Is everyone doing favors?

MsShelley · July 10, 2007

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Originally Posted by diana2008

Instead of favors, we're donating what we would have spent on them to a charity. We picked The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and we're going to have a little card at each place setting that says something like "In Lieu of Favors, a donation has been made to XXX in your name." I might glue a little pink ribbon on it or something.

I'm doing OOT bags, too, so people will still get goodies, but at all the weddings I've been going to lately, I saw so many favors left on the tables at the end of the night. It made me kinda sad that my friends probably spent time and money making a cute favor and so many people just leave them! So we thought this would be something nice to do.

great idea! yeah we had my sister's bridal shower about a month ago, and I spent soooo much time and money on her favors, and they were all left on the table. Kinda sad actually, but now I have 30 wedding cake candles!!!

MsShelley · July 10, 2007

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Originally Posted by starchild

We did OOT bags and CD favors. I made them myself fairly inexpensively. I bought a stack of blank CD's on sale for $9 and burned songs from the wedding soundtrack.

I ordered custom labels and had a photo of the beach at Las Caletas printed with our names and the songs. That only cost $1.25 each label.

I ordered white cardboard cases for something like 50cents each and ordered stickers of our mongram to decorate them. I hand wrote thank you notes and glued them in. Then, I found an ebay seller that had thick brown ribbon for like 20cents a yard, wrapped them, and sealed them with a sticker.

It was much easier than it sounds and cost less than $100 total!

what a great idea! you little diy-er! do you happen to have a pic? yes it does sound a little complicated!

starchild · July 10, 2007

I'll take one and post it later...seriously it took no time!

MsShelley · July 10, 2007

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Originally Posted by starchild

I'll take one and post it later...seriously it took no time!

thanks! maybe if I decide to make these you will explain them to be step by step!! lol!!

DreaW · July 10, 2007

ok earlier I didn't say what my favors were so here goes....(I'll take a pic later)

My mom decided she wanted everyone to have necklaces so when we were in Cabo last year in May we bought some nice shell necklaces for the women. Then when we were in PV we bought some nice cases to hold the necklaces...My mom is then wrapping them up....

The guys will be getting cigars from Nicaragua...I believe two a piece...

that's it...I'll take pics later. Promise...

No OOT bags for us.

jesique · July 12, 2007

We're having a small wedding...8 people total so we're not doing favors...

But I'm still trying to convince my mom that a candy buffet isn't "childish" and would be totally cool for our AHR.

Nadine.

MsShelley · July 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by jesique

We're having a small wedding...8 people total so we're not doing favors...

But I'm still trying to convince my mom that a candy buffet isn't "childish" and would be totally cool for our AHR.

Nadine.

I love them! they are awesome.... will you get all the stuff when you get there? or try to take it with you?

-Kate- · July 12, 2007

We are doing a candy bar - grownups love candy just as much as kids!! We are bringing most of the candy down during our site visit. We got some at Costco and some online. It's going to be so heavy!!

LCBride2007 · July 12, 2007

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Originally Posted by jesique

We're having a small wedding...8 people total so we're not doing favors...

But I'm still trying to convince my mom that a candy buffet isn't "childish" and would be totally cool for our AHR.

Nadine.

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Originally Posted by beachbride

I love them! they are awesome.... will you get all the stuff when you get there? or try to take it with you?

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Originally Posted by LALA

We are doing a candy bar - grownups love candy just as much as kids!! We are bringing most of the candy down during our site visit. We got some at Costco and some online. It's going to be so heavy!!

agreed ... NOT childish at all! and even if it were ... so what, it's your celebration!