We are going to have wooden hearts with a ribbon on them with the guests name and meaning of their name painted on them. We will be making them, so hopefully they will go to plan! Planning on having them double up as place cards too! xx
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CommentAuthoricklejaney
Think we'll just put something on the tables. Although h2b works for a big paper so he wants to get a mock issue of the newspaper made up with a story about us and lots of photos and get that handed out to all of the guests at the end of the night. The story would be written like an interview with us and a timeline of our relationship with little stories from the bridesmaid and best man! xx
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CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
ohhhh thats such a cool idea
our ladies a having silver heart compacts and at the moment the men have Jet tie pins
We're having charity favours too - and having seen Kaya's I think maybe something like that would be nicer than pins :)
CommentAuthorKate4
We're having Welsh Lovespoons. My side of the family are Welsh and I thought it would be a nice nod to my background. My family always give lovespoons for special occasions so thought this would be nice token. My family will all love them and my friends will think they're cute!
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I am attaching a ribbon and tag to each one and then having them rest on a little card with an explanation as to what lovespoons are and their meanings etc. They weren't that cheap (though I did get them on offer) but when my mum suggested it I loved the idea and couldn't settle for anything else.
I have been everywhere to find the cheapest place for the Yankee Wax Tarts - I found them on line for 99p each but then with delivery this made them £1.14 - I have found them for 98p in Homebase : ) xx
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CommentAuthormargo
There are alot of fab ideas on this post girls!! Were just keeping things simle though, with sugared almonds in cream organza pouches for the ladies, and choc poker chips in pillow boxes for the gents. There going to be made by myself, with the help of my mum, and my mil2b.
CommentAuthorMrs Davro
They did have some in home bargains. If you have a shop local ask if they will do any discount as you are buying so many.
CommentAuthorbrilly
im making all my own favour boxes ( thanks to the h2b) lol but have also purchased white organza bags with silver love hearts not sure on our favours asyet but thinking along the lines of lucky sixpences with a personalised choccy 2 plus all guests are receiving a wine glass charm most of them are personalised but they can be used for napkins too and soo cheap and easy to make xxx
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CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
we didn't have sweet kebabs we decided on:
men - polystyrene plane gliders, thank you scroll and miniature dairy milk
Ladies - Handmade hookmark, thank you scroll and miniarutre dairy milk
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CommentAuthorSammi_with_camera
I am loving some of the ideas on this thread. Love the welsh love spoons! We are having purple sparkly Indian bangles for the ladies (super cheap and super pretty from our indian travels last week!) and for the men possibly CD's with the music from our day on them, I can make them myself and make up the disc labels. We want to give one CD per couple so this makes sense (with a few extra cd's for single female guests!)
Also very tempted to make and ice some biscuits with the date on them. I often batch make cookies for Christmas so making 60 for the wedding should be easy enough! x
CommentAuthorGemmaT78
Im not sure what to have as getting married abroad and nothing to heavy!
CommentAuthorLoopster
Girls where are you getting the yankee candles from so cheap? I want them for the girls so much but they are working out to be expensive :-( xxxx
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
Loopster - Homebase have some in the sale at the moment for 93p each, I havent actually got any but saw it advertised on line last night xxx
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CommentAuthorGabyS
i've got no ideas... gonna start searching web now... starting to feel behind lol x
CommentAuthorMrs Davro
Loopster it depends if you have a specific flavour in mind or a shop nearby. Try yankee doodle or go into the shop and see if they will do a discount for buying a few or when your specific flavour is on fragrance of the month.
CommentAuthorGabyS
right i've decided i'm doing this really cheap... little pretty boxes from card factory or something with chocolates in it... thats my lot as i have to save for my dress lol x
CommentAuthorHelenW
we are the same. our theme colour is the cadbury purple, so I thought I'd probably make the wine glass charms and then give one of "the purple one" to everyone.
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CommentAuthorbrilly
yeah my organza bags just arrived just gotta wait on crystals now then make boxes so they already to go xx
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CommentAuthorloustew2012
for the ladies they are getting friendship kits i found when i was in hospital at the gift shop. ive made my own up and it was cheaper (love pound shops ha!) and the men they were supposed to be getting led keyrings but i lost the link when my laptop had to be reset and i didnt transfer my links over. so im stuck for the men. but it looks like its going to be chocolate cigars or something like that.
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CommentAuthorbrilly
louait have u tried google hun to see if u can find the keyrings xx
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CommentAuthorLoopster
Cupcake _katie and Linzi-jo thank you :-) xxx
CommentAuthorMrs Cerutti2b
We're having a candy buffet as part of the favours, cupcakes for all the day guests in personalised boxes, and a six pence each x
CommentAuthorocean
my guests are having a lotto ticket, and the children are having a chocolate lollypop from a well known chocolatier with their name iced on to act as their name place :)
Got about 100 coming to day so it needs to be as cheap as poss!
CommentAuthorLianne_e
Hi all, we are having little mini gift bags tied with pink ribbon and are putting 5 of the cadburys minis in them, to fit in with our cadbury purple and pink colour scheme. Thought that 5 would also fit in with the 5 sweets tradition, not sure if it counts with chocolates instead of almonds though lol. Now that I'm reading this though, I really love the charity pin badge idea. I wish we had thought of that. H2Bs mum passed away suddenly 2 years ago due to heart problems, so the British heart foundation badges would be a nice way of remembering her. We are getting married at the end of April, so don't know if we can get them now, but if we can afford it I am definitely going to be buying them for everyone too :). There's 11 children coming, they are having goody bags with colouring books, games, ect.
