Weekly Wedding Tip: Favor Your Guests | MS Bridal Guru

Weekly Wedding Tip: Favor Your Guests | MS Bridal Guru

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You have planned your wedding to be the most beautiful event of the decade. The food will be fabulous, the venue is perfect, and your dress will leave your groom speechless. Now, all that's left is that certain special something for your guests to take home to remember your special day.

Here are 10 great ideas for favors that are not only adorable, but your guests will actually love!

Just like your new marriage, these cute seeds will grow over time in to the most beautiful flowers. You can put anything in these simple packets; sunflowers, 'forget-me-nots', vegetables, or even the flowers you had at your wedding!

Whatever seeds you choose, you can package them up in self-made envelopes just like this for a very low cost. Add a cute saying with the date, and your guests are sure to remember your beautiful wedding when they put these little plant babies in to the ground.

As we all know, it's important to have amazingly cute shoes to match your outfit for any wedding. Unfortunately, 'cute shoes' also means they are likely not the most comfortable shoes for dancing in. Save the feet of your guests by offering flip flops for them to not only wear at the reception, but take home with them to remember a beautiful night of fun.

If you go on your flip flop hunt at the right time of year, you can find them just about anywhere in any color to match your wedding's color scheme. Flip flops come in all shapes and sizes and all levels of quality as well, so with a little hunting you can start by buying your pairs for a $1 or less a piece.

Remember the days of 'mixed tapes'? Nothing says 'love' quite like your own CD. You can pick any song you want, set them in the perfect order; you can even record a cute message at the beginning for your guests to hear later when they listen to the CD. Be sure to include certain songs that highlight your wedding; the bride and grooms first dance and the 'father daughter' dance are some great ideas for key tunes on your CD. Decorate the cover however you want, add a date, and you have the perfect favor for any wedding.

If you plan on having alcohol at your wedding, sending your guests home with a few airplane bottles might be a fun idea. Add a cute tag to the top decorated to match your wedding, pick your favorite samples, and set them out for guests to grab on their way home. The idea isn't for them to 'drink and drive' though; guests can use them as part of their 'hang over cure' the next day if the partying didn't stop until late.

Sample sized jars of local honey not only help the community of where your wedding is at, but it also allows your guests to have a taste of the area every time they want a little dabble of something different.

Local honeys are a special treat because the bees use local flowers, which infuse the taste of the honey with whatever is local to the area and make great additions to breakfast toast the day after the wedding as well as a sweeter for evening tea the night after the wedding.

By supplying your own wine glasses (and a few sets of colorful Sharpie markers), you can not only customize your guests drinking experience by choosing the vessel of your choice, but you can make for a fun an unique favor.

Much like writing your name on a Styrofoam cup at a party, guests can doodle, write, or decorate their own name on their wine glass and take it home with them when they go. Not only will they remember your beautiful wedding and the fun time they had, but they'll have a way to add a reminder of their own personal memories from your special day, too.

Weddings around the holidays are perfect for cute ornaments just like this one. You can have them custom decorated and labeled with whatever you want them to say, or you can buy some blank ones and decorate the ornaments yourself. You can even set up a station at the wedding to allow people to decorate their own if they want. However you want to set it up, having a festive ornament to hang on their tree year after year will help them to remember what a beautiful day you had and how happy you were to have them be a part of it.

Everyone loves candles, especially when they smell amazing and are affordable. The ability to customize them too, make them perfect for your special day. Locally owned candle companies, like Grassroots Candles, offer amazing wholesale discounts for weddings. Not only do you get to pick your scent for their 100% soy wax candles, but custom labeling is free so you can make sure your candle says exactly what you want! ( www.grassrootscandles.com)

Set up a table at your reception and let your guests put together the ultimate goodie bag. Having sweet delectable sweets like candies, macaroons, cookies, and anything else your heart desires is a great way to ensure that guests take exactly what they want.

You can pay to have someone make these, work with something pre-bought, or make them yourself for a personal touch and flair.

Add a special touch with gift boxes or printed bags with a cute quote or saying and the date of the wedding so your guests have something to ponder on while they are enjoying their sweet treat at home.

Don't want to have your guests stuff their faces with tons of artificial sugar? That's okay! Fresh fruits in super cute bags like this one are a great option for guests to take home as well. Ripe strawberries for spring weddings are an excellent idea, but don't feel limited to just spring. Beautiful and tasty fruits grow year round, and with the right planning, you can have almost any fruit available at the table for your guests to pack up and enjoy in the week following the wedding.

Our guest blogger today is Shelley Lewis, Social Shelley Marketing.com.

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