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Bath Salts - Make your own or
buy already made, from local sources
like
Body Saltz, bath products that
your guests can enjoy at home.
Put a custom label on them with your
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Chocolate
Mold - The best guest
favours are consumable. The
reality is, unless it's consumable
or extremely useful for the masses,
favours end up left on the guest
tables. The masses enjoy
chocolate and if you look on eBay,
you could find a mold of anything to
fit your theme that would make an
enjoyable treat for your guests.
One bride I spoke to has a western
theme and wanted to buy each guest a
cowboy hat for the reception.
Not everyone may use a cowboy hat
and they could add up to be a lot of
money very quickly. Instead I
suggested buying a chocolate mold of
cowboy hats and wrapping them as a
favour for each guest. This
will save a lot of money and be
appreciated by more guests.
There are many options to wrap the
chocolates. You can use
netting, plastic bags, Chinese take
out boxes, or other packaging
options. Choose something that
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Cocoa
for Couples - Instructions
for this can be found under 'DIY
Projects'. Especially
for a winter wedding, these cute
consumables can be easily made by
you and your wedding party.
Get cone shaped bags at
www.creativepackaging.ca and
create a warm thank you for your
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Custom
Cookie (1) - There are a
several options here. You can
get custom message fortune cookies
from
www.messagecookies.ca locally
here in the Fraser Valley.
Their cookies are not like the
traditional 'foam fortune cookie'.
There are several yummy flavors and
they can be drizzled in coordinating
colours of chocolate for added
decadence. Any message you
want can be printed and found in
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Custom Cookie (2) - You may want
an iced sugar cookie instead.
These can be very pretty and
designed to suit your theme.
You can even have edible photograph
images imprinted.
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Donation
- Show your guests your humanitarian
side and donate $1-2 per guest to
the BC SPCA. Go to their
website at
www.spca.bc.ca/biscuit/weddings.html
and download wedding favour labels
and print them on cardstock to
display on your tables.
Also consider the
BC Cancer Foundation. |
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Frame/Placecard
- Buy
small frames from the dollar store (if you
don't like the colour, spray paint them) and
put the guest names, and maybe your name &
date in them. They can then be used as place
cards. Then when you send your thank you
cards, include a wedding photo that will fit
the frame. Make sure your MC announces
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Message Stones for guests - Either stamp
an inspirational message with 'stayz on' ink on
smooth rocks you find in a river bed
or use metallic ink pens to write
your own unique message. Rocks
can be purchased at craft and dollar
stores too, but with all the rivers
around here, I'd go get them for
free if you have the time.
Message stones for bride & groom
- I've
also seen this as a gift for the
bride and groom, where each guest
gets a blank stone and they write a
message of inspiration to the bride
and groom. The stones are put
in a bowl and they have a lovely
memory and decoration for their new home together.
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Wine Glass & Charm - This is
a favour I'd only recommend for a
small guest list. The bride
that made 220 of these will tell you
just how much work they were.
She bought packages of silver letter
beads and strung each guest's name
on a jewelry ring and wrapped them
around a wine glass stem. A
favour tag was added to hold the
charm in place (otherwise it's hard
to read if they move around).
Each glass was placed in a bag that
has a flat card in the bottom for
stability. Another ribbon was
tied at the top. These can be
used as placecards as well.
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Wrapped
Candy - Wrap chocolate bars
or other candy with a custom label.
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Guest
Favours