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Favors & Flowers

We have SO much wedding inspiration for floral stuff like bouquets and centerpieces, and also non-floral alternatives like paper flowers and origami boutonnieres… plus oodles of wedding favor inspiration. We’ve got separate categories for floral DIY projects and DIY wedding favors.

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LEGO minifigure wedding favors for fun and entertainment

We had our guests choose and customize their own LEGO minifigures to take home as wedding favors. On top of being very popular, it turned into a fun activity for our guests at the reception/party!

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Cheers to these Star Wars wedding pint glasses

Tribesmaid Miriam and her fiancé Brian are serving home-brewed beers at their wedding, which just happens to be on May 4th. So it only made sense for them to have pint glass favors that not only embrace the Star Wars-y spirit of the date, but after the wedding can do double duty as barware for their guests.

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Give your guests sunglasses during your ceremony in the sun

Having your wedding ceremony outdoors in, oh let’s say, August? Much like Erin and Shayne did?

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Sci-fi-themed surprise grab bag wedding favors

Themed wedding favors give you a great opportunity to share a little of your interests with your guests. Stacia and Kevin’s sci-fi-themed wedding featured surprise grab bags filled with all kinds of space-y goodies.

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Give your guests “dog biscuits”

Jen and Keith didn’t just give their guests favors, they gave them doggie treats. Well, cookies shaped like dog bones. Why? Their photographer Lily from [vendor-heart link="http://vendors.offbeatwed.com/listing/wild-about-you-photography"]Wild About You Photography[/vendor-heart] explained…

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Check out these mini recipe book wedding favors

Laura and Garrett’s yummy pie table was a collaborative baking effort between Laura’s mom, sister, aunt, and good friend, Katie. But our favorite part is that their favors were little handmade books containing the recipes for all of the pies! Eat, love, then BAKE!