Wedding favors are meant to show your guest appreciation for being a part of your special day. Your favors can be as diverse as you choose and nicely create cohesion in the wedding theme or tie into the season in which your wedding is occurring. Though favors are one of the smaller details to handle for the wedding, they are a small detail that guest will remember your wedding by and they show off your personality. When choosing wedding favors you can go a classic route or do something completely unique.

Classic wedding favors never go out of style and are perfect for those who want an elegant or romantic vibe for their wedding ceremony. Picture frames and place cards are popular and available in many different sizes and styles including silver, gold, wood, leather and bronze. Candles come in every color combination and design, ensuring you will find at least one idea that perfectly matches your wedding theme.

For example, a beach wedding could use candles featuring palm tree designs, or at a garden wedding candle favors designed to resemble calla lilies could be used.

Other classic wedding favors such as candied almonds, chocolate truffles, wedding cookies and teas offer a sweet treat that guest can eat and enjoy. Edible items can be personalized with labels for each guest’s name. Candy in the form of glass candy jars make great reusable gifts. Gum boxes featuring labels that match your wedding colors offer a slightly different spin on traditional wedding favors.

Holiday themed wedding favors are becoming more standard when a wedding happens around the same time as a major holiday. During autumn, leaf shaped candles, leaf shaped soap petals and leaf mint favors are possibilities to choose from. For winter snowflake ornaments, snowman key chains and scented pinecone favors express the mood of the season.

For a more creative wedding favor, you can create a complication CD of your favorite music for each guest. If copyright issues will be a problem, consider giving a CD of original music if you happen to play an instrument or be in a band. A spoken word CD is another option if you write original poetry and would like to share it with your wedding party. The CD cover can be printed with a picture of the bride and groom or other important details of the wedding ceremony.

Couples can also use their wedding favors to support environmental causes. Organic and eco-friendly favors use biodegradable papers and recycled materials. Items such as woven keepsake boxes, bamboo place card holders and seeds support an earth conscious ceremony. Handmade wedding favors are becoming a trend as brides and grooms with little money to spare look to still show their guest appreciation and offer a more personal touch. Homemade soaps, bookmarks, potpourri and bath salts are easy to make even with no experience.

You can also choose to buy items like candles and mini notebooks in bulk then personalize each to avoid giving a generic wedding favor. If your wedding reception will have a lot of kids present, you can keep them from getting bored by creating wedding activity sets. Sets can include stuffed animals, activity books, crayons and sticker sets to keep young kids entertained for hours.