How to Find Unique Wedding Reception Favors

You’ll have to search far off the beaten path to find unique wedding reception favors. One-of-a-kind favors aren’t on the shelves of your local wedding boutique. You’ll have to scour the local flea markets and antique shops to get things that will make your guests say “Oh, it’s from you.”

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Prepare to think, and shop, outside the box. Head to a bridal show and get fresh ideas about wedding reception gifts and how to present them.

2. Get personal. The easiest way to give a unique wedding reception favor is to make very personal gifts. For example, a custom-made set of wedding party trading cards would be a goofy, but unique reception favor.

3. Scour the shelves of your local antique stores. Quirky, kitschy and unique wedding gifts can be made from the flotsam of the past.

4. Think about presentation. A lot of what makes a gift really special is how it is presented to the receiver. Develop a unique presentation to add some zest to your wedding reception favors.

5. Shop in the crafts store. Make a unique wedding reception gift and show off your skills while you say thanks to a guest.

Tips & Warnings

• Go to other weddings and see what was given as wedding reception gifts. Use their ideas to spark your own.
• Here’s something you don’t see every day: a scavenger hunt wedding reception. Gifts are hidden, each table receives a list of things to find (different for each table) and madness ensues.
• Use caution in giving wedding reception gifts, they might just come back to you.