Cant be;ieve how quickly the day is dawning but making good progress with plans! We're just having a few drinks in a local pub after an early registry office do,and then an evening reception for around 100. People keep asking me what I'm giving as favours, but I wasn't planning to do favours as it'snot a sit down affair. What do you all think, should I do them,and if so how do I go about giving them out? Should I give them to people personally, leave them scattered around the venue, or put themon the buffet table? All advice welcome
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CommentAuthorgdu
If you aren't having a formal do it might be quite difficult to do. You could do a charity donation to a charity that is imprtant to you and put up a poster/notice beside a bowl of the charity badges.
Or do a sweet buffet and have that as your favours?
CommentAuthorMrsMcleish2B
I agree with the above post the perfect solution for you would be to do a Sweet Table that way they don't have to be placed on a table etc xxx
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CommentAuthorXbox widow
You could add a candy tree to you buffet. You can get a DIY one on the bay of e for £9.99 you just need to add the sweets of your choice. We are having a similar wedding to you and I'm toying with this idea myself.
CommentAuthorMrsDanks
I am doing favours and ours isn't a sit down affair either. I was going to name the favours and leave them to be collected at the buffet table once cleared. Dint know how else to do it. xx
I had a sweet buffet as my favours and everyone took a bag home. My advice to you is you don't have to have favours if you don't want them hun, be brave and be different! I have been to lots of weddings and left my favour on the table at home time! We also bought some wine and put that on the tables ( you do have to pay corkage in most places though ) if you do go with favours just have a table near the buffet with them on so people can collect them fter thier food or on their way out at the end of the night x
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CommentAuthormym72
You don't have to do favours if you don't want to. I've been to loads of weddings and very rarely got favours. We got married last August and didn't have them. After all, guests are already invited to celebrate with you, as well as been fed etc so I really can't see the point of them but that's just my opinion.
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we are having a late wedding and evening buffet so i was thinking of leaving the favours out...but them my hubby came up with the idea of just some little favour bags with a small pack of love hearts in each (bay of e personalise them for you) and we are getting our ushers to give them out as people enter the venue after the ceremony :-) xx
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CommentAuthorLittleMissBossy
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Don't feel compelled to have them - I wouldn't be disappointed to not receive one.
However - I find some things good fun and ideal for photos. Like a sweet table does look pretty on photos - I have banned any sweets from our wedding because of a lot of small children but if this is for you go for it! We're doing moustaches and lips on sticks - just because they are good fun and great for pics! We do have an informal buffet but with a set sit down possibilitt - to avoid chaos. So they double up as name tag holders.
Do you have a photo booth? You could have a pretty bucket full with felt props on sticks (moustaches, lips, bows, glasses....) and have a sign like "take, snap and keep".
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CommentAuthorMrsK2b
Just remember this is your wedding if you don't want to give out favours I wouldnt. I think a lot of people would rather have some sweets. The favours I've received at weddings just sit in draw or just get put in the bin.
I'm doing favours but I am having 80 people to the reception and it's a sit down so our favours are things that you can use the women are have two hearts with rosebuds soaps and two matching bath bombs and they smell lush. The men are having brandy.
Also is it in your budget?
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CommentAuthorKATG
Its your wedding hun, if you dont want favours dont have them. My sister never had them and nobody blinked an eye x
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id just leave dotted around on the tables anyways xxxx
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CommentAuthorJoanna
I dont think you need to do favours. It's your wedding and if you dont want to or cant afford them, dont do it. I wouldnt be dissapointed if i went to a wedding and didnt get a favour, its just nice to be there for the special day :)
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CommentAuthorSweetchilli
I also don't think you need to have them, but its your wedding your choice.
CommentAuthorMrs Cerutti2b
I don't think you should give them just because people are asking, as people should just be pleased to be invited. But if you're after some ideas, a candy buffet at the evening reception, with a few sweet bags, or cones, is a good one. and can be done very cheaply.
I know from catering at allot of weddings, the favours which have cost ALLOT of money often get left. I've seen couple pay out allot of money, for things that just get dropped on the floor, left at tables, we end up keeping allot of the bits, or binning them when we're clearing up at 3am lol.
CommentAuthorfannyswizzle
Thanks for all your input guys. Think we're just going to go with the idea of some sweets in pretty bowls, our colour theme is cadbury purple,so that shouldn't be too hard. I've also checked out the sweetie trees........LOVE them. xx
CommentAuthor~feebee~
For our favours I want to give scratch cards. Out of 40 adult day guests someone's bound to win something! We also are having some sweet bowls on the night time buffet table
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CommentAuthorfannyswizzle
Well finally made a sweetie tree as a trial run, pics in my album. Defo gonna do a couple of them, and just ordered some personalised love hearts too. Cute but inexpensive
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
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Awww sounds nice hun, glad you thought of something :) But you didnt have to do them if you didnt want to. When I was talking to my mum about favours she had never even heard of having them at weddings! It is an american thing that has been brought over here. It isnt traditional to have them xxx
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CommentAuthorMel D
I can't believe that people are asking what favors you're giving out! How rude is that?!?
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We're planning WELL in advance!!
You could add a candy tree to you buffet. You can get a DIY one on the bay of e for £9.99 you just need to add the sweets of your choice. We are having a similar wedding to you and I'm toying with this idea myself.
