Wedding Favors You Can Make at Home

With today’s tough times, brides are constantly thinking of practical yet fun and creative ways to cut costs on weddings. With the cost of weddings that are reaching thousands of dollars, it is indeed smart to find some parts of the wedding that you can do on your own instead of paying a supplier or provider.

While you can find a lot of wedding favors available at specialty bridal stores or online, for some of these items, you can actually make them at home. Some are very easy to make, the materials are inexpensive, and for some, you can prepare them weeks or months ahead so you need not cram your schedule to find days close to your wedding that you prepare them.

Listed below are some wedding favors that while you can find them in a wedding favor store, you can also make at home with low cost.

The classic practical wedding favors that are easy to make are bookmarks, music CDs, and candles. For bookmarks, you just have to simply purchase plain bookmarks and design and paint one side with your wedding details. Or get some card stock and print them out from your computer. For music CDs, black CDs are available at a low price and the CD cases as well. Compile your favorite love songs or select songs that will be sued in the wedding ceremony and reception itself then burn them to your CD. If you know how to make candles, you can create candles with a simple design using the basic materials such as wax and wick. You can add scents, or create a special personal mold for them.

For some yummy favors, you can bake cookies, brownies or any pastry for that special homemade taste. You can even make your own cookie cutter so that the cookie shape will be truly unique. You can make a home brew as well if you want to give alcoholic favors or give candied fruits for a sweet take home gift.

It is important to find ways to squeeze your budget so you can either save or use the money you saved on favors for an extra night during your honeymoon. You can save on your wedding favors, and you can also save on other areas of your wedding such as invitations, centerpieces, or even your wedding gown. The key is planning ahead of time so you can source out affordable suppliers, or you can make some of the items personally and cut costs.

If you know you will enjoy making or baking your wedding favors, you will save yourself not just the cost but also the stress in trying to squeeze your budget. You will also feel the added bonus when your guests appreciate your wedding favors because they know that you made them personally. Making your own favors is one of the best wedding ideas for saving money and also providing unique souvenirs for your guests at the same time.