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That’s what we are doing. We are having a Christmas wedding so we are having a cookie/candy table. We went on to vista print and ordered stickers that had a picture of us, thanks for sharing our day and the date, that are in our colours. We will stick them on plain paper bags.

Everyone I know thinks favours are a waiste if you can’t eat it lol

I made these seed packs for our wedding.

We are doing something similar to this picture. We have little mason jars that we will fill with popcorn. There are thank you tags and a little silver heart charm (pandora bracelet compatible) that will hang from it as well. We are including a popcorn cart during our late night service so we have a bit of a popcorn theme going. It's my favourite snack.

Popcorn Favour

We are making a little baggie of a s'mores mix and have cute little tags that say "There is always room for s'more love" that we bought from etsy.

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LOVE these! I would totally take this (and anyone else's that were left behind, lol) and use. And it is super cute

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Thanks for your suggestions, Brittany! Ziplock is down on my list...it would help to keep the tea fresh if we get it early and do them and get that task out of the way. I love that idea of colored twist ties! I went to a DIY wedding fair and there was a vendor that sells really cute boxes for really cheap and will take the responsibility that they arrive on time and in good condition.

I'm having a winter wedding, so I am giving hot chocolate mixes as favours. It will be very inexpensive to do, and I like that people don't have to hold on to trinkets they will never use! Plus it goes with the theme, and just looks so darn cute.

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Super cute idea!! (I'm doing hot chocolate mixes)... just a thought, ziplock bags (although in nice boxes), could look a little funny as a favour... Amazon.ca has tons of inexpensive clear bags (like 100 pack for $5-$10), and you could get coloured or metallic twist ties to seal them? Just to add a slightly more elegant touch...

We are thinking of loose leaf tea in small ziplock baggies and then in nice small boxes.

My Venue makes maple syrup on site and offer it for winter weddings as favours so we are doing that. I think edible favours are great, because they are inexpensive and people will be sure to enjoy them. My sister-in-law had little jars of local honey at hers and they were only $2 a jar Goodluck!

View quoted message I agree about the favors, and good idea on the candy bar and take home baggie idea!

We are doing favours! Our wedding is in the mountains so we are having antler bottle openers!

We are on the fence about favors, comes down to what we have left in the budget. We thought about bubbles from Micheal's and have those blown during the first dance for some AMAZING pictures. Or since it's multicultural wedding we could do fortune cookies those would be eaten there so not much worry about waste

Lavender and Statice burlap pouches and flower and herb seed bombs and confetti. Smelled so pretty in here.

I'm not doing favours as such. I'm getting a photo booth at the reception with a personalised border/design with the date etc on them.

We are thinking of peanut butter and jam as favours for our guests. Plus a little thing of m&m just because are initials are m&m.

We are skipping the traditional favour I think. We are paying for their food, booze and night of entertainment so I don't see why the guest should get a little gift on top of all that lol if anything we will do a smores or candy bar and they can take a little baggie home.

View quoted message We are doing the same thing - donating to two different charities and then printing a note explaining that’s what we are doing in lieu of favours on herb seed paper so people can plant the paper if they want and have herbs to enjoy later! We really wanted to try to give back, and since most people don’t really use a lot of the wedding favours, also reduce the amount of waste created. The paper is biodegradable either way, whether guests want to plant it for the herbs or not so no harm done!

Instead of favours, we’re donating the money we would have spent in them to a local charity we love. A wedding I went to several years ago did the same thing and I thought it was such a great idea.

We are doing favours. Our centerpieces are vintage books, so our favours are going to be bookmarks. The book marks have a heart on them that can be pulled off which is wildflower seed paper! My FH is very into wildflowers.

They're small, so they fit in clutches and if they get left behind, more for me to plant!

We are doing favours, but I’m having a bit of a hard time trying to figure out what exactly. I’m leaning towards getting chocolate from bulk barn and melting it into cute molds and just putting it in little bags with a cute tag saying. It’s simple, cheap and everyone loves chocolate!

Crystal votive holder per couple/singles and household.

We gave people small bottles of a spice rub that my husband created.

My FH are having a really small wedding, so this one was a no brainer, we are doing custom wine! If you are hosting for a wedding 75 and under, I'd say do this for sure, since it's more personal, wayyyy more affordable than buying them in a store, and honestly looks SO classy. If you have more people though it gets expensive.

We got a groupon for 75$ for 30 bottles of wine + $30 for bottles.

The idea is that we have a custom label which outlines the date and type of wine (so far this is my design:

Custom wine label!

P.S. At the least I'd recommend doing this once for fun, and if anything you can do these as Bridesmaid gifts/parent gifts, and keep the rest to yourselves for years to come!

P.P.S. Other options we looked at was infused olive oil, honey, jam, or hot sauce!

We are doing a small baggie of a handmade s'mores mix. The tags for the bags say "there is always room for s'more love" no them.

We are doing Cookies.

My mom was an avid baker, and everyone use to love coming over to enjoy her goodies! As she is not with us anymore, we thought this would be a great way to honor her at our wedding. I will be making all of the cookies using her recipes!

I ordered clear cellophane bags off of Amazon, and custom stickers from Vista Print that read: "Cookies by Claire". Overall, it won't cost more than $200.00

My mom, FMIL and I are going to be making salsa in little mason jars for the favours.

The only favours I have remembered from previous weddings are the edible ones, because otherwise they just tend to go to waste.

My mom has made salsa for years, and all my friends and family always love it. The last couple of years her and I have made it together, and this past fall my FMIL joined us. So we're going to do it again this year. It's something that has sentimental meaning for us, and we already know that the majority of our guests love it.

I too am struggling to find favours for my wedding. I was thinking of doing spiced cooking olives oils...like a her pick and a his pick with labels done on them.. but I fear people wont take them and it will be a waste of money...

We're doing potted plants. They are also our centrepieces so at the end of the night each couple can take a plant home.

Were doing cupcakes for our favors. If it's not something edible most people just leave it at the reception or throw it out after.

We are skipping favors i think... I refuse to pay money for something that most people wont realize was missing from the wedding. We arw going bare bones on a lot of stuff to cut costs and favors didnt make the cut...

Unless we become ambitious enough to make 180 coasters out of the tree we had to cut down on our yard a couple weeks ago. I salvaged some of the branches and am attemping to dry them out right now.... We will see if it actually happens or not

View quoted message This is great!! People will love honey!