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DIY Tin Pail Wedding Favor Ideas

Kim — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:04:40 +0000

With a little imagination and creativity, you can put together unique, fun and affordable favors that utilize galvanized or painted tin pails. Many online vendors sell these miniature pails that usually stand about 2" tall. You can find them in either the silver galvanized color or in a painted white or pastel color. They are a perfect container choice for casual events such as a spring, garden, or beach theme wedding. Here are a couple of my favorite ideas for the pails:

Perfect for a garden wedding, the first look shown in the photograph utilizes a miniature metal watering can that is embellished with personalized ribbon (available in 27 colors) and decorative tin flowers (available in pink, orange and lavender). Simply purchase the cans and then choose a ribbon and flower color that coordinates perfectly with your wedding. Use a hot glue gun to create a look similar to the one shown in the photograph. Fill the pails with a short stem cutting of your favorite flower such as a colorful Gerber daisy, rose, or carnation.

To create the second look in the photo, silver miniature metal pails were filled with 3 colorful lollipops chosen to coordinate with the event colors, along with a ring of satin ribbon and felt flowers (available in pink, blue, green, or lavender). You simply use hot glue to hold the ribbon and flower in place. The little handles on the pails make it easy for guests to tote their adorable little favors home with them.

The final idea that I love is for beach wedding favors. In this case, white metal pails with handles have been filled with blue gummy whales. The pails were decorated with blue satin ribbon and a miniature starfish that was glued in place.

No matter how you decide to decorate your pails, you can either place one at each individual place setting at the reception or display them on a table near the entrance/exit with a sign that clearly encourages your guests to take one home with them. Pails are versatile so let your creative juices flow and you are sure to come up with a wedding favor that your guests will love!

Photos courtesy of the 2009 WeddingStar Catalog.

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Affordable DIY Favor Box Ideas

Kim — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:09:48 +0000

Taking a simple 2" x 2" x 2" white or ivory favor box and adding your own special touch enables you to create unique one-of-a-kind favors for your guests. In the photo below (from the Wedding Star catalog), you can see four ways to transform a simple ivory favor box into something truly special. These ideas are great for butterfly, Spring, green and destination weddings.

The top left favor was created by taking a white floral embossed gift box and embellishing it with a white hydrangea bloom and hand-painted butterflies. This delicate and beautiful favor will look amazing on your garden party or spring/summer wedding reception tables.

Simple green bear grass is tied in a unique pattern around a cubed gift box to create the favor on the top right corner of the photo. It takes a bit of practice to get a grass pattern that you like, but it is well worth the effort. What a great favor idea for the guests at green or garden weddings.

Bring some urban sophistication to a modern wedding with the sculptural ribbon design like the one shown in the lower left hand corner. A simple white favor box is first wrapped with double-sided brown/green ribbon and then the ribbon is cut and starched to create the center portion (which is pinned to the box). Modern. Fresh. Unique.

Travel stamps are used to create the "return to sender" favor in the lower right corner of the photo. You can find small travel stamps at your local craft store. Stamp your honeymoon, wedding ceremony or destination wedding location all over the gift box. Tie with simple package ribbon or yarn for a whimsical touch. We recommend using plain favor boxes (non-embossed) so that you can get good contact with the ink stamp.

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Think Outside The Box - DIY Wedding Favor Ideas

Kim — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:32:35 +0000

Buying standard 2" x 2" x 2" cube favor boxes and adding embellishments is a great way to incorporate your style, theme, and color scheme into your guest party favors. Below you can see three examples of how to take a blank canvas and turn it into a one-of-a-kind favor for your guests to enjoy (photo courtesy of the 2009 Wedding Star catalog).

The example in the upper right corner shows how you can mix and match favor boxes to create an elegant and unique look that ties in perfectly with your color scheme. Best of all, this favor is affordable. The black and white favor boxes are embellished further with wedding words ribbon (faith, hope, joy, love and cherish) along with clear heart-shaped dazzler confetti pieces. Simply use a hot glue gun to secure the embellishments in place after you've filled the boxes with your favorite edible candy or other small gift for your guests.

The second DIY favor example in the lower left corner of the photograph shows a classic floral patterned favor box that is topped with the initials of the bride and groom. You can create the initials by purchasing textured paper at your local craft store and using letter templates and an knife tool to cut out the letters. Simply glue them to the favor box lid. Be sure to take the favor boxes to the store with you when looking for matching textured paper. Add a small piece of ribbon and heart dazzler for a bit of sparkle.

Add a Moroccan flair to your favors by dressing them up with some beading and gold roping that you purchase at a local craft store. The rich jewel tones add an elegant touch to the simple floral pattern favor box as shown in the bottom right corner of the photo. Jewels like the ones shown can be somewhat expensive so look for craft store sales and coupons to save some money.

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