Help with bombarie gift idea
January 21, 2012 3:56 PM Subscribe
Help me hive mind!! - Wedding bombarie gifts
We are having a breakfast wedding and are an absolute loss on what to do for a bombarie gift. My fiancée is dead against giving chocolates, she doesn't think that it works for a breakfast....Any help would be hugely appreciated before I have to wear a wig because I have torn out my hair!
We are having a breakfast wedding and are an absolute loss on what to do for a bombarie gift. My fiancée is dead against giving chocolates, she doesn't think that it works for a breakfast....Any help would be hugely appreciated before I have to wear a wig because I have torn out my hair!
Aha! More googling came up with a bomboniere, which I'm going to assume is what you're referring to - a small gift given to the guests, often a sweet? If you don't want to give chocolates, why not some fancy hot chocolate or cocoa powder?
posted by Tomorrowful at 4:07 PM on January 21, 2012
posted by Tomorrowful at 4:07 PM on January 21, 2012
Just based on Tomorrowful's idea that you're trying to find a sweet gift - and related to breakfast - how about something like maple syrup, or maple cookies of some sort?
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:15 PM on January 21, 2012
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:15 PM on January 21, 2012
We did small jars of jam and people seemed to like them. Wrapped the lids with cloth squares and decorative twine and tags.
posted by jeffch at 4:19 PM on January 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by jeffch at 4:19 PM on January 21, 2012 [2 favorites]
If you live in a place where there are local vineyards or orchards, you could give locally made apple butter or jam or syrup, maybe accompanied by a recipe for something served at the wedding.
posted by headnsouth at 4:20 PM on January 21, 2012
posted by headnsouth at 4:20 PM on January 21, 2012
Bomboniera is an Italian word meaning small box for bombi (candy), and is used to store five confetti (Jordan sugar coated almonds) traditionally given out at Greek and Italian weddings. It can be as simple as this, a little fancier, or they can be very elaborate containers (porcelains, ceramics, glass, precious metals) but always containing five pieces of candy.
Don't worry about the time of day: it is usually kept as a souvenir, since it requires strong teeth to munch on Jordan almonds.
posted by francesca too at 4:53 PM on January 21, 2012
Don't worry about the time of day: it is usually kept as a souvenir, since it requires strong teeth to munch on Jordan almonds.
posted by francesca too at 4:53 PM on January 21, 2012
A bombarie (or more commonly bomboniere) is a wedding favour when it's getting married in Europe. Traditionally they were given in cones; more recently, boxes. Traditionally they are filled with sugared almonds or chocolate.
Anyway, Eapoe, you can do pretty much anything small; you're really only constrained by what kind of packaging (if any) you want. We did custom fortune cookies. You could do candles, bird seed, flower seed packets, bubbles, loose tea, loose lavender, lavender sachets, cookies tied with ribbons, whatever. If you want more ideas, it would help if you let us know if you are set on a traditional bomboniere cone or box, or if you're open to other options.
posted by DarlingBri at 6:24 PM on January 21, 2012
Anyway, Eapoe, you can do pretty much anything small; you're really only constrained by what kind of packaging (if any) you want. We did custom fortune cookies. You could do candles, bird seed, flower seed packets, bubbles, loose tea, loose lavender, lavender sachets, cookies tied with ribbons, whatever. If you want more ideas, it would help if you let us know if you are set on a traditional bomboniere cone or box, or if you're open to other options.
posted by DarlingBri at 6:24 PM on January 21, 2012
I wanted to do local wildflower seeds embedded in paper, but ran out of time and budget (keep in mind than bomboniere aren't compulsory and no-one will notice if they're not there). The idea was that people could just poke a deck-of-cards sized bit of paper in the ground and water it, and wildflowers would spring up in that spot a little while later.
I really like the idea of maple syrup or a local jam/preserve for a breakfast wedding.
posted by harriet vane at 10:57 PM on January 21, 2012
I really like the idea of maple syrup or a local jam/preserve for a breakfast wedding.
posted by harriet vane at 10:57 PM on January 21, 2012
On a wedding blog, I saw a couple had given away small bags of pears. The perfect pear(s). The aww level overrode my pun auto-cringe.
posted by spec80 at 5:15 AM on January 22, 2012
posted by spec80 at 5:15 AM on January 22, 2012
What about a tiny box of strawberries? That would be nice in the morning.
posted by steinwald at 10:25 AM on January 22, 2012
posted by steinwald at 10:25 AM on January 22, 2012
I've seen soapmakers on Etsy advertise that they'll do a bunch of mini-soaps in decorative bags for bombonieres - that might be something to look into, and I think it's a more useful gift than some of the traditional ideas. A mini soap can be used or chucked in a drawer to scent clothes or just put in a guest bathroom to look nice :)
Don't search for bomboniere though - search for something like "soap wedding" or "wedding favors".
posted by andraste at 1:44 PM on January 22, 2012
Don't search for bomboniere though - search for something like "soap wedding" or "wedding favors".
posted by andraste at 1:44 PM on January 22, 2012
One wedding favour I really loved was receiving a CD with key music from the wedding burnt on it. The couple printed out a cover for it with a photo of the two of them together with a message of thanks. 5 years later and I still listen to it. Costs pennies to make as well. People love getting free music.
posted by Jubey at 7:23 PM on January 22, 2012
posted by Jubey at 7:23 PM on January 22, 2012
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posted by Tomorrowful at 4:04 PM on January 21, 2012