Planning a Wedding - Ideas for Wedding Favors

By Juliette Crane

Wedding favors are one of the more interesting aspects of planning a wedding but often left a little late in the preparations. Don't worry if you can't think of anything as there is a whole industry set up supplying treats for guests. This is a part of the arrangements, like the guest list and seating arrangement that will often cause unnecessary stress when there doesn't have to be any.

One option for an easy wedding favor, especially popular with the ladies is flowers. There is virtually no preparation involved in this and depending on how many guests you have you may not have to order them well in advance.

A symbol of love, the red rose is one of the more popular choices and they do not require much preparation. Placing the rose on the wedding reception table where the guest are seated is a nice touch and doesn't need to be done until the last minute.

The options available for using candy as an easy wedding favor are huge and probably the single most popular gift. A simpler but possibly more interesting method is to present the candy that does away with expensive centerpieces altogether. This can be accomplished by using large bowls filled with different types of candy as the centerpieces on each table.

All you need to do after this is arrange for each wedding guest to have a small box where they can place their candy. This could be called a self service gift because all you have to do is supply the candy and something to place it in.

Although candy is popular, you may wish to give your guests a picture frame which is longer lasting and more useful. Although presentation is everything, there are ways around wrapping wedding favors and picture frames are an ideal example of how you can avoid this task. By using the picture frames as placeholders provides a way around this, making it a gift that does not need to be wrapped.

Another easy wedding favor option to end this article is to arrange for a professional photographer to attend the wedding reception and take a photo of every couple as they arrive looking their best. All the photographer needs to do is to have a printer with him so he can give each guest their photo before they leave later in the day. These days themed weddings are popular and guests appreciate seeing how they look all dressed up so why not give them a photograph showing how they look as a wedding favor. It would also be nice if the photographer could bring along a digital projector so all the photos he had taken of the guests could then be shown on a screen during the reception meal. - 31368

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