Make Your Own Wedding Favors
So you are going to make your own Wedding favors? This is always nice but, you should also take into account the following:
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If you are going to start making your own wedding favors, and you are not the most artistic person in the world, then keep your favors simple. Sometimes less is more
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Leave yourself enough time so that should your favors turn out to be a disaster, you will always have enough time to either rectify the problems, or go out and buy wedding favors from a supplier.
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You also have the option of purchasing do-it-yourself favors, which will just require you to do the finishing touches yourself. For DIY Favors you may want to try Hanson Ellis, who have a wide range of fantastic DIY Favor Packages.
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A Guide To Making Your Own Wedding Favors
There are a lot of good wedding favor ideas but some of them are not for everyone. For instance, if you can't sew, then you should stay away from projects that require you to sew more than a simple stitch.
Try to pick something that will be easy for almost anyone to put together because you will probably have an assembly line of helpers, especially since most weddings have more than 100 guests.
Before you go off and start buying your supplies, you should ask yourself these questions:
- What is something unique about you, the Bride?
- What is your favorite hobby?
- What is something that you and your fiancé love to do?
- What message do you want to convey to your guests?
- What is the mood of your wedding, like formal, party time, or family get together?
- Is there a theme to your reception?
- Is your wedding during a holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving?
- Do you want your guests to keep the favor or just eat it?
When you answer these questions, you'll be able to come up with some really great ideas for favors that you might want to have. Don't restrict yourself to the traditional, don be afraid to be a little different or to use your imagination.
The next step is to develop a miniature representation of your theme or hobby. For example for the Christmas wedding, you could find tiny pine trees and decorate them with candies and ribbon as ornaments. Make sure you make the favor as simple as possible, so it is easy to assemble. This is especially important for large weddings.
The final step is to go to the craft store and look around for materials to make your idea. There are so many things in the craft store that will inspire ideas in the creative bride. You can even start with this step and just look around and see what you can find. There are so many miniature materials that you can develop into beautiful craft ideas.
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