What Was the Best Wedding Favor You've Ever Received?
Wedding favors are a cherished tradition, a small token of appreciation for your guests to take home. From personalized keepsakes to delicious treats, the perfect favor adds a special touch to your celebration. Here is a curated list of creative and memorable wedding favor ideas to inspire you.
1. Carving and cutting boards - adding flavor to the feast
These unique cutting boards can be engraved with the guests' initials as table decorations, adding a rustic touch to your banquet. Wedding expert Zoe Burke pointed out, "This is the most ingenious wedding souvenir I've seen recently. You can put cheese, bread, or a sweet pastry on it as a practical and thoughtful gift
Expert opinion: The design itself is simple and elegant, and with a few snacks, it can elegantly enhance your dining table taste.
Price: $29.99 | Buy Now
2. Embroidered "Happy Tears" Handkerchiefs
Ideal for an intimate wedding, these exquisite linen handkerchiefs offer a pretty and practical keepsake.
Expert Take: With 19 embroidery thread colors available, you're sure to find the perfect hue to match your theme. They also make a charming thank-you gift for your wedding party.
Price: $ 10 | Shop Now
3. Customized Matchboxes
Elevate a classic idea with these vibrant, personalized matchboxes. Choose from red or white match heads and order between 20 to 300 boxes.
Expert Take: A perfect interactive element if you have candles on the tables. Note: best suited for adult guests.
Price: $ 19.50 | Shop Now
4. Mini Rose Quartz Hearts – Natural History Museum Shop
For a spiritual or celestial-themed wedding, these rose quartz hearts serve as a magical finishing touch, believed to bring love and positive energy to your day.
Expert Take: Rose quartz is known as the ultimate crystal of love, making these beauties perfectly wedding-appropriate.
Price: $4 | Shop Now
5. Bespoke Macaron Boxes – The English Rose Bakery
Treat your guests to these gorgeous, wedding-ready macarons in pretty pink and rose gold. Choose two flavors from a selection including pistachio, salted caramel, vanilla, and raspberry.
Expert Take: With so many flavors, opt for one fruit and one chocolate per box to please every palate.
Price: $3.50 | Shop Now
6. Antique Teaspoons
These gorgeous antique-style spoons, available with or without colored tassels, are perfect for a garden tea-party reception.
Expert Take: If using them as part of your cutlery, ensure guests know they can take them home!
Price: $1.65 | Shop Now
7. Personalized Photo Sweets
These thoughtful personalized photo printed sweets are sure to make your guests smile. "These delightful favours are almost too pretty to eat—note I said almost," says Zoe Burke.
Expert Take: For best results, use portrait photos as the image is printed on a square marshmallow. Not suitable for vegetarians.
Price: $ 20.99 | Shop Now
8. Engraved Chopsticks
Crafted from high-quality bamboo, these engraved chopsticks can be added to your cutlery sets for a reusable and elegant favor.
Expert Take: The minimum order is 10 pairs; they also make a great engagement gift for smaller weddings.
Price: $13.99 | Shop Now
9. Botanical Copper Frames
Complement dried flower décor with these delicate copper frame favors, which can be displayed on a table or hung on a wall at home.
Expert Take: The flowers are a mixed variety for a rustic feel, but you may request a single flower type subject to availability.
Price: $10 | Shop Now
10. Fortune Cookies – Bunting & Barrow
A highly affordable option that acts as a favor, icebreaker, and table decoration all in one. Customize the wrapper color and the message inside.
Expert Take: Writing a custom message inside takes extra time but is well worth it for the personal touch.
Price: $15.99 | Shop Now
11. ‘Not Another’ Cap – Not Another Bill
A blue cap with white embroidery that reads Not Another Run Club.
With bold embroidery and a sense of humour, you can finish the words on this cap however you want… Not Another Influencer? Not Another Half Marathon? Not Another Book Club? The list is endless.
Whether she’s a walking cliché herself or personally can’t stand those who are, it’s more or less a wearable eye roll – and we’re here for it.
$10 | Shop now
12. Obsessed With Manifesting Journal – Tam Kaur
Two journals on a table next to a matcha latte, Chanel perfume, lipstick and pink flowers.
