Creative Wedding Ideas

Gone are the days of boring, impersonal wedding favors. Today, creative wedding favors that suit the theme or location of the wedding seems to be the  preferred choice – or maybe just the couple’s fun-loving personality.

Some of the more popular wedding favors ideas in recent years have been packets of seeds (to grow just like our love), cookie cutters (because we were cut out for each other) and personalized candy like M&Ms or Hershey’s kisses (because who doesn’t love candy?).  These are much better than the days of a matchbook or a bag of almonds but there are still much more unique, creative and thoughtful wedding favors ideas to be found!

The best way to find cool and unusual and even cheap creative wedding favors ideas is to stop looking at only wedding favor web sites or the wedding aisle at the craft store  – you’re limiting yourself that way.  Look at all kinds of party favors instead, and you might be surprised at what you come up with.

Check out all kinds of party websites and party stores. For example, for a destination wedding on the beach in Aruba you could give your guests flip-flop shaped luggage tags! If the bride and groom are both gourmet chefs, how about a set of heart shaped measuring spoons and a tag that reads, “Love Without Measure.”  Fitness junkies will get a kick out of bottled water with a personalized label about the newlyweds.

Truly personalized wedding favors are even more special. A CD of the couple’s favorite songs are a good start but how about including the first dance songs of their parents and even their grandparents? It’s a special touch that will make the wedding favors memorable.  Picture frames make a great favor but to take it to the next level, set up a prom-like photo shoot for couples to have pictures taken. When you send your thank you cards, send each couple their picture to put in the frame they received at your wedding!

The options for unique wedding favors today are limited only by the couple’s imagination.  Creative wedding favors are a popular way to really express personality in a wedding. Have some fun with it and see what creative or crazy ideas you come up with!