A few weeks ago I talked a bit about choosing our wedding favors and the expectations that needed to be met. I was determined to have a non-useless favor, but I also wanted it to pass Momma Coyote's approval. When I stumbled upon these Martha Stewart favors I was pretty sure we found a winner:
Image via Martha Stewart Weddings
Momma Coyote approved, Mr. Coyote approved and there were high fives all around. I started researching how to make them myself because purchasing prepackaged bottles was quite pricey. Then Momma Coyote sent me this link and I honed in specifically on this sentence:
"The threat of botulism contaminating your homemade oils is very real and should not be ignored."
Yikes. The point is to thank our guests, not poison them. The only way I felt comfortable giving these out to our guests was if they were prepackaged, but a quick search proved that purchasing almost 200 mini bottles of prepackaged olive oil would be way out of our budget so we quickly shelved the idea and went back to the drawing board. As I continued my hunt for favors I kept finding myself drawn to this inspiration photo:
Even though the packaging is a bit casual for our wedding the idea of using coffee as a wedding favor stuck with me. It's no secret that Mr. Coyote and I are huge coffee addicts. Our first real date after he told me he liked me was at a local coffee shop and whenever we run errands on the weekend we always make it a point to end our day by swinging by a nearby Starbucks. It just seemed like the perfect choice.
But how to execute it?! The burlap bags above are definitely adorable, but just not our style. These are nice and the silver packaging highlights our accent color, but Momma Coyote said it reminded her too much of those single serve packets you get in a hotel. Definitely not personal. And I have to agree.
I am crazy about these Starbucks favors, but at $10 a pop it was just too much (but you can bet your butt if we had a smaller guest list I'd be all over these!).
It took a little more searching and brainstorming until we finally found a solution so stay tuned because the favor drama is far from over. ;-)
Did anybody else spend way too much time trying to decide on wedding favors?
Did anybody else spend way too much time trying to decide on wedding favors?
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