Dev Uthani Ekadashi is Friday 20 November 2026, and with it the wedding season opens and runs through February. Somewhere in the planning, usually after the venue and before the mehndi artist, comes the question of return gifts: two hundred to five hundred of something that guests will not leave in the car. This is what we make for that, by budget and by function, with real per-piece prices at bulk quantities and the lead times you need to plan around.

Everything here is poured by hand at our studio in Ahmedabad. The bulk rates apply automatically when you add the quantity in the cart, and every piece can carry the couple's initials or names and the date.

Under ₹150 per piece

For the full guest list: the reception, the society, the office.

  • Personalised keychains, ₹149 each from 100 pieces (₹199 from 50), with gold leaf or dried botanicals inside and initials and the date engraved. Ships in individual sleeves with a backing card; organza pouches on request. The most ordered wedding favour we make, by a distance.
  • Standing Om plaque, ₹109 from 50, charcoal resin with gold flecks and real pressed flowers.
  • Lotus tealight stand, ₹124 from 100, in jewel colours with a gold rim.
  • 5 inch mini flower thali, ₹124 from 25, with two built-in diya cups, in pink, purple, blue or dusty rose.
  • Gold filigree tealight stand, ₹129 from 50, in pink, white, mint, lavender or peach, which covers most mehndi and haldi palettes.

₹150 to ₹300 per piece

For the closer circle: the sangeet, the pre-wedding dinner, the relatives who travelled.

₹300 to ₹750 per piece

For the family return gift, given at the vidaai or sent home with the closest relatives.

By function

  • Haldi: the ceremony itself needs a thali, and the personalised haldi thali at ₹2,500 is made in marigold yellow with the couple's names and a lotus turmeric bowl at the centre. Favours in yellow: the filigree tealight in peach or the lotus stand.
  • Mehndi: pastels. The pastel lotus holder in lilac and blush, the mini flower thali in dusty rose.
  • Sangeet: keychains, because everyone is standing and nobody wants to carry a box.
  • Wedding and vidaai: the thalis and roli plates, boxed.
  • Reception: coasters and Shubh Labh hangings, which suit a mixed crowd.

Personalisation and packaging

Names, initials and the date are included on every piece above. Keychains ship in sleeves with a backing card; thalis and roli plates come boxed; tealight holders come in protective wrap and can be boxed or pouched at a small extra cost per piece. We can add a printed card with the couple's names and a line of thanks. Colour-wise, we suggest a mixed run across two or three shades of the wedding palette rather than a single colour; it reads as handmade, and it is.

Lead times, and the December clash

A run of 50 to 200 favours takes 14 to 21 days in the studio, then 3 to 8 days by courier within India. We ask for the order four to five weeks before the first function. There is one warning for this year specifically: December weddings overlap with the Diwali and Bestu Varas production run, which fills the studio through the first week of November. If your wedding is in the first half of December, book the favours in October, not November. Later weddings in January and February have more room.

Guests coming from abroad, or a wedding abroad with favours shipped from here, add 6 to 9 business days by air. The international orders guide has the details.

To start, send Heta the number of guests per function, the budget per piece and the wedding date, on the contact form or WhatsApp. She will suggest the pieces and send a photo of one finished sample before the rest are poured. For gifts for the couple themselves rather than the guests, see our guide to gifts for newlyweds and their new home.