Wedding, Birthday, and Celebration Cakes Especially 4 You
The best thank you can show your guests for attending your wedding and and sharing you joyfulness is not the table favor, but is to visit with each and everyone of them.
Sometimes this is hard to do individually, but if create a plan for table visits on the day of your wedding each guest will feel appreciated. So visit a few tables after the first few dances, some more during dinner, and so forth.
The tradition of giving wedding favors or ‘bomboniere’ is rooted in ancient European history. It was a ritual of common practice for wealthy aristocrats who were celebrating marriages, christenings, births and birthdays. The bride and groom give small presents, or favors, to their guests and well-wishers to thank them for sharing the momentous occasion. Initially the ‘bomboniere’ were of great value, and were made of expensive materials such as gold, silver, precious gems, porcelain or crystal. The contents of the ‘bombonaiere’ were also of great value, most notably sugar. At the time, sugar was a very rare substance, prized for its supposed medicinal qualities.
Additional meanings have become attached to the wedding favor tradition as time has passed. In total, the wedding favor is a symbol of well wishing for the five most important ingredients of a marriage bond:
Essentially, the wedding favor is a symbol of love and respect from the bride and the groom, and a token of well wishing for their deliriously happy future together. In addition, they add to the décor and overall theme of the wedding itself.
Wedding Favors
Additional meanings have become attached to the wedding favor as time has passed. In total, the wedding favor is a symbol of well wishing for the five most important ingredients of a marriage bond: Health, Wealth, Happiness, Fertility and Long Life.
Essentially, the wedding favor is a symbol of love and respect from the bride and the groom, and a token of well wishing for their deliriously happy future together. In addition, they add to the décor and overall theme of the wedding itself.
Wedding favors have become increasingly popular over the years as more and more people want small keepsakes to remember special occasions by. The actual monetary ‘value’ of the gifts is relatively small now in comparison to our ancient Ancestors. Common favor include ribbons, candies, picture frames, personalized book marks, laminated plaques, candy, seed packets, pillows, balloons and potpourri.
Smarties, a vintage candy
Wedding Favors
The tradition of giving wedding favors is rooted in ancient European history. It was a ritual of common practice for wealthy aristocrats who were celebrating marriages, christenings, births and birthdays. The bride and groom would give small presents, now known as favors, to their guests and well-wishers to thank them for sharing the momentous occasion. Initially the favors were of great value, being made of expensive materials such as gold, silver, precious gems, porcelain or crystal with contents great value, most notably sugar. At that time, sugar was a very rare substance, prized for its suppose medicinal qualities.
Just found more affordable wedding favors you can make yourself to save money.
Personalized Hand Sanitizers…use trail size hand sanitizers with or without the hanging feature and cover with a new label showing your name and wedding date.
Personalized Wedding Lip Balm…get packages of lip balm and relabel with your name and wedding date. Be sure to leave ingredients showing for those who would want to know.
Fragrant Candles…place tea candles in a designed cup cake holder. These can be picked up at cake supply store or ordered on line.
Band-aid holders…There are travel size band-aid holders with approx. 5 band-aids in them which you can place your name and wedding date on.
Watch this blog for more affordable wedding, shower, party favors. As I find more I will post them for you.
I am also going to post my ideas for affordable center pieces that do not leave you with left overs to deal with. Some can be used as favors and center pieces. You know cover both at one cost.
Make your own personalized favors:
Matches..on boxed matches place pretty labels printed on your personal computer with your your names and wedding date.
Candies…on your computer make a pretty label to wrap around Hersey’s minis
Tea bags…on your computer make a pretty tea bag covers and put in store tea bags. You can buy store brand bags, just make sure they have are the ones in a bag. You want to place a bagged tea bag in your tea bag cover.
Purse or pocket size notepads…the dollar store has 4 packs of pretty pocket size notepads, just put a pretty label on them.
Seedling packets…order the packets on line for best price or get them on sale at the end of the season and put a pretty label on them. Last years seeds are still good if kept in a cool dry place.
Tree starters..these are one of my favorites. A lot of organizations sell them as fundraisers. Get them from them or pick them up at a nursery. They are a little starter branch. Put a lovely ribbon with a pretty tag containing your names and wedding date. The guests take them home, plant them, and every time they look at them they remember your wedding. Left overs can be planted at your new home or given to relatives to plant. If you have quite a lot, give them to a local organization for a fun raiser. No waste and a big memory catcher.
Donate to a charity in lieu of favors (with small card for guests to let them know)
Most of the above can be done months in advance, taken off you to-do-list and cost so little.
If you need templates. e-mail me off my web site: http://www.cakesespecially4you.com. I have samples and templates for most of the above. Whatever you do, make it something a guest will enjoy or take home to keep.
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