I think it is incredibly thoughtful and unique. But to be a grinch, I would find it to be useless as I don’t use cloth cocktail napkins (like you, I do use cloth table napkins). So it’s exactly the kind of thing that I would be impressed by, take home, never use and have it cluttering up some drawer (with all my other clutter). And then after about 5 years I might throw it away.
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I think the only wedding favor I ever kept was a cake cutter from my cousin’s wedding. When I was over some other relatives houses, I noticed they still used it too.
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Going to exhibit my cluelessness – what’s the difference betweena cocktail napkin and a coaster?
A coaster is something you place a drink glass on. A cocktail napkin is a napkin that is smaller than a regular napkin but is used for the same purposes…but with small bites.
Re: this photo…as MOB, I can’t imagine getting 125 different names on 125 different cocktail napkins. I guess I should do a Google search.
We used cordial glasses with each guest’s name written on the glass…and we had all different kinds of cordial glasses. Guess who wrote all those names?
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No one is obligated to get all the names on a cocktail napkin or a cordial glass. It would be a big “nope!” for me!
But some people love for doing this stuff. I only presented the photo because it wasn’t something I’d seen before and I thought it wasn’t a half bad idea.
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Trying to rack my brain and remember if my daughter had wedding favors - I don’t think she did. I know there was nothing at the place settings but maybe there was a separate table?
I’m also a grinch and lean toward no wedding favors. I recently got rid of all my sorority (and my husband’s fraternity) glassware, so I don’t want glasses or mini wine bottles with the B&G names on them. If I’m flying, I don’t want to have to pack a candle (don’t put candles in a carry on unless you want a full TSA shake down - ask me how I know). As a wedding guest, I would much prefer a food truck as I’m exiting at the end of the night, with sliders and fries or tacos. Grab and go.
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The only favors I recall from weddings I have attended are things like little packages of Jordan almonds or M & M’s with the couple’s names printed on them. D did not have favors.
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My kids had reception at a brewery. Bottle openers, with names on them, where in a basket as they left. When I ordered them, I was thinking of practicality..
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IMO, the investment doesn’t justify the return when it comes to wedding favors. My older one had wedding favors and the younger didn’t. The effort it went into it just wasn’t worth it. The money would have been better spent on other stuff for the wedding.
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Our peanuts in ziplocks with mesh bags & stickers were quite inexpensive and made H happy. The rest of us didn’t care either way, so it was a cute little “something.” I was happy that we were able to have the one thing he wanted us to include.
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Lol, anything that’s cloth (or anything but paper) can be used for a zillion purposes. Put it on the burner part of your drip coffee maker to catch spare drips? Under anything in fridge that is heavy and may leak on the way in or out? I don’t have pets but under food bowl to catch stuff that falls out? Wash cloth for tub or shower? Dish cloth for hand washed dishes? Etc., etc., etc.
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If you were using the embroidered napkins for a place card, and the people didn’t want them, I’d sew them into a quilt to remember all the people who came to the wedding. Of course, if there are 200 people, that would be one big quilt.
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People may take or leave favors. Even if they take them, they may dispose of them elsewhere. That’s why we didn’t want to spend much on our favors and S/DIL didn’t either. Consumables seemed low cost and most likely to be used/taken.
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At the last wedding I attended, the favor was a burlap bag with a zipper (the size of a cosmetics bag). It had a couple of sweets inside along with a note. The outside had the name of the couple and their wedding date. I’m not likely to use it again, but I did bring it home.
For D1 we attached “skeleton keys” to the place cards. The keys were also bottle openers but I don’t think many realized that. And we chose the skeleton keys because the site was historic — Colonial times. D1’s goodie bags had Italian cookies, Jordan almonds (aka “confetti”) and Hershey’s kisses.
D2s goodie bags had Italian cookies, Jordan almonds, and “gold coins.” Her venue was once a large bank.
For both Ds, the goodie bags were in baskets near the exit.
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I made cloth napkins for S1’s wedding – no embroidery, not to take home. Was going to make a quilt. Well, good thing I never started on it, as they split up. I made favors –- coasters made from tiles and cool steampunk and Victorian goth themes, and sealed with epoxy. OMG, the epoxy was a pain in the tush – but I have seen those %$#@ coasters at guests’ houses ever since, so they were definitely used and somewhat appraciated.
S2 and DIL didn’t have favors. Didn’t get to do DIY for them since they are so far away. Would have been glad to make a low-key chuppah/canopy or a veil for DIL as I’ve done for my nieces, but nope. OTOH, I did make them a quilt! 
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You brought back a nice memory. a former roommate was making the kids a quilt. Before it was finished, they used the top part as the chupah. This gave 4 men a chance to hold the poles and be part of the ceremony. Another former roommate was already ordained, so she married them. It was a unique service.
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I’ve made several chuppot over the years, including ours. Four friends held the poles, which was a nice way to honor them.
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My ds attended a wedding this past weekend. He said the favors were bags with snacks, Advil, and Liquid iv.
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@Hoggirl -that must have been some reception!
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I don’t know if these are counted as wedding “favors” but we liked it when we checked into the hotel and there was a little bag waiting for us. I can’t remember exactly what was in the bag, but something like a red and a green apple (it was fall/pick your own apple time), a couple of bottled waters, and couple of cookies.
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