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Nine Do-It-Yourself Wedding Favors

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Crafting your own group of unique wedding favors does not mean you have to sacrifice quality.  Listed below is a collection of easy-to-do DIY projects that’ll provide your guests with elegant wedding favors.

1). Lottery Scratch-off Tickets. With scratch-off lotto tickets, there will be no doubt that each of your guests will use their wedding favors.  Simply place your scratch-off ticket into glassine envelopes and affix decorative personalized labels that cleverly read “Lucky in Love”.  A nice touch would be to include a penny that was minted in the same year your wedding will take place.  A perfect DIY wedding favor for any season!

2). Forced Bulbs. Take 2 to 3 forced bulbs (eg: paperwhites, amaryllis) and place them inside a drawstring burlap bag or jute bag.  Dangle a personalized hang tag that reads “Love Blooms” from the drawstrings.  Makes great fall wedding favors or winter wedding favors!

3). Homemade Jam. Share your family recipe for sweet homemade jam by canning them into miniature glass jars.  Tie a gingham wedding ribbon around the neck of the jar.  Hang a custom label that reads your names and wedding date.

4). Chocolate Bars. Perfect for the inner-graphic designer in you.  Remove the original paper wrapper and take note of its measurements.  Based on these measurements, design a new wrapper using your favorite illustrating software.  Print your design onto colored paper.  Wrap your new design around the chocolate bars.  Use double-sided tape to secure the ends of the paper wrapper.

5). Pears.  Pears are a delicious fruit that makes a wonderful symbol of your status as the “perfect pair.”  Create a rubber stamp with your names and date and the phrase “The Perfect Pair.”  Stamp onto squares of kraft paper or light-weight butcher paper.  Wrap around each pear.  Present in a rustic wood crate and invite guests to pluck their own pears.

6). Homemade Chocolates. Make homemade chocolates using one of the many molds out in the market today.  Put some of these sweets in a little translucent bag.  Tie a ribbon around the neck of the bag and dangle a tag that reads “Thank You.”

7). Homemade Cookies. Using a family secret recipe, bake cookies and place them in a small baker’s box.  Wrap in red and white baker’s twine and a darling hang tag that reads “Sweet Treats.”

8). Small Bouquet of Flowers. Place small sprigs of flowers into plastic vials.  Wrap several vials together with decorative fabric and tie with a colorful ribbon.  Present them all on a wick basket and invite your guests to pick their own flowers.

9). Small Potted Herbs. Small pots of thyme, rosemary and basil make practical wedding favors for a spring wedding or garden theme event.  Wrap a colorful ribbon printed with your names and wedding date around the clay pot to personalize the look.

Suggestions For A Chocolate Wedding Party Favor

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Weddings nowadays almost always have wedding favors to give away to guests. There are many different types of wedding favors to choose from as giveaways. A chocolate wedding party favor is now a popular choice for giveaways. A chocolate wedding party favor comes in different styles and will depend on what the bride and groom prefer for their party favor.

The Bar And Other Shapes

A chocolate wedding party favor can come in the shape of a bar of chocolate, a rounded piece of chocolate, in the shape of kisses and many others. People who make chocolate wedding party favors have different wrapping that can be suitable for some of the more popular brands of chocolate in the market today. The reason for this is because there are many couples who have preferences when it comes to the brand of chocolate is used for their chocolate wedding party favor.

Bars are usually chosen for those who wish that the chocolate wedding party favor label is where the thank you is written as well as the place and date of the wedding. In most cases, the label is the one printed on and the original chocolate label is taken off. The customized label is then attached with the pertinent details.

In the case of smaller chocolate shapes, such as kisses or balls, they are usually placed in containers and tags are added to the containers. Tags for these kinds of party favors are similarly worded as the chocolate bars except that these tags are smaller. Some tags are tied to the containers with golden or silver cord.

The chocolate wedding party favors in the shape of kisses, balls or small bars are sometimes repacked in foil with complementing colors to the wedding. Containers for the smaller chocolates are usually cardboard boxes. These boxes can be shaped as hearts or squares depending on the preferences of the bride and groom. Other containers for the chocolate wedding party favor can be a wedding party favor bag, pouches, plastic wrap, small glass canisters or paper origami.

Care should be exercised when going with a chocolate wedding party favor since chocolate can melt when stored in the wrong way or place. Ants and other insects might also find their way to the chocolate which is why it is best to store these in an airtight container. Handling the chocolate wedding party favor frequently can also instigate melting. Putting these in containers can help to minimize the impact of melting.

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