Eco-Friendly Wedding Favor: Ceramic Potted Plant?
by Editor on February 24, 2010
in Eco friendly wedding
Hi everyone,
I’m having my very Indian wedding early next year and I want my wedding favors to be little potted Tulsi plants (Tulsi is very sacred in the Hindu culture). Anyways, I have no idea how to go about this! I was thinking of buying colorful little ceramic pots and planting 3 seeds into each of them in my backyard. Would it be more cost effective to just buy them potted? Also, is it possible to get ceramic flower pots engraved or would it be cheaper to tie messages to them? And on the day of the wedding, since the pots have holes in the bottom (right?) I will have to find someway to not have them leak all over my guests on their way to their homes. Please let me know if you have any ideas and id love more info if you’ve done this at your wedding or been to one that had this! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like a great idea.
Try out PrintGlobe.com
They carry plant kits and pots you can get custom printed.
I’ve seen a lot of brides do something like this. It makes a great favor, and you can also have the potted plants double as centerpieces, saving even more money. Why don’t you package the plants in a ziploc-lined fabric bag? That way, guests have a way to get them home, but it still looks pretty at your reception?
If you’re looking for more eco-friendly wedding ideas, you should check out http://green.weddings.com/.
Hope that helps, and good luck!
I used little potted ivy plants for favors at my wedding. I stopped watering them a few days before the wedding so we didn’t have to worry about anything leaking out of them. You could always put a sticker over the hole to avoid any dirt from coming out.
I used tiny little clay pots that I dressed up with raffia by tying some around each pot. My little pots doubled as my seating cards and my favors. I printed all the guests’ names on little cards and then used the sticks that come with floral bouquets to stick in the pots and hold each place card. I got the sticks for free from a local florist.
My suggestion is for you to plant the Tulsi yourself and include a little note for your guests to explain the significance of the plant and how to care for it. You can tie the note around the pot which should help to dress them up.
How about giving them some Tulsi seeds in a cute, hand made bag instead – that way the plant wont leak on them on the way home as they can just plant them themselves when they get home. Here are some ideas:
http://www.englishplants.co.uk/pressedflower.jpg – i like the words used on this one.
http://www.bridalpartytees.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/4_fal98_l.jpg – These are really nice and elegant but look quite tricky to make.
http://www.myweddingfavors.com/images/product/KA17003-S.jpg
http://www.myweddingfavors.com/images/product/KA17004-S.jpg
http://www.caesarsweddingfavours.co.uk/contents/media/l_Daisy%20Seed%20Favors.jpg – Simple yet effective
http://craftingcreatures.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/weddingpartyfavor.jpg
http://cdn-viper.demandvideo.com/media/c10ff766-b0f3-4ef3-9ecf-5927f737309a/jpeg/428fc69e-cd3d-4b40-a379-3e81ff2c577f_6.jpg
Good luck with you big day
Oh, but what about the guests like me who do not have green thumbs? I would kill the poor little plant thingy, and then feel guilty that I was unable to keep it alive.
Bake some of your best homemade cookies instead, please . . . and give me a couple of cookies. I will be happy, and I will not have killed a cute little plant thingy.
I am very sorry, but plants never survive me.