Thursday

Discount Wedding Favors

If you're planning a wedding then you're probably looking to save money any way you can. You know that that the food and reception hall will be the most expensive so that's probably the best place to start saving money. Still, if you take a look at the little things, by trimming some here and there you can save a significant amount. You can look for deals on the cake, or find some budget invitations or discount wedding favors. You don't need to spend a lot of money in this area anyway, and most guests report it's probably the part of the wedding they could do without.

Discount Wedding Favor Ideas

If you're looking for a discount wedding favor place, the best place to look is online. There are plenty of places you can find and because they're online they can keep costs down. They can get things in bulk which helps too. Don't just think about wedding places, take a look at some of the party places. Many times a generic party favor can be turned into a wedding favor with a little creativity. (Like the ideas in this blog!). Oriental Trading Post is a company that sells a lot of little party favors and a lot of time they have closeouts which could be a good place to
find some things at a bargain. Party stores in your town are a good idea too. Many times they have specific wedding areas and they'll have sales as they get in new merchandise. You can also look for seasonal items. There are always things for sale after Valentines, Christmas, etc. You don't have to look for just holiday themed items either. Of course your wedding would have to be far enough in advance to take advantage of seasonal sales. For example, in the spring, they sell all of their fall decorations and fall themed items, so if you were looking for some discount fall wedding favors, then the spring would be a good time to do it.


When you search online don't just search for "wedding favors" get very specific like discount "beach wedding favors", or "wedding party favors". Not every site caters to a small specific niche and by being very specific you can often times find more sites that have discounted wedding favors that meet your specific needs.

Monday

Unique Vegas Wedding Favor | Love is in the Cards!

If you're looking for a Vegas wedding favor for that special Las Vegas wedding you're having why not give a deck of cards to every guest?  Look for a place that sells poker supplies and have them make some personalized cards for you.  That way every time they play a game of solitaire they can remember your Vegas wedding and how much fun they had.  It's a wedding favor that says "Las Vegas" and it's a wedding favor they can have fun with, long after the wedding.  In fact they can use them at the wedding to play solitaire while your best man is giving his long winded wedding toast. Right?   If personalized cards are to much for your budget, why not just get packs of regular cards and put them in a fancy gift box, or put a nice tag on them that says something like "Love is in the Cards for John and Julie, thank you for helping us make our day so special" or some other personalized greeting.  It's a wedding favor that doesn't cost too much.

Chocolate Cards for a Sweet Las Vegas Wedding Favor.



If you don't like the idea of actual playing cards you can get chocolate cards for your guests. Again, you can have these personalized, for a unique wedding favor.  Just like the real cards you can have your names and dates put on the cards, or just get basic chocolate cards and attach a personal note.  Sometimes the presentation can go a long way towards making a unique wedding favor.  You don't have to spend a lot and you can still have a wedding favor that fits your Vegas wedding.  Just remember that your guests can't use the cards to amuse themselves while the long winded toast is going on. All they can do is eat them!

Friday

Cheap Vegas Wedding Favors? Try Candy.

A Little Chocolate Money Makes a Great Las Vegas Wedding Favor.


Looking for a cheap idea for Las Vegas Wedding Favors? How about the old standby of candy? Las Vegas is all about the money, right? Get some chocolate coins and wrap them up in a nice bag from a party store.  You can use the ordinary chocolate coins that you can get from a party store, they're cheap and everybody likes candy.  You can get personalized chocolate coins to use as wedding favors, many times you can get them already in gift bags.  You can get organza bags which are the cheaper version, or you can get them in velvet bags or gift boxes for a more luxurious wedding favor. They can print your wedding dates, or names, or whatever you like. 

There are also places out there offering chocolate poker chips, you can even get other personalized chocolate wedding favors.  Really, you can get just about any candy favor personalized with your name or photo, have them personalized to fit your Vegas wedding theme.  There are even chocolate playing cards!  Just about any store that sells chocolate wedding favors, either in your town, or online, can make personalized candy of all types, for that original Vegas wedding Favor.

Wednesday

Looking for Vegas Wedding Favors? Personalized Poker Chips are an Inexpensive and Unique.

