£1 FlipFlops - Wedding Favor

cottonhead

Do you really want to spend £100 on flip flops that some people wont wear and how do you know what size to get ? Its certainly diffrerent but Im not sure they would be well used.
At a wedding I went to all the guests were given a packet of love heart sweets personalised with the bride and grooms name. It made everyone smile and they enjoyed eating them. Also if you get flip flops for the ladies what are you planning for the men ? The other thing is that unless the flip flops have something written on, they are not specific to your wedding so will probbaly be quickly forgotten.

ciderwithrosie_2

codemonkey wrote: »

Seems brides can't win. If they try to do something nice for their guests (eg flipflops or spare toiletries in the toilets) they're wrong. If they go abroad they're wrong. If they get married anywhere but the location their guests live, they're wrong, if they only have a buffet they're wrong, if they invite people to the evening only they're just after wedding presents and if they spend any money and have anything but a private ceremony that you go to on the bus, with 2 witnesses then obviously its all about the party.

What's wrong with just a heartfelt thank you to your guests? - why the need to exchange gifts and cover every eventuality like it's some corporately run thing? If guests can't think that they may need a spare pair of shoes for dancing in or remember to pack toiletries and get generally spoonfed, then they're probably not the sort of people I'd want to invite to my wedding anyway. If this is what's expected these days then I'm so glad I got married years ago - registry office, afternoon reception then down the pub with our mates in the evening.

If you've got money to throw around - give it to a worthwhile charity. My friend's wedding had little donation boxes on each table for the local hospice, as her mum had died there only 2 weeks before - that brought some perspective to the day.

barbiedoll

It's not just brides who give "favours", I visit new mums at home after childbirth and a lot of the European women have a basket with sweets, charms and other little bits and pieces that they have to give to visitors who come to see the baby. I've got a lovely fridge magnet, in the shape of a basket with two babies peeking out, to celebrate the birth of twins. I've been given endless sweets and I have several baby-related charms, my favourite of which is a tiny pink crystal dummy. I have some of them hanging from my work bag, if I'm having a bad day, they remind me that I'm lucky to have such a nice job!

claire16c

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

What's wrong with just a heartfelt thank you to your guests? - why the need to exchange gifts and cover every eventuality like it's some corporately run thing? If guests can't think that they may need a spare pair of shoes for dancing in or remember to pack toiletries and get generally spoonfed, then they're probably not the sort of people I'd want to invite to my wedding anyway. If this is what's expected these days then I'm so glad I got married years ago - registry office, afternoon reception then down the pub with our mates in the evening.

If you've got money to throw around - give it to a worthwhile charity. My friend's wedding had little donation boxes on each table for the local hospice, as her mum had died there only 2 weeks before - that brought some perspective to the day.

But whats wrong with thinking of your guests and giving them something? Surely thats better than the thinking of charging a fee option on another thread.

Not everyone wants to get married in a registry office and go down the pub. It would be very boring if we all did the same thing.

Then there would be a thread of people moaning about the wedding theyve been invited to and they dont want to go because theyve been to 10 exactly the same.

pulliptears

pulliptears wrote: »

Nope, can't see anywhere in there where it says

"Please give me your opinions on flipflops at weddings"

"Please tell me that 'favor' is an Americanism and I should have something more English"

All I see is a lady planning HER wedding HER way with what SHE wants asking where she can purchase something. Funny how few people have actually answered her in comparison to how many people felt the need to belittle and laugh at her ideas.

OP, its your wedding, if you want flipflops honey you have them! Matalan currently have a summer stock sale and they had them, also Sports direct have a few styles for a quid.

Good luck and have a lovely day
xx

I felt my post was worth quoting given that people have decided to completely ignore the OP, i.e "help me find flip flops".

And the charity comment? Really? OP want's bloody flip flops, she likes them. She likes Favors. Deal with it and help her rather than snarking and telling her what you'd do, this is HER day.. I'm quite sure she spends her hard earned in her own way and best of luck to her for doing just that.

ciderwithrosie_2

claire16c wrote: »

Not everyone wants to get married in a registry office and go down the pub. It would be very boring if we all did the same thing.

Indeed, they may not, but it was to demonstrate the point that weddings were often a lot simpler back then and that's not necessarily a bad thing. These days, people seem to need to get their wedding 'noticed' for want of a better word, the pressure and expense is huge and often far removed from the actual true purpose/meaning of a wedding and I personally don't get why couples (well mostly just the bride) would want to put themselves through that.

sexylulubelle

OP have you tried pound stretcher by any chance as I now in our local one they had rows and rows of flip flops for a quid or 2, you could always ask for a discount too seeing as you are looking to buy quite a few, personally I think its a great idea but then again I'm a flip flop type of gal have a pair in every colour imaginable , and you can add beads, flowers, and stones to pretty them up too, I would love the idea of a basket of flipflops at a wedding esp for dancing etc perhaps try buying flipflops in s/m & m/l as opposed to actual sizes and also consider choosing a neatral colour like white or beige etc
Good Luck OP
Hope you have a wonderful wedding.

claire16c

ciderwithrosie wrote: »

Indeed, they may not, but it was to demonstrate the point that weddings were often a lot simpler back then and that's not necessarily a bad thing. These days, people seem to need to get their wedding 'noticed' for want of a better word, the pressure and expense is huge and often far removed from the actual true purpose/meaning of a wedding and I personally don't get why couples (well mostly just the bride) would want to put themselves through that.

I dont think its always about being noticed though. I think when youve been to a few weddings you really appreciate when the bride and groom have thought of the guests at their own expense. I dont see how having favours or extra bits is a bad thing.

The last two weddings Ive been to have had toiletries/hair stuff in the toilets for example - and for anyone who forgot painkillers and ended up with a headache, or needed a plaster when a kid fell over or just wanted to sort out their hair, Im sure were grateful. So was my husband when he split his trousers and needed a sewing kit - definitely not something I carry about to weddings on a regular basis

Also personally I dont care if someone is a bit showy. (Hopefully) its the one day in their life where its all about them before theyre brought back to real life, so let them get on with it if theyre not hurting anyone else in the process.

Samiwwe

I'm doing this idea for my wedding in June because I went to a wedding not too long ago took of my shoes because my feet hurt and got glass in the bottom of my foot I think it's a lovely idea and if people don't like it .... Tough Tittys x did you manage to find any ? X

thorsoak

If my feet hurt at a wedding, then I would do exactly as I have done since a teenager - kick my shoes off and dance in my stockinged feet! How on earth can you dance in flipflops - cheap plastic ones at that!

Save your money!