Wedding favors are small gifts for the guests, that the groom and bride give as a thank you for coming to the wedding.
Making your own homemade wedding favors is definitely something nice to do and this way you can also save a lot of money. You will have some fun by making them and it will be a personal way of saying thanks to your guest by showing that you care.
You can make something edible, something symbolic or something practical and functional that the guests can take home an enjoy later. If you want some ideas, read on.
Edible favors are popular, they are like small treats that can remind the guests of the tastes at your wedding on the next day. If you want to make edible favors, you should make cookies, homemade chocolates or candy bars.
You can make them heart shaped to fit with the wedding and add your monogram with icing sugar. They are great because they don't cost too much, you can make them together with your family, and they are simply delicious! There are a lot of recipes on the internet so that shouldn't be a problem.
If you are more of a functional person, make something the guests can use later. Bookmarks, personalized candles or decorative soaps are just a few of the things that you can make. Making scented soaps in not hard and you will surely have a lot of fun while doing it. Soap is also good because both men and women can enjoy it.
After you decided what to make and you finished it, put them into small boxes or little paper bags. Don't forget to add a little note or a short poem to the homemade wedding favors, after all this is the first time you can use the name Mr. and Mrs. officially!