Let?s chat about wedding favors today, hive! I have to admit, I actually really love favors. No, I don?t need a shot glass or deck of cards with your name and date on it, but when I see it I?ll remember your special day and reminisce over the awesome time I had.

Photos from The Knot Shop
However, I understand not everyone shares this opinion; a lot of people don?t care about them at all, especially if you can?t eat them. So even though I do love the special little thank yous, favors were not something we wanted to throw a lot of money at. I wanted to give something I knew my our guests would enjoy, so edible was the way to go. Thankfully, we already had an easy solution because Pittsburgh has this AWESOME tradition called the cookie table! This glorious display of confections warrants its own post at a later date, but just think piles and piles and piles of cookies…like a candy bar…but with COOKIES. Toward the end of the night, we?ll put out cute little to-go bags for guests to fill up and take home. It?s gonna be amazing.
Photo from Christina Montemurro Photography
Despite my excitement over our cookies, the part of me that loves non-edible favors wouldn?t shut up. I wanted guests that like having a physical memento to be able to take something they could keep. Enter stage left: DIY photo magnets! This idea formed from seeing how many save-the-date magnets my friends and family still had on their refrigerators long after the wedding was over. Now, I know t...