Weddings are a time for love, friendship, family. This love is often expressed in the form of gifts. The tradition of the bride giving party favors to the guests attending her wedding shower can be one of joy commemorating her final moment as one of the “girls” but it can also be a time of great anxiety. Weddings have become more and more expensive, but the desire to show your love can be both cost-effective and personal when you choose to create “treasure bags” known as loot bags as favors for your special friends. These gift bags can be tailored to match the unique personalities of each guest, and can contain a variety of inexpensive yet meaningful mementos guaranteed to please.
Determining what to place in each guest's loot bag doesn't have to be time consuming either. A quick search of the web reveals a virtual cornucopia of websites designed to make your shopping a breeze. Small items such as candies and cookies matching the theme of the wedding, soaps, candles, lip balms, lotions and even key chains or shot glasses are popular. There are entire sites dedicated to wedding favors, and many are available that focus on specific themes such as Celtic weddings, nautical weddings, and even Halloween weddings. This gives you the opportunity to match the theme of your loot bag to the theme of your wedding, displaying a preview of your special day to come. Most websites will offer discounts for bulk purchases, making these simple gifts even more affordable.
For even more creative impact, there are companies that offer personalization of your gift items. Most people are aware that glassware and metal items can be monogrammed, but the special touch of a unique gift has become even more readily available due to the quick print companies on the internet. Key chains can now be created online simply and easily using photos of the bride and groom, candy bar wrappers can commemorate the wedding with personalized labels; the limit is, quite simply, your own imagination.
The list of possible items to include in a loot bag is almost endless. From coffee and tea to wine stoppers and stem charms, another option is to personalize your loot bag with a specific theme. A spring wedding, for example, might focus on seeds for a small garden, symbolizing the start of something new. You could also include a small trowel and some hand lotion for a treat when the planting is done. A destination wedding, something which has become increasingly popular, might include maps of tourist spots in the area as well as small souvenirs from the destination.
If all of this seems to be far too much to consider in the already stressful journey of planning the perfect wedding, an easy yet charming idea is to focus on tea. Start your loot bag off with a personalized tea cup. Then add an assortment of tea bags. There are literally hundreds of tea varieties to choose from, so you can match the flavors to the individual preferences of each recipient, or you can offer a true variety so that the recipient can enjoy trying something new. Include some tea biscuits, a package of mints and a tea infuser and you have a delightful gift your guests will treasure.
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