E-party etiquette

rsolano222 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:12 AM

E-party etiquette

Are you obligated to give a favor for an e-party? We werent planning on it but I've had a few people asking me what favors we're having so now I'm not sure if we should be giving out favors....is it ok not to give favors? TIA

Jennie0898 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:14 AM

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I don't think you HAVE to, but it's certainly a nice gesture.

ETA: We made our favors, it was easy and cheap. They looked like this only they were filled with M&Ms.

rsolano222 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:17 AM

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Thanks! Those favors are so cute

Jennie0898 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:19 AM

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Np!

tinadansr Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:25 AM

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We didn't do favors....but I made centerpieces with tons of candy in them so guests got to take some of that home

rsolano222 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:31 AM

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Posted by tinadansr

We didn't do favors....but I made centerpieces with tons of candy in them so guests got to take some of that home

Thats a wonderful idea also

JTsGal829 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 02:18 AM

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Posted by tinadansr

We didn't do favors....but I made centerpieces with tons of candy in them so guests got to take some of that home

what a great idea!!!

it isn't required, but i also think it depends on the size of the party. If it is a very small get together in your yard, then maybe just sending people home with left overs or a simple thank you for coming is more than enough. But when you rent a hall and do a more formal event people usually expect some kind of thank you for coming and/or bringing a gift. it is a personal preference though of course!!!!!!!

we are having a tiffany themed Eparty so our favors are those lil tiffany box shaped candles. they are on sale ( at least they were last week ) at weddingthings.com for $1. I never would have gotten them at the normal 3$ price cause we have spent enough..but i just couldn't pass up the price they were offering. they also have a store on 3rd ave in manhattan. theres a pic in my album but you can't see it very well. We are just gonna add a ribbon with thank you tags that i am making on the comp. :)

iwannabmrsD Posted: Jul 07, 2007 02:28 AM

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nah i don't think it's required.. although if u do decide to do favors dont wait till the night before like my mom..
hence the reason why at 2:18 i'm still up.. uggh..

mishmosh328 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 07:53 AM

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We have been to eparties where there was no favor, little favors, and nice favors! Its up to you what you want to do.

And honestly, if you dont want a favor...the majority of the people wont even think twice about it!

AllJoy Posted: Jul 07, 2007 08:29 AM

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No you are not. Some people don't even give favors for weddings. We just had a small e-party in the backyard and I was going to make chocolate, but it didn't come out.

twinkle164 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 10:08 AM

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I guess it depends on how formal it is. We are having a very formal wedding so we decided the e-party should be casual. We rented out a pick nick section of a state park and had a big BBQ. It was great. Everyone had a blast and NO favors.

joan713 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 11:41 AM

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For my daughters e-party we had hershey bars - with a cute wrapper. It was an old fashioned picture of a girl & boy dressed as bride & groom and we had their photos from when they were little superimposed onto the picture. Real cute. Not too many people even realized it was actually them!

FalNBill Posted: Jul 07, 2007 12:18 PM

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I don't think it's required either...... We went to michaels and got the little 'LOVE' tins - they were 30 in a box for like 10$ and then we had the personalized M&M's made..... that was our favor.

Summer07Bride Posted: Jul 07, 2007 01:44 PM

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Our STD was our favor. Saved us money on sending them out in the mail

jeanla4c Posted: Jul 07, 2007 04:52 PM

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I didn't even think about favors for our e-parties (we had two- one in NY and one in DC where we live)

PreshusSmurf Posted: Jul 07, 2007 05:00 PM

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We gave little boxes filled with m&ms (some personalized, the rest just in our colors)

Saram Posted: Jul 07, 2007 05:31 PM

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i made my save the date my favor also...i put the magnets in these little pink an red bags from the dollar store they are so nice and than i put pink an red rose petals in them and pink and red gumballs in them...they came out so nice

CourtandJon Posted: Jul 07, 2007 05:56 PM

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We didn't give out anything and I dont think anyone noticed. We aren't giving out a favor at the wedding either- we made a donation to breast cancer. I don't think you have to give anything- it's totally up to you- but I don't think anyone will frown upon you if you don't give anything.

ChristineAaron08 Posted: Jul 07, 2007 06:03 PM

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I don't think it is required for an e-party since, technically, you are not suppose to receive or ask for e-party gifts. However, most people give gifts so we did do favors. We did chocolate pops with e-rings on them- nothing big!