What to give as wedding favours?
Photographer: Sara Lincoln
With a destination wedding your guests are coming from far and wide to celebrate with you, so wedding favours can quickly develop into welcome gifts. You might be totally up for showering you guests with gifts and with an Italian wedding you’ll be spoilt for choice. Equally, don’t feel the pressure to give gifts - your guests are your friends and family remember, so try not to make this a stressful purchase. We’ve been round the wedding favour block and have some stunning ideas to share.
Welcome Event gifts
Hook your guests up from the start and treat them to gifts they will use whilst away. We are loving these stylish and handy beach bags - don’t they just add an extra dazzle to your welcome event table. Bellissima!
Styling: Velvet Victoria Home Venue: Villa la Cassinella
Drink me!
When in Rome (or anywhere else in Italy), why not treat your guests to the country’s infamous tipple - limoncello! Personalise the bottles with some stylish stationery and your guests have a memorable takeaway or a quick pre-dinner aperitif. Cin Cin!
Stationery: White Vines Studio
The don of wedding favours!
Wow factor off the charts - your guests won’t miss their shopping sprees whilst away with this awe-inspiring ‘welcome market’! Grab a custom-designed straw basket and fill it with olive oil, pasta, Italian ceramics, limoncello, traditional sweets. Ps - this photo does not do this concept justice, you must follow the links below to see more.
Planning & Design: Lauryn Prattes & Ramsey Stewart Floral & Decor: Armando Malafronte Photography: Abby Jui Photography Venue: Palazzo Avino
Caffe?
Whilst consumables are wonderful, giving your guests something to take away and keep is a touching way for them to remember your day. Just make sure the gift is suitcase friendly!
We love the rising trend of giving an espresso cup. Italy has some incredible ceramic factories if you wanted to go authentic.
Photographer: Benjamin Wheeler
Bomboniere
Small yet striking - a perfect personalised favour. Just Tuscany Design is a fabulous talent for all things wedding favours - delicate candles and soaps handmade with love, stunning dried flowers and pretty bows.
Designer: Just Tuscany Design
Handling the heat
Avoid guests melting in the Italian heat during your outdoor ceremony with these super practical gifts - a fan for the ladies and boater for the men. Why not go the extra mile and have your fans custom-designed and printed.
Custom-designed stationery: White Vines Studio
Want to know what other Italian wedding couples are planning on doing for their welcome gifts and favours - come and join the chat here on our Facebook group and ask away.
Written by Emily Jennings, marketing person and wedding day-dreamer; lover of a boho vibe and a wedding night filled with a thousand lights.
