Unique Wedding Favor Ideas
The Best trends in gifting and favors this wedding season.
After your wedding, it’s the unique little touches, the gifts and favors that your guests will remember and cherish. This wedding season, evolve past the usual, ‘think outside the mithai box’ and get creative. Whether it’s a destination wedding or an intimate hometown one, we bring you the best trends in wedding gifting and favors that are personal and unforgettable.
1. Forest Essentials
Delight your guests with an unforgettable gift set from Forest Essentials filled with luxury ayurveda skin care products and toiletries for men and women this wedding season.
Photo Courtesy – Forest Essentials
2. New Age Nutty
The dry fruit game went up a notch. Go Nuts brings you exotic, high quality products that can be customized. Pick, choose and combine from Iran Mamra Almonds, Flavoured Nuts, Dried Cranberries, Hazelnuts and the company will pack them in customized air tight containers
3. Flavored Tea
A classy, unique favor – gift the joys of tea time to your wedding guests and loved ones with Exalte Tea‘s celebration range of artisanal teas with exquisite ingredients.
Photo Courtesy – Exalte
4. Chocolates
They say chocolate is the food of the gods and why not send your guests home with little bites of heaven from Fantasie Fine Chocolates and Dezertfox who both offer exquisitely crafted handmade chocolates customized to each client’s specifications.
Photo Courtesy – Dezertfox
5. Accessories
Surprise the ladies in your family on your wedding day or mehndi ceremony with an assortment of bangles, kadas and potlis to use right there or take home from the wedding as favors.
Photo Courtesy – ANK
6. Desi Cookies
They’re cute and delicious and a great way to celebrate. Get your cookies to say something quirky or ask for colorful icing and paisley motifs to add an unmistakable desi element to these lovely favors.
Photo Courtesy – Abhishek Sarkar
7. Johnnie Walker Engraved Bottles
If you’re looking for a very special wedding gift or wondering how you can add a personal touch to your wedding favors – make your mark with the Johnnie Walker range of blended scotch whiskey gifts, engraved with something characteristically, inimitably you. The best part is whether you want to personalize your go-to Johnnie Walker bottle or create a buzz when you create a ‘set’ for your gang and their favorite blend – the bespoke message is engraved at no extra cost.
Photo Courtesy – Emily Katharine Photography
8. Take Home Treats
Fill mason jars with candy, popcorn, Nutella and more, tie a ribbon and a tag that says thank you and you’ll have an adorable wedding favor that will sit beautifully on each table at your wedding.
Photo Courtesy – Fab Mood, Pinterest and Mary+Roy-Treats
9. Luggage Tags
If you are jet-setting to an exotic location for your destination wedding/a>, then share your style with personalized luggage tags as wedding favors. They make for fabulous travel themed and destination wedding favors.
Photo Courtesy -Etsy and Pinterest
10. S’more Love
Give your guests more to love with the s’mores wedding favor kits which include crisp graham crackers, melt-in-the-mouth marshmallows and gorgeous chocolate slabs wrapped in clear packaging.
Photo Courtesy – Etsy and The I do Moment
11. Infused Olive Oil or Honey
Honey and olive oil can symbolize luxury, purity and generosity. Infuse the honey or oil with a flavor of your choice to personalize your gift and you could even include a recipe on the tag to inspire your guests once they’re home.
Photo Courtesy – Lisa Lefkowitz and Pinterest
12. Tie n Dye Dupattas
Tie n dye dupattas are fabulous additions to a mehndi ceremony as wedding favors. An instant party starter, ask your guests to pick one as they enjoy the vibrant celebration.
Photo Courtesy -Pinterest
13. Desi Keychains
You’ve given away the keys to your heart but you can gift your guests some gorgeous keychains with Indian aesthetic detailing at your destination wedding. They’ll think of you everytime they use them in the years to come.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
14. Sandalwood fans
Delightful and luxurious, they’re pretty and put a scent on the breeze. Sandalwood fans are the ideal favor for an outdoor, daytime wedding to keep your guests cool, comfortable and also make great photo props.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest and Things to be stroud of
15. Sunglasses
Shady business this; bring the rockstar out in all your guests at the pool party, mehndi or wedding with colorful sunglasses to go with their attitude.
