Wedding Favour Information 

Description of a Wedding Favour 

Wedding favours are a gift from the bride and groom to their guests on their wedding day. It is usually 
given as a thanks you for sharing their ‘big day’ with them and also serves as a little reminder of the 
couple's special moment. Wedding favors are traditionally placed at a wedding guest's place setting around 
the table and could be combined with the guest's place name if required to add that extra special touch. 
By simply adding a small gift tag to your wedding favour you can personalise the favour gift to each 
individual person.

The History of Wedding Favours 
Wedding favours can be traced back centuries and originated in Europe in the countries of Italy and Greece. Originally they were gifts for the guests of weddings, christenings, anniversaries and birthdays. 
These were known as ‘bombonières’, they were traditionally used as gifts by the more wealthy Europeans. 

originally ‘Bombonières’ were gifts of precious stones but as we moved through the centuries they were replaced by a present of sugared almonds. Sugared almonds are still a reasonably popular wedding favour and to this day continue to be placed in favour boxes or bags exquisitly tied with ribbon to make beautiful favour gift. The sugared almonds represented health, wealth, happiness, fertility and long life, 
signifying a blessing from the bride to her guests, but in the modern day wedding favours come in a wide variety of gifts, some personalised some simply a themed gift to compliment the wedding colour scheme of wedding theme. Candles remain a very popular favour gift of the modern day and are often persoanlised with 
the Bride and Grooms Names and date of the wedding or alternatively are scented votive or tealight candles in gift boxes. Chocolate is another popular favour idea for the modern day as are the minature spirits.
It is noted that Brides and grooms gave away love knots made of lace and ribbons in England and Scotland during the 16th and 17th centuries, although this tradition continued in Scotland a lot longer than in England, also In Victorian times couples would give a party cracker filled with sweets or gifts, once 
pulled or broken the gift or sweets would fall out.

Although Wedding favours are not seen as an essential part to modern day weddings they are seen as a special way of thanking your guests and a superb way to show off your individuality and creativity on the day. Your guests do really appreciate a little thought and imagination for their special gift and they do make an excellent memento of your big day.