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People are not only concerned with the high cost of bottled water to our wallets and the environment, but also the low quality. Here is what New York Times columnist Bill Marsh had to say in a recent article: “Those eight daily glasses of water you're supposed to drink for good health? They will cost you $0.00135 -- about 49 cents a year...
| 101 Wedding Favor Ideas |
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You can spend a lot or a little - it's not how much your favors cost that matters, it's how creative, cool, funny, or yummy they are! Hope these help spark your imagination.
Seasonal/Holiday Favors
2. Mini Easter baskets filled with foil-wrapped chocolate eggs 3. Little plastic pumpkins filled with candy corn 4. Simple Christmas ornaments 5. Pretty gourds 6. Blow-up beach balls with your names and the date on them, or just in your wedding colors 7. Miniature heart-shaped boxes of Valentine's chocolates 8. A New Year's champagne flute with your names and the date emblazoned on it 9. Sunscreen (for an outdoor summer wedding) 10. Miniature watering cans filled with spring blooms 11. Frisbees (for a cookout in the woods or park) 12. Miniature Christmas wreaths (perhaps wrapped around the base of a red candle) 13. Dreidels 14. Chocolate coins in gold foil 15. Umbrellas (for a wedding during rainy season) 16. Scarves or mittens (for a nippy winter wedding day) 17. Sunglasses 18. Sparklers 19. Easter eggs (that you've colored yourselves) 20. Miniature pots of clover (four-leaf?) for St. Patty's Day 21. Kites 22. Snow globes 23. Wedding water bottles 24. Slices of apple or pumpkin pie
Keepsake Favors
26. A love poem written by one or both of you, or just one that you love 27. A pretty picture frame 28. Potpourri 29. Several sheets of pretty notepaper with matching envelopes, tied with a ribbon 30. A letter of love and thanks from the two of you 31. Miniature soaps or fun, brightly colored glycerin-soap "slices" 32. Fragrance - small vials of perfume and/or cologne that you love, or that was created expressly for the wedding 33. Engraved silver key chains 34. A Polaroid shot of you and each guest as they arrive at the reception 35. Wine glasses with your names and the date on them in gold, silver, or black 36. Pretty paper fans (to beat the heat, and/or to represent your Asian or Spanish ancestry) 37. Small, round, decorative boxes (or pretty pillboxes) 38. Figurines (Precious Moments are popular) 39. Mini replicas - or picture postcards - of landmarks in the town where you marry (the Empire State Building in New York, the Space Needle in Seattle, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco) 40. Little blank books/journals (where your guests can record their most secret thoughts) 41. Music boxes
Edible Favors
43. A single, amazing petit four 44. A miniature box of good chocolate (Godiva!) or a single truffle 45. Bottles of White Grape Juice, perhaps with labels personalized for your wedding 46. A chocolate-chip cannoli 47. Gourmet jelly beans 48. Chocolate Kisses wrapped in tissue paper (in your wedding colors, perhaps) 49. Mixed nuts in little canisters 50. Baklava (your grandmother's recipe, maybe) 51. Mints with your married monogram on them 52. Apples (if you've got apple trees in your yard or an orchard nearby - or if either of you is a doctor or teacher!) 53. Hot Chocolate Packages in mugs 54. Everyone's favorite: M&Ms 55. Pineapples or coconuts (for a tropical wedding) 56. Ginger candy (spicy!) 57. Bubble gum or malted-milk balls (for a '50s-style wedding) 58. Licorice (Twizzlers or the assorted, colorful kind) 59. Little tins of butter cookies 60. Rice-Krispies treats 61. Big, round, old-fashioned lollipops 62. Honey or jam - that you've canned yourselves or from a local gourmet shop 63. Old-fashioned "button" candy (colorful drops stuck onto long sheets of butcher paper)
"Living" Favors
65. Flower bulbs 66. A single rose at each place setting (in the color of your choice) 67. Donations to the charity of your choice in each guest's name (leave a small paper scroll or card at each place explaining) 68. Packets of seeds - your favorite bloom, or one with significance to the two of you 69. Potted African violets 70. Flower leis 71. "Adopt" an animal at the zoo in your guests' collective names 72. Aromatherapy candles 73. Goldfish in pretty bowls (make sure they come with fish food!) 74. "Favors" from the bride and groom - certificates that promise "one heart-to-heart," "a year of e-mail," "afternoon tea," "a day of helping you move," etc., personalized for each guest 75. Boutonnieres and corsages for every single guest
Just For Fun76. Toothbrushes with your names and the wedding date on them (especially if one of you is a dentist) 77. Astrological readings (on mini scrolls) for each guest 78. Pez dispensers (complete with the candy!) 79. Decks of cards (having a Vegas wedding??) 80. Silly, kids' party favors 81. Bottles of bubbles 82. Tiny stuffed animals 83. CD singles (maybe your wedding song, or something classic) 84. Post-It notes in your wedding colors (*everyone* can use 'em) 85. Wedding T-shirts 86. Bandanas (perfect for a hoe-down) 87. Baseball caps or visors 88. Shot glasses (personalized or just ones you like!) 89. Stickers (silly ones, or have a graphic-designer pal design wedding-memento stickers) 90. Super Balls or Slinkies 91. Cans of Play-Doh (regress to childhood, everyone!) 92. Crayons (you might want to cover the tables with butcher paper, too) 93. Yo-yos 94. Tennis or golf balls with your names and the date on them 95. Personalized pens or pencils 96. Calendars (little plastic ones or funny rip-off-the-date ones) 97. "Paper" airplanes (little colorful ones made out of foam) 98. Chef's hats (if you two are connoisseurs) 99. Comic books 100. Kazoos or harmonicas (for a musical reception!) 101. Lottery tickets (give them a chance at good fortune)
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