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wedding favors

This is our collection of posts all about unique wedding favors — including tons of DIY wedding favors and cheap wedding favors. (Oh and a few posts discussing if you even need to do wedding favors at all!) You may also want to check out the unique wedding favors in our Vendor Guide.

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Give olive oil as favors (and use as centerpiece)

It’s pretty fantastic when wedding favors serve multiple purposes: in this case, Talia and Charles used these bottles of olive oil as centerpieces and gifted them to wedding guests at the end of the night. No dealing with the ol’ “what do we do with the centerpieces?” wedding saga, AND your invitees get to go home with something they can cook with.

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Show your guests to their seats AND give them a drink at the same time

Monica and Mike used old-timey bottled sodas that served as both favors and escort cards. This would be a great idea for a summertime wedding to let your guests quench their thirst while they search for their seats!

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Autumn is here! Snuggle in and get inspired by these fall weddings

Autumn has begun here in the Northern Hemisphere, and I couldn’t be more stoked. Autumn weddings are my favourites. How gorgeous is this photo from Emily and Kyle’s autumnal handcrafted wedding? Grab your pumpkin spice-flavoured beverage of choice, snuggle in, and let’s check out some autumnal inspiration from the archives!

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Give your guests a budget-friendly favor with a geeky twist

You may remember Andrea and Steve’s Mario-themed wedding for geek-lovers everywhere. But did you also notice the totally appropriate mini cactus favors they had? Cacti are a match for Mario and frankly, LOTS of wedding themes (and non-themes)!

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How to make your own bad-ass magnetic bottle cap wedding favors

I’d seen bottle cap magnets on craft sites before and was interested in playing with craft resin so I put the two together and voila: nifty home crafted wedding favors! Once you have your random (but of course self-representing) bits and bobs to cast in resin –anything that fits in a bottle cap works great — have fun making these personalized bottle cap magnets.

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Make custom coffee sleeves with your wedding logo

Do we have any coffee snobs in the house? Or people planning on sending their guests home with a warm cuppa’ for the drive back? You might be inspired by Stephanie and Francis’ custom coffee sleeves.