An outdoor wedding is a perfect excuse for a garden party theme & accordingly, requires some garden party style wedding favors to accompany it! Garden party weddings open a whole world of possibilities for wedding favors, from cakes & tea, to flowers & preserves.
Here are just a few ideas to whet your creative appetites! Tea anyone? Sachets of specialty tea such as Earl Grey make a nice favor idea; team it with a nice silver infuser.
Pretty cups & saucers make nice gift ideas.
Raid the charity stores, flea markets, EBay for nice vintage cup & saucer sets.
You can fill them with confectionary, cup cakes or the tea sachets as above.
Look for tea-for-one sets comprising a teapot & cup which fit together in one neat package.
You can team it with a sachet of specialty tea too.
Let them eat cake! Why not make a selection of cookies, shortbreads, brownies & mini cakes.
You can present them in large confectionary favor boxes.
How about a set of cake servers? There are lots of designs to choose from & they make a stylish & practical wedding favor.
Let them make their own! Put together a mini recipe book of favorite baking recipes such as bread, scones, cakes & cookies.
Alternatively, if you have a family favorite print that out on nice quality paper & team it with a wooden spoon or a set of measuring spoons.
Scones & jam on the lawn! Give out miniature jars of preserves such as jam & marmalade.
If you don't want to make your own buy large good quality preserves from the supermarket & decant into miniature jars, which you can buy wholesale online.
Add some personalized labels & present them side by side in a nice box.
An alternative to preserves is honey.
Present as above but include one set honey & one runny honey.
Staying with honey, how about a pretty ceramic honey pot & server set? These are widely available from wedding favor stores.
Why not package up sachets of scone mix & mini pots of preserve so your guests can bake their own & have afternoon tea on the lawn at home! Floral Fantasia Packets of seeds are a popular choice for wedding favors.
Look for seasonal flowers or even herbs & vegetables.
Plant-able seed cards are available in a range of styles & designs.
Your guests just need to plant them when they get home.
Miniature potted plants are another popular choice for outdoor garden weddings.
Miniature roses, violets & geraniums are all lovely choices.
Or why not give potted herbs? Choose fragrant varieties such as mint, rosemary & thyme.
There are many choices available for wedding favors for an outdoor garden party wedding.
With a little creativity you can create wonderfully decadent favors which are unique & thoughtful.