Whether the venue of your party is going to be the beach or not, summer wedding favors or, specifically beach wedding favors, impress guests at any summer wedding. Your ‘gift of gratitude’ to guests with a ‘piece’ of sunshine, sand and water will be remembered for long.

If you are planning a cocktail party, a good idea is not only to give ‘memo-rable’ margarita-shaped notepads and pencils as summer wedding favors but use them as invites for the drinks party afterwards. If you can afford to spend a little more, you can express the margarita theme with margarita glass gel candle in tropical tiki hut gift box as a beach wedding favor. There’s an added bonus to these boxes. A recipe for the purr-fect margarita is printed on the back of the boxes.

However, you may not have extra time to give away summer wedding favors so using placecard holders that make for elegant keepsakes serves your purpose well. Cheer up your guests with ‘rustic elegance’ adirondack chair placecard/photo holders that come in sets of four. These chairs even have a wood finish to add to the charm.

But what’s a beach wedding without sunshine and sand. For a beach-theme wedding if playfulness is what you wish to emphasise, choose summer wedding favors in various designs based on flip-flops! There are flip-flop notepads, flip-flop playing cards and flip-flop luggage tags that make for great beach wedding favors. Your guests can even wash up afterwards with flip-flop soap sets.

Another common ‘beachy’ gift are shell-shape tea lights and wine stoppers. Or, the sea theme can be carried forward in dolphin and nautical design favors. You can pitch in with some packets of flower seeds too. These summer wedding favors are sure to inspire your guests to go for a boating trip or cruise.

But making up your mind may get tough with the choice available so, the easiest summer wedding favors to pick are edible items like chocolates, mints and even honey jars. You can add a personal touch by labels and stickers. Such summer wedding favors sometimes though prove ‘too sweet’ to be eaten and end up being preserved by your guests as mementoes.

Your summer wedding favors may not be as temporary as the castles on the beach. Your guests can receive ‘permanent’ sand castle tea-lights and photo albums to keep the memories of the party alive year after year. Don’t forget to add a date and place to the favors. More ‘reminder’ favors come as shell placecard holders, magnets for refrigerators etc. You can even put a quote or two on these.

The whole concept of a summer wedding favor should match the spirit of the occasion. Carefree hearts, gay abandon, joy and sunshine are the motifs you should ideally be using in your summer wedding favors. These are the kind of summer wedding favors that will always keep memories of the wedding shining in the hearts of your guests too.