What are Wedding Favors?
Presenting wedding favors to the guests who attend your ceremony and reception is one of
the ways the bride and groom thanks them for celebrating with them. Wedding favors can
be just about anything, from a handmade favor to a more elegant and expensive token. It is
all up to the bride and groom and the amount they have budgeted to what type of wedding
favors they will give as gifts to their guests.
No one is really sure how this tradition began, but there are records documenting brides
and grooms giving away lace and beribboned love knots during the 16th - 17th centuries in
England. There are different traditions for various cultures when it comes to giving out
wedding favors. Giving favors to your departing guests is a lovely way to show your
gratitude to them for sharing such an intimate experience with you.
An Italian wedding usually features favors of candy that are filled with almond paste or
almonds. That is why you might see white chocolate covered almonds at an Italian themed
wedding. The Chinese and traditional Jewish weddings are said not to give any type of
favor at all. The Malaysian culture hands out delicately painted eggs as this is a sign of the
couple’s fertility.
Greek brides and grooms used to receive glass charms shaped like eyes to help ward off
bad luck. A couple of Greek extraction can turn this tradition around to their guests and
present them with glass charms of any shape or symbol if not an eye. The Japanese and
the Russian cultures both favor giving bud vases, picture frames and sachets as their way
of saying thank you to their guests.
Modern brides and grooms have a vast selection from which to choose their wedding
favors. There are choices such as earth friendly wedding favors, do it yourself wedding
favors that the bride and groom can fashion themselves, and personalized wedding favors
sure to please every guest. Wedding favors can be candy, chocolate or flowers. It is up to
each individual couple to decide the proper wedding favor to hand to their guests as they
are ready to go home.
If you need ideas and inspirations there are many publications, websites and bridal stores
from which you can browse and comparison shop. Think about the last wedding you went
to and what type of favor was handed out; did you use it, did it impress you? When you
think in those terms it may be easier for you to choose just one kind of favor from the
myriad of choices you will be presented with for thanking your guests on your wedding day.
the ways the bride and groom thanks them for celebrating with them. Wedding favors can
be just about anything, from a handmade favor to a more elegant and expensive token. It is
all up to the bride and groom and the amount they have budgeted to what type of wedding
favors they will give as gifts to their guests.
No one is really sure how this tradition began, but there are records documenting brides
and grooms giving away lace and beribboned love knots during the 16th - 17th centuries in
England. There are different traditions for various cultures when it comes to giving out
wedding favors. Giving favors to your departing guests is a lovely way to show your
gratitude to them for sharing such an intimate experience with you.
An Italian wedding usually features favors of candy that are filled with almond paste or
almonds. That is why you might see white chocolate covered almonds at an Italian themed
wedding. The Chinese and traditional Jewish weddings are said not to give any type of
favor at all. The Malaysian culture hands out delicately painted eggs as this is a sign of the
couple’s fertility.
Greek brides and grooms used to receive glass charms shaped like eyes to help ward off
bad luck. A couple of Greek extraction can turn this tradition around to their guests and
present them with glass charms of any shape or symbol if not an eye. The Japanese and
the Russian cultures both favor giving bud vases, picture frames and sachets as their way
of saying thank you to their guests.
Modern brides and grooms have a vast selection from which to choose their wedding
favors. There are choices such as earth friendly wedding favors, do it yourself wedding
favors that the bride and groom can fashion themselves, and personalized wedding favors
sure to please every guest. Wedding favors can be candy, chocolate or flowers. It is up to
each individual couple to decide the proper wedding favor to hand to their guests as they
are ready to go home.
If you need ideas and inspirations there are many publications, websites and bridal stores
from which you can browse and comparison shop. Think about the last wedding you went
to and what type of favor was handed out; did you use it, did it impress you? When you
think in those terms it may be easier for you to choose just one kind of favor from the
myriad of choices you will be presented with for thanking your guests on your wedding day.
