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Traditional and Contemporary Wedding Favor Ideas

The tradition of giving tokens of appreciation and remembrance to wedding guests dates back many centuries. The first recorded wedding gifts were confections offered in a small jeweled or intricately wrought gift box, known as a bonbonniere. Because sugar was a rarity, these tiny confections were highly valued and prized by wedding guests. Sugar-coated almonds were also commonly given to wedding guests, a tradition that survives in today’s Jordan almonds, often presented to wedding guests during the reception. Today’s couples have a wide range of gifts they can present to their guests. While sweets are a traditional choice, more contemporary selections can be just as appropriate, especially when combined with a personalized gift tag or other embellishment to mark the gift as uniquely yours.

If candy is your choice, you can honor the tradition of the bonbonniere by offering your selection in a special gift box or presentation container, chosen to reflect your wedding’s theme or your own personal tastes. The 2 Piece Favor Box is a sweet and simple gift box that can be used to offer candy, as well as other small tokens. Or choose from a wide selection of Exclusive Favor Boxes, including embellishments that make each favor appear custom-designed to match your theme. For example, for evening or formal weddings, consider the Exclusive Black Favor Box, with coordinating black and silver ribbons and black and white gift tags. The Exclusive Orange Cosmos Collection Favor Box is a great choice for both spring and summer weddings, as well as garden-themed receptions. For a contemporary theme, consider the Exclusive Clear Box Favors, filled with your candy of choice.

Or, select a favor that includes both candy and container, like the 'Mint to Be' Bride and Groom Slide Mint Tins with Heart Mints. Featuring illustrated depictions of the bride and groom’s attire, these tins are especially well-suited to contemporary or evening receptions. Other candies, like Hershey’s Kisses Wedding Favors and Hershey’s Miniatures Chocolate Wedding Favors, feature personalized wrappers that celebrate the bride and groom or commemorate the wedding date.

Another gift ideal for both traditional and contemporary ceremonies is a photo of the happy couple, contained in a photo frame that the guest can take home. The 'Seaside' Sand and Shell Placecard Holder is a great option for summer or beach-themed weddings, serving as a placecard during the reception and as a photo frame for years afterward. Spring or traditional themes are enhanced by the Swaying Calla Lily Pearlescent Place Card/ Photo Frame, while winter weddings are the ideal setting for the Snowflake Placecard Ornaments. For a unique twist on the photo theme, consider offering coasters, like the "Timeless Traditions" Elegant Black & White Glass Photo Coasters or the Forever Photo Frosted Glass Coasters, which act both as coasters and individual photo frames.

Candles are another popular wedding favor, reflecting the light of your love and the warmth of your affection. While not necessarily a traditional gift, candles come in a wide variety of styles that can match any ceremony or reception theme. Some candles, like the whimsical "Buttercream Dreams" Cake Candle on Porcelain Pedestal Cake Plate, are suitable for any theme or type of ceremony. Others, like the Rose Ball Candle in Gift Box with Matching Bow and Tag, are ideally suited to more traditional or romance-themed receptions or ceremonies. You can even choose candles based on your wedding theme or season. For instance, the Fall Leaf Tea Light and Place Card Holder with Autumn-themed Gift Box is ideal for autumn weddings, while the Sand and Shell Tea light Holder is a good choice for summer ceremonies. And for outdoor summer weddings, your guests will surely smile when they receive the "Hot off the Grill!" Mini-Grill Tea Light/Place Card Holders, modeled after full-size grills.

Wine stoppers are popular favors that have appeared on the wedding scene in recent years, and are excellent ways to show your guests how much you care. Both attractive and useful, your guests will remember your day each time they reach for one of these items. Like the other favors, wine stoppers also come in a variety of styles that can reflect your wedding theme. For example, the "Blooming" Flower Bottle Stopper in Whimsical Window Gift Box is perfect for summer, spring or garden-themed ceremonies and receptions, while "Lustrous Leaf" Copper Finish Bottle Stopper in Laser-Cut Leaf Gift Box is designed for fall weddings. Looking for a truly unique wine stopper? Consider the "With this Ring" Chrome Diamond Ring Bottle Stopper. Featuring a stylized faux-diamond solitaire on top, your guests will remember your event with every bottle of wine they open.

