If you are anything like me, no sooner had I sent out my wedding invitations, I sat down with my best friend trying to come up with some really great wedding favour ideas. Some of the best wedding favour ideas come together by discussing your theme and ideas with your friends.

It is also a great excuse to get the girls together, maybe even invite your mother and mother in law round, crack open a bottle of wine and talk ‘weddings’. 

If you are going to be making your own wedding favors you need to make sure your wedding favour ideas are both realistic and achievable.

Wedding favors is a tradition that goes back many years. It is a gift from the bride and groom as a token of their appreciation for having their guests attend their wedding day. Although most people will think of traditional almonds in a little bag, these days the wedding favour ideas are a lot more personal and extravagant.
 
When you are trying to come up with wedding favour ideas make sure you take into account the size of the table and the space that is available. You do not want your favors to be too large and look awkward on the table.

You will need to decide if the favors will be something that is edible or a keepsake. Something edible needs to be kept at the correct temperature. The last thing you want is to see your chocolate wedding favor oozing out of its box because it has been placed next to a hot candle.

Numbers are so important when planning your wedding favour ideas, if you are having a large wedding and making the favors yourself you need to make the favors as simple as possible to ensure you do not run of time making them.

Some of the other things you need to consider when deciding on your wedding favour ideas are your budget, whether you can enlist the help of your family and friends and also if you want the gift to be something meaningful or something fun.

Once you have decided exactly how it will look attempt to make one and time how long it takes to make it. By doing this you will be able to work out a rough time needed to create all the gifts. If you are lucky enough to have your friends and family help out, this will of course reduce the time it will take to make all of the wedding favors.