Wedding Shower Party Guest Favors: Not So Complicated

So you’re the maid of honor for the first time in your life, and you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with your responsibilities? Didn’t know you had so much to do, right? And the most confusing part has to be planning the wedding shower.. But relax, we’re here to make it a bit easier. Consider this your easy guide to selecting the right wedding shower guest favors.

Then there’s you. For you, planning a wedding shower, especially the confusing topic of wedding shower party favors, can be confusing, because weddings are a rare thing in your circle. This guide is just for you. This is a basic primer for the whole subject of bridal shower party favors.

At wedding showers the bride get lots of gifts, and the day is about her primarily, but you need to show some appreciation to your guests by giving them a little gift. These are known as wedding shower party favors.

If you’ve ever been at a formal wedding, perhaps you’re familiar with the custom of providing every guest at the reception with some small token by which to remember the wedding. And those in the wedding party especially receive something nice.

Bridal shower party favors are similar in concept. In this case, though, the gifts tend to be a bit less expensive, and they go to pretty much every guest at the event. Whereas the bride and groom would plan the favors given out at the reception, wedding shower party favors are left to the maid of honor. This is because it’s her duty to plan and execute this whole event, in honor of her friend, the bride.

Remember, the purpose of these gifts is not to “”wow”" people with how lavish you are. It’s just to provide you something that you will keep for a long time which will always remind you of this important wedding. So anything small, affordable and memorable does the trick: candy jars with personalized lids, mint tins, special bridal playing cards, special candles with unique candle holders, personalized photo frames, gift bags, personalized wedding ribbons, personalized match books, mini gumball machines, flowers in decorative vases, chocolates. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you compile a list of all bridal shower party favors listed online along with every favor offered by every friend you know, your list would have thousands of items on it.

Where do you find these wedding shower party favors? One of the best locations will be websites. A search on Yahoo or Google will yield dozens of sites. Between them, you can find several hundred ideas. You can also find small trinkets at local gift shops or even Wal-Mart. many items feature the ability to be customized with special messages or with the couple’s names or initials. There are lots of little things you can do to point these items specifically at your friend’s wedding. Lots of small gifts lend them well toward this kind of personalization: Everything from special wedding ribbons, customized matchbooks, candies in keepsake tins, flowers with special vases, miniature cocktail shakers with the date of the wedding engraved on it, special gift bags, and more.

A second idea is to use them for games so that the winners take home something special from the event. Use as door-prizes is also not uncommon. Just remember not to go broke when ordering wedding shower party favors. The idea is to make this fun for your guests–but you shouldn’t finish the night being depressed because of how broke you are!