I’m really excited for my first Wedding Wednesday in two weeks!
Today’s post might seem a little off-putting to some, but we need to get real here. We need to get real about wedding favors. Because honestly, how many of us have thrown a favor they’ve received from a wedding? I can’t lie, I know I have. So, before you choose your perfect favor, here are a few guidelines.
{bag, coffee, honey, wine, cigars, cookie, apple}
I only have three “rules,” but I feel kind of strongly about them. It’s hard to see a couple spend so much money on such a beautiful day, and choose favors that probably cost a bit of money, when nobody really wants them. And I have to say, I’m guilty of this at my own wedding. I didn’t want to do favors, but I was told I had to, so I boxed up some chocolate covered almonds and put a cheesy tag on them. They most definitely weren’t meaningful, and they weren’t beautiful. To me, it was a waste of money and time, and I honestly wish I would have gone with my first instinct to not have any at all.
Which brings me to another point: these days, favors are 100% optional. You do not have to have them at your wedding. Let me repeat that. You do not need to have favors if you do not want to. You’re already planning a lot, providing food and dessert and fun {hopefully}, so you really don’t need to worry about anything else. Especially if the anxiety of providing favors is causing an unnecessary amount of stress, or if you plan on half-assing it {sorry, it best described what I needed to say…}.
At all the weddings I’ve been to, both as a guest and as a planner, I know that the only favors that I’ve enjoyed are the ones that fit at least two of these rules. For example, at my cousin’s wedding last summer, they had Diddy Riese cookies for their guests. It was meaningful because he and his wife met at UCLA, they were quickly consumed, and it was a cookie so it didn’t really need to be beautiful. The packaging spoke for itself. It’s these types of favors that your guests will really appreciate. Because I can’t lie: I’ve thrown away way too many personalized CDs and engraved shot glasses to believe that these are worth the time, money, or effort involved.
So tell me, what is your opinion on favors? What are the best and worst favors you’ve gotten at weddings? I’m interested to hear.
Oh, and be sure to link up your own Wedding Wednesday posts below!
