How to Buy Outdoor Wedding Favors

Wedding favors are simple little gifts you give to your wedding guests to remember your wedding buy. They can be customized with the couple's names and the wedding date or left plain. Wedding favors should match either the theme of the wedding or the personality of the couple for maximum impact.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Choose favors with a floral theme for outdoor garden weddings. Floral boxes with candies inside, seed packets, miniature vases, miniature topiaries and little plants all make good garden-themed favors.
2. Buy leaf-themed favors for outdoor fall weddings. Leaf bookmarks, ornaments, candles, cookies and boxes are some examples of fall favors. You can even get leaf-shaped maple syrup bottles as a unique touch.
3. Give favors that double as place card holders. Wind can make a mess of place cards at an outdoor wedding, but miniature frames and themed card holders serve a dual purpose by keeping the place cards grounded and acting as lovely keepsakes.
4. Buy shell-shaped favors for a beach wedding. Soaps, candles, cookies, bottle stoppers and place cardholders all come in seashell shapes. You can even get personalized sand dollars.
5. Give luggage tag favors for a destination outdoor wedding. Both unique and practical, luggage tags can also double as place card holders.
6. Buy wine stopper favors for a vineyard wedding. There are dozens of different wine stoppers favors available to match a theme, an interest or even to just look pretty.
7. Choose golf-themed favors like personalized golf balls, golf bottle openers, golf wine stoppers and golf key chains if you get married outside at a golf course.

Tips & Warnings

• Buy more favors than you think you need. Some favors may get broken in transit or over time, and you may have a few extra guests who attend.
• Incorporate favors into your table settings by placing them on top of the napkins. The weight of the favors will help keep the napkins from blowing away if there is wind.
• Get generic wedding favors like candy tins, candy bars, drink mixes and candles. Then you can create custom tags for them that match the theme of your wedding.
• Don't buy the first favors you see and like. Search for those same favors from other distributors. Often you can find the exact same favors at cheaper prices just by comparison shopping.

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