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NicolaC

VickyA wrote:

We received a candle holder from friends a couple of years ago, with their names and dates of the wedding. OH managed to break them (accidentally!).

LOL... Perhaps I'll dust around it this weekend... it may fall off the shelf.. it may not. Who am I to predict the future?!

I love the idea of the big bowl of sweets. Some really cool "retro" sweets would make for a fab table decoration. You could even team it in with a colour scheme.

Actually, saying that, a friend of mine had "the big purple one" from quality street as her favours as it matched her colour scheme perfectly! :T

Stompa

What would you think if you turned up to a wedding and there weren't any favours?

Errr, what are favours at a wedding? I can't say I've ever heard of them.

Stompa

VickyA_2

Stompa wrote:

What would you think if you turned up to a wedding and there weren't any favours?

Errr, what are favours at a wedding? I can't say I've ever heard of them.

Stompa

My sort of guest! They're little gifts given to every guest - normally put in their place for the meal.

Becles

We've got minitures for everyone, but it's only a small wedding so it didn't cost much.

As it's Easter, I've bought Lindt bunnies for the children and I've also got tiny coloured foil covered Easter Eggs to scatter in the middle of the tables too for people to help themselves too.

I know not everyone is getting married at Easter, but you if you are getting married at a particular chocolate season, you might be able to incorporate that in to your wedding plans.

You could get a bulk pack of Love Hearts sweets from somewhere like Makro. That would be a cheap way of doing it with a love theme.

Stompa

My sort of guest! They're little gifts given to every guest - normally put in their place for the meal.

Ah OK, thanks for clarifying that - learn something every day! Must admit I've never seen (or even heard of) that idea.

Stompa

VickyA_2

My mum thinks that favours are unnecessary and are just a modern invention (ie she didn't have them at her wedding back in '73!).

Rachie_B

IMO if you cant afford it then favours wont be missed

agree that a bowl of sweets / plate of chocs for the whole table is a better / cheaper option of you feel you have to have something

love hearts are popular if you wanted something cute / kitsch

cheekymole

Why do weddings have to be so traditional? Do what you want to do, give what you want to give, it's YOUR day enjoy it and sod what other people think.
Use the money more sensibly, it so annoys me when people think they should get this and that and what really bugs me is when kids ask for their party bags - AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH

VickyA_2

cheekymole wrote:

Why do weddings have to be so traditional? Do what you want to do, give what you want to give, it's YOUR day enjoy it and sod what other people think.
Use the money more sensibly, it so annoys me when people think they should get this and that and what really bugs me is when kids ask for their party bags - AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH

To be honest, this is what I've thought. It just seems that "everyone" else has had favours that I had never seen it NOT done. We're spending so much more than I had originally intended that this seemed to be yet another expense.

A friend's point of view was that she was going to get free food and drink, so why did she need a favour too.

Rachie_B

Stompa wrote:

What would you think if you turned up to a wedding and there weren't any favours?

Errr, what are favours at a wedding? I can't say I've ever heard of them.

Stompa

Traditionally they are 5 sugared almonds in a net lol http://www.ukweddingfavours.com/sugared-almonds.htm

they symbolise : health / wealth / happiness / fertility / longlife

but these days most couples have more moders things like lil boxes with chocs / sweets in or even lottery tickets for each guest and they read out the numbers during the evening (if its a sat wedding) to see if anyone has won anything