101 Inventive favor Ideas...I hope this helps someone
Favors: 101 Inventive Ideas
Show them your love and appreciation with imaginative favors. Here's an inspired list...
Seasonal Selections
1. Candy canes wrapped in velvet ribbon and tagged with 'How Sweet It Is ...'
2. Mini Easter baskets filled with foil-wrapped chocolate eggs
3. Little plastic pumpkins filled with candy corn
4. Simple ivory, silver, or gold Christmas ornaments tied with a tag that reads ''Tis the Season to be Married ...'
5. Groups of pretty gourds
6. Blow-up beach balls -- perfect for park parties and ocean-side soirees
7. Miniature heart-shaped boxes filled with Valentine's chocolates43. Mixed nuts in little canisters or in frosted bags tagged with 'Nuts for Each Other ...'
8. A New Year's champagne flute etched with a fun phrase, like 'Cheers' or 'Salute'
9. A welcome basket with water bottles, suncreen, and even a pair of flip flops
10. Miniature watering cans filled with seeds for spring blooms
11. Frisbees -- fun for a cookout in the woods or a park
12. Miniature holiday wreaths adorned with berries and tiny silver bells
13. Personalized dreidels
14. Chocolate coins in gold foil
15. Umbrellas (fancy, frilly ones) -- great for April weddings
16. Scarves or mittens (better for smaller weddings)
17. Sparklers tied in pretty packaging -- perfect for a Fourth of July wedding
18. Miniature pots of clover for St. Patty's Day
19. Kitschy and cool kites in your wedding colors -- great for outdoor weddings
20. Slices of apple or pumpkin pie
Creative Keepsakes
21. Tiny portable photo albums with a picture of the two of you
22. A favorite love poem stenciled onto a bookmark
23. A pretty picture frame -- it can double as an escort card
24. Potpourri or scented candles
25. Several sheets of pretty notepaper with matching envelopes, tied with a ribbon
26. Miniature soaps or fun, brightly colored glycerin-soap 'slices'
27. Fragrance -- small vials of perfume and/or cologne that you love, or that was created especially for the wedding
28. Engraved silver keychains
29. Wine stoppers and a mini bottle of wine or champagne -- great for vineyard weddings
30. Pretty paper fans -- you can even have your program or menu printed on them!
31. Small and decorative pillboxes
32. Fridge magnets of landmarks in the town where you marry (the Empire State Building in New York, the Space Needle in Seattle, or the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco)
33. Little blank books or journals
34. Personalized scented colored pencils
35. Donations in each guest's name to a charity of your choice
FOODIE FAVORS
36. Jordan almonds
37. A single petit four
38. A miniature box of truffles
39. Tiny bottles of wine with personalized labels
40. A chocolate-chip cannoli
41. Gourmet jelly beans
42. Chocolate Kisses wrapped in tissue paper
43. Mixed nuts in little canisters or in frosted bags tagged with 'Nuts for Each Other ...'
44. Cookies made from a local bakery
45. Homemade fudge with the family recipe printed on the box (if you're allowed!)
46. Mints with your married monogram on the tin
47. Apples -- caramel-and-nut ot candy-coated ones
48. Gourmet coffee beans in small white mugs
49. Everyone's favorite: M&Ms
50. Carved pineapples or coconuts (for a tropical wedding)
51. Heart-shaped cookie cutters
52. Bubble gum or malted-milk balls
53. Sticks of saltwater taffy in tiny galvinzed buckets
54. Twists of licorice
55. Little tins of butter cookies frosted with your wedding colors
56. Rice-Krispies treats
57. Big, round, old-fashioned lollipops
58. Honey from a local farm tagged with 'Meant to Bee Together ...'
59. Small jars of gourmet jam with favors labels that say 'Spread the Love ...'
60. Old-fashioned 'button' candy
61. Gumdrops in your wedding colors
62. Slices of your wedding cake or full tiny versions of your wedding cake
63. Cupcakes iced to resemble your wedding cake
64. Personalized mini cheesecakes decorated to fit your wedding theme
65. Brightly-colored Chinese take-out boxes filled with penny candy
Floral Favors
66. Tree saplings
67. Flower bulbs wrapped in cellophane
68. A single rose at each place setting (in the color of your choice)
69. Floral-printed stationery
70. Sprigs of dried lavendar
71. Packets of seeds -- your favorite bloom, or one with significance to the two of you
72. Potted African violets
73. Flower leis -- great for beach weddings
74. Flower-theme placecard holders that can double as favor paperweights
75. Aromatherapy candles
76. Goldfish in tiny floral-etched bowls
77. Boutonnieres and corsages for every single guest
78. Silver-plated bud vases with a single bloom inside
79. Floral-shaped cookies to match the flowers in your bridal bouquet
Just For Fun
80. Astrological readings (on mini scrolls) for each guest
81. Pez dispensers (complete with the candy!)
82. Decks of cards
83. CDs crafted by the bride and groom with personalized labels
84. Post-It notes in your wedding colors (everyone can use them)
85. Wedding T-shirts
86. Bandanas
87. Buckets full of baseball caps or visors
88. Homebrewed beer with personalized wedding labels
89. Shot glasses
90. Super Balls tagged with 'Have a Ball ...'
91. Slinkies
92. Cans of Play-Doh
93. Mini travel games
94. Yo-yos personalized with your wedding date
95. Tennis or golf balls -- great if you're having a weekend wedding where the favors can be put to good use
96. Kazoos or harmonicas
97. Personalized luggage tags
98. Personalized fortune cookies or silver-plated paperweight ones
99. Lobster crackers (they come in brilliant red and look like claws!)
100. Fabulously festive maracas
101. Lottery tickets (give them a chance at good fortune!)
Show them your love and appreciation with imaginative favors. Here's an inspired list...
