This time we will be talking about the wedding favors or commonly called as wedding souvenirs. As I was doing a research online for unique ideas on wedding favors, I stumbled into this certain website where a bride shared all about her wedding experience from the wedding planning to the wedding expenses. It was on this site that I got the perfect idea for a wedding favor. But first, let’s define what’s the difference and similarity between a wedding favor and a wedding souvenir. Actually, they serve the same role in weddings. They are wedding tokens given to guests as a symbol of the couple’s appreciation for their presence on this special occasion of the couple’s lives. Yet the difference is a wedding favor is something sweet and edible like a chocolate that is placed on the guests’ table for them to eat. A wedding souvenir is something that is given to the guests to remind them of the couple’s wedding. These are carefully designed souvenirs with a Thank You note and the guests can bring it at home and decorate/use it in their homes. Examples of these are scented candles, lamps, picture frames and more. You can search for it online to get a variety of wedding souvenir ideas.
And so I found the perfect idea for a wedding favor. Thanks to this bride who shared her idea online. It was a Choknat which they carefully wrapped with their initials on it along with the date and reception of the wedding. The Choknat was wrapped with a Sinamay cloth and sealed with a ribbon that corresponds to their wedding motif. Of course Jeff and I did not really fully copy her design. She was very generous to attach the template of her chocolate wrapper; we downloaded the template and I designed the details of the chocolate wrapper. This time we did not use a Sinamay cloth since it was very expensive. We used a yellow organza cloth and used a gold ribbon to seal it. Here’s a glimpse of our wedding favors in our wedding:
The template that we used:
The making of the candy favors:
The Finish product:
Our Wedding souvenir was a lamp. Even though people may call it a common type of souvenir given to guests on weddings, we find the yellow lamp the perfect symbol that would describe our wedding-simple but elegant and with our own personal touch. We ordered the lamps from this cheap store in Capistrano but to our dismay, she decorated the lamps with no sense of creativity and style. We just wasted 2500 for a souvenir that was decorated with no feeling at all, like all they cared about was the money that they’ll get from us. Good thing, Jeff’s mom came into the rescue and asked her officemate to redecorate the lamps at an affordable price and we were so impressed with the result. It was indeed just a lamp but my mother-in-law’s officemate decorated it with a sense of style, with feeling and passion and we were quite impressed with the result. Jeff and I loved it! So our wedding souvenir now had a sense of style, simple but elegant. Our own personal touch comes in with the Thank you note. Jeff and I both designed the Thank You note with our pictures in it. We attached it using a gold string tied on the center of the lamp. The one thing that’s nice when adding a personal touch with your wedding souvenirs is that it brings a beautiful and romantic outcome especially when the couple goes hand-in-hand in the entire process. It shows their hard work and team up which makes this phase memorable. Here’s a glimpse of our wedding souvenir:
If you’re interested, you may visit Abigail’s site for the template and instruction on making the Choknat wedding favor. Click Here!
Ask help from friends especially those that you haven’t seen in a long time. This is the perfect time to catch up with them on all the bonding times that you’ve missed. It sure would be memorable. Have Fun!
Ciao!
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