Personalized Handkerchiefs
Handkerchiefs were formerly used for sanitary purpose. Now the ugly duckling has turned into a beautiful wedding favour. It can be personalized and embroidered according to your liking. Floral handkerchiefs are among the most common wedding favours. Some even went to the extreme to sew it into a miniature wedding dress. It is the perfect gift for the occasion as happy tears tend to appear during the wedding.
I love going to weddings. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it is the fancy decoration and the pleasant mood everyone is in. Or maybe it the wedding banquet and food served at the end of the wedding. I also love taking home little mementos from the weddings.
Perhaps it is one of them that make me fall in love with wedding ceremonies. Or maybe it is a combination of all the above. I do not know. However, what I do know that at a lot of wedding receptions, we would only receive fruit cakes or scented candles as wedding favours. My house is packed with so many candles that it can last me for a month of electricity breakdown.
Maybe it is time for a change in wedding favours. A very good alternative to the normal candle and picture frames are handkerchiefs. Originally used by men for sanitary purposes, it has evolved into a beautiful piece of cloth which can be personalized and given to friends and family.
King Richard II of England was the inventor of this little piece of fabric. The usage? For him to blow his nose with. However, this little piece has come a long way. It can be folded into tiny figurines and are even given as novelty items. It has become quite a norm for guests to receive embroidered hankies during weddings. Mostly, the names of the couples are embroidered along floral patterns onto these little pieces of fabric.
A great way to present a handkerchief as a favour is to fold and sew it into a miniature wedding dress. This simple but creative idea will truly bring a pleasant surprise to your guests. Bookmarks with poems can also be added alongside the handkerchiefs to give an added value of appreciation to it.
Handkerchiefs can not only serve as a wedding favour, it can also be a great gift to the bride and the bridesmaid. It is the most sentimental gift to her and her attendants if it is initialed with the date of the wedding.
Wedding days bring happy tears to your friends, families and guests alike. The handkerchief is great gift and a keepsake for those who have attended the wondrous ceremony. Behold the journey of a great evolution- mucus wiper to a treasured wedding favour.
