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As you may know, we are having two wedding-related celebrations: a reception in Vegas and a party in Milwaukee. This means that I need (or, at the very least, really want) to come up with two sets of unique and fun favors for our guests. I know that favors aren’t necessary, but I think that they can add a nice touch to the event.

Luckily for us, it was pretty easy to come up with favor ideas for Las Vegas. We could give our guests personalized playing cards. We could give them dice embossed with our wedding date. We could give them slot-machine keychains. We could give them poker chips made out of chocolate.

Mr. Mole and I eventually decided on poker chips — but we decided to go for the real deal. Our guests will get $5 chips to play at the Venetian casino. (Or, if they are like me, to cash in at the cage to get money to play the video poker games; for all of the times that I have been in Vegas, I have never played any games at a table. I am too chicken to bet more than a dollar at a time!) We figure that it will allow our guests to have a few more minutes of fun after our reception concludes. Maybe someone will even turn it into a huge profit on the blackjack tables.

Our favors, waiting to be played

The next thing to figure out was how we were going to display these chips at everyone’s seats. I found my solution in a blog post on Weddingbee!

I read that Minted was offering 25 business cards for merely the cost of shipping. I skedaddled over to the website, and I found the perfect design in our wedding colors: Mustard Stripe Business cards in Tomato.

Coral and green! / Image via Minted / Design by Laura Hankins

Armed with a pack of glue dots, the customized business cards, and the poker chips, I was able to make pretty quick work of assembling our favors. This is almost as crafty as I get, folks.

How crazy is it that the Venetian’s chips match our color scheme?

Now, though, I have no idea as to what kinds of favors I want for our Milwaukee party. I could go with the ever-popular (for good reason!) candy favors, giving everyone bags of colorful m&ms, gummy bears, or jelly beans.

Image via Martha Stewart Weddings

I could offer up some homemade treats, like my favorite sea-salt brownies or the New York Times chocolate chip cookies. I could even find cute jars to pack them in.

Image via Martha Stewart Weddings

I could go green and offer everyone a packet of seeds, a miniature tree, or a succulent plant. Or we could make a donation in our guests’ names to a local charity or park preserve.

Image via Project Wedding

I could even go regional and give everyone something specific to Milwaukee or Wisconsin. Maybe a bottle of Sprecher’s root beer? A pass to the Art Museum? A piece of cheese shaped like a dairy cow? A bottle of Beast? (Ha.)

Image via Wisconsin Made

So, hive, help me out! Do you have any suggestions for our Milwaukee party favors? What are you doing for your wedding favors? (I’d love to borrow some great ideas!)