Cheap Wedding Favors

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While there are couples who go all out with their wedding favors, others can’t afford to do this and opt for cheap wedding favors. Don't let the cost fool you however, there are some classy but inexpensive gifts for your guests to take home.

Simple candy favors are inexpensive.

Cheap Wedding Favors: An Open Minded Approach

When it comes to cheap wedding favors, a creative mind and vivid imagination are essential. You must have an open mind and not write things off because they are “cheap.” If you approach the situation with an open mind, your dilemma will not be finding items to suit your budget, but instead choosing from unlimited resources.

The Dollar Store is Your Friend

No one considers the dollar store as a place to shop for cheap wedding favors, but don’t wrinkle your nose. It’s actually perfect. The aisles of the dollar store yield many surprises. For instance, small baskets can hold potpourri or glass votives for small candles. Inexpensive miniature vases can be filled with chocolate or jordan almonds. Tea cups, small bowls and saucers can also be used as candle holders. Small picture frames are another great item. There’s one problem with dollar store merchandise, there may not be enough to go around. The buyer may have bought an odd lot with only a certain amount of pieces.

Party Emporiums

Your local party warehouse is another great source for cheap wedding favors. Here you’ll find wedding favors to suit all budgets. From porcelain potpourri containers to lead crystal vases, you’re sure to find something elegant and affordable at the party store.

Living Things

If you’re getting married in the spring, why not consider a living gift. A great idea for cheap wedding favors is to give your guests potted plants. Purchase flats of blooming annuals from the local nursery or home improvement center and repot into small pots or containers. Wrap with silver foiled paper and tie with a ribbon. The container part is unimportant since it will be wrapped, and your guests will most likely be planting them in their gardens anyway.

CDs can be cheap favors.

Music

Why not give the gift of music? Your guests are sure to appreciate receiving a CD filled with the bride and groom’s favorite music. CD’s and their cases can be purchased at a discount online or at the office supply store. Music can be burned onto the discs on a home computer, and you can use your personal printer to print out pictures to insert into the CD case.

The Internet

The Internet is a cheap wedding favor gold mine! Type “cheap wedding favors” into your favorite search engine and you’ll soon have hundreds of results to choose from. You won’t be able to see the favors up close, and there will be a shipping charge to contend with, but there are some definite winners here. Try using Froogle for comparison shopping.

As you can see, when it comes to cheap wedding favors, you’re only limited by your imagination. Instead of lamenting because you don’t have enough money to spend on trinkets for your guests, approach the situation with an open mind. More likely than not, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

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Comments

Mary,

Thanks so much for your sharing your finds and we are so excited you are enjoying our articles at LoveToKnow Weddings! Best of luck to you and your growing business.

-- Contributed by: Amy Finley

I cannot begin to tell you how greatful I am for the information I am receiving from your site.

Our Dollar General store is a mecca for small inexpensive gifts. I am striving to become a wedding planner in our local area. Most will be small weddings since this is a rural area. With that in mind, most couples in this area are not able to afford a lavish wedding. However I plan on doing my best to cut corners for them any way I can and still give them as elegant a wedding as I can.

I have a silk flower business I am now getting off the ground. I have always crafted wreaths, seasonal florals and arrangements and have many customers. I am always asked to make brides bouquets and wedding party sets. I already save them money and this is what lead me to consider becoming a planner.

Our son got married a month ago and I did'nt have much time to plan. I went to the dollar store and purchased small candles, $1.oo gift bags, tissue paper, small picture frames, and small plaster crosses with biblical verses.

Also, to my delight, they had ring pillows for $2.50 and needless to say I purchased 7 of them. I am always looking out for small items that I will use in gift giving. They also have little bottles of bubbles in plastic replicas of wedding cakes. The manager said they are now carring have a small line of wedding items.

At Walmart, I found a box of small box of wedding bells that come with a small poem to be attached to the bells. Instead of throwing rice, petals, etc., guests ring the bells to bless the couples' unity. The cost is around $7.00 for a box of 20.

I am sorry if this is too long but I love to tell of my ideas on saving money and where to go for savings.

I will use your site for suggestions and where to go for buying related wedding items.

-- Contributed by: mary white

That is a very good tip, Melissa, and ordering in bulk can often be quite a savings. Thanks for sharing!

-- Contributed by: Melissa Mayntz
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