Cheap Wedding Favors Mean Rich Options For Creativity

Cheap wedding favors used to mean a bunch of silk flower and a few rolls of toilet paper. Now with the advent of the internet and recent changes to the economy a whole market has developed for those who are looking to make their special day beautiful for less cash.

Does going with a cheaper wedding favors mean you don't care as much for the guests at your event. No it just means that you are more interest in being frugal than you are in showing off your ability to haphazardly spend money. Maybe you would like to take a better honeymoon or buy a few extra nice things for your first home together. Maybe you decided to spend less on favors and more on the bad and the bar so that everyone will have a more enjoyable time. The truth is there are many legitimate reasons for choosing a lower cost wedding favor selection.

Cheap doesn't have to mean tacky or flimsy. Many websites carry a wide range to choose from in everything from real metal picture holders to real glass commemorative goblets. But there are also simpler choices which can save you even more such as small heart shaped votive candles and chrome bookmarks, both of these items can be found at a leading web retailer for only one dollar each.

One of the hottest trends today is to provide guests with small bags made of either sheep nylon or even rice paper filled with an assortment of interesting but inexpensive "Daily Use" gifts. Most popular items in this category are one pound bags of coffee and mini boxes of tea bags flavors which are favorites of the bride and groom. The intention is that when the guest at come later time enjoys the products they will remember the wedding day and think fondly of the couple who gave a gift that was personal in its meaning.

Very popular among wedding couples recently has also been small toiletries bags with things the guests may need for the day, lip balm, hand sanitizer, moisturizer, sunscreen lotion, eye drops and breath mints are all great choices for such little "survival bags". Some of the items, which will last past the main day can even be personalized with simple to use and cheap to print labels made by the couple.

One particularly ingenious idea is to tie the honeymoon into the wedding. Going to Hawaii give all your guests leigh's at the reception. A trip to Europe? How about a small flip book of post cards from the cities you plan to visit. Visiting Japan? Consider a special letter to the guests writing in both English and Japanese (your computer can do the translating and printing for almost nothing but the cost of some nice paper).

Another way to bring the cost down for each individual favor is to buy on bulk the things that you can. There is no need to have your names and date on the napkins when they are just going to get thrown away at the end of the day. You can buy a bulk of very attractive wedding napkins in a generic pattern and get them for much cheaper. Most of these designs also are able to easily be mixed and matched so if you know a friend who will also be getting married soon, perhaps you and her could go together and buy a double order, which will lower the cost per piece even more. The Same logic applied to small disposable cameras, candy bags and other "use once" or "don't care" items the guest will see, use or consume and forget about within five minutes.

In short, don't be afraid to think cheap when the time comes to furnish the small items for your wedding, I promise no one will care if the mini picture frames are made of real metal or metal covered heavy plastic for two dollars less. They will be interested only in your beautiful smiling face in the picture inside.