As in other parts of the world, giving and receiving gifts plays an important part in a Thai wedding. It is a Thai wedding tradition that the bride and groom provide each guest with a small souvenir of their special day, known as ‘khong chamruey.’ It is also traditional to give special gifts to respected elders on both sides of the family.

To add unique meaning to your wedding, Creative Events Asia are proud to be able to offer a very special selection of handmade souvenirs, crafted from the hands and hearts of local community groups and inspiring independent artisans from around Thailand. These beautiful products will not fail to charm your wedding guests, while directly supporting local Thai producers and helping to sustain Thailand’s artistic traditions. We have partnered together with our friends at the Family Tree www.familytree-huahin.com and heres just a selection of what we are offering. 

Individual, hand-milled soaps…
These soaps are hand-milled and cold- pressed by the inspiring ladies of Suanplu Women’s cooperative. Traditional Thai herbs are carefully blended with international standard, natural soap, before hand-cutting and drying each piece for at least 45 days.

Lip Balm
This lip balm is made from a blend of bees wax, mineral and olive oil and natural scents: Vanilla, Honey and Orange; Blueberry and Aniseed. This long-lasting balm softens and protects your lips.

Individual, handmade silk spindles
These 5cm silk spindles, set on keyrings, are a perfect keepsake of Thailand, and its artistic heritage. Silk is the traditional gift at Thai weddings, and represents the symbolic weaving of lives which is the foundation of marriage. The spindles are made in Surin, by a local community group.

Joyful Thai Elephants, hand-carved from naturally fallen teak.
These elephants glow with exuberant and playful joy. Each of these miniature gentle giants is hand-carved by our friend, Uncle Daeng, a native carpenter from Chiang Mai, who carves each elephant with sincere care and attention to detail. Uncle Daeng does not cut trees, using only teak which has fallen naturally in the forest.

Tea-scented pillows These colorful, miniature, tea-scented pillows are nice to freshen up your wardrobe or car. They are made by a group of tea farmers in Mae Aon, Chiang Mai, who developed the pillows as a supplementary occupation.

Handmade ceramics
Each piece of ceramic is hand-made by a friendly Thai couple, who seek inspiration from Thai earth, flora, fauna. and artistic traditions. Working at home, Khun Koi and Khun Oh only produce about 100 pieces of pottery per month, in order to ensure each piece is unique and to limit impact on the environment.

Recycled Paper Animals
These fun and colourful souvenirs are made by ‘Recycled Group’ a Bangkok-based women’s cooperative, from recycled Yellow Pages. The group were provided with government assistance to develop these products in a re-training program, following the Asian Economic Crisis in 1997

Hangings of Traditional Thai Dancers
These decorations are hand-cut and stitched by an ethnic Lao Sung community group, who are renowned in Thailand for their bright and bold textiles

For the brochure and prices please contact us.