New Ideas for Personalized Wedding Favors
May 20th, 2009 | by admin |Suzanne Bradley asked:
There are so many little things to consider when you are planning your wedding. You want to make sure that everyone is happy, and that you are happy as well. It might seem like the planning never ends! Something that is important to think about early on is your wedding favors. You want to provide your guests with wedding favors that will do two things. The favors should be a compliment to the theme of your wedding or to the two of you as a couple. Secondly, they should be something that will provide your guests with a reminder of the wedding, long after it is over.
Theme and Style
In order to have personalized wedding favors that complement your theme and style, you need to define your wedding in terms of theme. This does not mean that you need to have an out-and-out theme for your wedding, but it does mean that you should have a general idea of what your wedding is all about. Perhaps this could be summed up in a word, like Peace, or Unity, or Family. It might be all about an idea, such as “It’s About The Journey,” or “Looking Towards The Future.” Either way, you want to have a theme or an idea that you can use in your wedding planning, even if you are just keeping it in the back of your mind as inspiration.
Once you know what your wedding is all about, you can look at personalized wedding favors that might help you show this to your guests and tie your wedding together. For instance, if you really are “Looking Towards the Future”, why not give your guests personalized tiny telescopes, or plastic binoculars? If you and your spouse are “Living In Harmony”, why not put out personalized harmonicas, or other musical instruments, that you can find at a party supply store for an affordable price?
Even if you don’t have a theme, you will want to focus on the two of you and on what you would like to use to represent yourselves. For two musicians, personalized guitar picks are great favors. For a couple into photography, a roll of film with your names and wedding dates can be a great way of giving out wedding favors. For two people who love a sport, think about sports-related personalized wedding favors. They can be beautiful and fun, but can also remind your guests about the two of you, and about who you both are apart and together.
Remember When…
Another way to approach your wedding favors is to figure out what your guests might like to have as memories of your wedding. Giving out tiny potted plants is a fantastic way for guests to count the time that has passed since your wedding. You might want to think about using small picture frames with a photo of the two of you in them, too. If you have music that you have played at your wedding, or even a video that you have shared, you might decide to give copies of these to your guests so that they can remind themselves of your wedding and think about you as well.
Personalized
Just about anything can be personalized. It all depends on who you are and on what type of wedding you hosted. Planning on a wild and crazy party? Perhaps your guests will enjoy personalized shot glasses. Having a more subtle event? A packet of seeds printed with your name and wedding date, that your guests can take home and plant, might say more about you and who you both are than anything else you can think of.
The trick with personalized wedding favors is making sure that they are not just items you give you to your guests to thank them for coming. The favors need to represent something, to show something, and to say something about who you are and about what your marriage will be. If you are able to choose the right personalized wedding favors, you will find that you can be very happy with what you have chosen, and you will also be able to know that you have made the right decision when it comes to the wedding favors. It is also okay to have a couple of different types of wedding favors to give different guests. Your fraternity brothers might get something slightly different than your grandmother, and that is perfectly fine.
Think about the long term as well. Gifts that your guests can keep for years will only make your wedding live longer in their hearts as well. And, after all, isn’t that what giving wedding favors should be all about? Find ways for your guests to remember your day, and to remember your marriage, and your wedding favors will be deemed a success.
Chris
There are so many little things to consider when you are planning your wedding. You want to make sure that everyone is happy, and that you are happy as well. It might seem like the planning never ends! Something that is important to think about early on is your wedding favors. You want to provide your guests with wedding favors that will do two things. The favors should be a compliment to the theme of your wedding or to the two of you as a couple. Secondly, they should be something that will provide your guests with a reminder of the wedding, long after it is over.
Theme and Style
In order to have personalized wedding favors that complement your theme and style, you need to define your wedding in terms of theme. This does not mean that you need to have an out-and-out theme for your wedding, but it does mean that you should have a general idea of what your wedding is all about. Perhaps this could be summed up in a word, like Peace, or Unity, or Family. It might be all about an idea, such as “It’s About The Journey,” or “Looking Towards The Future.” Either way, you want to have a theme or an idea that you can use in your wedding planning, even if you are just keeping it in the back of your mind as inspiration.
Once you know what your wedding is all about, you can look at personalized wedding favors that might help you show this to your guests and tie your wedding together. For instance, if you really are “Looking Towards the Future”, why not give your guests personalized tiny telescopes, or plastic binoculars? If you and your spouse are “Living In Harmony”, why not put out personalized harmonicas, or other musical instruments, that you can find at a party supply store for an affordable price?
Even if you don’t have a theme, you will want to focus on the two of you and on what you would like to use to represent yourselves. For two musicians, personalized guitar picks are great favors. For a couple into photography, a roll of film with your names and wedding dates can be a great way of giving out wedding favors. For two people who love a sport, think about sports-related personalized wedding favors. They can be beautiful and fun, but can also remind your guests about the two of you, and about who you both are apart and together.
Remember When…
Another way to approach your wedding favors is to figure out what your guests might like to have as memories of your wedding. Giving out tiny potted plants is a fantastic way for guests to count the time that has passed since your wedding. You might want to think about using small picture frames with a photo of the two of you in them, too. If you have music that you have played at your wedding, or even a video that you have shared, you might decide to give copies of these to your guests so that they can remind themselves of your wedding and think about you as well.
Personalized
Just about anything can be personalized. It all depends on who you are and on what type of wedding you hosted. Planning on a wild and crazy party? Perhaps your guests will enjoy personalized shot glasses. Having a more subtle event? A packet of seeds printed with your name and wedding date, that your guests can take home and plant, might say more about you and who you both are than anything else you can think of.
The trick with personalized wedding favors is making sure that they are not just items you give you to your guests to thank them for coming. The favors need to represent something, to show something, and to say something about who you are and about what your marriage will be. If you are able to choose the right personalized wedding favors, you will find that you can be very happy with what you have chosen, and you will also be able to know that you have made the right decision when it comes to the wedding favors. It is also okay to have a couple of different types of wedding favors to give different guests. Your fraternity brothers might get something slightly different than your grandmother, and that is perfectly fine.
Think about the long term as well. Gifts that your guests can keep for years will only make your wedding live longer in their hearts as well. And, after all, isn’t that what giving wedding favors should be all about? Find ways for your guests to remember your day, and to remember your marriage, and your wedding favors will be deemed a success.
Chris
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