I am having a fall themed wedding in october and I want some really cool and original ideas for wedding favors. I don’t want to spend a fortune on them but I want them to be something really neat. I am creative but for some reason, out of everything I thought of and have seen so far I haven’t heard that one thing that just jumps out at me! Please help! Thanks!
The thing about favors is that brides agonize endlessly about them, and guests don’t value them. There is nothing you can think of that will be so cool that most of your guests don’t think they are dustcatchers. Your guests come to the wedding to honor friends & family connections. They don’t want a takeaway, half of them are feeling guilty because they’ve heard brides whining about wanting to ask for gift cards because the wedding is so expensive. GIve some nice candies in a small net bag and leave it. Don’t add to the landfill.
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We got married at the end of October. For our favors, I ordered a bunch of tulle ribbon in bulk online and braided harvest knots. They can vary in size, but for ours, each harvest knot required nine ribbons about ten inches long. Braid them into three different braids. Then braid the three braids into one braided strand. Wrap it around kind of as if you are tying a knot, only do not pull it tight. Secure the ends together by tying another piece of ribbon around them to hold them in place. Ta-da! We then got the business card paper from Office Depot and printed out business cards with our names on one side and something else on the back. Each card was hole-punched and tied to a harvest knot. The ribbon can be bought in many colors to match up to the colors of your wedding. They looked nice, and since they were hand-made, they seriously cut down on the cost for favors.
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Get colored leaves from trees and have them laminated or something of the sort and put them on colored paper with a love poem or a picture of the couple or something important
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it’ll be starting to get cooler. so maybe some thing comforting.
-a special jam or preserve.
-i’m giving tea
-chocolates
-themed tea light holder
-potpouri
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i just found this check almost half way down the page.
http://perfectmemoriesevents.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html
I got married in the fall and we just had simple white favor boxes full of fall colored kisses. The cool thing is, we bought some ribbon and silk flowers and decorated them to look really nice. It brought the whole table together! You can do amazing things with a simple boring favor box. Look at weddingstar.com They have TONS of favors!!
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We went to a beautiful fall wedding last year. For the bridal shower, she had leaf shaped cookie cutters tied to a cookie recipe. For the favors at the wedding, she had fall colored raffia ribbon tied around a packet of apple cider with a cinnamon stick. It was so simple, but very pretty. It was reasonable for them because they had about 300 people invited. She also had small pumpkins and gourds simply carved with tea lights inside. That was nice. At the head table, she had a huge pumpkin carved with her wedding date and their names, really different ideas.
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These are some of my ideas.
Maybe charms- maybe leafs-in an organza bag
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potpourri & cinnamon sticks- in an organza bag
leak shaped chocolate candies
colored bubbles -in fall colors- just add food coloring
bookmarks
soaps or candles in organza drawstring bags
your own personal scent- oils - you gotta get a base from hobby lobbys or michaels- and create your own sent- bottle it and label it -"falling" or "leaf" it up to love, or something catchy, by -whatever your name is.
cocoa and marshmellow mix-layered in small mason jars- decorate the jars and attach instructions (cocoa, cinnamon sticks and marshmellows)
something like this-http://img.timeinc.net/sunset/Premium/Food/2004/12-Dec/CocoaJar1204/CocoaJar1204classic.jpg
go here they have good recipes
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Try http://www.mwdkrafts.ecrater.com
I am getting married in June but this site has lot of great ideals. My wedding colors are orange and ivory. I am having a simple ivory box with orange ribbon with chocolate leafs inside.
Good Luck!
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My best friend got married this past October and they had a fall theme. The tables at the reception were named after different types of apples (the bridal table was the Royal Gala table) and then their wedding favors were carmel apples. It was really cute
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The thing about favors is that brides agonize endlessly about them, and guests don’t value them. There is nothing you can think of that will be so cool that most of your guests don’t think they are dustcatchers. Your guests come to the wedding to honor friends & family connections. They don’t want a takeaway, half of them are feeling guilty because they’ve heard brides whining about wanting to ask for gift cards because the wedding is so expensive. GIve some nice candies in a small net bag and leave it. Don’t add to the landfill.
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Should I have a cash bar? Is it alright to serve Perrier Jouet only to the head table? Should I buy $20 favors for every guest? Should I have a wishing well or just ask for checks?
an xbox 360 game of choice.
free steak dinner at bullys in edwardsville.
the list goes on.
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These ‘Fall in Love’ soap petals are real cute: http://www.favorsandaccessories.com/fall-leaf-soap-petals.html
Or bookmarks are gaining popularity as favors, here is one in a fall theme: http://www.favorsandaccessories.com/turning-leaves-bookmark.html
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I am also having an October wedding and we are doing small jars of jam. You can buy them online and have personalized labels made! My mother actually makes jelly, so she’s going to do ours for us.
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Caramel apples
Mini loaves of pumpkin or zucchini bread
Jars of homemade jam or apple or pumpkin butter
Mini cookbook with your favorite fall recipes
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It’s hard to beat caramel apples for guest appeal, they’re impressive and people love them … but it’s hard to find them cheap.
One thing a lot of brides do in the fall is fill a pretty favor box with peanut butter cups. They’re pretty nice for the season when you think about it and not too $$$.
Another thing you could do, create a gourmet cocoa mix for your guests. Get clear cellophane cone bags like these, http://www.favorideas.com/shopping/prod/SF-bag_clearcone.htm, and bulk cocoa mix, and then ‘upscale’ the mix by adding a quality cinnamon, or grind up white chocolate to a powder in a food processor (delish), or add crushed mints or even a pinch of cayenne. Or whip up a few varieties so your guests can trade. Even when you add a personalized label from your printer this would be cheap, custom and cool.
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