Comments on: VERY inexpensive (read: CHEAP) wedding favors??

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

I’d pass then. Nobody much cares about favors, Make sure you have plenty to drink.

By: Suz123

Suz123 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

Very inexpensive? If on a budget, skip the favors.

Favors are not necessary. Most people don’t remember them anyway.

I would say skip the favors, and put that money toward another wedding item.

By: righthip_rose

righthip_rose — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

m&m’s in tulle bags from the $ store.

By: melouofs

melouofs — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

I would skip the favors. I always see them left behind at the end of the evening. They are absolutely not needed. If you feel you must, how about a couple of heart shaped baked sugar cookies?

By: Kit

Kit — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

I would do fans… then get yourself some business cards that you print yourself, print them up saying thank you for sharing our day… punch a hole in the corner then attach with a ribbon in the color of your wedding. It will serve 2 purposes, one as a favor and two to help keep your guests cool.

http://www.orientaltrading.com/application?namespace=browse&origin=searchMain.jsp&event=link.itemDetails&demandPrefix=12&sku=34/1124&mode=Searching&erec=11&No=16&D=fans&Ntt=fans&Ntk=all&Dx=mode%252bmatchallpartial&Ntx=mode%252bmatchallpartial&N=0&sd=Refreshing+Fans

By: greeneyes_bjb

greeneyes_bjb — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

Just skip them. Honestly, a $.50 trinket that at least half of your guests will throw away is not worth stressing out over.

By: iloveweddings

iloveweddings — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

Hi. You are getting married on a boat? How nice. Totally different! Skip the favors…..no one notices. Something personalized is what I tell people NOT to do. Really….no one wants something with someone else’s initials and wedding date on it. Your unique venue is enough. Just keep it at that!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

I agree with Orange…I got the bell things that people will ring so we kiss and I printed out a cute poem to attach to them and thats what I am using as the favors

By: fizzygurrl1980

fizzygurrl1980 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

OK, I have some ideas for you, though I have to admit that a couple of them are a little cliche. But if you don’t care, then I don’t care.

Compilation CDs- Create an iTunes playlist of 12-15 songs either featured in or inspired by your wedding. A few love songs, maybe even a "joke" song or two, like "Another One Bites the Dust," LOL. Then burn one CD for each guest. Total cost, including the blank CDs, CD cases, and the CD label creation kit to make fancy labels for them- about 50 cents per CD.

Flower seed packets- not only are they eco-friendly, but they are also CHEAP!!! LOL. Buy some easy-to-plant flower seed packets at Home Depot, maybe some of the same blooms you had in your bouquet to tie in the theme, and then print out little labels that say your names and wedding date and a little saying like :"I say love, it is a flower, and you its only seed." (That’s a line from The Rose, an incredibly sappy old Bette Midler song, if you didn’t recognize it.) Total cost- if you’re lucky enough to have printable labels at your workplace, they’ll probably let you print some there for free (just ask first!) The seed packets will be about 25 cents per person.

Wedding bubbles- can’t go wrong with wedding bubbles!!! They come in packs of like 25 for about $3.99 a pack, so that works out to about 15 cents per bottle of bubbles. Tie some ribbon in your wedding colors around the top of each bottle, and attach a little handwritten tag that says your names and wedding date on the ribbon. Total cost, including ribbon and tags, about 18 cents a person.

I hope these suggestions help. I personally plan on using each one for my own wedding (September 5, 2009.) My big bunner is that it’s still too early to buy any seeds and bubbles for my wedding, since did you know they go bad after a year or so? It’s true. Anyway, have a lovely wedding. It sounds really nice!

By: PugMom

PugMom — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:55 +0000

If you are that strapped for cash then I say just omit them completely. No one will care or probably even notice.