Don’t let the idea of wedding favors get you down. If you’re on a tight budget, we have some great affordable ideas that will let your guest know how much you appreciated their presence on your special day.

1. Fortune Cookies

Buy some fortune cookies in bulk, carefully slip the message out of each cookie and insert your own. Your messages can be humorous, sweet, or a simple thank you from the both of you.

2. Seashells

Live near the beach? Spend the day collecting beautiful shells that will look great wrapped in tulle with a ribbon embossed with your names and wedding date. Don’t forget to soak the shells them in warm antibacterial soapy water for several hours.

3. Bookmarks

Purchase a package of heavy paper from a local business supply store. Create a unique bookmark including an image of you and your spouse. Add a unique quip, such as: “Each day of our lives together is a page in a special book,” then add your names and wedding date. Punch a hole at the top of each bookmark and use strands of colored yarn as a tassel.

4. Deck of Cards

Have your images printed on a pack of playing cards. This will really stun your guests. What a unique wedding favor idea! Ask your local printer of he can do this for you.

5. Message in a Bottle

Purchase clear bottles in bulk. Type a special message up for each of your guests. Print them off and roll them up like scrolls. Slip each scroll into a bottle. You may wish to add confetti to each bottle for décor too! Your guests will love the message of thank you and they’ll treasure them as keepsake wedding favors for years to come.

6. Personalized Key-Rings

Have your picture placed on a key-ring with your names and the date of your wedding printed on it. It’s a great little wedding favor that’s inexpensive. It will also provide the opportunity for your loved ones to have a great picture of the newly wed couple.

7. Gourmet Coffee Packs

Mix and Match! Add different coffee flavors to different tables so guests can trade-off. Place the coffee in tulle and tie a beautiful ribbon (which matches your bridal party’s colors) around the favor. This wedding favor will be well-received by the adults!

8. Mini Liquors

Give everyone a miniature liquor bottle favor with a card attached to it. You can print these cards yourself, they may read: A Toast to Mr. and Mrs. (Last Name) . Supply a different favor for all of your underage guests.

9. Flower Seed Packages

Purchase flower seeds for all of your guests. Wrap the package in mesh with a note attached that reads: “May your garden bloom as healthy as our love for one another.”

10. Photograph CD

For the computer savvy families, this is an excellent idea for a wedding favor. Compile photographs from both of your childhoods, then your first pictures together–all the way until this moment. Place them onto a CD for each guest. Your families and friends won’t believe how much you’ve grown into the people you are today.

Jen Carter is owner of My Wedding Blog, a free wedding planning guide designed to assist people develop ideas to plan a wedding. The following article can be found in our wedding favors category. You may publish our articles on your website only if you do not edit the article in any way, and include all html as direct links to our site.

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