​What are wedding favours?

One of the many joys of attending a wedding as a guest is discovering a pretty and personalised wedding favour at your place setting, or in a little thank you bag as you leave the bride and groom's magical day. Wedding favours are a must at most modern weddings, but they come in a huge variety of styles and designs, with many couples looking for Insta-worthy unique wedding favours that will have guests talking - for all the right reasons!

At Wares, our wedding favour range is always a top seller, and we offer everything that couples need to create budget friendly wedding favours designed precisely around their wedding theme, budget, needs and style preferences.

Whether you're looking to make your own personalised wedding favours or come up with completely unique wedding favours for a quirky event, we've got everything you need to hand-craft your own; from mini glass bottles and jars, to sweet jars, wrap, decorations and more.

Why glass makes the perfect wedding favours

Our customers love buying glass bottles and jars for their unique wedding favours, and they are the perfect choice for creating something budget-friendly, creative and completely individualised. Glass is eco-friendly, affordable, free from chemicals, recyclable and beautiful to look at. Glass jars and bottles really do make perfect cheap wedding favours and offer so much scope for customisation.

Flower filled glass jars

Miniature glass jars are perfect when filled with flowers for place settings and you can individualise them with blooms, ribbons and pretty name tags. Try using italic script, metallic touches and seasonal colours that work within your wedding colour scheme. A narrow vintage velvet ribbon looks beautiful around a small posy jar, especially for a country-themed or vintage wedding.

Message in a bottle glass jars

The idea of the traditional message in a bottle holds such a romantic appeal and small glass bottles make the perfect vehicle for creating your own. Hand-write or print thank you notes, verses of poetry or thoughtful messages on pretty pastel paper, roll the paper up to insert into your small glass bottle, add the cork and then present the bottle in a little recycled decorative paper bag or a box for a keepsake.

Sweetie glass bottles

Delight kids of all ages with mini glass sweet jars filled with colourful sweets. Pastel sweets such as parma violets or peppermint creams work beautifully with a spring wedding, bright smarties and jewelled boiled sweets are great for a vibrant summer wedding and you could try your hand at making your own caramels or fudge for a more neutral themed decor or autumn wedding. Add colourful ribbons to create the perfect finish and a label - perhaps a chalk label for that vintage sweet shop touch.

Tiny candles

Use small glass jars to gift your own handmade candles with themed colours and fragrances that use essential oil and food dye. You can buy soy or mineral wax pellets and candle making tapers or ready made kits online. Sprinkle your candles with biodegradable glitter for a magical touch and present them in a tissue-filled bag with a little thank you card for the perfect wedding favour.

A puzzle in a jar

If you're looking for unique wedding favour ideas, then why not print your own puzzle and place the pieces inside small glass jars to keep the younger guests busy? Photography print companies will offer this service for your own custom images, and a mini puzzle could be great for providing some entertainment on the day.

Other cheap wedding favour ideas

- If you're serving a cheese course, then why not add tiny individual glass jars of homemade chutney to your place settings, with each guest's name?

- Fill miniature glass bottles with zam-zam water, or reviving homemade bath salts fragranced with essential oils.

- Fill a mini glass jar with fresh ground coffee beans for the morning after, and add a pack of delicious oaty biscuits to a gift bag for a breakfast treat.

- Fill a small glass bottle with a bubble mix as an alternative to confetti!

- Use glass bottles to plant mini succulents and a cactus mix.

- Place pretty colourful matches into a glass jar with a cork lid, perhaps to accompany a homemade candle. They'll be the... perfect match!

- Use miniature glass jars to gift wildseed, with instructions on how to plant them. Cornflowers or mixed wildseed mixes are affordable and can be bought in bulk and you can add a floral label to complete the look.

- For a country wedding, you could also use glass jars to gift bird seed, which will delight children.

Discover the full Wares range

We have a huge range of cheap wedding favours, including miniature glass bottles and glass jars of all sizes, from 15ml to 200ml, depending on whether you want to fill them with Zam-Zam water or homemade gin. Discover the Wares of Knutsford range here, with fast and affordable delivery and discounts for bulk orders: https://www.waresofknutsford.co.uk/wedding-favours/