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Wedding favors are small gifts given the guests from the bride and the groom’s side as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude during the wedding ceremony. This tradition has been done for generations starting with the first wedding favor known as bonbonniere, which is a small trinket box that is made of porcelain, crystal or precious stones that contains sugar cubes or delicate confections. Today, wedding favors can range from edible food stuff packaged in unique wrapping to elegant gel candles or wine bottle stoppers personalized to the main theme of the wedding.

Depending on the theme of the wedding which is customized to the wedding couple’s unique tastes and styles, brides and wedding planners love to extend their creativity in the direction of the wedding favors too. Traditional almonds, chocolates, cookies as well as a variety of sweets are still used, but more couples opt for a more personalized touch to show their deepest appreciation to the guests who have come to the wedding.

Some ideas that will get the wedding favor ideas flowing are small picture frames, custom labels of wine bottles, custom flower seed packets, candy bars wrapped in personalized wrappers, colorful cup cakes and snow globes. The list is endless because favors can be just about anything that the bride of groom desire for their guests. Favors that are unique and thoughtful should reflect your personal style and will give a lasting impression with your guests. There is no way that you can go wrong with wedding favors because guests love gifts. Think of something that they can actually use like wine bottle stoppers. You can also go for a more cultural kind of favors that reflect your unique heritage. Other choices would be just about anything that will bring a smile to your guests’ face.

Hot ideas that are inexpensive to use for this year’s wedding favors are Chinese take-out boxes. The many colors and sizes that they are available in make them such an ideal container to place a wide variety of treasures. The boxes are often decorated with unique Japanese symbols, ribbon, bows, chopsticks, tropical drink umbrellas and photos that they make such cute packages. You can fill them up with rich chocolates in fun shapes such as pennies, footballs, globes and more. Or you can take the traditional road by filling them up with almonds.

Beach wedding favors that you can experiment with include starfish wine bottle stoppers, personalized Hershey’s chocolate, ice cream towel, glass seashell tea light holders, flip flop coasters or personalized sea shell soaps. For favors that are inspired by a garden wedding theme, you can use mini watering cans, miniature garden pails, plantable seed wedding favors, mini bird’s nest, round paper lantern and many more. For a valentine’s approach to wedding favors, your guests will definitely be delighted to receive favors like heart-shaped measuring spoons, crystal heart paperweight, custom fortune cookies, heart-shaped chocolate lollipops or mini vanilla heart candle tins.

As you can see, the list of the wedding favor ideas that you can use are extremely huge. Use your imagination and creativity to plan the perfect array of favors customized to suit the whole mood of your unique wedding theme to the personal preferences of your most important guests, to show them that you care and are forever grateful to their constant presence in your life.