Rehearsal Dinner Favors

The rehearsal dinner needn’t be an afterthought. Bring the rehearsal dinner up to its deserved level of importance. Thoughtful rehearsal dinner planning gives you a chance to have fun and relax a little with the people who are helping make your wedding celebration a success. Even if you are having a very small wedding without a rehearsal, it is nice to have an intimate dinner with your family and friends.

Traditionally, the parents of the groom host the rehearsal dinner at their home or at a restaurant, but it is all right if you want to do it a different way. You will want to invite both sets of parents, your attendants, the person performing the ceremony and his or her spouse, and anyone else involved in the wedding. It is also nice to invite extended family and people who have come from out of town.

The style and rehearsal dinner theme should be in keeping with the wedding theme. The rehearsal dinner can be elegant or as casual as a backyard barbecue. You won’t want the rehearsal dinner decorations to be fancier that those of the wedding reception. But even at a restaurant, the rehearsal dinner table decorations can be done in a way that tells your guests that you appreciate all the work they have put into your wedding.

If it is done at home, the rehearsal dinner decorations can be planned: from flowers, to tablecloths, to rehearsal dinner favors. You can plan your colors to coordinate with those in your wedding or compliment the color scheme. The place cards and rehearsal dinner favors can be done with a creative flair that reflects the personalities of the bride and groom.

You have a little less freedom to decorate at a restaurant, but you can still bring in beautiful or fanciful napkins, flowers and place cards, and rehearsal dinner favors for your guests. Depending on the formality of the wedding and rehearsal dinner, this might be a good time to put out our beautiful Linen Napkins with Love Embroidered.

The elegant little silver picture frames favors make great place cards and later can be used to display a treasured photo. This could also be a chance to present your guests with classy bar accessories like the snowflake Bottle Stopper Favor or Victorian Style Key Bottle Opener Favor. At an informal rehearsal dinner, it might be fun to give the cute Pear Cookie Cutters Favor.

The highlight of the evening is always the traditional toasting of the bride and groom by the best man. The rehearsal dinner is also the ideal occasion for presenting the special gifts you have chosen for your attendants, groomsmen, flower girl and ring bearer.

Above all, remember it is your last chance to relax and enjoy your closest friends and family before your big day.