Eco-Friendly Wildflower Seed Wedding Favors

Eco-Friendly wildflower seed DIY wedding favors. These cute flower pots wedding favors are easy to make and good for the environment.



You need:

Mini terra cotta pots (sold at craft stores)

Tulle and ribbon (sold at craft stores)

Wildflower seed packets

Potting Disks (sold at department or home improvement stores)

Cardstock to print your personalized card tags



If you like you can decorate the mini terra cotta pots by painting them. You can either spray paint them with your wedding colors or hand paint designs. Another deocorating idea is to affix ribbon and/or scrapbook embellishments. It's your wedding favors, so let your creative juices flow.



After decorating the mini terra cotta pots comes the easy steps by adding the wildflower seed packets. You might need to fold the seed packets to fit the terra cotta pots. Then placing the potting soil disks either on the bottom or top of the pot.



Lay one piece of tulle on the table and place the mini terra cotta pot in the middle of the tulle and pull the tulle up around the pot and tie with the ribbon.



Print your personalized favor tag on cardstock, cut the tags using scrapbook decorative scissors or a hole punch. Scissors and hole punches are sold in the scrapbooking department in your local craft or department store. And be sure to place a small hole punch so you can feed the ribbon and make your bow.



This favor will cost approx. $1 to $2 to make, depending on your location.



Best of luck in making your wedding favors!



Monday, January 3, 2011

Creative Do-It-Yourself Wedding Favor Ideas


Most brides are on a budget when it comes to planning their wedding.  They do want to give the traditional wedding favors but at times they go to the Do-It-Yourself approach in creating their own wedding favors.  There's nothing wrong with that, but be sure when you create your wedding favors, let them look as professionally done as possible.

When I say make them look professionally done, it doesn't mean you have to purchase the most expensive product to make that happen.  What I learned over the years, it's all about the presentation of the product.  For example you decided your wedding favors would be scented votive candles.  Would you rather place them in a cello bag and tie them with curling ribbon? Or maybe after placing them in a cello bag wrap tulle around them and tie with a satin ribbon and attach your own personalized tag?  These favors should cost you under $1 each.  Be creative! You can place scented themed shaped handmade soaps, small picture frames, hand lotion, themed magnets or a small address book with your new address already in it.  If you decide on the soaps, you can either make the soaps yourself, which is very easy, all you do is remelt the soap blocks, add coloring, scent, and pour into soap molds.  Everything you need to make these shaped soaps can be purchased at your local craft store or online.  If you don't want the headache in making your own soaps, visit a local craft show and make a deal with one of the crafter.
 These are scented tart melts in a clear cello bag and tied with homespun fabric.  If I was a guest receiving these, I would say it "looks like they just wanted to give us something and they look so unprofessional.  It probably cost them a lot of money but not appealing to the eye".  If you would place just one or two cello bagged melts in tulle or a sheer organza bag with a personalized tag, they would look much better and would be a nicer favor to give.

Here's another non-edible unique wedding favor idea; napkin rings as wedding favors.  Actually, they are handmade beaded bracelets, which the guests would love to wear afterward, and they will remember your wedding.  You can either make the bracelets yourself or again make a deal with a jewelry making person.  Well, this idea is mainly for women, maybe you can make them for bridal shower favors instead, since women only attend them.

For edible unique creative wedding favors you can use the same concept as above and place chocolates, candies or cookies.  The best time to purchase chocolate and/or candies are after major holidays, you can save from 50%-75%, just be sure to find out the expiration date before making your purchase.  As your guests will carefully wrap your gifts with wrapping paper, you can do the same by wrapping either regular or jumbo size Hershey chocolate bars with gift-wrapping paper.  Make the chocolate bars into small gifts for your guests as your wedding favors.  Or if you prefer personalized candy wrappers, here at Mona's Chocolates you may purchase only the candy wrappers and assemble them yourself.


I hope these inexpensive Do-It-Yourself Creative Wedding Favor Ideas help you in finding the perfect wedding favor for your dream wedding.  Best Wishes!

Mona

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