DIY Favor Supplies For The Crafty Bride
While some brides leave everything to the wedding planner and suppliers, there are those who prefer to be more hands-on. Crafty brides in particular prefer to turn wedding essentials into DIY projects. A very good example of these is the wedding favors. Making your own wedding favors don’t only ensure that you have unique and original items to give away to the guests, it also allows you to save a great deal of money. All you have to spend for are the DIY favor supplies, which as you can imagine don’t cost half of what wedding favors cost. Here are some of those that you should get hold of.
Favor tags
This is one of the most essential favor supplies that you should have. After all, no wedding favor would be complete without the tag that shows the details of the wedding including the couple’s name and the date and venue of the celebration. Personalized favor tags are suitable for DIY wedding favors. You can have them customized using your own design or choose among a variety of designs that would best reflect you and your beau’s personality and taste. Of course, your message should come from the heart. Instead of just putting the word “thanks”, include a short but sweet personal message for the guests.
Mint tins
Mint tins are versatile items that could be used in a hundred and one ways. For one, you can put in here sweet edibles like candies and chocolates and wrap it with tulle or handmade paper before handing out to the guests. You also have the choice to put in something that smells nice like potpourri or aromatherapy candle. Or you can go for the usual mints, which are what these tins usually contain, that’s why they’re called as such. Be sure to add a customized label sticker on top of the tin can.
Boxes
Like the mint tins, there is also a wide array of uses for boxes. This packaging idea is great because it’s suitable for any favor you can think of. For example, you can collect family recipes and then print them out on tiny cards that you can place inside each of the boxes. Another is to put in chocolate balls and other edible goodies inside the box. You may also put in here a faux jewelry or any other souvenir object like a Swiss army knife, keychain, button pin, or personalized pen. Decorate the box creatively and add a personalized favor tag before you give the favor to the guests.
Decorative embellishments
There’s an assortment of wonderful accents to use for your wedding favors. Explore your artistic side and experiment with these craft supplies until you’re able to whip up a nice packaging for your wedding favor. Some of the crafty bride’s favorite craft supplies include baker’s twine, raffia ribbon, string tags, wooden rectangular chalkboards with clip, chipboard hearts, wooden clothespins, flower felt shapes, eyelets, snaps, rhinestone shapes and letters, floral accents, lucky coins, chain ribbon, confetti, bridal tissue, satin ribbon, organdy ribbon, rayon trimming ribbon, wooden charms, tulle spool, snowflake accents, rubber stamp, feathered boa, monogram stickers, colorful paper clips, mini bouquets, and many more.
Just looking at this list will already give you plenty of ideas on how to use each of them for prettifying the wedding favors. For example, the favor box can be decorated with flower felt shapes, rhinestone shapes and letters and floral accents. You can add the monogram stickers to the favor cards for personalization. If you’re giving away potted plants, you can wrap tulle or organdy ribbon around the pot. If you choose wine wedding favors, you can wrap a feathered boa around the bottle to make it more visually appealing.
Of course, just because there are lots of craft supplies available in the market, it doesn’t mean that you need to use all of them. Remember, you’re creating a favor for your wedding day, not a Christmas tree. You don’t want to go overboard with the decoration and packaging. Consulting a bridal coach can help you on this matter. You may also check out packaging ideas in magazines and wedding blogs and websites.
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