a wedding i went to had martini glasses with a little bottle of rum and sand in it, it looked really nice. it was simple and clean looking, ,and not really a throw away item
if ya get them a little keepsake its bound to be in the trash a few months from now.
get them something they can use or will use or can eat.. cause sometimes you get left with favors simply because people dont want them. who really wants a chachki to just place somewhere. and nothing sucks more than taken favors home, only to throw out yourself.
my favors where basically unknown for AWHILE,, and i ended up doing chocolate rochiers in a tiny chinese take out box, with ribbon,, and then my table ornaments where vases with bamboo and japanese fighting fish,and people took them home as well. ( a lot of those fishes are still living people tell me)
i didnt take much home that night, maybe a handfull of chinese boxes, and no vases, so that was cool..
I would say to go with something practical like.
Really? We were going to do the japanese fighting fish! Wow, we thought we were so original. The reception place we got has nice floral arrangements that are included, though, so we scrapped the idea. That's so funny - we were really proud of that idea. :)
i swallowed one of those fishes at the wedding. then i swallowed one at the end of the wedding. and my stomach was rumbling for minutes