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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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Treat your guests to home-made cookie favors

I love how Sabrina and Danny (the minds behind this cookie favorage) used colorful heart-shaped brads to seal the bags and finished off the look with custom labels.

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Tie your thank-you note to a tasty caramel apple

Whether you candy your apples, roll them in crushed Oreos, or go for the classic straight-up caramel-enrobed goodness, this great idea is a tasty thank-you. Favors are totally optional, but one scrumptious option is a yummy caramel apple – like this one with the sweet little note.

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Make and decorate your own pillow boxes for your favors

Pillow boxes: cute and easily dressed up for any occasion. I love how simple these guys are, and how endless the options are to customize to your own theme. This is my simplified, easy-to-make tutorial — please adapt, improve, invent, be as creative as you care to.

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DIY wedding bookmarks are easy to make and have SO many uses!

Bookmarks are a small canvas for expressing yourself. Typically only a few square inches, there’s still plenty of room for information and illustration. Whether you’re saving the page or saving the date, a bookmark is a simple but effective DIY project you can tackle. Here’s how to make your own custom bookmarks, complete with tassel.