Personalised wedding favours - unique ideas to impress your guests

Providing wedding favours that are personalised and unique can really show your guests the amount of hard work you've put into planning your big day!

1. Get a fashionable wedding cake and cost-friendly favours all in one by choosing a tiered cupcake tower. Cut the top tier and hand out the cupcakes as favours to your guests after the wedding breakfast. That way you get to say thank you in person.

2. Order some iced initial favours for your guests – just like our Editor Rachel did!

3. For something to bring a little nostalgia, why not set up a candy bar of retro sweets so your guests can pick and mix their favourites – it’s a great conversation starter and a great midnight feast.

4. If you make the favours yourself, wrap them with the recipe, so guests can make them at home and remind themselves of your big day!

5. Make sure your favours reflect your theme. How about bags of popcorn for a Hollywood theme or a toffee apple for a fairground-themed reception? A favourite this year has been personalised pebbles for a seaside theme – quirky and cheap.

6. Did you know M&Ms can now be personalised for the big day? These little treats make for fun favours.

7. Get some plain shot glasses and engrave them with you and your h2b’s initials for something really different. Give these to the ladies and a small bottle of whiskey or gin to the men.

8. Give each table a colour scheme and get retro sweets to match. Strawberry bon bons, pear drops, candy canes and more childhood favourites can be used.

9. For a seaside theme, choose sticks of traditional rock and get them personalised.

10. Stick with tradition and go for five sugared almonds representing fertility, longevity, wealth, health and happiness.