Unique Wedding
Favor Ideas
Wedding Favor Creator
Wedding favors have always been a nice, personal
gesture to include in your wedding preparations.
Unfortunately, there are too many "cookie-cutter"
type favors out there, which portray the couple's
lack of interest in providing something unique.
Here is a
Wedding Favor Creator for you to use
for your upcoming wedding or one that you're
planning for your best friend. You can mix and match
to your heart's content and according to the budget
you have.
Wedding Favor Containers
Small containers to use for candies, chocolates,
small floating candles, decorative soaps, etc. (many
of them can be purchased at your local dollar
store):
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tiny wicker baskets or straw hats
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egg cups
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candle holders
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flat shells (scallops)
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small filigree metal boxes
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decorated wooden boxes
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coffee mugs
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wine glasses
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small decorative dish
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tiny flower pots
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little tin watering cans
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small jars
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ceramic spoon rest
Fillings to Add to Your Wedding Favor Containers
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heart-shaped candies or chocolates
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Hershey's kisses and hugs
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small floating candles
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gourmet or flavored coffee - enough for one pot
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little decorative soaps
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wild flower seed packets or small quantity of
seeds with planting instructions, wrapped in
colored cellophane
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flower bulbs
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bath oil beads
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bath salts
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small bag of mixed spice (cinnamon/nutmeg) and
your favorite apple pie recipe
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packets of specialty tea
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hot chocolate and cinnamon mix - enough for one
mug
Sayings to Include with Your Wedding Favors
Sample sayings and poems to write or print onto a
small note card along with your names and wedding
date (punch a hole in the card and attach a ribbon
to tie to your favors):
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Please plant these to celebrate our growing
love (for bulbs, seeds)
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All things grow with love (for bulbs, seeds)
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Our flame of love will always be bright (for
candles)
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Hugs and Kisses from the new Mr. And Mrs! (for
Hershey's kisses and/or hugs)
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Heart-felt wishes from the new Mr. And Mrs.
(for anything heart-shaped)
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Love lives in happy hearts (anything
heart-shaped)
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The best gifts are tied with heartstrings
(anything heart-shaped)
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May there always be spice in your life! (for
apple pie recipeand spice; for hot
chocolate/cinnamon mix)
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We're suited to a 'T' (for specialty teas)
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Nothing can wash away the love we feel! (bath
oil, bath salts, soaps)
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Thanks for sharing this special day with us
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Thank you for sharing in the celebration of our
love (or union, etc.)
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Thanks for joining us on our wedding day
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Thanks for sharing in our special day
Other Unique Wedding Favor Ideas
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-Personalized coasters made from CD's (see
http://www.whimsies-online.com/cdcoasters.htm)
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Personalized CD mix of your favorite music - print out
a liner for the CD case with your names, wedding
date and a nice background or a photo of the
happy bride and groom-to-be!
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Fortune cookies with printed fortunes that you create
on your computer - or add your names and wedding
date (see
http://www.whimsies-online.com/wedding.htm)
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small picture frames that can double as place
cards
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Heart-shaped cookie cutters with your favorite
sugar cookie recipe
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Homemade bell-shaped or heart-shaped cookies
decorated with your names and wedding date in
hard icing
Finishing Details
Wrap each filled favor in colored netting or tulle
to match your wedding colors or line white or
glitter netting with colored tissue paper before
wrapping your favors.
Wrap the favor bag with ribbon or lace and add your
note card (hole-punched). Tie into bow and add a
sprig of dried or silk flowers and it's ready for
your special day!
By Heather Diodati, DDesign
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