These days it is so important for us to think about our environment and how we can reduce, reuse and recycle as much as possible as well as how we effect the world. Having a wedding can make a huge impact to the environment with people travelling, using items that aren’t sustainable or recyclable so it’s best to think about what we can do to reduce the effects. One thing we can look at is favours.
Here are some great eco-wedding favours:
Seeds
Little bags or swatches of floral material filled with seeds or seed card/paper are a great eco-gift.
Plants
Think plants, succulents, herbs! Something, lovely that people can take away with them and re-plant outdoors is great for the environment but can also be doubled up as your wedding décor as well. Putting them as your centrepieces with tags on them for people to help themselves can save money as well as being beautiful!
Soap
There are some great companies that make eco-friendly soap/bath bombs that will make the table smell lovely as well as be a sweet gift to take home.
Food & Drink
Jam, chutney, gin in recycled jars or paper bags filled with homemade chocolates. If having an afternoon tea for your wedding breakfast then the jam can also be used at the wedding itself. What about filling old bottles and fill with oil and herbs, or fill jars with popcorn kernels that people can use at home?
Handmade trinkets
If you are a knitter/sewer/painter then use your talent! Make something people can hang up/use in their homes, drawer fresheners, bird feeders, candles, a postcard sized drawing/painting.
Do your best to use:
- Paper bags/paper that can easily be recycled
- Recyclable twine/string
- Use recycled card/paper when writing your name tags
- Reusable tote bags – it’s like to gifts in one!
You also don’t have to have favours if you don’t want to. If you have a budget set aside for favours then why not donate the money to a worthy charity? You can simply write a framed note that you have donated the money to the charity of your choice and if guests want to then they could as well.
