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Lottery Tickets Submitted by: Surfer of East Rutherford, New Jersey "Quick Pick" lottery tickets. They cost only a dollar but can be worth much more.

New Year's Party Favors Submitted by: MT Weishaar of Lansing, Michigan A dear friend, upset with her mother's plans for a stodgy reception, intends on lighting the atmosphere with New Year's Eve type party favors. At each place setting will be colorful hats to wear AND noise makers. Instead of clanking glasses, people will use their new toys to have the happy couple kiss! All of these favors will be marked with do-it-yourself copier labels with the couple's names and wedding date. Other fun favors include ornaments (apples for a teacher's wedding, for example), individually wrapped cookies, or chocolates molded into the couple's last initial!

Cross-Stitched Bookmarks Submitted by: C. P. of Newark, Delaware My mother is making cross-stitch bookmarks to give as favors to all our guests. The design on the bookmarks is a heart with our names and the date below. She frays the edges and adds an iron-on backing to finish them off.

Bubble Place Cards Submitted by: C. W. of New York, New York We've decided to combine our wedding favors with the place cards by tying the place cards (with the guest's name and table number written on each card) to bottles of wedding bubbles (purchased at a party supply store). We'll personalize each wedding favor with a label bearing our names and our wedding date and wrap each bottle in tulle. Fortunately, you don't have to unwrap the bottles in order to use them. The cap is accessible even when the bottle is wrapped!

Tulle Wrapped Shells Submitted by: L. B. of Sunnyvale, California My husband and I were married at Carmel by the Sea. For our favors, we bought bags of little shells, tulle, and ribbons with our names and wedding date on them. We placed a few shells in the center of a tulle circle, tied it up with the ribbon, and decorated them with tiny pearl and satin flowers, bought at the craft store.

Votive Candles in a Glass Bowl Submitted by: A. K. of Dayton, Ohio For my sister's wedding, which was of short notice, we used glass bowls with scalloped edges (you can find them at craft stores), and filled them with sand and added a votive candle. Or you could add water and use floating candles in the wedding colors...they are relatively cheap yet beautiful at the same time....which is what we needed!

Sand Dollars #2 and Magnets Submitted by: Shelly of Placerville We are having our wedding on the beach. I was thinking for a wedding favor to get sand dollars and write in gold glitter puff paint our names and wedding date. We are also having a BBQ reception and for wedding favors I was thinking magnets with our names and wedding date on them. You can buy business card magnets with an adhesive back at an office supply store and print out business cards on the computer and stick the business cards to the magnets. Everyone loves magnets!!

Candles in a Terra Cotta Pot Submitted by: Malinda of Los Angeles, California One of my bridesmaids made candles for my bridal shower favors and everyone loved them! They're not too hard to do and they're very inexpensive. All you need (per guest) is a small terra cotta pot, gold spray paint, candle wicks, a block of wax, cellophane, and ribbon (all materials are available at any craft store). She just spray-painted the pots, boiled the wax, inserted the wick into the pot, and slowly poured the wax. When dry, she wrapped them in cellophane and tied ribbons with my wedding colors around the cellophane to secure it. If you want, you can buy scented oil to pour on the wax so that the candles are scented. Also, since there is a hole at the bottom of the pot, you can put a penny with the year of your wedding over the hole so that the wax doesn't leak out. When the candles are used up, your guests will have a penny with your wedding year on it as a memento. The favors are much cheaper than buying candles in the store and they look very professional. ! Plus everyone will love them; I know my guests did!!

Blessings Submitted by: L. G. of Spokane, Washington We decided, since fortunes can be offensive to some religious people, to try adding a 'blessing' to each of our favors. It feels personal to your guest, and puts a smile on their face!

Lottery Tickets #2 Submitted by: M. B. of Suffern, New York Recently, I attended a wedding in which the bride and the groom were on a tight budget. They had only about $1 to spend per guest on favors. Their idea: The bride and groom went to their local lotto provider and bought 1 ticket per guest. The numbers were picked by computer for the day of the wedding. Each card was attached by ribbon to the place cards. Another idea, buy a book of instant lotto tickets and use those. Your lotto provider should be able to order them for you.

Candy Canes Submitted by: J. R. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania We are getting married on the first day of the Christmas Season, November 29, 1997. We bought rolls of velvet ribbon, cut them into 24 inch strips, and punched holes 1 inch apart along one side. Then we weaved candy canes through the holes. It is a very inexpensive yet classy Christmas favor. (Especially when all supplies were bought at after-Christmas sales!)

Different-shaped Glass Candleholders Submitted by: P. D. of San Jose, California For my wedding (held in December) I found little glass candle holders at the local craft store in different shapes like flowers, hearts, circles, tiny vases, etc. I bought all different kinds and the candles to go with them. We wrapped a ribbon with our names around each candle. It is always nice to give something people can actually use again that DOESN'T have your name on it. Another cute idea for a spring/summer wedding is to buy tiny bud vases and put a flower in each one...that will cut down the expense of big floral centerpieces because with a small vase at each table setting, the table will be colorful enough!

Seed Packets Submitted by: Lesley of Marquette, Michigan My fiancé and I both like wildflowers, especially those that grow in our own yards. We are having lots of wildflowers at the church and at the reception -- the "theme" of the wedding is an "English country garden." We purchased seed packets (wildflowers, sunflowers, etc.), tied each with a colored ribbon, and attached a note of thanks with our names and our wedding date. My mom bought a large terra cotta pot and we will put the seed packets in that at the reception.

Note Pads Submitted by: K. W. of Independence, Indiana My husband and I wanted something unique and useful to give our guests. We had our local printer make up pads of paper with our names, wedding date, and picture that went along with our theme. Everyone loved them, even the kids!

Kisses and Hugs #2 Submitted by: K. C. of Cleveland, Ohio I was married a week before Christmas in '93. I used netting to wrap 2 Hershey™ Kisses and 2 Hershey™ Hugs and attached a note to each bundle with the words "Just a few hugs and kisses for you!"

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