Bridal Shower Favors
February 12, 2010
Wedding Favor
Though pre-wedding costs can run pretty high, gifts don’t need to be expensive to be appealing or unique as shown by the following DIY bridal shower favors.
Useful DIY Bridal Shower Favors
- Tin Can Candle Holder: For this party favor, gather empty soup cans and peel off the outer wrapper. Using a church key (the triangular shaped can opener), pierce three holes on the bottom and two holes on top, distanced equally apart. Then spray paint the whole can using the bride’s favorite color. Decorate the can by gluing objects or drawing a design. Then place a tea light inside. The two holes on top can be used to attach a metal wire for hanging.
- Customized Pen: Purchase a set of pens. Cover the pen with firm fabric or scrapbook paper using regular glue. Spread the glue out to prevent uneven texture. Then with hot glue, affix mini rhinestones or jewels for the finishing touches. Customize the pen further by adding a small tag printed with the bride-to-be’s name and date of the bridal shower. Attach the tag to the pen with string.
Sweet DIY Bridal Shower Favors
- Cocoa Powder Jar: With a small, clear and empty jar, decorate the exterior. First, cut out two strips of gimp ribbon, long enough to go around the jar. Using hot glue, attach the ribbons to the jar horizontally at the center, one-fourth inch apart. Cover the cap with fabric using the hot glue. Then add cocoa powder, teabags or loose leaf.
No-Sew Mini Tote Bag: Miniature no-sew tote bags filled with candy or chocolate make great bridal shower favors. Begin by cutting out two pieces of sturdy fabric in a square shape. Align them together with the front sides facing each other. Cover the staples with a strip of white duct tape. Then cut short straps from shoelaces and duct tape it to the fabric on both sides.
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Another Cheap Wedding Favor
January 22, 2010
Wedding Favor
Candles are one of the simplest ideas for cheap wedding favors. You can find simple candles available at very affordable prices. You might even consider purchasing personalized ribbons to tie pretty bows around the candles. These ribbons can usually be ordered and may include your names and the wedding date. This may sound like a pricey item but if you purchase these ribbons on a reel instead of precut it can be very affordable. A simple taper candle tied with your personalized ribbon can be placed at each place setting to create a really inexpensive wedding favor.
Candy is another cheap wedding favor idea. You find a number of different ways to give out candy as an inexpensive wedding favor. One way to do this is to purchase a pretty fabric and some ribbon, cut the fabric into small squares, put a few small pieces of candy on each square and pull the corners together and tie with the ribbon. This is not only a very inexpensive wedding favor idea but it is also a very simple idea which can be assembled at the last minute. Another way to use candy as a wedding favor is to purchase small tins and fill them with the candy of your choice. You can purchase the candy in bulk to keep the price down and separate the candy into small portions for each guest. A final way to give candy as a wedding favor is to buy candy bars with personalized wrappers.
Packets of flower or vegetable seed also make great wedding favors which are also very inexpensive. The pot only needs to be large enough to hold the packets of seeds. This is important because small pots can be purchased rather inexpensively while larger pots will be significantly more expensive.
