Favors

January 25th, 2007 @ 5:17 pm by Mrs. Orchid

For our wedding favors, I wanted to incorporate something that has significance to our Thai or Chinese heritage. These are my favorites so far:

A) Soap intricately carved into a Thai floral ‘Malai‘

B) Thai Benjarong Jars (Traditional Thai Five colored porcelain)

C) Mini Candles Shaped in Thai Fruits & Pastries

D) Chopsticks

30-30

E) Chinese Teacups

F) Mini Clay Potted Orchids

Of all these I think the Benjarong jars would probably be the most expensive, but they are my favorite by far. Even though I think chopsticks are a cute favor, I think it’s been a little overdone.

Which do you like? Which would you like to receive if you were a guest?

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21 Responses to “Favors”

Guest

fizzy

I like the orchids, out of all the choices

1/25/07 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

Guest

Helen

I would say that anything that is intrinsically useful and pretty long term so on that basis, I would go with the jar or the teacups (loving both!). I think that you could still make use of either of those if they are left behind en masse (which is a favour possibility) rather than having to worry about watering 75 wilting orchids.
Gorgeous choices though!x

1/25/07 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

Guest

Miss Bird of Paradise

orchids.

1/25/07 @ 5:22 pm (reply)

Guest

thistleorchid

Orchids are super hard to keep up once you get them home without extensive instructions on repotting and the right type of soil, etc. I’m just afraid they’d all die. I would love the chopsticks myself if I were a guest. Or the jar, but that could get real expensive real fast. Soaps are alawys useful in a guest bathroom, especially pretty soaps.

1/25/07 @ 5:23 pm (reply)

Guest

tracy

my husband and i were thinking of doing those intricate soaps (my dad’s from thailand) because they’re so unique and i’ve never seen that as a wedding favor before…we ended up choosing chopsticks though because they were the best bang for our buck (especially since we got them in thailand) and they’re the most practical..we ended up with tons of left over chopsticks and now we have plenty to eat with..haha

1/25/07 @ 5:31 pm (reply)

Guest

Mrs. Bee

i love the benjarong jars!

1/25/07 @ 5:33 pm (reply)

Guest

michelle

love the orchids.

1/25/07 @ 5:35 pm (reply)

Guest

Miss Orchid

Thanks for all your feedback. For the record the Orchids are made of clay and are not real.

1/25/07 @ 5:36 pm (reply)

Guest

Tea

i like the orchids or the jars

1/25/07 @ 5:43 pm (reply)

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Guest

luckyme

I love a) and c).

1/25/07 @ 5:47 pm (reply)

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Guest

Brooke

Personally I qould prefer the chopsticks or teacups over the other ideas. Both things I can use but they don’t have to match my home decor.

1/25/07 @ 5:54 pm (reply)

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Guest

SueW

I love A B and D…where are the chopsticks from?

1/25/07 @ 6:16 pm (reply)

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Guest

amy

teacups. i’m korean, and us koreans always need small dishes for when we serve food.

1/25/07 @ 6:28 pm (reply)

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Miss Orchid

SueW - The chopsticks are from a Thai company in Bangkok where I will be going in April.

1/25/07 @ 6:28 pm (reply)

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Guest

Cyn

don’t do chopsticks. it’s tacky

1/25/07 @ 6:37 pm (reply)

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ann

i’d be happy with any of them, but since we’re voting.. i vote for the soaps. they’re unique, reflect your cultural background and can be used and won’t break the bank. got other things to spend the money on!

1/25/07 @ 6:59 pm (reply)

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Kymberli

the jars are usually really cheap in thailand but they break easily when bringing them home i brought home a bunch of them and they were wrapped well and still managed to break.