YouTuber and podcaster Tam Kaur launched her brand The Self-Obsessed Journal to help fellow women level up in life – and we’re talking beyond goal setting.
If you know your recipient is ambitious, into mindfulness, loves to journal or just wants to make 2026 ‘her year’, the Manifesting Journal may well be the gift she didn’t know she needed, with neuroscience-backed techniques and pages dedicated to belief rewiring, action planning, self-concept work and more.
$8.99 | Shop now
13. Rio Roller Script Quad Skates – Rollersnakes
A retro-style rollerskate in pale green and pink
The 80s are back, and they’ve brought their rollerskates with them! If you’re looking for unusual Christmas gifts for her that are fun, vibrant and design-led, Rio makes some of the coolest rollerskates around, so she’ll get years of love from just one pair.
This style comes in two colourways, including peach and green.
$11.99 | Shop now
14. Liberty Gift Coin – Liberty London
Liberty silver coin
Well, if you’re going to gift a voucher to spend on herself regardless, you might as well do it in the most unusual way possible!
Luxury department store Liberty offers gift coins alongside its regular cards, presented in an elegant purple pouch – more thoughtful than a crumpled receipt stuffed in a card, right? Plus, you really can't go wrong by allowing her to choose a gift for herself that she’ll love.
$ 25 | Shop now
Unusual Christmas Gifts For Him
Perhaps you have a partner who seems to own everything they need, or a dad who has more pairs of socks than he can possibly wear in his lifetime. Whoever he is, he’s sure to love something from our edit of unusual Christmas gifts for men.
15. Monocle Magazine Subscription – Monocle
A smart man dressed in a navy jumper wearing glasses standing in an office laughing as he flicks through a copy of a magazine
Does he have a flair for culture and style? A Monocle magazine subscription might be just the ticket.
Heralded as the source of news for contemporary, globally minded readers with an interest in current affairs, this is an inspired gift that keeps on giving. Choose from print or digital subscriptions, depending on how they prefer to read their news.
From £120 | Shop now
16. Garden Boule Set – Jacques London
A grey zip bag containing eight silver boules for a game of garden boule, along with a small wooden ball and a red key
If you’re looking for unusual Christmas gifts for the man who loves to host outside, this rather gentlemanly (if we do say so ourselves) boule set from Jacques London will soon become his favourite thing to bring out whenever he has guests in the garden.
It comes in a stylish carry case, too.
$64.99 | Shop now
17. Silverstone Formula One Experience – Virgin Experience Days
A formula one racecar being driven at speed around Silverstone race track
If you’re shopping for unusual Christmas gifts for a petrol head or Formula One super-fan, this Silverstone experience will blow his mind!
When it comes to the ultimate adrenalin rush, 30 minutes behind the wheel in this thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will show him the best that British motorsport has to offer.
$29.9 | Shop now
18. Maarten Leon Print – Wallsauce
A framed image of a surrealist artwork where three male divers are diving into a glass of red wine from a diving board.
Whether he’s into surrealist art or he could just do with a little interiors upgrade, this print – called Your Best Friends Forget You Get Old – by Maarten Leon will take any wall from boring to brilliant in seconds.
Choose from four sizes (A4 to A1), with the option to have it framed too.
From $15 | Shop now
19. Jonathan Adler Decanter – Sweetpea & Willow
A selection of black, white and gold rocket-shaped decanters featuring the names of different spirits.
Does he love a tipple at home? A decanter might not feel like much of an unusual Christmas gift for men but when they look as stylish as these from Jonathan Adler, it definitely won’t be expected.
The playful black, white and gold rocket designs are perfect for bringing the party spirit – in every sense of the word!
From $13.99 | Shop now
20. Personalized bottle opener
An exclusive bottle opener engraved with his name or commemorative date.
Speaking of alcohol addicts... if he always likes to have a few drinks, he will fall in love with the exclusivity brought by this bottle opener that can imprint his own mark.
It is made of sturdy metal, with smooth lines and a solid feel - every time the bottle is opened, it is a reliable and pleasant experience. A great Christmas stocking gift, perfect for him to start a festive moment for his family and friends at a family banquet.
$ 8.99 | Shop Now