Wedding party favors are just as important as decorations themselves. If you’re throwing a wedding shower, make sure you find some really fun wedding shower favors for your guests to bring home.
It is not only the bridal couple who is entitled to wedding gifts. In fact, the ones who are just as entitled to them is the wedding party, consisting both sets of parents, bridesmaids and groomsmen, and of course, the Maid Of Honor and Best Man. This special group of people is given gifts as the bridal couple’s way of showing their appreciation for their support and help in the planning of the ceremony and reception.
And just as you would do a little research for your tokens of appreciation, you would have to do the same when shopping for your wedding party. The easiest, of course, would be to give everyone the same gift. Not only is this convenient for you, it is also the easiest as you will not need to do extensive shopping.
If a generic gift is what you have in mind, a wedding party collage frame may just be the perfect thing. This is basically a photo frame which holds about five pictures in all – one big photo slot in the centre with four around it. Names and “designations” can be engraved under each photo slot to indicate the people in the picture. For example, under the main centre photo slot, you can engrave your names while the other photo slots will have “Mom & Dad”, “The In-Laws”, “Ladies-In-Waiting” and “Groomsmen” with the appropriate pictures in them.
Funnier captions and nicknames can also be used to inject a little bit of fun and comedy. The collage frames makes for really good wedding party favors as they include everyone in the wedding and their significant roles on that day.
Another generic party favor is the newly invented pop-up cooler bag. Just like its name and counterpart in the market, the cooler bag is a picnic bag to carry food and beverages that need to be kept cool. The versions you can order online are stylish, compact, collapsible and functional at the same time. Various colors are available so it will be just a matter of deciding on how many versions of a certain type you need for your wedding party. Both sets of parents, groomsmen and bridesmaids will love this as it is practical enough to stash in the car and handy for any situation. Just for fun, stash your cooler bags with goodies when you present it to your wedding party so they can have their very own goodie bag.
Sometimes, however, generic gifts for all in the wedding party may not be suitable. Times like these require a little bit of ingenuity. For the parents, jewelry always works like a charm. The moms can have brooches or pendants while the dads can have their cufflinks or tiepins. For a personal touch, get jewelry in either their favorite colors or designs – if dolphins or butterflies have a special significance, get a cufflink or pendant in the shape of a dolphin or butterfly. What is important is that you actually get a gift they can appreciate.
Also, to avoid feelings of envy and gift comparisons, it is a good idea to get a somewhat uniformed gift – jewelry for the moms and books for the dads, for instance. What will be different is the actual item – a bracelet for one mother and pendant for the other while one father can get a Bible and the other can be given a self-improvement book. If tastes in gifts are so different that it is impossible to get similar presents, make sure your wedding party favors look like they cost the same. This way, nobody’s feelings are hurt because the other person got a seemingly more expensive gift. Again, this may be difficult with all the other wedding details you have to take care of, so if totally unavoidable, remember that there is no set rule that says you cannot give your party favors on separate occasions.
Bridesmaids and groomsmen can be given a Free Day Out gift, like a trip to the nearby spa for a day of pampering or a nice dinner and dancing at a club. If you are planning to get your Maid Of Honor and Best Man something extra, try and do it in private so you will not spoil anyone’s day of pampering with feelings of envy.
Other keepsakes you may have to think about are wedding shower favors. The wedding shower is sometimes known as the bridal shower and is a party given to the perspective bride before her wedding. Usually attended by her closest female friends and family members, this is a time when she receives her wedding presents to start off her new life with her husband. When throwing one, it is customary for the future bride to present her guests with a token of appreciation.
Some favors to consider are mini drawstring bags with chocolate, cookies and candy in them, personalized mint tins, gourmet tea or coffee packets, silk fans and travel candle tins. As you can probably guess by now,wedding shower favors are more informal than the actual wedding favors. Some very racy brides may even consider giving garter belts and lingerie as their wedding shower favors – sometimes seen as a good luck charm for the singles!
