For the creative bride making favors themselves represents the perfect way to achieve those perfect and unique gifts that are so desired. When it comes to what to make there are a number of options to choose from.

CD’s

Whilst the concept of CD wedding favors is not a new one, it is what you put on them that make them unique. Many couples choose to add their wedding playlist or songs which are memorable to them. You could add a range of favorite tracks, the songs you will play during the evening reception or a selection a songs from across every element of your wedding.

Edibles

Making your own custom cookies or cupcakes is easy to do at home and decorating them is not very difficult. Make a few trial run batches to practice on before you go for the real thing. Chocolates can be made at home too, with the aid of chocolate molds and melting chocolate.

Smellies!

Make your own soaps with soap making kits and molds available from craft stores and soap making websites. You can also get kits to make bath bombs and bath salts at home.

Candles are similar to soap to make and you could make lovely scented candles for your favors. For a contemporary favor make them in aluminum tins with lids or in glass jars similar to Yankee Candles.

Magnets

Fridge magnets have become a popular favor and are so easy to make yourself. Check out your local craft store for magnet kits which include a clear plastic ‘sleeve’ and magnet to glue on the back. Then you need to add a photograph or picture which you can take yourself or design on your computer at home.

There are also several printing websites which offer templates and full magnet sets printed and assembled as you want them. They often offer templates which are fully customizable in terms of colors, graphic elements, fonts and text so you can design something totally unique to you and have them delivered ready to go!

Packaging

Even if you buy ready made favors from a store you can still make them unique by making your own packaging. Making boxes and bags from paper and card is not difficult and craft stores carry a range of design templates which make it easy for you to cut out and fold packaging in no time at all.

If you are a keen crafter or know someone who is then you or they may have a cutting machine which can cut shapes from dies in a range of materials. These machines are easy to use and the manufacturers have a range of packaging dies to choose from. You can also use one to cut decorative elements such as flowers, hearts and butterflies to add to your wedding favors.

For instance, one edible item that has gained a lot of popularity over the years has been t he chocolate bar, adorned with personalized wrappers. This type of chocolate can be anything from milk chocolate, to white chocolate or dark chocolate to chocolate containing almonds or raisins. For the wrapper, you have a lot of options available in that you can wrap the chocolate bar in some personal to you so your guests will without doubt notice. Print your names with the date for the wedding and thus your guests will be able to remember the special event in your life. Once having selected the wrapper and the type of chocolate, you could for instance to print your picture on the wrappers to give it a much bigger sense of personal stuff.

Having tins stuffed with candy is also another way to offer wedding favors. This can act as an edible favor given to your guests during your wedding bash. You can choose the candy type you want to, from mints to candies to chocolates or to candy containing coated almonds inside. Therefore, you can create a different number of options and thus personalize your tin stuffed with candy with other things. For instance, you can choose to print the wedding date together with the names of the partners who are celebrating their wedding on that particular day. Also, since the guests are most likely to eat the candy during the wedding, you might want to have additional supplies of candy available so that the guests can refill their tins whenever they feel the need to.

Another way to give candy to your guests would be to create original glass bowls that would serve as centerpieces on the tables. Because candy is such a popular and much loved choice as wedding favors, finding a creative way to adorn the candy and display in an interesting way will ensure that you are able to organize a successful wedding bash. The guests could be presented a small container, in which the candy can be stored. You could even use the container to match the theme that is present at your wedding, for an even more stunning visual effect. Also, the guests can then fill for themselves the containers with candy, according to their own preference.

Another edible item that the wedding grooms might consider giving out to people would be to include cookies as edible favors. When talking about cookies, you have a wide area of things you can choose from. For instance, you can use normal, traditional cookies to complement y our wedding favors or you could store them in keepsake little boxes, on which you would print the names of the grooms, the wedding date plus other personalized details. moreover, you could consider giving to your guests personalized fortune cookies, each with its own message in which a quotation can be put or another musing of whatever sort you like. Cookies can be thus used in a multitude of ways and you can give the cookies even when wrapped in a photo taken of the couple. Also, there are countless bakeries which accommodate such needs and they can produce the necessary amount of cookies for your wedding. Therefore, by doing so, you would simply be left with the choice of selecting certain design and allow the bakery to use a photo as part of the designing process.

Moreover, you could think of serving tea, coffee or plain coco to the guests at your wedding. If you want to diversify the offer of edible favors, then you need to be more creative in your choices. Therefore, planning to serve some tea or coffee together with a picture, quotation mark or poem will certainly create an interesting effect on the overall picture of the wedding.

Making your own wedding gifts can be fun even when you don’t have a clue about where to start.

Here are some ideas that you can use to help you get started with your homemade wedding favors.

Do you know how to cook? Well, this is one idea that works for everyone because everyone needs to eat and most people like to eat. So don’t be shy about cooking something for the gifts for your wedding.

The best way to go is to think sweet treats such as cookies, pies, pastries, candies and any gourmet chocolate. These all make sweet and delicious and who doesn’t love sweets.

If you can not cook what do you do then? There are still many food gifts that you can make. One good idea is a mint candy souvenir in a tin for your wedding reception.

Another idea is jars full of dry layered ingredients for baked goods because these make beautiful, thoughtful homemade favors. You can find many different recipes for them in books or online.

Some other ideas for the gifts at your reception that can be personalized are a Wedding Satin Chocolate Bar, Sand Pail Sand Dollar Cookies, “Couples Cocoa” Cocoa Filled Cones, heart design soap favors and many others.

You don’t have to give homemade favors that are edible. For your reception you can make a lot of different gifts from your home.

Recipe books are another idea you can use that is not edible. These make great gifts for your guests. You can do this yourself by assembling, printing and binding the recipes yourself.

However, if you need a large number of them you can get your recipes together and then take them to a publishing company that will print and bind them for you. These make inexpensive and unique souvenirs for your special day.

Another idea that can be used that is still on the topic of publishing is a book of poems if you are a writer of poems. You can also use romantic stories and poems from the guests at your wedding or shower and then put them together as a collection so that you can give them to your guests as a small booklet.

When you want to make your wedding souvenirs at home, there are still many other options that you can choose from, besides printed items and foods. Gift baskets, crafts, artwork, or something that is made with fabrics such as a pillow are more great ideas that you can use. You can crochet or knit your gifts for your guests.

The homemade wedding favors don’t need to be extravagant or perfect. Your guests will love that you took the time to make them something special.

They will be touched that you took the time to show your appreciation that they are there to spend your special day with you. Plus the wedding favors that are homemade will work great for everyone when you are on a tight budget.