If you're looking for an inexpensive and unique Las Vegas wedding favor, you can get personalized poker chips from almost any place that sells poker supplies. Many times the cost will be pennies per chip. You can have the name and date put on it, the location or whatever you like. They'll print anything you want as long as it fits in the required number of characters. 

If you want to provide a little bag of wedding favors with a Vegas theme, you can combine those with the chocolate poker chip wedding favor, or the casino token wedding favor as a little filler if you don't want to spend too much on tokens.  Look for inexpensive party favor gift boxes to spice it up a little, you can have them made with your dates to commemorate your special day.  If you'd like to be a little more fun, then look for little gift bags with dollar signs on them.  You can find wedding favor boxes and gift bags at most any party store, you don't have to look for a specialized wedding store.  


Sunday

Vegas Wedding? Roll the Dice and Take a Chance on Love

How about some fuzzy dice for Vegas wedding favors? Tacky, I know, but really you're having your wedding in Vegas, and it's all about the fun, right? You can give dice keychains or even actual dice. Get some from the gift shop at the casino. Put them in a little gift box that says: "Take a chance on love". The perfectly tacky Las Vegas wedding Favor!

There are also places online that offer personalized dice. You can have real dice to give to your guests, and you can have your name and dates put on them so that they can remember your special occasion.  You can also have them made in custom colors to match your wedding colors.  They don't have to have the typical 1-6 dots on them either, you can have different things printed on different sides if you like.  Just be aware that if you are getting custom dice you may have to order a large amount to keep the prices down.  

If you look at places that sell promotional items you can find almost anything you want printed with your custom dates, names, or whatever.  Again, your minimum order might be large to keep prices down, but if you have a lot of wedding guests that can be to your benefit.  Don't necessarily look at just wedding places, look for any places that has promotional items for your and use your imagination to create your own Vegas wedding favors.

Wednesday

Casino Tokens Make the Perfect Vegas Wedding Favor!

What do people do in Vegas besides weddings? The gamble! How about a bag of some nickel tokens for the slots at the closest casino? Seems a little tacky right? Well, you're in Vegas for your wedding, and Las Vegas is all about the tacky. I mean they try to dress it up but it's still a big neon playground for adults. It seems like the perfect wedding favor for Las Vegas. You could also give quarter tokens or even dollar tokens depending on your budget. You could put them in a little mesh bag like people do with candy, or even find a little bag with dollar signs on it from the party store. It's the gift that screams "Las Vegas wedding favor!"

Real Casino Tokens as Vegas Wedding Favors


Be aware though, that a lot of places don't like large amounts of their tokens taken from the premises, and either way those tokens can only be used at that casino.  Of course they won't mind if all your guests come back to their slots to do their gambling will they?   Not all casinos offer denominations of smaller than a dollar.  If they don't the simple solution is to buy generic tokens from the net. 

Their are plenty of places that you can order generic tokens for home slot machines.  They can be made of metal or plastic, and come in a variety of sizes with a variety of denomination.  These tokens are fairly inexpensive and usually be ordered in lots smaller than 100.  If you want something personalized, you'll probably pay more than using an actual token as a wedding favor.  The reason is that the company must make a special die to strike your coins and you'll have to order in large lots.  Usually the fewest you can get is 1000.  Look around and you may be able to find them cheaper though.

Customized Wedding Favors


If you still want to go with the personalized token, you can get plastic tokens for much less.  They can have a shiny metal look, or they can be different colors.  You won't have to order as many and the set up fee will be cheaper depending on the style that you get.  If you wanted to have a Vegas wedding theme without going to Vegas you could use these with some home slot machines at the reception just for fun.  Throw a specially marked coin into the machine and have a special prize for the guest that gets it.  There's plenty of ways to have fun with your Vegas wedding favors!

Tuesday

Cheap Vegas Wedding Chapel

Looking for a cheap Wedding that's still nice? Try the Little Church of the West, it is the only wedding chapel in Las Vegas on the National Registry of Historical Places. It's also the oldest existing structure on the strip.  Built in only 1942, the chapel looks like a church you would find in an old mining town, with a cedar on the outside and redwood on the inside. 

