Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I'm getting married in June and am trying to decide what to give as wedding favors. I don't want to give Jordan almonds or something like that; while cute, I just feel like it's over-done. Ideally, I'd like to give something "North Carolina," since I am having a lot of out-of-town guests and I've lived in NC most of my life. I've been racking my brain trying to come up with an idea and I was hoping someone here would have a good suggestion. I'm looking for something that is specifically North Carolina, either something that only exists here or means something specifically to NC. It also needs to be relatively inexpensive, since there will be about 150 guests. Suggestions?
Thoughts of My Cousin Vinny are coming back to me right now.
Last edited by Green Irish Eyes; 04-21-2010 at 10:31 AM..
Reason: Sorry -- movie dialogue is considered copyrighted information and therefore not to be posted here.
A southern season in chapel hill has a large "nc" section that may be able to give you some ideas of typical north carolina items. They have a wide variety of items from cheese straws to peanuts to grits.......
They also have tins filled with sugar cookies that look like a tarheel, and a description of why NC is called the tarheel state. You could buy the tins, individually wrap the cookies in a nice package and insert (or have on the tables) the information of why NC is called the tarheels.........
Don't know if you could do something with a BBQ theme- BBQ sauce bottles with pretty ribbons or something (might be hard to take back on a plane for guests, though?) Might be able to buy a case or get quantity discount. Another idea- cookie cutters in the shape of the state or tarheel with attached recipe for cookies.
I had a great experience with NC specific cookie wedding favors that were a big hit with particularly the out-of-town guests. This is the link to the company that provided them but they can do just about any design you would like. They had lots of great ideas for us to choose from and the cookies were delicious too. http://www.carolinabuttercupbakery.com
Snack bags of these cookies cost $42 for 12 snack bags, or about $550 for you guest list size. They offer a variety of cookie flavors, nuts, and other snacks too - each in a different colored bag.
Goodness Gracie (http://www.goodnessgracie.com/image_resize.asp?limit=300&img=12 heavenly basket bag web.jpg - broken link)
Last edited by Green Irish Eyes; 04-21-2010 at 10:32 AM..
Reason: Please post a link, not the (copyrighted) photo itself -- thanks.
i agree with A Southern Season, or local product such as Bone Suckin' Sauce. Also, the small tins of Moravian cookies are good. You could have them placed in a nice bag with a wedding tag on it.
Wrap any of these with pretty white organza lace and ribbon, and you have a North Carolina winner:
hunk of barbecue (pork)
pack of cigarettes
Nascar tickets
cotton balls
a big sweet potato
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Grits?
reply
