A wedding can be very expensive, and can cost up to hundreds of dollars. There are a lot of things the bride and groom have to consider–the wedding ceremony venue, the wedding reception venue, the bride’s wedding dress, the dresses of the bridal party, caterers, photographers, videographers, and of course, the wedding favours for the wedding guests. To cut back on costs, the wise bride and groom can opt to have personalized wedding favours.
There is a lot one can do with personalized wedding favours–the only limit is the imagination. These personalized wedding favours can be either functional or decorative or both.
The bride and groom can ask their family members and friends for help in making these personalized wedding favours to further cut back costs, especially if one of them makes a hobby out of arts and crafts. They can buy raw materials by the bulk and let everyone get involved in the process of making them. It can be a great bonding experience for everyone.
Decorative personalized wedding favours can be something that a person can put in the mantel of a fire place or at a nightstand. It can be a figurine of the bride and the groom, or a statuette that is representative of the bride and groom. It can also be a small framed picture of the couple in a unique picture frame.
Functional personalized wedding favours are super easy to make. An example is a scented candle. All you need are paraffin or soy wax, scented oils and if you want, dyes. You can put your skills in candle making to good use.
Other ideas of personalized wedding favours include monogrammed towels that have the couple’s initials, ceramic plates that have their picture or the date of wedding, or a coffee tumbler that has designs similar to the decorations in the wedding reception. Other couples can give away his and hers wedding favours, like jewelled compact mirrors for the ladies and monogrammed ball point pens for the men.
Personalized wedding favours can add a nice touch to the whole wedding. This way, the couple’s personality will shine through and the wedding will be a memorable one through the years to come.
There a lot of materials you can use for making these wedding favours. You can source them from gift shops and specialty stores, or you can browse different online retailers for ideas and price lists.