What wedding favours can I make in advance?

[mrsfran]

I've got some pretty bags like this:

Rather than putting sugared almonds in them, I'd like to make something. I'm making 50 of them, so it can't be too complicated. And I'd like to be able to make them well in advance so that I have no last-minute panics.

Any ideas?

 

[madzone]

I made 100 wine charms with heart shaped beads for my friends wedding last May. People seemed to like the fact that they could take them home and have them, as a permanent reminder

She also put those red fortune telling fish in the favour boxes - they were great fun.

 

[aqua]

I've made cookies for peoples wedding favours before they had a butterfly theme so I made butterfly cookies, and then cos the bride liked all things glittery decorated them with edible glitter

 

[Kanda]

Condoms and Lube?

 

[mrsfran]

I've made cookies for peoples wedding favours before they had a butterfly theme so I made butterfly cookies, and then cos the bride liked all things glittery decorated them with edible glitter

But how far in advance can I make them?

 

[Jografer]

Condoms and Lube?

.... including for the bridesmaids....

 

[aqua]

But how far in advance can I make them?

up to a couple of weeks if you store them air tight

 

[mrsfran]

I like the idea of the wine charms Madz - got any instructions, or a link to somewhere with them?

I could make biscuits too.

 

[madzone]

I like the idea of the wine charms Madz - got any instructions, or a link to somewhere with them?

I could make biscuits too.

I'll tell you how I did it later, they're very easy

Off to make 10 kilos of meatballs

 

[aqua]

I'll send you the recipe I use I'll pm it later

 

[May Kasahara]

You could make fudge, that stuff keeps for a good while in an airtight container (unless it's within 30 feet of me ).

 

[Maurice Picarda]

Do wedding guests expect goody bags these days? Bastards.

 

[mrsfran]

Do wedding guests expect goody bags these days? Bastards.

No they don't expect it, I chose to give it to them

 

[Melinda]

Mixtape/ Mix CD?
You could print your faces on the front.

My friend did this- it was lovely.

 

[May Kasahara]

That's a great idea

*steals for potential future wedding*

 

[Artie Fufkin]

another idea is mini bath bombs or bath truffles.

 

[Melinda]

That's a great idea

*steals for potential future wedding*

*commits to getting married before MK*

 

[Fuzzy]

we bought sticks of rock and then printed stickers with the date and our names on which we then put in the wrapping around the rock.

 

[mrsfran]

Unfortunately, I've bought the favour bags now, so CDs and sticks of rock won't fit. The bags are about 7cm square.

 

[Looby]

I bought pink and red heart shaped jelly beans and filled bags with those but the cookie and wine charm ideas sound fab.

 

[moomoo]

No they don't expect it, I chose to give it to them

What is a wine charm?

 

[Badger Kitten]

My mate gave everyone a tulip bulb wrapped in glittery paper, it was her favourite tulip and it bllomed in May - a year after the wedding - if you planted it in the autumn.

At another mate's wedding, they made 2 lots of flavoured vodka ( jellybean flavour and chocolate flavour) because his nickname is Jellybelly and she has beautiful chocolate coloured skin and a fetish for smothering herself in cocoa butter so she always smells choclatey. We all got little minatures and some jellybeans as well, it was very cute.

 

[cesare]

How about red/pink scented tealights and you could make beaded covers to slip over them?

or glass nuggets

or homemade pot pourri (dried out slices of oranges/cinnamon sticks etc with essential oils added

or small pomanders http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-161

or tiny jars of berries in syrup/liqueur

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

what about bath melts or soaps?
you can buy the stuff from the net to make your own, ready to melt flakes and moulds.

 

[madzone]

I'm collecting beer bottle tops atm to make jewellery with - maybe you could make a little picture inside bottle tops (including wedding date etc - or just of a love heart) and then fill it with a bit of resin or podwered heat activated enamel to give it a glossy finish?

I dunno - I'm trying to think small

 

[cesare]

How about some little cross stitch samplers with your names and date?

I've just measured a little coaster with a cross stitch flower that a friend made for me - unfortunately it's 9cm but maybe you can get smaller ones, or maybe a small paperweight.

Good idea re the beer bottle tops madz!

 

[moose]

would you like mr moose's hash truffle recipe?

 

[Barney Bee]

would you like mr moose's hash truffle recipe?

Now there's an idea.
*legs it having waved to missfran and cesare*

 

[Badger Kitten]

*mother of the bride to thread*

 

[Rollem]

little packs of seeds