Whether you choose a traditional gift of sweets or a more contemporary favor option, the gifting options available to today’s brides and grooms offer nearly endless options. With a little careful thought and planning, you can offer a wedding favor that is an ideal complement to your ceremony, and will have guests remembering your wedding long after the event is over.

About the Author

Karen Zabel is a freelance writer who writes about weddings and wedding favors.

Spool knitting projects?

Any Spool knitting projects? So far I've made a pair of mittens (Out of a medium tin can spool), coasters and a braclet.

Have you checked out Noreen Crone-Findlay's blog hosted by Lion Brand? She has a lot of great ideas for using the knitting spool ... http://www.lionbrand.com/lbyarnblog7/ ... titled: Spool Speak: Spool Knitting Confessions and Confections

~Dee Stanziano
Certified Crochet Teacher

Websters pages tin can and coaster mini.

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NFL Green Bay Packers Absorbent Coaster Set $26.68 NFL Green Bay Packers Coaster Set of 4 come in their own tin container. They are absorbent made of ceramic and cork. Container measures 4.75 round and coasters measure 4.25 round x .25 high.

They Called Him Tin Tin $8.49 They Called Him Tin Tin

Tin Tin Voy A Bailar $22.99 Tin Tin Voy A Bailar

IWDSC 067146407 Absorbent Corkboard Coors Light Coaster Set $20.53 Coors Light Coaster Set. Coasters are made of absorbent corkboard and tin and rest in metal rack. Dimensions: 4.25 x 4 x 1.25 .

Fender® Electro Lounge Coaster Set $20.61 Fender® Electro Lounge Coaster Set Fender received such positive responses from Their vintage pin-up t-shirts, they decided to make these retro cool beverage coasters. Each SET OF 4 collection includes FOUR coasters and ONE custom carrying tin. Each round coaster measures 3.5" in diameter and contains a cork backing. The Round coaster tin holder is 1.5" tall and 3.75" in diameter. The artwork that resides on the entire collection is beautifully detailed in four color process. Condition: New/Perfect

Tin $3.95 Ideal for the inquisitive young scientist, this series is an introduction to the periodic table and its elements. Each book includes sidebars with interesting facts and easy-to-do experiments along with a glossary, an index, and a "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and websites. TIN introduces the reader to the element tin and the periodic table. Students will learn where tin is found, such as in cans, dental fillings, and pipes, and how it is used everyday.

I Love Lucy Coaster Set with Tin Storage Box $16.99 Set mostly in New York City, I Love Lucy centers on Lucy Ricardo and her singer/bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo, along with their friends and landlords Fred Mertz and Ethel Mertz. Lucy is somewhat naïve and ambitious, with an overactive imagination and a knack for getting herself into trouble. Primarily she is obsessed with joining her husband in show business. I Love Lucy was the most-watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the ratings. I Love Lucy is still syndicated in dozens of languages across the world. This set includes 10 coasters, each one featuring one of I Love Lucy 's most memorable TV moments. Laminated wood coasters are non-slip and cork backed. Order yours today!

Tokidoki Coaster Set $12.99 Let these characters protect your coffee table! Set of 4 colorful, cork-backed coasters in a circular tin case. Stylish, fun Tokidoki-inspired designs! Check out this impressive set of Tokidoki Coasters! You get 4 colorful, cork-backed coasters in a circular tin case. They're just the thing for that edgy-animation lover in your life. Let these characters protect your coffee table!

