Dreamy Wedding Favors for A Dreamy Wedding

For brides, their wedding day should be as perfect as possible. From their wedding gown to the reception menu to the wedding favors, every little detail should be in sync with the wedding theme. Most women, when they were little girls, dream of marrying prince charming and living happily ever after. So come wedding day, they want it to be no less than a fairytale wedding.

To create this perfect wedding, fairytale themed weddings are now gaining popularity. If your budget will allow for it, you can even have your wedding at Disneyland or Disney World. Wherever you decide to hold your wedding, you can still recreate your fairytale wedding with a little creativity. And for your wedding favors, here are some things to get you started:

There are key chains available that are shaped with popular fairytale symbols such as a palace, glass slippers, or a carriage. Since these are small items, it is best to place them in small boxes with a transparent top for the guests to see what’s inside. You can have the box in pastel color, or any color that will complement your color motif.

For another practical favor, you can have bookmarks printed with your favorite fairytale quote, and then add your wedding details on the other side of the bookmark. Bottle openers and soap also make for a great fairytale wedding favors. You can have the handle of the bottle opener and the paper wrapping of the soap printed with fairytale icons.


For delectable favors, you can purchase cookies that are especially shaped like a carriage, a pumpkin, or the head of a princess and prince charming.

There are candles shaped like a carriage, a pumpkin or Cinderella’s shoes.

You can readily purchase these items in specialty bridal stores or in online bridal favors store. If you want to cut your costs, and know your way around the kitchen or in candle-making, you can bake your own cookies and also make your own cookie cutter. If you know your way around candle wax, wicks, and a wax molds, you can make your own candles, even add a few drops of aromatherapy scents and use a wax color similar to your color motif or a shade in a complementing hue.

What is important is that you and your guests will truly feel royal and elegant as they leave the reception party. Giving them these favors will truly complete your fairytale wedding. You can purchase them online, or if you know your way with arts and crafts or baking, you can even personally make these favors.

Supermarket Specials – Get Special Wedding Favors at your Local Supermarket

Preparing a wedding takes a lot of time, effort and money to put together. As this is a major and special event, this is also just probably the same time where you would need to get in touch florists, caterers, printing shops and others – suppliers you don’t normally transact and interact with. However, you can put in something familiar with your wedding preparations – how about going to your local supermarket or grocery to find wedding favors? They’re easy, convenient, and as expected, they can be very cheap as well.

With supermarkets piling on stocks, it’s easy to find wedding favors that you can easily purchase instead of being told that it’s out of season, or worse out of your budget. Here are some ideas that you can use as wedding favors, and can easily be bought at your local supermarket.

Lip balm from the cosmetics section of the grocery can be made into a personalized wedding favor by placing label stickers on the lip balm. They are available in certain colors to reflect the flavor variant, so choose one that is the same or complementing your color motif.

There are edible favors that are both yummy and inexpensive. Your top choice would be chocolates. Whether nutty, fruity, chewy or crunchy, chocolates are a sure treat for people of all ages. You can buy some in foil wraps, plastic, boxes or some in trays. Depending on the theme and color motif of your wedding, choose a packaging that is complimentary as well. If you have a floral theme wedding, your best choice would be chocolates in transparent plastic and tied with ribbons or laces in pastel colors. For a renaissance wedding or something with a period theme, buy chocolates in foil wraps to give it that ‘classic look’.

Small packs of coffee are one of the most popular edible favors as well. Choose a brand that your guests will appreciate, so go for the gourmet ones, to make it more special.

Candy pillows are fun to give-away. Buy small packs and tie the together and of course, put your favor labels either through mini cards or hang tags.

In the supermarket, of course there are lots of practical favors available. Soaps, coasters, and specialty pens are available and they are inexpensive and are most probably stocked in your local supermarket. Make them personalized by adding a sticker with print of the wedding details.

In making wedding favors, all you need is just some creativity and a little bit of practicality can go a long way as well. When budgets are stretched thin, it is important to find all means possible to save money yet not lose your style or compromise quality. You can just put on a little ribbon, a little lace and a whole lot of warm and lovely thoughts and you can make your wedding favors truly special for your wedding day.