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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I couldnt choose between 2 so are having 2 favours. one is a birdcage shaped box filled with mini eggs, and the other are mint imperials wrapped in tulle.....they look the same as the sugared almonds in tulle but not having almonds. then I am making mini wedding cakes for people to take home with them.....so I suppose thats 3 favours really. but as I am only having 20 people, its really not costing much and I am making the mini cakes myself so its pennies really. We are having a 18 month old baby as a guest and I have bought a plastic teddy which I intend to fill with jelly babies for her. I think in total for all the favours will only have cost me £60 so thats £3 each.
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CommentAuthormrs-anni-oc
we are having mini eggs too, we are also having heart shaped mints... then for the vegan guests i have ordered the most amazing espresso truffles ever tasted lol hope i leave some for them x
CommentAuthorStaceyP91
We have decided on organaza bags - sage green & pink - to match our colour scheme. With mini chocolate hearts covered in silver foil :) Kids are going to have a little activity pack xxx
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
Bump Im in the process of filling my alcohol bottles for my favours - not as hard as i thought :)
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CommentAuthorGuessWho
I bought some yankee candles a 4 months ago and they turned into crumble after the 4 months (the perfumes in them) so can I suggest you buy these as close to the wedding as possible and tell your guests to use them. Homebase is cheaper than any of the sites (and I have been through them all). I'm getting married abroad too so they are great as they are so light.
For the men we have decided on cigars. After to asking a few of them they ahve all said they hate sentimental things plus it's more to take home and would LOVE a cigar so that's what they're getting : )
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CommentAuthorMrsRowan2be
I love the charity pin/tokens idea. I have also thought of doing seeds, candes etc. It is the men I am really struggling with. I just have no idea!!
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CommentAuthorx~Hails~x
This thread should give you an idea of which ones are most popular hunni
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CommentAuthorFitchMcCombe
I'm hoping to get Kites for a wholesale price to have as favours, either that or water pistols, something different and fun, should fit with our ambience! =D
CommentAuthorMrs Davro
Those Yankee candles don't sound right guess who. I don't buy mine very often but I buy a few at a time. Lit the sampler from aunts wedding 2 years ago the other day and it was fine.
CommentAuthorGuessWho
Yeah I think I got an odd one too - will try again as they smell soooo nice x
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CommentAuthorMrs Forrest :-)
We are having Chalkboard wine glasses (pics in my album) They double up as place settings :-) xx
CommentAuthormrscookiecrew
we're having bride and groom biscuits and will save on name tags too cause we're having the names written in icing x
also wold have been nan and grandads anniversary
CommentAuthorDaniS2B
I have absolutly fell in love with the welsh love spoons. both me and h2b are welsh as are all the family, i wreckon he would love the idea too. Anyone know if you would get a disscount for ordering over 50 x
CommentAuthorFernP61
In the wedding fair we went to there was a lovely couple selling bars of chocolate you can have pictures on the back of you and your hubby to be have any colour or ribbon/organza on them jewels they are £1.80 each but you get money off if your a member of eternity with love, the choc is lush too my lil girl couldnt get enough of it! other than that a lady on ebay makes the butterfly shaped chocolate on sticks wrapped with tag and coloured ribbon to match your colour scheme their gorgeous too, prob only have about 6 children at our wedding so i will get an activity pack and some pens for them then for my flower girls and paige boy i will get them a little gift not sure what yet... im def going for the cancer research pins as its a cause close to my heart im also going to add in the traditional suger almonds they always got good offers on bags of them not sure about the men???? ive got a while to sort them out prob leave it to my h2b to decide! was thinking about scratch cards and putting a penny in for good luck? xx
CommentAuthorKate4
Hi Dani. I bought 80 and didn't get a discount. I need to buy a few more now though as think numbers will be over 80. There is a shop in Swansea market but I bought them from their online store before I realised I could have collected (visit the family in s/wales every couple of months).I'm tagging them up next weekend and can't wait as I think they were the first wedding things I bought!
CommentAuthorKellyD
im having flower seeds as my favours as i wanted something other than sweets im going to put seeds in that are the same as my boquet in a little enverlope with a message on the front. i have a photo but my silly comp wont let me upload lol
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CommentAuthorJennyTembo
im having a bit of a football themed reception, table names of my H2B footies players past and present from his team, the colour red is also a big part so i thought as favours i would do them little black and white foiled chocolate footballs presented in a red organza tie bag :) very in keeping with the theme ..lol xx
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CommentAuthorHayley Elizabeth
My Mum passed away a couple of years back and Marie Curie looked after her in her last weeks. For this, i was going to have marie curie pins as favours but i wanted something extra on top. I'm liking the chocolate lolly idea. What do people think to homemade chocolate lollies with a marie curie pin? xx
CommentAuthorKellyD
finally it let me post, although the picture is rubbish.
It says Love Blossoms Thank you for sharing our happiness today, We hope you will plant these seeds as a lasting memory of our love. then it will have kelly and michael and our wedding date on :D
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CommentAuthorJennyTembo
aww the choc lolly and the pin sounds so touching and the personalised seeds are such a sentiment.. both very nice toches :) xx
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CommentAuthorJennyTembo
arhhh typos sorry xx
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
These are ours - finally finished :)
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CommentAuthorJennyTembo
wow how many have you made hun must have taken a while ?xx
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CommentAuthorNicsquared
About 70, it actually wasnt too bad, only took about an hour or so!
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