Hot Chicago Wedding Favors for your Guests
by Ali Phillips
My clients are always looking for fun ways to thank their guests for coming to Chicago to celebrate with them. Here are some cute “Chicago-themed” favors for your guests!
1. Handing out bags of Garretts Popcorn at the end of the night. There are many different flavors to choose from or you can pick a bunch of different varieties and let your guests pick at the end of the night! www.garretspopcorn.com
2. For a fall wedding, you could hand out caramel apples from Affy Tapple in Niles, Illinois www.affytapple.com
3. The classic Marshall Field’s Frango Mints are especially popular now that Macys is going to change the name of the store that all Chicagoans love. The easiest way to make a frango order is 1-800-5FRANGO. The 4-piece box that is most popular is $2.50 per box www.marshallfields.com
4. Search your local sports shop for hats emblazoned with your favorite Chicago team and place them on a table for guests to choose as they leave. And, if you are a baseball fan, show them you are bi-partisan and let them choose between Cubs and Sox hats.
5. Some clients have decided to treat their guests to the Cubs “I believe” blue bracelets. The proceeds for this purchase goes towards Cubs Care, an organization that supports youth baseball, softball and sports programs, children with special needs and domestic violence shelters for women and their children in Chicago. For ordering call 1-800-248-9467.
6. Some clients have a love for animals and in lieu of a favor for their guests have given a donation on their guests’ behalf to Paws Chicago. Check out http://www.pawschicago.org/ which helps save homeless animals in the Chicago Metro area.
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