Inexpensive Wedding Decorations That Double As Wedding Favors

Inexpensive wedding decorations become unexpected luggage to pack up when the reception is over – unless you have your wedding decorations double as wedding favors.

It’s difficult enough to come up with the money to cover the cost of the reception hall, the wedding dress, food and drinks for everyone, your honeymoon, the invitations – without worrying that your guests won’t have a little memento to take home that does you and your big day justice. It’s simple to create gorgeous wedding decorations and personal wedding favors at the same time and inexpensively as well.

To begin, find a holder or receptacle that suits your wedding theme shape and style preferences. For example, a vase or a 2”x2”x2” favor box, a fish bowl or a votive holder all work well as both wedding decorations and wedding favors and are inexpensive as well, especially when bought in bulk.

Alone, wedding decorations made of glass or silver will reflect light and sparkle so if you have a few dollars extra and want to purchase a few extra to fill out the table without filling them with wedding favor treasures, go for it.

Fill your chosen receptacle with creative and inexpensive favors that is also decorative. A vase, for example, could be filled layers of colored sand that match your wedding colors with a fake flower or cactus sprouting from the top. A cluster of these in the middle of your table, one for each seat, will prove decorative and a nice treat to take home for each of your guests.

If you choose a fish bowl as your inexpensive receptacle, you can easily turn it into a wedding decoration by filling it a third of the way with glass marbles that match your wedding colors. When you fill the fish bowl with water and drop in a small fish that matches your colors like a beta or Japanese fighting fish or a simple goldfish, you not only have a gorgeous living decoration but a no one will go home alone.

Votive holders are obvious choices as inexpensive wedding decorations. Filled with a scented votive and lit during the reception, they offer soft lighting and a pleasant smell. Chances are that you don’t want your guests to take home a used votive candle as a wedding favor, so choose different sized votives and fill half with candles to be lit and the other half with something pretty to catch the light like rhinestone sprays or silk roses sprayed with glitter.

Favor boxes are the least expensive way to go for wedding decorations. Fill the box with your wedding favor prior to decorating. Jordan almonds, a small picture frame ornament of you and your sweetie, or toy or figurine that goes along with your wedding theme are all good choices to fill the box.

Seal the wedding favor with ribbons, silk flowers, or chiffon ties that accent your wedding colors then pile the boxes in the middle of the tables and you’ve accomplished two things at once – inexpensive wedding decorations and inexpensive wedding favors – in one swoop.