Personalized Wedding Favors
Personalized wedding favors are among the most popular of gift
selections made by brides and grooms to show appreciation to the
guests sharing in their wedding day. Traditional ceremonies have
made wedding favors a part of the celebration since the
sixteenth century. Modern technologies have made it affordable
for many small gift items to be personalized to reflect the
gracious sentiments of the happy couple.
A wedding favor can be personalized to commemorate the wedding
day or the individual it's presented to. Wedding supply stores
offer items that can be ordered with monograms added at
manufacture, which is more cost effective than having them added
after the purchase. Most stainless steel items produced as
wedding favors such as letter openers and mint julep cups are
designed to accommodate engravings, which may be added by the
retailer or a private engraving service.
A popular trend in personalization of wedding favors, is for the
creation of unique labels for otherwise ordinary food items. The
most common personalized item would be name brand chocolate bars
with wonderfully designed labels to reflect the bridegroom
couple. Other food items such as mints in tins, gourmet coffee
beans and quality teas can be "branded" with an unique label
featuring a design and statement from the bride and groom.
Independent wineries and micro breweries aware of this trend
have provided a method for couples to order privately labeled
spirits. Independent candy makers will accommodate couples, by
designing special molds to create chocolate bars "engraved" with
text commemorating the wedding day.
Edible favors such as cookies provide a twist on the European
tradition of giving confectionery delights, while providing the
opportunity for scripting a frosted affection. Cut sugar cookies
become the canvas for a full palette of icing sentiments. Local
bakeries are readily equipped to work with a design conceived by
the bride, or they can provide helpful suggestions for what may
be desirable. Most bakeries have the technology to create
frosted cookies or miniature cakes with a photo of the happy
couple.
Placecards and placecard holders provide additional d