| Every bride wants their wedding favors to delight | | | | as common as other types of favor. Check out |
| their guests and to provide them with a | | | | gift stores and online craft sites to find some |
| memorable keepsake of the day. Your choice of | | | | unique designs. Silver plated boxes are probably |
| favors should reflect your wedding style and your | | | | the most stylish and will compliment any wedding. |
| own style and personality, however even if you | | | | - Bud vases are perhaps one for your female |
| are having a casual, informal wedding your | | | | guests. These hark back to an era when ladies |
| wedding favors can still be stylish and elegant | | | | would have a single flower bud on their dressing |
| offerings. | | | | tables and although we may not indulge in this any |
| Wedding favors require a little creative thinking on | | | | more, bud vases do make for a nice gift. Silver |
| your part. Whilst some will settle for a simple bag | | | | plated ones are the most elegant, but if these are |
| of candy hearts there are others who want | | | | out of your price range then look for cheaper |
| something extra special and will trawl the favor | | | | silver colored metal versions or glass. |
| stores looking for that perfect favor for months | | | | - Coin trays are the male versions of bud vases. |
| before the wedding! | | | | Intended as a place for gentlemen to place their |
| If you are looking for elegant and stylish favors | | | | loose change or cufflinks etc at the end of the |
| then here are a few ideas, which can be found in | | | | day. In essence they a small plates or shallow |
| many favor stores: | | | | dishes. Whilst you are unlikely to find them in |
| - Bottle stoppers are available in a wide range of | | | | favor stores, gift stores may have a range which |
| designs and can coordinate to many different | | | | could include silver plated, glass or ceramic designs. |
| wedding themes. Take some time to look over a | | | | - Paperweights make for lovely gifts and are no |
| variety of favor stores as some will stock | | | | exception for wedding favors either. Typical |
| designs which are exclusive to them or will have | | | | designs include crystal ‘diamonds’, |
| stoppers with unusual designs which you | | | | diamond engagement rings and blown glass styles. |
| won’t find elsewhere. | | | | If you have a glass blowing center near to you |
| - Bookmarks make for both stylish and practical | | | | pay it a visit and see if they have any |
| wedding favors. I personally prefer the metal | | | | paperweights you could negotiate a price for. |
| versions that most favor stores carry and, like | | | | Even seconds could be worth considering as often |
| the bottle stoppers come in a wide variety of | | | | these have nothing more wrong with them than a |
| designs to coordinate with many wedding styles. | | | | slight flaw in the design, which may only be |
| - Trinket boxes make pretty favors but are not | | | | known to the designer themselves! |