Make Your Own Wedding Favours

Weddings rarely come cheap. Even the most fastidious of us can get carried away with the trimmings and the frills. But even when they've been skinned down to their bare bone; when the bells and whistles have been torn off, they're still potential money pits.

Keeping costs manageable isn't about scrimping. It's not about sacrificing your dream for something more cost efficient, but it is about being realistic about your budget. Often, when we impose a budget, we find ourselves at our most creative. So many weddings now are cut from the same template and the same companies do the same things week in and week out. When you take yourself to task, you can do amazing things for a fraction of the cost.

Each week, we'll find some creative ideas that are light on the budget but heavy on creativity.

Cheap Wedding Favours - small boxes filled with goodies

The moment you mention the word wedding, you're going to notice prices going up. So don't say anything or type anything into your browser to do with weddings.  Use Ebay and local art and craft shops to find small, cardboard jewelry boxes. Something along the lines of this 

Buy some ink stamps or colorful pens. Maybe some stencils or ribbons or sparkles or these, if you're feeling particularly creative. Decorate each box with the name on the table setting. 

Then fill each box with something simple, but effective. Perhaps using boiled sweets, aniseed balls, flying saucers or even small biscuits. You could also fill each box with seeds to be planted and grown; or small pots of jam or pieces of chocolate.

In fact, you can put anything you like in the boxes. It doesn't even need to be boxes; it could be small lace bags or they could be laid on the table as they are.