Personalised Water Bottles as Wedding Favours
By The Velocity Wear Team
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Personalised water bottles for a wedding work as guest favours when you have 50 or more guests: the minimum is 50 pieces per design, with one design, such as your initials and the date, printed on every bottle. They are insulated steel bottles printed to a matte finish, made in 10 to 15 working days after you approve the proof, so start about eight weeks before the day.
Is your wedding big enough for custom bottles?
Count the guests before you fall for the idea. Because the minimum is 50 per design, bottles suit favours at a wedding of 50 or more, where every place setting gets one. They do not suit a bridal party of six: flasks for the groomsmen alone would mean ordering 50 to give away six. With 45 guests, the spare bottles can go to parents, helpers and the band, as long as the design makes sense in their hands too.
| Situation | Does it fit? | What usually works |
|---|---|---|
| 80 guests, a favour at every place | Yes | One design on every bottle, colours split to suit the tables |
| 45 to 60 guests | Yes, with a few spare | Spares go to the wedding party, parents or the band |
| Bridal party of six to ten only | No: it means 50 bottles for a handful of people | A smaller gift elsewhere, or widen the order to every guest |
| Groomsmen flasks, each with a name | No: each name is its own design of 50 | One shared design for the whole party, such as a crest and the date |
What goes on a wedding bottle design?
One design, the same on every bottle. Initials, a monogram, the date and the venue all fit, because none of them changes from guest to guest. Guest names do not: each separate logo or artwork counts as its own design, so a name on each bottle turns 80 favours into 80 designs of 50. Keep it short and bold, since a bottle is a narrow curve seen from one side. Design ideas that print well covers what reads on a curved surface.
Want each guest to find their own seat? Use colour. Mixing bottle colours within an order is fine, so tables can be matte white, pink or navy while the print stays one artwork, and a paper name tag tied round the neck does the work of a place card. Every finish is shown on our wedding-ready bottle range.
Which bottle finishes photograph well at a wedding?
Matte white, stainless steel and wood finish tend to look best on a dressed table and in photographs. Matte white suits a pale, classic scheme and takes a dark monogram. Stainless steel catches the light and suits a modern venue. Wood finish sits well in a barn or a garden, carrying a black or dark brown design. Pink, navy and olive can pick up the bridesmaids' colours. Choosing bottle colours pairs each finish with a print colour.
Bottles or tumblers for wedding favours?
A bottle with a steel cap is the neater favour. It keeps water cold for 24 hours, goes home in a handbag thanks to its leak-proof lid, and looks tidy at a place setting. The steel tumbler with a handle and straw lid is made for a desk or a car rather than a place setting, so on a wedding table the bottle is usually the better choice. If personalised wedding tumblers were your search, custom tumblers with a logo covers them.
When should wedding bottles be ordered?
Work backwards from the day. Allow a week to settle the design and approve the proof, 10 to 15 working days of production from that approval, freight quoted to your address, and a week in hand before the wedding. Eight weeks out is comfortable and five is tight. Have the boxes sent home unless the venue has agreed to receive and store them.
What to send for a wedding quote
Use the enquiry form on this page to send the design or monogram, the guest count, the finishes you like, the delivery address and the wedding date. Velocity Wear comes back with a quote, usually within hours on a working day. To see a finish in hand first, one or two samples cost £150 including shipping, credited against the order; the samples page explains. The full buyer's guide covers gift boxes, and our custom bottle page shows every cap.
