Category: Wedding Favors

Pretty Flower Favors!

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1. Fill a 3 5/8-inch-high acetate cylinder with candy.

2. To make flower, cut a 9-by- 30-inch piece of tissue paper. Fold, accordion style, in 5-inch-wide layers. Cut petals in smaller end; unfold and lay on flat surface.

3. Place cylinder on paper with bottom about 1 inch from uncut end, and roll; tape sides and bottom with double-sided tape. Tie ribbon above top of cylinder.

4. Gently peel petals down to open flower. If you use a shorter cylinder, reduce height of paper; for a multicolored blossom, wrap a second layer of paper around cylinder after first is secure; secure with ribbon. Source

The History of the Almond

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I have always wondered why almonds where apart of every wedding I have ever been to. I am not found of the almonds myself, and have only met a few that are. So I always wondered why it was a tradition to have them. Well I found my answer on Martha Stewart and actually they have a lot of symbolism and a great story you can tell your guests. You could always include the history of the almonds on a little card attached to the favor. That way everyone will understand their meaning. Here is the history.

 

“The use of almonds as favors has evolved in significance over the centuries. The ancient Greeks, and later the Romans, were fond of honey-coated almonds. Sweetened almonds later found their way to the celebratory tables of medieval Europe , when they came to be known as dragees. By 1850 the first commercially produced dragees, coated with colored sugar syrup, appeared. In Europe today, dragees are still fixtures at weddings, christenings, and confirmations.

 

Because the almond is a seed, it represents fertility, abundance, and fruitfulness. When a bitter almond is used in a dragee, the hard sugar coating produces a piquant contrast of sweet with bitter; the dragee thus represents an important part of the wedding vow: “for better or for worse.” Just as the couple has pledged to support each other in good times as well as in bad, those in attendance symbolically honor the marriage vows by partaking of the almonds.”

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Pretty Chocolate Favors

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choloate favors

Graphically printed bark (chocolate spread thin and then broken into irregular pieces) is too nice to cover up, so use a clear lid. Grosgrain ribbon, taped around the lid’s sides, picks up hues inside. A monogram tag is kept small so as not to obstruct the view.

Tools and Materials
Printed monograms
Box with clear plastic lid (ours was 3 5/8 inches by 4 3/4 inches, and 1 inch high)
Striped ribbon, as wide as the box is high (ours was 17 inches long)
Glassine sheets
Double-sided tape, utility knife, and rotary cutter or scissors

Clear-Lidded Box How-To
Before beginning assembly, design a monogram on a computer, and print it out.

1. Put the lid on the box, so the box can support the lid. Cut ribbon 1/2 inch longer than circumference of box, and secure it to the outside with double-sided tape, overlapping near a corner as shown.

2. Cut the monogram out using the utility knife, and adhere it to the lid with double-sided tape.

3. Cut two glassine sheets to line the box; one should go widthwise across the bottom and up the sides, the other lengthwise. A rotary cutter is best for cutting glassine; it won’t pull or tear. Fill the box, and replace the lid.

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Save the Date Magnets

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Save the date magnets are a fun way to get your guests excited for your wedding. Plus it gives them a keepsake that they can save for a long time. I love the one pictured above but they come in a plethora of designs and colors. If the wedding is informal, you could even use them as your invitation. It is something they can keep instead of the invitation, which most people toss soon after the wedding. See more styles!

Photo Tin

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Michaels is a great site that is filled with how to design ideas for you wedding. I found this favor idea and I had to share it with you. This is an easy idea that is inexpensive and personalized. Plus it is easy to do. Here is how to make this yummy treat tin.

  • Favor Tin
  • K&Company Brenda Walton Wedding Frame
  • Photo, your choice
  • Double Stick Tape
  • Scissors

Cut photo of choice to fit behind frame. Adhere photo and frame to top of favor tin with double stick tape. Tip: Use photo as a guide when assembling project. Source

Sugar and Tea Favors

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I must have a thing for tea today because here is another cute favor that I found. One of the vials pictured above is filled with heart shaped drop tea and the other is filled with heart shaped sugar cubes. These would be perfect given as a pair or separate. You could even give the sugar vials with a cute package of personalized coffee. Either way this is a unique favor that I love. Buy This Item!

Whole Leaf Tea Sachet Favors

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Here is a cute little idea for all you tea lovers out there. Well actually anyone, because I don’t even like tea and I love this favor. This is a tea sachet and they are able to be personalized especially for your special day. Each silken fabric tea sachet is filled with natural whole leaf teas, rough-cut herbs and flowers. The sachets are individually hand crafted, and yield two cups of tea. The open weave of the fabric allows the tea leaves to unfurl, the flavors to mingle, and the robust tea to flow right through the sachet into your cup. The tea sachets are available in Ginger, Flora, Citrus, Mint, Jasmine, Earl Grey, Forte, Oasis, and Chamomile. Check it out!

Photo Guest Book

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Instead of having an ordinary guestbook, that you hardly will look at again, you can create a photo guest book.  All you have to do is to assign a couple people to be guestbook attendants. Then as the guests arrive have the guestbook attendants take Polaroid’s of each guest. They can be taken individually or in the group they arrive in. Then put the pictures in a guestbook/scrapbook and have the guests sign the bottom of their picture. This gives you a book you can enjoy forever. Plus you may actually look at this one again.

Flower Boxes

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Martha Stewart Weddings is a spectacular site that allows you to great a plethora of ideas. I am an avid reader of the site and I always find things I want to try. Whether you are a do it yourselfer or just want ideas this site is a great resource. Here is a table setting and centerpiece idea that I just love!

Boxes topped with flowers make a beautiful centerpiece; a table number is embroidered onto ribbon encircling the largest box. Inside, the stems sit in water bottles stabilized by crumpled paper. Favor boxes, which contain nonpareils, double as place cards.

Tools and Materials
Quilling paper (enough to wrap around lid and overlap slightly)
Small boxes
Double-sided tape
A peony or a few ranunculuses
Utility knife,
Plastic flower tube
Nonpareils

Flower Boxes How-To
1. Have a calligrapher inscribe each strip of paper with a guest’s name in pink gouache (an opaque ink). Tape paper around edge of box lid.
2. Using a utility knife, cut an opening in the center of the lid.
3. Cut off top of flower tube so it’s just shorter than box. Add a bit of water to tube. Insert flowers into tube; insert tube into lid.
4. Fill box with nonpareils (leave room for flower tube); close box.