Wedding place settings
As favours are often given during the meal, it makes perfect sense to use your favours to double up as place names. So how about cookies iced with your guests’ names or lollipops with a nametag wrapped around each one? Or you could use mini photo frames or little chalkboards as the place names but put a sticker on the back saying that you’d like your guests to take them home at the end of the night. Then again, if you’re having a seasonal celebration you might prefer Christmas baubles, egg cups at Easter (including a chocolate treat too of course), or even shot glasses (full or empty) where you can write the names on each as well as a seasonally appropriate message. The same idea works for plant pots or any type of ceramic gift, just make sure that the surface allows you to personalise it with the names of your guests.Personal wedding favours
If the bride or groom are musical or artistic in any way then it’s great to create favours that show off your talents. The best wedding favours are often those with a special meaning. A compilation CD lets everyone see your song-writing or singing skills – or both – and is a cost-effective way of giving your guests something personal that they’ll be able to enjoy for years to come. Bookworms might like to buy a copy of their favourite novel to share with guests. And by giving the bride’s favourite book to the girls and the groom’s top title to the boys, it means you’ll be able to talk about your favourite piece of prose with your guests long after the wedding is over – it’ll be good fun if it stirs a discussion about which is best too! But if you’d rather be out in the garden than sat in the library, a packet of seeds could work well. And it means that your friends and family can plant flowers (maybe even the varieties that were in your bridal bouquet) to remind them of your day.Edible favours
In Scotland we’re lucky to have a wealth of tasty treats to choose from when it comes to wedding favours.And however popular they may be, you’re not likely to get many complaints if you choose some traditionally sweet tablet or fudge in little boxes or cellophane bags, adorned with tartan ribbon or in a colour that co-ordinates with your scheme. This type of gift might be the best wedding favour for you, especially if you're having a large wedding and have a lot of people to please. .Bring an air of romance to these traditional goodies by having the tablet cut into heart shapes or do the same for shortbread pieces. Miniature whisky is an obvious choice for the gents, of course, and you can’t go wrong with a pot of jam. Or if you’d prefer to go for something a little less patriotic, why not choose fortune cookies, personalised chocolate bars, French macarons (not to be confused with macaroons), or cake pops... which, of course, are lollipops but with a piece of cake at the top instead of a sweetie. This type of gift allows you to involve talented family members to help you create them too!
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