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Mr. S and I never intended on giving favors to our guests.
First of all, I find that most people never even take the favors. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen favors left behind on the table after the guests leave a wedding. Secondly, with all of the time, energy and money we’re spending on other wedding-related tasks, we just didn’t have it in us to take on another project. We figured that we’d just make a donation in lieu of favors and that was that.
Well, we still plan on making a donation, but guess what? We’ve changed our minds (surprise, surprise) and will be giving out favors, too!
But here’s the thing: they’re super cheap, and super easy. Cheap as in a mere fifty cents per favor. And easy as in all we need to do once we get them is put them on a table.
Check it out, guys: wildflower seed packets!
I ordered these at American Meadows and I’m stoked. All our guests will have to do is take these packets home and sprinkle them, and then, in a few months, they’ll have this:
Pretty pretty flowers! I think it’s perfect for our wedding because we’re getting married in a garden, and they’re perfect for us because we’re cheap and lazy! And if our guests decide to leave them behind, well, we’ll just keep the rest and I’ll plant wildflowers wherever I go for the next year or so.
Are you planning on giving out favors at your wedding? What kind of favors will you give?
This is what I am giving as favors too! I am personalizing the seed packet and putting some cutsie saying on them.
Garden wedding + seed favors = perfect! Your guests will love them.
Those seed packets are so pretty. I’m sure your guests will want to take them home, but the idea of carrying around the leftovers and scattering them wherever you go made me think of Miss Rumphius. Way to make the world more beautiful with your favors, Miss Sloth!
I’m thinking of stealing Ms. Hippo’s idea of having a donut making snack machine at the end of the reception with glassline personalized bags. If these don’t work, NO. FAVORS.FOR.YOU!! I like your idea too. It really ties in with your wedding.
Lovely idea, I’m sure your guests will love it! I don’t have a garden I could use them in, but I was thinking that I’d love to build a nice day around that - e.g. organize a picnic in a park or forest and then plant them for fun somewhere! Would be fun to go back to the same spot a year later and see them grow like in your pic 
We’re doing the traditional “eat this” favor. lol However, my future mother in law figured out a cute way to display our “eat this” favor. We are wrapping pieces of decorative paper (lime green with white polka dots) into cones. Inside the cones will be a tuelle circle which holds our favors of chocolates. On the outside of the cone will be a ribbon looped around with a sprig of our flowers in the middle.
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LOVE this idea! Simple yet very clever for the location of your wedding. Who doesn’t love fresh flowers in their yard?
What a perfect idea, and so so easy! How could you not use these??
HAHAHA The Flava Fave reference is Awesome! These are the perfect fit for your wedding. Such a great idea!
Love this idea. A friend of mine did something similar last spring and I was able to see their favor growing all summer in my garden.
We are doing seed packets too! I found a template online, and used Illustrator to design them to match our invitations. We bought bulk Texas bluebonnets and New England wildflowers to mix together, to represent our two backgrounds coming together
Nice! We’re staying with the donation idea, since I can’t bear spending money on things 50% of people won’t touch or will leave behind.
Title! Title! LOL! Very cool favors, too
P.S. I once saw Flava Flav, he was behind me at LAX security for Southwest Airlines. He was awesome!
I love that idea. I’ve thought about doing something like that myself.
Lovely idea. I said something about probably skipping favors to my FMIL, and I swear her jaw dropped open and she started insisting I had to have favors, that SHE would take care of the favors if I didn’t. She seems to really have a thing for favors. At least she is inclined to have them be useful favors. (She started looking at luggage tags.)
My only issue with wildflowers would be considering where they’d grow. About half of the guest list will be coming from across the country where the climate is very different. Southern California wildflowers are not the same as Maryland/Pennsylvania ones. Suppose could do a mix, though, of half eastern and half western ones. They’re usually labeled nicely to indicate where they grow best.
Love it! I am still in favor hell! I hate the idea of spending the money on something that no one uses. I might have to look into these.
[...] until I was searching the ‘Bee for inspiration and came across Mrs. Sloth’s own favor post that I was convinced. (Thanks, Mrs. [...]
[...] wasn’t until I was searching Weddingbee for inspiration and came across Mrs. Sloth’s own favor post that I was convinced. (Thanks, Mrs. [...]
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Ms. Sloth, Philadelphia Age and Occupation: 35, Account Manager and Fashion Blogger Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Design Admin Engagement Date: December 25, 2009 Wedding Date: May 2011 Venue: Bartram's Garden About Me: I'm an internet junkie and music snob with a good eye for a bargain. I couldn't live without thrift store shopping, cheeseburgers, sushi, Coke Zero, websites devoted to silly photos of baby animals, Photoshop, and Mr. Sloth. Speaking of which, he and I are a pair of goofball homebody nerds who love our beagle (the most ridiculously adorable dog EVER) to an embarrassing degree. We're planning a low-key and intimate yet festive and quirky outdoor wedding with DIY details and deeply personal touches, and it's all taking place in the city where we fell in love and call home: Philadelphia.
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