Easy Wedding Favors

Easy Wedding Favors by Nikki Carroll

While wedding favors may be one of the simplest parts of planning a wedding, they can also be one area which is often left until the last instant.

Using flowers as wedding favors is without a doubt one of the easiest wedding favors you can give to your guests. The only thing that needs to be calculated is the number of guests you will have at the wedding and there is really no preparation time needed. You do not have to order your flowers too far in advance. Choosing a single red rose is a wonderful favor for your guests. This is tremendously appropriate because a rose is a represents love. It is also very easy because it does not have to be wrapped. You can simply purchase one rose for each guest and have a member of the catering hall staff or a friend or family member place one rose across each place setting after the tables have been set for the wedding. You can also select a flower which is used in your centerpiece and instruct your florist to place one flower at each place setting when they arrange the centerpieces.

Another creative idea for a wedding favor is using candy. Small boxes, tins and baskets are some of the more traditional ways of using candy as wedding favors. But a unique idea and one that will help with reducing cost for centerpieces is to place a large bowl filled with candy in the middle of each table. Notes can be used to encourage the guests to enjoy the candy and bags can be provided to allow guests to take additional candy home. Here again is a favor that does not need wrapping and the candy centerpiece can be as simple or elaborate as you desire.

Pictures frames are a very easy wedding favor especially if they are used as place card holders. Pictures frames are regularly used as wedding favors but must people spend lots of time wrapping each favor individually to create a beautiful presentation for the guests. However, this is not the only way to give wedding favor frames. Wrapping each frame separately can be very time consuming and can create a great deal of additional stress for the bride and the groom if they are under pressure to get several last minute items completed in the days before the wedding. However, if you use the picture frames to hold the place cards, then wrapping the favors will no longer be an issue. This makes it much easier to give a picture frames as favors.

One final thought for a very easy wedding favor is to give each guest a digital photo of themselves at the wedding. You can accomplish this by hiring a photographer to take a picture of each couple as they arrive at the wedding reception. You can request that the photographer bring a high speed printer along to print the photos out quickly. Before your guests leave the reception they will have their photos. Your guests will already be dressed up and will love having pictures taken by a professional. You can even ask the photographer if it is possible to put together a quick slideshow presentation which the guests can view after all of the photos have been taken. This way the guests get a personal memento.