Popular Summer Wedding Favors 2008

Summer weddings in 2008 have a whole new take on trends for wedding favors. Color, bold color will be key here. Eco friendly wedding favors are the main focus no matter what month you get married in, but bold colors are where it is at this summer. Wedding favors are also playing double duty during the wedding and as a useful gift to take home.

Wedding favor trends can change in a matter of weeks, so planning ahead and knowing what is popular is a fun way to celebrate your wedding in a way that will really keep your wedding guest wowed with your new ideas for wedding favors.

Here are 3 great ideas for bold and colorful summer wedding favors that fit trends in 2008:

Summer Wedding Favor Trends #1: Old Fashioned Candies

Personalization is also huge in wedding favor trends right now. Look for old fashioned brightly colored candies. Those yummy candy sticks sold at stores like Cracker Barrel are perfect.

Create cute packaging by using recycled paper bags. Slide three colorful candy sticks in each by and tie shut with some recycled twine. This can be bought at the hardware.

You get an eco friendly packaging on the candy and the bold look of color that is so huge for this summer. Write the names of your wedding guests on the bags and use them as name cards on the dinner tables.

Popular Summer Wedding Favors #2: Bamboo and Color

For a really personally wedding favor that can be reused, but still give a chance for bold color, try buying bamboo office card holders. Bamboo is one of the greenest materials on the market to date.

Print out name cards for each wedding guest on brightly colored piece of card stock. Look for bold jewel tones.

Place one at each dinner plate and let your wedding guests know they can take their card holder home with them or to the office to hold their bushiness cards!

Popular Summer Wedding Favors #3: Organic Fruit

Finally, for another great combination of the color trend in wedding favors as well as an eco friendly touch, try using brightly colored organic fruit as a fun and tasty wedding favor.

You can take locally grown apples or other fruit and personalize them the same way you might a candy bar or box of chocolates. Take a piece of flat jute ribbon and tie it around the apple. Tie in a bow in the front.

On the ribbon you can write or print your wedding date. Your wedding guests have a healthy organic snack for later! You can also print out a thank you note on recycled paper, cut small bands of paper, then wrap them on and glue into place, like a coffee cup wrapper.