Quaint and Classy Wedding Chapel

It's not huge, the chapel will hold 50-75 guests. Besides the quaint wooden of its interior, the Little Church of the West is in one of the easiest spots to get to on the Strip.  It's at the edge of Russell Road, and it's got easy access to and from I-15 so you can get in, and get out quickly.  Onto the honeymoon, right?.  They have Spanish and French speaking ministers.  They have 5 wedding packages, and you can bring your own music if you want to. 

Join the Company of Many Celebrities.

Betty Grable and Harry James became the first celebrity couple to wed here in 1943,  Through the years, many celebrities, including Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton,  Zsa Zsa Gabor and George Saunders.

The prices for the packages are very reasonable, the cheapest wedding package starts at a couple hundred dollars, and even the super duper deluxe package is under $600. All the packages include music, and photographs.  A great place for a small, cheap Vegas wedding.

Monday

Las Vegas is a Favorite Wedding Destination.

Las Vegas bills itself as the wedding capital of the world and it's easy to see why.  Over 150,000 people a year flock to Las Vegas for their wedding.  It's not just a choice for those who want to get married quickly, it's also a popular destination for celebrities too.  Angelina Jolie got married to Billy Bob Thornton their.  The big stars of yesterday also chose Las Vegas as their wedding destination.  Zsa Zsa Gabor, Frank Sinatra, and Betty Grable got married in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Weddings Are Not About Tacky Anymore...


Vegas has been know as a neon playground for adults and it has a reputation for tackiness.  That's not reality, though.  You can have a tacky Vegas wedding, but you can also have the white wedding you've always dreamed of.  You can get married outside at breathtaking Mount Charleston, or in a traditional church.  You can also have a grand wedding at some of Las Vegas's larger resorts, like the Monte Lago Village resort on the banks of Lake Las Vegas.

But You Can Still Have a Tacky Wedding if You Like!


There are also little wedding chapels all over Vegas that can give you just about anything you want.  Of course nothing says Vegas like Elvis. How about being married by Elvis who will croon "Love Me Tender" to you?  Maybe you'd like a Roman themed wedding with Roman and medieval costumed ministers.  Don't forget the Vegas themed wedding favors!

Sunday

Las Vegas Wedding Favors

You've decided to have a Las Vegas Wedding and you're looking for some Las Vegas wedding favors.  You've got the perfect dress, your awesome wedding shoes, and of course you've got your man.  If you've searched the web for wedding favors you'll find a lot of them out there, but they aren't exactly Vegas Wedding themed.  Well, this blog is to get you started.  You'll find some ideas that are tacky, some that are more classy.  Some are specific wedding favors, some are other items that can be made into wedding favors with a little tweaking.  Some of them you can find at the typical wedding favor sites, sometimes you'll have to be a little more creative.

First, the size of wedding you're having will help you determine your wedding favors.  Do you want to have a big, traditional church wedding, or a wedding in a resort.  Are you going to spend a lot of money on a small wedding, or a lot of money on a big wedding.  If your wedding is small you can afford to spend more per guest if you wish.  Of course, you don't have to spend a lot on favors whether your wedding is large or small.  Decide on your budget first. If you don't costs can easily get out of hand.

Second, what will the theme of your wedding be?  Will it be in a small wedding chapel, with Elvis officiating, or will it be a more traditional wedding.  If you want a traditional wedding but want to have a little fun, you can get some really tacky, kitcshy Vegas style favors.  You can even have the class wedding and then the big Vegas party for your reception.  Once you've decided on your theme, you can use this to decide on your favors.  Think outside of the box, basically you want something small, inexpensive, and something guests will enjoy.  You don't have to go to a store specializing in weddings, although you can.  Here are some ideas:

  • Vegas Themed Wedding Favors: Think about casino shot glasses, flamingos, neon sign themed, something relating to a Vegas show, mobster related, branded with a casino or hotel, etc.
  • Gambling Themed Favors: Personalized poker chips, tokens for the slots, chocolate coins, personalized decks of cards, anything dice related, fuzzy dice, dice key chains, etc.
  • Wedding Related Favors: Anything related to the location, is it in a resort?  Outdoors, Elvis themed, at a wedding chapel, on the strip, etc.
These are just some basic ideas to get you started thinking about Las Vegas wedding favors, but their are plenty more.  Have a look around for some more specific ideas and places where you can get some of those favors.  Oh, and congratulations!