IRISH WEDDING FAVORS

Irish wedding favors are great for spring weddings, or for any wedding in which green is an important color. Many Irish favors feature the well-known shamrock as their main theme. Others are Celtic in style, for a more traditional-style wedding. One thing is for sure, and that is an wedding for the Irish is a celebratory event.

Horseshoes are common good luck symbols, appearing in some Irish traditional weddings. Though real horseshoes can be used as wedding favors, there are also miniature versions of them. Horseshoe wedding favors can take the form of chocolates, pendants, key chains, cookies, boxes, and miniature crystal horseshoes.

A beautiful favor at an Irish-themed wedding is a shamrock wedding hanky. Typically made of a soft, white fabric such as cotton or polyester and dark green embroidery of the lucky shamrock, these favors are classy and practical. Some hankies can be found in the shape of a wedding gown, as a novel effect.

The shamrock is part of many wedding favor ideas, including favor bags. Fill these tiny festive sacks with a variety of candies and chocolates for a favor that your guests will love. For a unique Irish wedding favor, fill them with Lucky Charms cereal instead of candy!

For an Irish spin on the average cookie, use shamrock or horseshoe shaped cookie cutter to cut cookie dough with. Decorate with tubes of green icing and sprinkles and you have a festive, delicious Irish favor to give to your guests.

"Pots of gold" are somewhat unusual favors at Irish weddings. Small bowls filled with gold-wrapped coin candy represent the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, often associated with the luck of the Irish. These are great wedding favors for any type of wedding, and look great on reception tables.

The Claddagh symbol - two hands encasing a heart - is a popular Celtic symbol. Often it is used on Celtic wedding bands, but can also be used as gifts for guests, such as cookies. Weddingfavorsunlimited.com has two different designs of the Claddagh wedding cookies.

Celtic goblets are rustic, definitive additions to any Irish guest table. Celtic Pewter goblets and glass wine goblets are very different in terms of appearance, and are also very old-world. While goblets are bulky, toasting flutes are more slender and fine-lined. Celtic toasting flutes make beautiful wedding favors, and can also be found connected by the Love Knot symbol.

Candles are gorgeous favors for Irish weddings. Long, elegant candle holders finished in the Pewter design and topped with slender candlesticks are decorative pieces for your reception, and keepsake wedding favors for your guests. Candle wax will only make these traditional-style favors look more beautiful and charming.

You don't have to be Irish to appreciate the beauty that can be found in an Irish wedding favor. Irish weddings have long been recognized for their elegance and finery, and it is only natural that we look to their culture for our own wedding purposes.

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