A wedding is a great event because it symbolizes the union of two people madly in love who wants to spend the rest of their lives together. Since it is going to be your wedding, I know you want it to be memorable if not, even the talk of the town for months to come. One great way to do this is to impress your guests by giving out homemade wedding favours. Wedding favours are given to your guests to show how much you appreciate them being able to witness and share an important day in your life. It shows your gratitude and it also serves as a keepsake that makes the event more memorable.

In order for you to be able to give special wedding favours you have to plan it in advance. You have to take into consideration the time it will take for the favours to be crafted, your budget of course and the number of guests. You also might want to include the members of the entourage as well as your relatives. You can buy or even make your own souvenirs, either way it should fit the budget that you have.

If you prefer handcrafted wedding favours, you have to plan it way ahead of the big day especially if you are expecting a lot of guests. One traditional wedding favour that you can easily make is a small favour box made of sweets- either chocolate, hard candies or even mini cakes or cupcakes. You can even fill the box with potpourri. If you cannot make these items on your own, you can buy these items wholesale for a cheaper price.

Another unique handcrafted wedding favour that you can give are seed packets. Seed packets are now rising in popularity. You can make these seed packets easily by choosing seeds that would grow in your area. There are special papers available in craft shops that will be perfect for this project such as flower paper or clear glassine envelopes. You can also give out potted plants or herbs. Not only will your wedding be memorable because of these special wedding favours but it will help you save Mother Earth.

Now if you want to incorporate fun in your wedding favours, why not consider giving out wedding crackers? You can get your family involved in making these treats. What you can do is you can start saving your toilet roll tubes for this project then fill your very own crackers with chocolates, candies, seeds, confetti, flower petals or just about anything that you would want to include.

You can also make personalized wedding CD’s. You can buy blank CD’s at a very cheap price. You can select songs that are meaningful to both you and your partner or you can compile a collection of wedding theme songs. You can even personalize your CD’s by designing the cover with your picture and inscribing the date of your wedding or your wedding vows to make it more romantic.

A good suggestion for you to be able to arrive at unique wedding favours is to handcraft them. If you don’t have the time to make them yourself, you can purchase affordable wedding favours wholesale so you can buy them at a discounted price and wrap them yourself. Remember to make your wedding favours coincide with the wedding theme. Now, if your wedding favours are made for adults, you can make a separate set of wedding favours for the kids by coming up with bags of goodies or a bag of candy loot which I’m sure they will appreciate.