes imagination and thoughtfulness. - 15437

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