for me to use our wedding favors as our reception centerpieces? For budgetary purposes, I'm planning to use the same candles we used for favors as the centerpieces. What do you think of this idea?
2007-02-21 15:02:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Clarification: I'm not giving away the remaining of our centerpieces as favors. I'm merely using the same types of candles for centerpieces and favors. Would that be tacky? Thank you all for your responses!
2007-02-23 13:43:39 · update #1
It's cute - people will admire the candles and at the end of the night realize they are going home with one. Kind of like getting the center piece at a luncheon - it's nice.
2007-02-21 15:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by bluenbri 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm confused? I'm assuming the candles will be lit during the reception so you're guests will be taking home half melted candles -- that seems weird.
I'm planning my wedding right now and I work for an event planning company but I don't understand the whole wedding favor thing. It just seems like one more thing added on to getting married so the wedding industry can make even more money. Half the wedding favors people give out get left at the table or are taken home, put on a shelf and forgotten.
Your guests are not coming to the wedding expecting an engraved wine glass, candy wrapped in a stupid little organza bag (more waste left at the table - and time consuming for you), or any other trinkets that cost you an extra $300 -- so don't be pressured to put something at each place setting because it's "proper"...10 years ago it wasn't even a consideration.
Besides candy I can't think of a single item that EVERYONE at your wedding would take home and enjoy, so what's the point in spending the extra money for such a small, barley noticed detail? Save it for the honeymoon or use it for a better DJ or better centerpieces.
If you're working with a tighter budget think about what YOU notice when you go to weddings and what makes a wedding memorable...I bet it's not the favors.
2007-02-21 15:29:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it would be a bit funny if they were lit and melted when the guests take them home. You can do really simple decoration for the tables using a glass bowl full of water and some floating candles or even just flower heads floating in the water, maybe put some rocks in the bottom of the bowl. I know that favours are not the reason people are coming to your wedding, but if you are gonna do candles then I wouldn't light them at the tables or they will look funny taking half burnt candles away. I really don't think favours are even worth wasting time and money on.
2007-02-22 00:22:06 · answer #3 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your wedding is what you want it to be. so no it isn't wrong.
I think your focus should be more on whether the candle fits in with the rest of the decor for your reception. If it looks good that is all that matters. however it if doesn't, maybe you might need to add something to it to create a them. Since the candle is a favor, maybe you can match it with a bow or flower within the theme color for the wedding. maybe you can add a program from the wedding or have a friend/family member make special program to accommodate each candle that shows the order for the reception and the menu.
Congrats
2007-02-21 15:13:17 · answer #4 · answered by Loyalty 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a 'bit' boring..but it's not wrong at all! Favors are seriously over-rated anyway, so don't sweat it. A friend of mine really didn't want floral centerpieces, and didn't want to toss a whole lot of money on favors, so she found these half centerpiece, half favor things:
http://www.wedding-favors-express.com/wanderfuls/centerpieces/index-old.html
At the end of the wedding everyone took a piece of the centerpiece as their favor,,,it was a big hit!
2007-02-21 15:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by MelB 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's fine. Honestly, when people found out I was having real flower centerpieces people start asked right away to take one or two home. Kinda annoyed me, but at the same time alot of people will ask about centerpieces. I also saw several favor/centerpiece combos during my online wedding supply search.
2007-02-21 15:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by layla983 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
not at all! actually it sounds unique! some weddings ive been to i wish i could take the center peices home LOL. i thinks its a great idea. just be sure to stress to people, or have someone else do it, that they may take the candles home as a favor. :)
2007-02-21 15:22:03 · answer #7 · answered by lusciousevil 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutly not. I am giving my center pieces away to those closest to me as favors. It is not a crime! Congrats. It will be okay.
2007-02-21 16:43:05 · answer #8 · answered by CGS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the idea is fine, and is not boring or wrong. People will understand, and afterall you are giving them something, so its already nice.
Its a good idea, no one should expect anything expensive, or what not.
2007-02-21 15:06:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
why even buy wedding favors at all? Just do it like i did give a judge 50 bucks and invite a friend as a wittness then just spend all that money you saved on your honnymoon
2007-02-21 15:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