Two of the most popular personalized wedding favors have been matchbooks and napkins. They feature custom decorative designs such as twin hearts, wedding bells or rings. They display the first name of the bride and groom as well as the date of the ceremony. While personalized matchbooks were probably the original practical wedding favor, now there are many favors available that guests can enjoy long after the wedding day.
Some popular and unique practical wedding favors available online include: scented candles, incense, handmade soap, miniature bottles of wine or spirits, herb plants, fortune cookies, lottery tickets, and refrigerator magnets. A few companies offer miniature jars of homemade jam and honey. And if the bride and groom can afford to spend up to $3.50 a piece for their favors, they can choose frosted glass coasters, leather “heart” luggage tags, compact “Love Beyond Measure” key chain and tape measure, assorted wine charms, chrome heart letter openers, and “love” corkscrew and bottle toppers.
A new practical wedding favor that is available is mini salt and pepper shakers, symbolically representing the bride and groom. At yolandasweddingfavors.com, they carry an adorable “Two Peas in a Pod” green ceramic salt and pepper shaker set that comes packaged in a beautiful gift box.
The size of the guest list and the wedding budget will determine how much the couple will spend on wedding favors. Wedding favors that require assembly will generally be less expensive. The bride and groom may decide to purchase a limited number of expensive favors to give as “thank you” gifts to guests that traveled a great distance to participate in the celebration.
Kathleen Terrana is the owner of
Beautiful Bridal specializing in discount tiaras, veils and bridal jewelry.
