by Chrissy Defour
Most couples planning a wedding see their special occasion as deeply personal. And so it should be. One way to express that is to create personalized wedding favors for their guests. It adds a connection to the bride and groom and gives the guests a special memento they can long remember.
Fortunately, there are a half dozen ways to personalize wedding favors. Each method is designed for the type of wedding favor you select.
Place cards are meant to show guests where they should sit at the reception. Other than writing the name of the guest on the card, as well as that of the bride and groom, you can extend the personal touch to the place card holder too.
Holders in the shape of maple leaf are very popular for fall weddings. You can easily add the wedding details - date, names of bride and groom, and wedding location - in the center of the holder. Your guests would love to display the favors on their mantles when they go home.
A Las Vegas wedding calls for a number of things. One thing you may try is giving out decks of cards with your names in it with a logo of the hotel at the bottom. Don’t forget to check with the hotel about any copyright or infringement law. Or you can give away shot glasses with poker chip designs or small buckets that contain chocolate poker chips.
Chocolate mints make great personalized wedding favors which guests will surely enjoy. There are many styles and colors to choose from. If you’re in Las Vegas, look into the chocolate poker chips that you can personalize by having your names and wedding date embossed on the wrapper. If you plan to give coffee or tea as favors, you can easily include your wedding details and design on the label.
Wedding favor boxes and containers are an opportunity to further personalize your gifts to the guests. For instance, you can decorate them with ribbons and attach a personal message. Or you can have your favorite quote on a glass or crystal favor etched, put engagement pictures in decorated frames, or put a sticker on the bottom of miniature silver buckets.
You might be considering tealights, a favorite favor among those planning a wedding. They can be personalized in several ways, too. The bottom of the tealight can be stamped or have a sticker that references your wedding date and names. Even the candle area itself can include text on the bottom that spells out your personal text. The tealight candle melts, revealing your clever design.
And to accompany your tea lights, you can distribute personalized strike matches. You can imprint the outside of the matchbook with your monogram or personal logo while the inside flap can contain a small sketch map to the reception. The names of the bridal couple and the date can be printed on the back.
There are many personalization methods and thousands of wedding favors that use them. No matter which personalized wedding favors suit your fancy, you can’t go wrong. It’s a personal thing.