Wedding Favours That Will Surprise Your Guests

Little gifts that are presented on the wedding to guests are called confetti in Italian terms or Wedding Favours. The tradition started with European aristocrats in Italy who gave out the most expensive commodity in order to showcase their wealth and richness. It was an honor for the guests to receive sugar cubes at that time because the prices of sugar were really high. As the economic conditions changed the prices of sugar cubes decreased and the favours were replaced with confetti. This was made of white Jordan Almonds that were sugar coated and were five in number.

Confetti or Wedding Favours were packed in gem studded porcelain boxes that were presented to the royal guests at the royal weddings. In every box there were five white sweetened Jordanian almonds. The number five represented the five wishes that would be given to the marrying couple. These five supportive wishes are long life, fertility, wealth, happiness and health. The gifts are given to thank the guests for their presence and their support. Many royal families used pouches decorated with dried flowers along with name tags. These name tags contained details of the venue, date and the marrying couple. This made it easier for guests to remember their names.

Wedding Favours soon became quite popular and families with modest means also started distributing candy and sweets in their weddings. They used fancy cloth and wood to make their boxes and pouches. In some Asian countries family members make fancy cloth pouches. Girls, cousins and friends gather around to celebrate the wedding and make pouches filled with goodies like candy, dry fruits, salted almonds, sugar cubes and even dates.

This is quite popular and is commonly done by either side of the family or even both. These Wedding Favours are then distributed after the wedding ceremony is over. To make them more attractive the cloth is stitched using gold and silver thread or tied with ribbons of contrasting colors. Popular colors are gold, silver, red, maroon, yellow and green. However many people customize these colors according to the different themes on their occasions.

Different gifts can be given out as Wedding Favours. Designers and online stores these days provide numerous options and a huge list of assorted items for buying. These options include color variations, printed or non printed boxes, different shapes of boxes, the materials that can be used and the variety of gifts or items that can go with them. Many people still choose to distribute gifts that are sweet in nature which include candy, mints, chocolate, cookies and even pastries. Anything sweet symbolizes celebration and therefore a lot of people still choose to include sweets in their Wedding Favours. Sweetened dry fruits, which include the white Jordan almonds, are still quite popular.

A lot of couples now prefer to give out utility items as Wedding Favours so that they can be of use for people. These items include salt and pepper shakers, which can be heart shaped, doll shaped or normal, wine bottle opener’s heart shaped or normal, table mats and tea coasters.


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