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I was lucky enough to be invited to a friend's wedding in Italy. The event took place on a beautiful island not far from Rome one August day a few years ago. The happy couple were married in an old monastery church high up in the mountains.
The bride and bridesmaids handed out wedding favors at the end of the 10 course meal. Each guest was handed around 5 gifts each.
As the bride's family were Scottish and the grooms family were Italian. The wedding party decided to give each guest espresso cup favors with coffee spoons and servers. The cups and saucers came in a gorgeous love heart shaped box which was a delightful red color. Accompanying the cup and saucers was a dainty coffee pot. The three gifts were packed inside the box in lovely tissue paper and a wonderful ribbon with a personalized message was attached around the edging.
The coffee spoons also came in a fabulous gift wrapped box. The bride and groom thought this would be an ideal gift for both cultures as nearly everyone loves coffee.
On each dinner plate the hosts lay a fanatic gift of almonds inside a sheer net tulle secured with ribbon which had again held a personal message to each guest. The couple thanked each guest for traveling overseas to be with them on their wedding day. Couples can also use Italian wedding candy instead of almonds if they decided they would prefer.
The wedding cake was at least 10 tiers high. Another brilliant idea from the wedding couple was an individual cake placed on each tier. Each guest received a cake as part of their dessert and a wedding favor. Everyone was over the moon with this wonderful gesture and not a crumb was left on any of the plates.
At the beginning of the wedding when everyone arrived, all the guests received a glass of champagne and caviare. During the meal each guest received a number of glasses of wine. The bride thought a good idea would be to place a grapevine wine bottle stopper as the last of the Italian wedding favors given to their guests.
I hope this gives you some help in your search for Italian wedding favor ideas.
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Source by Kath Anderson
