"wedding favors" news and stories

When it comes to the end of the wedding, you're faced with the decision of whether or not the wedding favor is worth even picking up to take home. Let's face it: Mints and almonds just don't make the cut anymore. With all the creative and tasty ideas available today, the bar has been raised for increasingly unique favors.

It's safe to say that with me as the bride, my guests will assume they should take home something edible, but what, exactly? So far, the best favors I've come across are miniature milk and cookies, but that can add up quickly.

April is high time for summer wedding planning fever. By this time, you should have a venue, a dress (or tux), a caterer, a cake bakery...and wedding favors.

I recently went to a wedding where the bride and groom, instead of giving guests some useless trinket that will get thrown away within three hours of the last dance, or a tiny tulle and chiffon sack filled with disgusting pastel candy-coated almonds, simply left a small slip of paper at each person's place-setting with a note that said in lieu of spending $3 a person on a wedding favor, they had chosen instead to donate to a charitable organization. They had listed three organizations and each guest was allowed to choose which organization they wished their $3 to go to. That is awesome. (By the way, I chose the Red Cross.)

If you're having a wedding with 100 guests, you could be sending $300 to a charity that aids in hunger relief.