Who ever said that that wedding favours needed to be a keepsake was wrong. Your wedding day should be as original as you are. Why not think edible? Why stay with traditional wedding favours when you can think outside the box and provide your guests with some delicate and delicious? Think cookies. Who doesn’t love cookies? Today’s bakeries offer some great choices.
Perhaps your wondering how to go about having wedding cookie favours. Establish your guest list. Is it likely that everyone on your list is attending? If so this allows you to get an approximate number of how many wedding favours you will need. Contact some local bakeries for inquires on price and timeline. If both fit into your schedule and budget then you can move on to the next decision. However don’t take the first offer you get. Just because you want something different for you wedding favours, does not mean you should pay more. Once you have made local inquires it is time to hit the world wide web. Many online retailers can offer the same service if not better. Browse through what’s available for ideas pricing and shipping before you make any commitments.
Now that you have had a chance to become fimiliar with whats available in cookies as wedding favours, it’s time to think design. What suits your wedding style? Are you having themed wedding? Perhaps you can tie in your theme with your wedding favours. That would certainly make the decision on your wedding cookies much easier. If you are not having a theme wedding, then you need make a decision on what bests represents your wedding style.
If your couple is on the humour side you may want a whimsical cookie. Characters in cartoon can be portrayed on your cookies. If your looking for a romantic feel , try a picture frame cookie with eatable photographs printed in the middle. A traditional cookie can be a bride and groom cookie. You can have the bride and groom on a cookie car, in a heart shape or having their traditional wedding kiss. Wonderful ideas and samples are available online.
Don’t be afraid to take and image that you have seen online to your local baker. If you have an established relationship with them, perhaps there is the option to have them produce your wedding favour cookies. Icing choices can be up to you in the discussions you have with the baker of your choice. Price will depend on what your expectation of your wedding favour cookie. Labour intensive cookies with lots of details will obviously cost more that a relatively easily decorated cookie.
Whatever you choice, reemeber that using cookies as your wedding favour is a fun, unqiue twist in tradition. Surely it will be something that your guest will love, and will leave them talking about.
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