Photo Courtesy – Aidan Dockery Wedding
16. Flip Flops
Perfect for beach weddings where you want to feel the sand in your toes, these flip flops will let your guests give their heels a rest and they look cute too.
Photo Courtesy – Fab mood and Mod Wedding
17. Pretty Planters
Give your wedding guests a wonderful surprise with these tiny potted blooms or succulents.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest and Long Island Weekly
18. Coffee
Gift personalized coffee wedding favors on your special day and they’ll be thinking of you every morning as they relish their morning cuppa.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
19. Fragrant Candles
Add an element of romance and elegance to your wedding favors with scented candles. They’re visually appealing and can be customized to the theme of your wedding.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
20. Parasols
If you’re getting married in Thailand or having an intimate beach wedding, your guests will love you for these gorgeous parasols and the shade they provide on a sunny afternoon.
Photo Courtesy – Our Labor of Love
21. Condiments
Treat your guests to tiny bottles of marmalades, chutneys, jams, barbecue sauce, salsa, maple syrup and honey, packed in a gift basket. Add a lasting memory with customized tags with your wedding monogram.
Photo Courtesy – Style me pretty and Pinterest
22. Cocktails in a Box
Put together a cocktail kit that lets your guests discover a new drink and master the art of mixing. You can keep it classic with a miniature Ciroc or Smirnoff Vodka bottle along with lime and sugar for the perfect Caprioska cocktail. Include a recipe card with instructions and guests can take the high spirits of your wedding back home with them!
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
23. Maangtikka, Rings and Haathphool
Offer maangtikkas, rings and haathphools to your guests at your mehndi ceremony. It will add a harmonious, common design motif to your party and you can take some lovely photos. Think floral or gota patti jewellery ideas from Floral Art.
Photo Courtesy – Floral Art
24. Clutches
Pamper the ladies at your wedding like they deserve with intricately embroidered box clutches by Moda Fashion or Clutch’d which they can reuse for traditional events in the future too.
25. Card Bottle Openers
Keep the after party going till early morning by gifting the guests personalized, quirky, credit card size bottle openers and let the pints of beers flow while you’re a star at your cocktail party!
Photo Courtesy – My Wedding Favors
26. New Age Mithai
We were kidding about ‘think outside the mithai box’. How can you? It’s delicious and traditional but try subtler flavors and newer inventions like walnut or rose petal barfi, cinnamon and custard apple laddoos for the ‘Muh Meetha Kijiye’ moment.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
27. Rustic Photo Frames
Photo frames are a great gift for a varied crowd. You can order intricately carved wooden rustic photo frames from Fab India to send a little of your style home with your guests.
Photo Courtesy – Fabindia
28. Plantable Seeds
Encourage your guests to “watch love grow” by gifting them seeds packed in pretty paper bags or linen pouches.
Photo Courtesy – Botanical Paperworks and Weddings Online
29. Handmade Soaps
Soap Opera create handmade, fragrant soap and will personalize packaging to include your wedding monogram and sweet little notes to make it a very thoughtful favor.
Photo Courtesy – Etsy, Green Wedding Shoes and Soap Opera
30. Macarons
Bring a little touch of Paris to your wedding favors with custom packed macarons from Le 15 Patisserie or La Folie Patisserie in clear packaging and wrapped with ribbons.
Photo Courtesy – Olivialeigh Weddings and Le 15 Pastiserrie
31. Miniature Liquor Bottles
Customize miniature Johnnie Walker or Ciroc and Smirnoff miniature bottles with custom-printed labels by Hops Cork for your wedding to be given away as favors and stay high spirited.
Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
32. Cake in the Jar
Give your wedding guests a treat they won’t be able to resist digging into. From red velvets to gooey chocolate and rocky road, the choice is endless. Best thing is they can start eating their treats right away!
Photo Courtesy – Project Wedding and Pinterest
