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Wedding Favours History & Ideas
Wedding Favours History & Ideas
A
Brief History of Wedding Favours
Wedding favours are
small token gifts given to the wedding guests by the bride and groom,
usually during the wedding reception.
The
tradition of giving wedding favours dates back hundreds of years. When
sugar was expensive, sugar cubes in a small box often made of crystal -
referred to as a bonbonniere - were given by aristocrats as a symbol of
wealth. Over the years, the cost of sugar declined and the tradition
evolved. The sugar cubes were replaced by sugared almonds and more
commonly given.
Nowadays people give a wide range of gifts as
wedding favours. The type of wedding favour given is decided by the
bride and groom and can represent the wedding theme or a family
tradition.
It used to me that only the ladies would receive
wedding favours, but it is becoming increasingly popular to also give
gifts to the men too.
Interesting favour
boxes can be used to contain confectionery, rather than the
usual organza bags. Favour boxes
can come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours and be embellished
with ribbons,
feathers, charms and tags to suit your theme.
Wine
glass charm wedding favours
are becoming increasingly popular and are often given to the guests to
decorate their Champagne flutes or wine glasses when toasting the bride
and groom.
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It has become increasingly popular to provide each
guest with a personalised wedding favour, printed with the names of the
bride and groom as well as the venue and date of the wedding.
These personalised
wedding favours make perfect keepsakes for guests to
remember your big day. |
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Ideas
for Displaying and Distributing your Wedding Favours
There
are a number of ways to distribute your personalised
wedding favours
amongst your guests. Often used as table
decorations, they can be
individually displayed at each place setting, by placing a wine glass
charm pack inside the glass to be opened by your guests as the wine is
being poured. Perhaps you could even
incorporate a wedding favour into each folded napkin.
Another
alternative is to make a display in the centre of the table - perhaps
by including them into a floral display. This way your guests can each
help themselves to their own wedding favour.
Some
couples prefer to distribute their wedding favours by hand. Often the
bride gives her favours to the grooms family, and the groom gives his
to the brides family. This is a great way of mingling with the guests,
as well as introducing yourself to distant family members you may not
have had the chance to meet before. A slight variation on this would be
that the bride gives her wedding favours to the ladies and the groom
gives his favours to the men.
Having a bridesmaid
hand out your wedding
favours at the start of the reception is also a
great idea. After the bride and groom greet the guests a bridesmaid
then hands out the favours from a decorative basket.
However
you choose to hand out your wedding
favours, be sure that your favours make a truly
unique keepsake and a
talking point for years to come. |
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