Creative Wedding Favors Your Guests Will Love

DIY wedding favors are a great option to give your guests something special while staying within your budget. And while favors are frequently one of the most overlooked or last minute things that couples consider during their wedding planning, they should be the very first thing decided on after booking the site and entertainment, even before you decide on your gown!

Creative wedding favors you give your guests are your unique way of saying 'Thank You for sharing our day with us!' They don't have to be expensive gifts. Instead, put some thought into homemade wedding favors and your guests will definitely appreciate the fact that you thought about them.

I really didn't think about it until I started looking and researching for my own ceremony, but the cost of all those retail wedding favors, table centerpieces, and decorations can really add up and put a strain on your budget if you're not careful. So I decided early on what I was going to do and shopped for the supplies before I'd even ordered my gown.

There are a lot of ideas for party favors and decorations that can be hand-made or bought plain and then personalized. In fact, if you can tie a ribbon, use tape, glue and a pair of scissors, you can do just about anything for special, from-the-heart party favors, decorations, wedding invitations and more.

And if you have a computer with a good color printer, or you know someone who does, the options are almost endless as to what you can do.

For instance, I made my own bookmarks as creative wedding favors for our ceremony. I printed them out with my inkjet printer, five to a page on cardstock. Then I laminated them, cut them apart with a paper trimmer, and attached mauve tassels.

I had to make 100 of them so I was busy for a while, but each guest received a coordinated package of little wedding favors consisting of a laminated wedding bookmark and a beautifully wrapped and labeled votive candle that only cost me about $1.00 each in total. And putting one set at each place setting will gave our tables some added color and elegance.

It really doesn't matter if you decide on purchasing already-made and inexpensive wedding favors or you've started your planning early enough to take time and think about all of the ideas for wedding favors that you make yourself, just make sure what you give your guests is something that's thoughtful, useful, a keepsake they can look at after the wedding is over and know that you put some thought into the creative wedding favors you selected.