Wedding Favors

While looking for wedding favor ideas, Heather and I came across a photo on theknot.com of pink flip-flops. As wedding favors. After I was done dry heaving, I realized that a couple in the process of creating a SuperUnion must stay focused at all times, for every single wedding planning decision. An opportunity like choosing the perfect favors is critical to creating a wedding that your guests will remember for eternity.

We also found a list of the “Top 9 Wedding Favors,” of which eight were edible (the ninth was “soy candles,” which, I’m pretty sure, are totally edible). Come on, people. A bowl of M&Ms does not a wedding favor make. Try harder.

So I’ve narrowed my ideas down to a personal top two:

1) Moleskine notebooks w/ silk-screened covers

This idea is fantastic, because everyone loves a good notebook, and these are absolutely ubiquitous, without being played out yet. Yes, I may have more blank ones than written-in ones, but if you’re like me and you find yourself bombarded with relatively brilliant ideas pretty constantly, and you also strive to cultivate an educated and thoughtful persona, then it’s essential to always be prepared.

I think we just improved your life. You’re welcome (in advance). Also, I need to look into silk-screening our faces onto them.

2) Red Panda Network donation

So I guess donations-as-wedding-favors are trendy right now. When I first heard this, I thought wow, what a cop-out—no one is going to actually check and see if/how much you donated AND these people look benevolent and charitable and world-conscious in the process…and then I realized that this is a pretty fantastic idea!

Of course, the Red Panda Network immediately came to mind. I’ve been looking into Red Panda adoption for a while now, and most message boards say that it’s “illegal” and if it weren’t, it would still be “impractical” because of all the bamboo they eat. Whatever. totallybamboo.com has over 230 kitchen accessories made from bamboo. OVER 230! It can’t be that hard to come by.

The Red Panda Network is perfect for a donated wedding favor. Even though they won’t allow me to become a Red Panda Ranger because it’s “only for kids.” Hopefully with a large enough donation, I can still get all five levels of Red Panda Ranger badges.

Anyway. If I can’t own a Red Panda (yet), I can allow my guests to unwillingly donate to their survival.

--Rick