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Adventures of Tin Tin $24.99 Adventures of Tin Tin - Double-sided poster

Rin-Tin-Tin (1916-1932) $19.99 Rin-Tin-Tin (1916-1932) - Photographic Print

Tin Man $24.99 Tin Man

Tin Guy $119.99 Tin Guy

Tin Opener $10 Tin Opener

Tin Turtle $10 Tin Turtle

Tin Lily $11.49 Tin Lily

Tin Star $4.99 Tin Star

Tin Angel $12.49 Tin Angel

Tin Men $4.99 Tin Men

Tin Whistles $11.49 Tin Whistles

Tin Cup $5.99 Tin Cup

Pushing Tin $6.99 Pushing Tin

Tin Machine $8.99 Tin Machine

Empires Of Tin $14.99 Empires Of Tin

Tin Soldiers $15.99 Tin Soldiers

Big Tin $22.99 Big Tin

Foamtreads Tin Tin Micro Suede $32 Foamtreads Tin Tin Micro Suede

On the Border, Rin Tin Tin, 1930 $19.99 On the Border, Rin Tin Tin, 1930 - Premium Poster

Tin Smith $19.99 Tin Smith - Premium Poster

Tin Moulds $39.99 Tin Moulds - Giclee Print

Tin Bath $24.99 Tin Bath - Photographic Print

Tin Mine $24.99 Tin Mine - Photographic Print

Tomatoes in a Tin $29.99 Tomatoes in a Tin - Photographic Print

In the Tin $14.58 No Synopsis Available

TCSTKK9 Kasey Kahne round tin photo beverage coaster which features a nonskid backing and is scratch resistant. A set of 6 in a collectible tin canister. Clamsh $22.95 Kasey Kahne coasters. Set of racing coasters featuring team graphics numbers and more. Made of durable copolymer helps prevent damaging delicate surfaces. Great for any occasion.

Roller Coaster $10 Roller Coaster - JWoww

Rin Tin Tin (Hardcover) $33.05 Acclaimed bestselling author of The Orchid Thief Susan Orleans traces the life and enduring legacy of canine hero Rin Tin Tin.

Tin and Inorganic Tin Compounds $30 This report examines the health effects of exposure to tin and inorganic tin compounds. Results of studies show that inorganic tin compounds have low toxicity in both aquatic and terrestrial organisms and concentrations showing toxicity to organisms are generally several orders of magnitude higher than those found in the environment.

Sardines in a Tin $29.99 Joerg Lehmann Sardines in a Tin - Photographic Print

Sardine Tin $29.99 Tim Thiel Sardine Tin - Photographic Print

Tin Teredjine $49.99 Isabelle Del Piano Tin Teredjine - Art Print

The Return of Rin Tin Tin - $5.99 Actually it's Rin Tin Tin III, grandson of the legendary silent-movie canine star. Filmed in less than glorious Vitacolor, Return of Rin Tin Tin stars Donald Woods as an American priest assigned to a postwar European mission. Bobby Blake (later Baretta star Robert Blake) is a young war orphan whose harrowing experiences have soured him on mankind. Father Woods brings the boy to America, but the lad is still unapproachable until he befriends Rin Tin Tin. The dog restores the boy's zest for living and faith in humanity. A villain threatens to take the dog away, but all ends happily (and tearfully). While not on a par with MGM's Lassie pictures, PRC Pictures' Return of Rin Tin Tin has its heart in the right place. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Keepsake Tin Trio - Celebration $49.95 Holiday Keepsake Tin Set

Tin Signs - Jack Daniels $11.4 Tin Signs - Jack Daniels

Tin Signs - Eye of the Beerholder $11.4 Tin Signs - Eye of the Beerholder

Tin Signs - History of Bud $11.4 Tin Signs - History of Bud

Tin Signs - Lucky's Bar $11.4 Tin Signs - Lucky's Bar

Tin Signs - More Interesting $11.4 Tin Signs - More Interesting

Tin Signs - Ugly People $11.4 Tin Signs - Ugly People

Tin Signs - Jim Beam $11.4 Tin Signs - Jim Beam

Dlx. Tin Man Mask $49.99 Dlx. Tin Man Mask

Tin Man Headpiece $29.99 Tin Man Headpiece

This Tin Man Needs A Heart $10 This Tin Man Needs A Heart

Wizard - Tin man $10 Wizard - Tin man

Akouo Tin Agapi $6 Akouo Tin Agapi - Tripes

Waltons Irish Tin Whistle $7.99 Waltons Irish Tin Whistle

Soldering Tin Wire (0.8mm) $7.5 Soldering Tin Wire (0.8mm)

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