Cheap Wedding Favors...

By Johny Borubony

The budget for a wedding favors often depends entirely on how much money you plan to spend on your wedding. Whatever you decide to do, if you are having a large number of guests it may greatly impact the amount you can afford to spend on each favor. The answer to a big wedding with many guests but finite finances is to use cheap wedding favors.

Candles are one of the simplest ideas for cheap wedding favors and you can find simple candles available at very affordable prices. A way to make the candles look more exclusive is to tie a personalized ribbon around the candles. Arranging this is not as difficult or as expensive as you might think and there are many companies that specialize in this type of work that could provide the ribbon on a reel with all the wedding details so each piece can be cut to length. A simple taper candle tied with your personalized ribbon can be placed at each place setting to create a really inexpensive wedding favor.

If that doesn't appeal to you then why not try everyone's favorite, candy, as everyone is happy with this an won't think for a moment that is a cheap wedding favor alternative. Small tins or cartons can also be bought wholesale in addition to the candy so each guest can have his or her own small portion. You could also use candy bars with personalized packaging which could be supplied at a reasonable cost. You can easily expand upon this idea, without costing too much more by adding special wrappers especially for the wedding. Usually things like details of the big day and an image of the bride and groom are all that is needed but it is very effective. The design does not have to be complicated and by having the same wrapper, the cost will be brought down further ensuring the bride and groom provide a cheap but effective wedding favor.

One little used wedding favor option is to supply the guests with plant or vegetable seeds neatly presented with a ribbon tied around them. Just to make this a little more exclusive, the seeds can easily be placed in a small container or pot that is just big enough to fit them in. The pot only needs to be large enough to hold the packets of seeds as it is merely a symbolic gift so it can be rather small. The small pots will actually look very effective and at the same time save a considerable amount of money at the same time.

I always like the practical ideas that also look personal and a pen fits the bill exactly especially as you can have your details on them. Matching the pens with some personalized stationery creates a useful wedding favor that may be used for some time. Although this may be a cheap wedding favor, it will not appear that way to the guests who will be able to send correspondence to the married couple after the reception. To finish this idea off, why not supply each guest with an addressed and stamped envelope, I'm sure each guest would take the suggestion much more seriously if you did. - 32510

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