Seasonal Selections
1. Candy canes wrapped in velvet ribbon and tagged with 'How Sweet It Is ...'
2. Mini Easter baskets filled with foil-wrapped chocolate eggs
3. Little plastic pumpkins filled with candy corn
4. Simple ivory, silver, or gold Christmas ornaments tied with a tag that reads ''Tis the Season to be Married ...'
5. Groups of pretty gourds
6. Blow-up beach balls -- perfect for park parties and ocean-side soirees
7. Miniature heart-shaped boxes filled with Valentine's chocolates43. Mixed nuts in little canisters or in frosted bags tagged with 'Nuts for Each Other ...'
8. A New Year's champagne flute etched with a fun phrase, like 'Cheers' or 'Salute'
9. A welcome basket with water bottles, suncreen, and even a pair of flip flops
10. Miniature watering cans filled with seeds for spring blooms
11. Frisbees -- fun for a cookout in the woods or a park
12. Miniature holiday wreaths adorned with berries and tiny silver bells
13. Personalized dreidels
14. Chocolate coins in gold foil
15. Umbrellas (fancy, frilly ones) -- great for April weddings
16. Scarves or mittens (better for smaller weddings)
17. Sparklers tied in pretty packaging -- perfect for a Fourth of July wedding
18. Miniature pots of clover for St. Patty's Day
19. Kitschy and cool kites in your wedding colors -- great for outdoor weddings
20. Slices of apple or pumpkin pie
Creative Keepsakes
21. Tiny portable photo albums with a picture of the two of you
22. A favorite love poem stenciled onto a bookmark
23. A pretty picture frame -- it can double as an escort card
24. Potpourri or scented candles
25. Several sheets of pretty notepaper with matching envelopes, tied with a ribbon
26. Miniature soaps or fun, brightly colored glycerin-soap 'slices'
27. Fragrance -- small vials of perfume and/or cologne that you love, or that was created especially for the wedding
28. Engraved silver keychains
29. Wine stoppers and a mini bottle of wine or champagne -- great for vineyard weddings
30. Pretty paper fans -- you can even have your program or menu printed on them!
31. Small and decorative pillboxes
32. Fridge magnets of landmarks in the town where you marry (the Empire State Building in New York, the Space Needle in Seattle, or the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco)
33. Little blank books or journals
34. Personalized scented colored pencils
35. Donations in each guest's name to a charity of your choice
FOODIE FAVORS
36. Jordan almonds
37. A single petit four
38. A miniature box of truffles
39. Tiny bottles of wine with personalized labels
40. A chocolate-chip cannoli
41. Gourmet jelly beans
42. Chocolate Kisses wrapped in tissue paper
43. Mixed nuts in little canisters or in frosted bags tagged with 'Nuts for Each Other ...'
44. Cookies made from a local bakery
45. Homemade fudge with the family recipe printed on the box (if you're allowed!)
46. Mints with your married monogram on the tin
47. Apples -- caramel-and-nut ot candy-coated ones
48. Gourmet coffee beans in small white mugs
49. Everyone's favorite: M&Ms
50. Carved pineapples or coconuts (for a tropical wedding)
51. Heart-shaped cookie cutters
52. Bubble gum or malted-milk balls
53. Sticks of saltwater taffy in tiny galvinzed buckets
54. Twists of licorice
55. Little tins of butter cookies frosted with your wedding colors
56. Rice-Krispies treats
57. Big, round, old-fashioned lollipops
58. Honey from a local farm tagged with 'Meant to Bee Together ...'
59. Small jars of gourmet jam with favors labels that say 'Spread the Love ...'
60. Old-fashioned 'button' candy
61. Gumdrops in your wedding colors
62. Slices of your wedding cake or full tiny versions of your wedding cake
63. Cupcakes iced to resemble your wedding cake
64. Personalized mini cheesecakes decorated to fit your wedding theme
65. Brightly-colored Chinese take-out boxes filled with penny candy
Floral Favors
66. Tree saplings
67. Flower bulbs wrapped in cellophane
68. A single rose at each place setting (in the color of your choice)
69. Floral-printed stationery
70. Sprigs of dried lavendar
71. Packets of seeds -- your favorite bloom, or one with significance to the two of you
72. Potted African violets
73. Flower leis -- great for beach weddings
74. Flower-theme placecard holders that can double as favor paperweights
75. Aromatherapy candles
76. Goldfish in tiny floral-etched bowls
77. Boutonnieres and corsages for every single guest
78. Silver-plated bud vases with a single bloom inside
79. Floral-shaped cookies to match the flowers in your bridal bouquet
Just For Fun
80. Astrological readings (on mini scrolls) for each guest
81. Pez dispensers (complete with the candy!)
82. Decks of cards
83. CDs crafted by the bride and groom with personalized labels
84. Post-It notes in your wedding colors (everyone can use them)
85. Wedding T-shirts
86. Bandanas
87. Buckets full of baseball caps or visors
88. Homebrewed beer with personalized wedding labels
89. Shot glasses
90. Super Balls tagged with 'Have a Ball ...'
91. Slinkies
92. Cans of Play-Doh
93. Mini travel games
94. Yo-yos personalized with your wedding date
95. Tennis or golf balls -- great if you're having a weekend wedding where the favors can be put to good use
96. Kazoos or harmonicas
97. Personalized luggage tags
98. Personalized fortune cookies or silver-plated paperweight ones
99. Lobster crackers (they come in brilliant red and look like claws!)
100. Fabulously festive maracas
101. Lottery tickets (give them a chance at good fortune!)
