My Plans for Wedding Favors
Jan. 26th, 2011 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eastofthemoonFor my wedding, I've been thinking that I didn't want to do wedding favors. Everyone I know who has been to a wedding just tucks them into a junk door until four months later when they decide to throw them out. It just seems to be a waste of money to me.
However, then one of my mom's friend told her that her daughter felt the same way when she got married. So, instead of wedding favors, she used the money and donated to the heart and stroke foundation and just left a card at each spot on the table explaining that.
I think that's such a great idea. Since Stu and I, and just about everyone in our families are such big animal lovers, we decided we'll use the money we would have spent on wedding favors and instead donate it to the SPCA.
We also still have an unopened box of milkbones that Abby had gotten for Christmas. So, I thought I would tie a bone to each card, and that will be Abby's contribution to the wedding. (And I'm sure the families dogs, Parker, Willie, Pete and Jasper will be more than happy to help out by eating them for the guests. XD)
However, then one of my mom's friend told her that her daughter felt the same way when she got married. So, instead of wedding favors, she used the money and donated to the heart and stroke foundation and just left a card at each spot on the table explaining that.
I think that's such a great idea. Since Stu and I, and just about everyone in our families are such big animal lovers, we decided we'll use the money we would have spent on wedding favors and instead donate it to the SPCA.
We also still have an unopened box of milkbones that Abby had gotten for Christmas. So, I thought I would tie a bone to each card, and that will be Abby's contribution to the wedding. (And I'm sure the families dogs, Parker, Willie, Pete and Jasper will be more than happy to help out by eating them for the guests. XD)
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Date: 2011-01-26 02:48 pm (UTC)I tend to keep special event favors like that because I'm a bit of a pack rat and my family goes all out for these things (I still have the baseball-shaped yarmulkes from my cousin's Bar Mitzvah 7 years ago). But I'm probably an exception to the rule. ^_^;
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:18 pm (UTC)If it was a cool favor like what you kept I probably would have kept it. However, most of the weddings I've been too the favors have just been candy, soap, pens, etc. I just thought I would prefer to use the money for a good cause.
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:14 pm (UTC)(In case it wasn't painfully obvious, I'm not religious at all and I don't put a lot of credence in traditions/superstitions.)
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:21 pm (UTC)If you don't mind me asking, what kind of wedding traditions do they do at a Greek Orthodox wedding? I love learning about different cultures/religions.
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Date: 2011-01-26 05:13 pm (UTC)It was a little strange for me, to be honest. ^_^;
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:43 pm (UTC)I don't know about Greek Orthodox traditions, but my father's devout Catholic family asked my mother to take some "conversion classes" (she comes from a Jewish family) at their church so my parents could have their marriage officially blessed/recognized by the Catholic Church.
Funny story: My mother didn't want to alienate her more devout Jewish relatives by having a Catholic wedding. So they compromised by having a big secular wedding and then doing the solemn, Catholic wedding ceremony the day after with just their parents, siblings, and the priest. So, technically, my parents married each other twice (they even have two different legal marriage licenses!).
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:53 pm (UTC)And if you don't mind me asking, I've always been curious about Jewish weddings. What kind of traditions do Jewish weddings have?
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:02 pm (UTC)Mike and I were actually going to be married in a courtroom until I saw this while looking up the requirements. We did the $99 wedding and it was perfect for us. It was very small (the package was a bit different last year), but lovely and suited us both. It helps that both of us are pretty much generic Christian.
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Date: 2011-01-26 04:59 pm (UTC)Second, I think that is a wonderful Idea!
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Date: 2011-01-26 05:11 pm (UTC)Also thanks, I think it will be a nice personal touch to the wedding.
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:52 pm (UTC);D
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:50 pm (UTC)When my husband and I got married we got little bottles of bubbles with our names and our wedding date on them, along with custom printed M&M's and mints. Most people ate the M&M's and mints before the evening was through and it was really hilarious to watch my normally uptight relatives blowing bubbles like little kids.
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Date: 2011-01-26 10:50 pm (UTC)*laughs* Okay, I'll admit I can see bubbles being a lot of fun. No one can resist bubbles!
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Date: 2011-01-26 07:58 pm (UTC)Regardless, it's nice to know there are variations on wedding favors, and your idea sounds like a very good one. I bet the family dogs will enjoy being included! ;)
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Date: 2011-01-27 11:48 am (UTC)It'd be nice if the guests chipped in and got the married couple a house XD
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Date: 2011-01-27 02:04 pm (UTC)I'm still all up for guest giving Stu and me wedding gifts! XD