Don’t let the thought of buying expensive wedding favors get you down. If you’re on a tight budget, we have some fantastic affordable wedding favor thoughts that will let your guest know how much you appreciated their presence on your special day.
1. Fortune Cookies
Buy some fortune cookies in bulk, carefully slip the message out of each cookie and insert your own. Your messages can be humorous, sweet, or a simple thank you from the both of you.
2. Seashells
Live near the beach? Spend the day collecting gorgeous shells that will look fantastic wrapped in tulle with a ribbon embossed with your names and wedding date. Don’t forget to soak the shells them in warm antibacterial soapy water for several hours.
3. Bookmarks
Buy a package of heavy paper from a local business supply store. Make a unique bookmark including an image of you and your spouse. Add a unique quip, such as: “Each day of our lives together is a page in a special book,” then add your names and wedding date. Punch a hole at the top of each bookmark and use strands of colored yarn as a tassel for this favor.
4. Deck of Cards
Have your images printed on a pack of playing cards. This will really stun your guests. What a unique gift thought! Question your local printer of he can do this for you.
5. Message in a Bottle
Buy clear bottles in bulk. Type a special message up for each of your guests. Print them off and roll them up like scrolls. Slip each scroll into a bottle. You may wish to add confetti to each bottle for décor too! Your guests will like the message of thank you and they’ll treasure it as a keepsake for years to come.
6. Personalized Key-Rings
Have your picture placed on a key-ring with your names and the date of your wedding printed on it. It’s a fantastic small wedding favor that’s inexpensive. It will also provide the opportunity for your loved ones to have a fantastic picture of the newly wed couple.
7. Gourmet Coffee Packs
Mix and Match! Add different coffee flavors to different tables so guests can trade-off. Place the coffee in tulle and tie a gorgeous ribbon (which matches your bridal party’s colors) around the favor. This wedding favor will be well-received by the adults!
8. Mini Liquors
Give everyone a miniature liquor bottle with a card attached to it. You can print these cards yourself, they may read: A Toast to Mr. and Mrs. (Last Name) . Supply a different favor for all of your underage guests.
9. Flower Seed Packages
Buy flower seeds for all of your guests. Wrap the package in mesh with a note attached that reads: “May your garden bloom as healthy as our like for one another. ”
10. Photograph CD
For the computer savvy families, this is an brilliant thought for a wedding favor. Compile photographs from both of your childhoods, then your first pictures together-all the way until this moment. Place them onto a CD for each guest. Your families and friends won’t believe how much you’ve grown into the people you are today.