Wedding Favors
Wedding favors are souvenirs and tokens of gratitude that you give your guests for sharing your wedding celebration.
The tradition of giving wedding favors has been around for many centuries. Fruit and nuts (especially almonds) and biscuits were the very first wedding favors.
Favors were usually presented at the church so that they could be enjoyed during the festivities.
At Roman weddings, nuts and cereal grains were thrown for fertility and white sugared almonds were generously distributeed in ornamental boxes.
In the 16th century, brides attached love knots to their gowns. Traditionally, 3 knots are said to represent the bride, groom, and a future child. Sometimes knotted ribbons from the bride's bouquet were cut into tiny pieces and given to their guests, especially those who were unmarried. From Shakesperean times on, the highly symbolic knot took other physical forms.
During the romantic Elizabethan era, men and women decorated their wedding apparel with fancy colored ribbons which signified the strength of the wedding union.
Silver or gold ribbons were used if the wedding was royal while white and blue ribbons were used for all others.
Those lucky enough to be invited to the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, received a favor made of white satin ribbon embellised with silver lace.
Favors add a festive feeling to weddings as well as promising good luck for the bridal couple.
Whether your favors are casual or elegant, they are a nice way to give your guests an additional thanks you for sharing your special day.
You can personalize almost any wedding favor with your names and wedding date by ordering imprinted ribbons or cards.
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