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Wedding Favour Boxes – A Quick Guide
April 25, 2010 | 
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Wedding favour boxes are a traditional thing and a great way to present your favours to guests. They can be very versatile and offer protection for your gifts and they can be personalised with text on them. With such a wide range of boxes available, you are bound to find one that will fit perfectly into the theme and style of your wedding. A little imagination can go a long way in being creative and producing something personal and effective. These days, couple are becoming ever more creative in how they present their favours to guests.
Favour boxes are available in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, colours and materials. You can get anything heart-shaped boxes to small mini-pails. Favour boxes can be simple cardboard to metal! You simply need to decide upon a theme and them select the box that best fits. The costs can also vary widely depending on various factors. For example, if you bought a ready-made box, it will be much more expensive than a DIY favour box that you will have to assemble yourself. Most favour boxes from the Internet these days are flat-packed that you will have to assemble yourselves and this has the advantage of providing cost savings.
In the days of olde a favour box used to be very ornate, encrusted with jewels and lined with precious metals. Inside them, the bride and groom put very expensive sweets or confectioneries, usually chocolate. While today most couples cannot afford such lavish boxes, the tradition carries on with the boxes being used to contain the sweets. Even if the favours are not sweets, many people still turn to favour boxes to add an extra element of appreciation for the guests who are sharing such a wonderful moment with them.
Of course, the days of jewel encrusted favour boxes are long gone. . . for most people anyway! For most people a very effective alternative is to buy some DIY favour boxes online, place some nice, good quality chocolates in them and then simply tie them off with a lovely satin ribbon. This is a very simple and yet effective way of presenting you favour to your special guests. You will be quite amazed at how effective a simple DIY box tied off with a ribbon can look. So, use your imagination and come up with creative ideas for your favours, it need not be expensive!
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Choosing the Right Wedding Favour
Wedding favours are a very popular feature of weddings and a much loved tradition. Choosing the right one for your wedding can be difficult and a daunting task especially if you are working to a budget, probably one which is already well stretched!
When trying to decide what favours to have, don’t rush, there is time if you plan ahead and it should be a fun thing to do. Here we have some great tips for you.
Colours and Themes
The obvious question to ask is whether you have a specific colour scheme for your wedding or a theme. If you have a specific scheme, you can pick your favours that compliment your theme and brings everything together.
Mood
The type of favour you decide upon may also depend on how formal or casual your wedding is. A less formal favour may have something more personalised and home-made than one that is more formal.
Budget
The budget can play a big part of the decision making process. Weddings cost enough as it is and favours just add to it. Favours need not be expensive if you are on a budget. You can easily make your own favours or rather than buying ready-made favours, you can buy yourself DIY favour boxes. This saves money though you have to assemble the favours yourself. This is a great way to make savings.
Bride & Groom
Think about the bride and groom and what their interests are, how they met etc. With these aspects in mind, you can come up with an idea that reflect these personalities and bring them out in the favours that you give. An example is a friend’s wedding. This couple kept chickens in their garden and for their favours, the bride made her own little chicken-looking embroidery paperweights. They were really cool and a very nice personal touch. The only investment was some fabric and time to put it together.
Use your imagination and you can come up with some great wedding favour ideas without breaking the bank.
Helpful Tips & Ideas For Wedding Favors
Since we were little girls, all of us dream of having a fairy tale wedding. We used to imagine what kind of gown we would want to wear at our wedding, what kind of theme we would want to have and many other things. When the day is actually coming closer, there are so many details to take care of and it could sometimes become rather overwhelming. Choosing where to hold the reception, shopping for the wedding gown, thinking about decorations and arranging food for the guests are just a few of many items that come along with this celebration of love. And of course, all of us want to make our wedding the most memorable wedding for ourselves, families, as well as for the rest of the guests.
Giving out wedding favors as a display of true appreciation is a long standing tradition. Everything that is seen at the wedding: from the reception place to the menu, will be certainly enjoyed on this special day. However, it is the wedding favor that will make the wedding to be remembered for a long time. So picking out the right party favor is extremely important. But with a great number of options out there for these little tokens of love and appreciation, sometimes, it could cost a tremendous amount of time to decide which one to choose.
So, where do we start on deciding which wedding keepsake to choose? Here are some pointers to help us decide the right favors for our guests. By determining the theme and personality of the wedding beforehand, picking the appropriate wedding favors should be as easy as an ABC.
Flowers, Flowers, Flowers! What is something that is most remembered about the wedding besides the brides’ gown and the food? Of course, flower arrangements – since they primarily define the theme of the wedding – Remember that different flowers represent various meanings of love. By choosing something like charming calla lilly bouquet candles, calla lily photo frames or even calla lilly design napkin holders as a favor can accent the symbols of beauty and exquisiteness of the wedding. A traditional yet timeless long stem rose crystal can enhance the elegance and romance of the magnificent wedding. Or if we want to intensify passion and exoticism, orchids gel candles or scented orchid-shape soap will be one of the most appropriate favors to share this special moment of your life.
If we are one of the practical types, we may want to start our wedding favors selection by thinking about practical items such as key chains, coasters, CD cases and many more. One good thing about choosing practical wedding favors is that the guests will be using them often, and thus, our wedding will be remembered every time they use the favors we handed out. But some of us may think that practical items may not be as lovely as other decorative favors. We could, for sure, scratch that idea since there are so many items with sophistication and perfection. Who can deny a cute sandal shaped notepad that can go with a beach theme or even a chic jewelry pouch; not to mention a sweet pair of silver pear shaped salt and pepper shaker that could definitely leave our guests in awe.
But wait. There are more to come. Some of us even want to go beyond the most common favors simply because we want to add more fun and attitude to the splendor of this ceremony. For instance, those who have passion for western theme could choose a shooter charm that enriches a personal touch of entertainment. Or perhaps choosing a unique ethnic theme such as a coaster painted with the word “love” in Chinese or Spanish will make the favors more exclusive and meaningful.
In short, most of us may think that choosing an affordable wedding favor can be time consuming. But it does not have to be that much work once we have some tips on where to start. Always remember that it is the company of friends and family that make a wedding memorable. Rewarding those who come to share your special day with a thoughtful favor gift is a wonderful way to show your appreciation.