Remember To Say Thank You: Wedding Favors
When planning a wedding there are so many details to address. Some of the pressing tasks that need to be accomplished are the securing of the wedding gown, the venue where the ceremony will be conducted, the formulation of the guest list, ordering of invitations, arranging for an individual to preside over the ceremony, etc.
In addition, there are smaller tasks that need to be accomplished. However, these smaller details can add largely to the memories of the special day. Those smaller tasks could include the decorations, flowers, music, etc.
One other small, but significant enhancement to the wedding day festivities are the wedding favors. Therefore, understanding what wedding favors are, how to select these favors appropriately and the cost are important topics for discussion.
What Are Wedding Favors?
Wedding favors are small gifts that are provided to the guests of the bride and groom following their attendance at a wedding ceremony. These small gifts serve as a reminder of the special day that the marital couple and their guests shared together. Wedding favors also serve as a way of thanking the guests that are in attendance.
Wedding favors can be given as the guests go through the reception line or they can be placed at the tables where the guests are seated during the reception. If the reception is not a formal seated affair, the guests can receive their wedding favors at various strategic locations. Those locations could include a set place near the wedding cake, punch bowl, gift table, etc.
Ideas
Typically, there is no set standard on what type of wedding favor to provide. In fact, it is completely up to the planners of the wedding as to whether they wish to provide party favors.
However, if the wedding plans call for wedding favors, there are many possibilities that can be considered. For example, many wedding favors are simply pieces of candy that may be wrapped in foil. On this foil may be the names of the wedding couple and the day of their marriage.
Unique wedding favors may include the printing of the wedding vows on scrolled parchment paper. This is a particularly unique wedding favor as the vows may be the personal words used by the bride and groom and not the traditional marital vows. Or the guests may be provided flower seeds or bulbs. Attached to the seed package could be a love poem or a note comparing the growth of flowers from a seed to the growth of the wedding couple’s love.
Cost
Another factor to consider when selecting wedding favors is the cost. There are many expensive and inexpensive items that can be purchased. The choice of item and their related expense is strictly up to the planners of the wedding. However, a conservative estimate is that the minimum cost per wedding favor will be around $1.00 per person.
Therefore, it is important, before purchasing wedding favors, that a wedding budget be in place. One of the expense lines should reflect decorations or more specifically a budget number for wedding favors.
Obviously, the number of wedding favors purchased or made will be in direct proportion to the guest list. Also, it might be prudent to have extra wedding favors. Also, do not forget to include the wedding party.