you crazy! But you know i think its not that bad, considering your other options and sittign there having to put all these thign in lil baggies and then putting ribbons on em. Its alot of work. My friend wanted to do it originally but when she started, she gave em and ended up buyign these! You just have so much going on before your wedding that you dotn have time for these things. My advice would be, if you can afford it, try to get everything ready-to-use.
thanks guys. yeah I know the guy's side r gonna arrange it but since he is in Pakistan and doesnt have a clue about it, he was asking me for inspiration so i thought y not ...
we are gonna have red jammawaar packets with goldes dori ..look so cute:D
The decorated boxes with candy/chuaray/chocolates are cute but another idea are the tea/coffee favors found on a lot of bridal websites. I went to a wedding where there was this triangular shaped herb tea bag at every seating. It was very elegant and cute. Another different idea is mini chinese take out boxes in your choice of color/writing (bride/groom name) and you can fill them with goodies.
I spent an entire day with a bunch of aunties and girls making 400 packets for a friend’s wedding. Each one required four different pairs of hands and ten minutes (because of the elaborate set up). They looked lovely but were taken apart and consumed within minutes
I love the tea favor idea. I've seen it at a few weddings, and I think it's a good east-west, practical idea. One wedding I went to had the Godiva chocolate boxes, but those are too pricey for most people (six dollars times 400 guests means $2400 on chocolate alone). I personally love Jordan almonds in my biddh. Forget the kishmish and the chuware, just have the sugared almonds!
Last week, at a wedding I went to, the bride's family gave personalized favor boxes in gold organza bags with chocolate and my favorite almonds, BUT they gave each family a jainamaz in a gift bag too. That was a great idea. Another family gave these cute zari covered trinket boxes, but inside was a tasbeeh for everyone.
I like the Tasbeeh idea. On my ruksathi function my husband's family gave out the organza bags with the typical chuara mix. My mom got these tiny, mini Quran books, maybe 2X3 inchese long and passed them out to guests in a nice decorated bag. Another idea for weddings in the US are the wedding bubble favors, they can be used during ruksathi or reception and the movie comes out very nice. Just get all the kids to make bubbles upon arrival of baraat or ruksathi. I was wed in Pakistan, so all the kids ran away with my bubbles! :(
Girls families can do them too. Traditionally, the guys family made the packets with the chuware and stuff, but nowadays, it's almost expected for whoever is throwing the party to hand out a favor of some sort.
The bubbles idea coudl go so WRONG! I wouldnt want some stupid desi kid throwing that on me...trust me you cant expect desi kids to do that. Its ALOT better to get a bubble maker thingy.
I do like the Quran and tasbeeh idea, very different but I would still like some Godiva please :D
Well nowadays, girl's also hand out fwedding avors/candy packets during the mehndi. YOu can be as creative as you want, depending on your budget. They even sell mini cakes which are very cute. As for the bubbles, they are made non-toxic and non-staining. You can even get them scented in pretty little bottles. My friend who got married here, used them and the movie was awesome. The containers are cute places on the tables...in shape of wedding bell, cake, rose, bride/groom. Believe me I researched a lot before my wedding. It just doesnt work in PAKI LAND, thanks to some dufus kids and people who said they are unable to blow bubbles of 'happiness' on the bride...jee whiz, i just wanted a nice movie :)
you crazy! But you know i think its not that bad, considering your other options and sittign there having to put all these thign in lil baggies and then putting ribbons on em. Its alot of work. My friend wanted to do it originally but when she started, she gave em and ended up buyign these! You just have so much going on before your wedding that you dotn have time for these things. My advice would be, if you can afford it, try to get everything ready-to-use.
, a spool of ribbon and some lil baggies.. $100 ?
