Indie Wedding Guide

Indie Alternatives: Cootie Catchers Wedding Favors

I love today's Indie Alternative. These are "Cootie Catchers" from KatsKrafts. Remember these back in the day? Well get your guests talking with these fully customizable favors. You can change everything from font, to paper color and of course all the various information.

From KatsKrafts "Personalized with questions about you and your fiancé, your guests will be delighted to get to know more about you two as a couple while they mingle with others. This is perfect for that time when they are waiting on you at the reception venue as you take those all-important wedding photos!"

DIY: Fabric Favors from Brooklyn Bride a video Tutorial

We loved this idea from Vane Broussard of Brooklyn Bride. We think this project would be fabulous for an eco-friendly wedding. You could use vintage fabrics or eco-friendly ones if you'd like. Thanks Etsy for the great link!

Sponsor Special: Beau-coup's Deal of the Day!

 

The Indie Wedding Guide would like to welcome our sponsor Beau-Coup to our Indie Weddings Month celebration. They have recently just launched an exciting new program that we think you will love.

Check the Beau-Coup site each day for their “deal of the day” and for that day only they will offer a discount for that product. For example, today’s deal of the day is our flavored cocktail jelly beans, which are being sold for 20% off today only! The page is refreshed at midnight daily with a new deal.
Vist Beau-Coup's front page and click on the Deal of the Day for further details.

Thanks again Beau-Coup for sponsoring Indie Weddings Month!

 

Flower Pot Favors

If you are looking for a unique wedding favor or something special for your bridal shower guests then look no further. Starry Deborah creates these adorable Petite Flower Pot Favors. You can purchase them with or without the embellished "flowers". Deborah will also custom create petite flower pots to fit the theme and decor of your wedding or shower.

DIY Tutorial - Candy Bar Wrappers, by Creature Comforts

A special thanks to EZ, from Creature Comforts for this fabulous Candy Bar wrapper tutorial. These would make darling favors.

Just Download free-printable-candybar-wrappers-sm.pdf (for 2.6 oz candy bars) or Download free-large-candybar-wrappers.pdf (for 5 oz. candy bars) and then follow the simple directions below. Please feel free to share the love with your friends and family!  Enjoy!

YOU WILL NEED:

-Chocolate candy bars (either 2.6 oz or 5 oz sizes)
-Color Printer
-Standard printer paper (white, color, or patterned will work) or self-adhesive paper
-Decorative Paper (be creative... you could use: graph paper, contact paper, vellum, magazine pages, etc.)
-Scissors
-Glue (or double-sided tape)
-Pen(s) or Pencil(s) for addressing your labels

1. Buy your favorite candy bars 2.6 oz. or 5 oz. (for this project you will need to select bars that come foil-wrapped with a removable paper label).
2. Carefully remove the paper labels from your candy bars.  If stuck, use a dull instrument to gently loosen label.
3. Print the PDF files (above) and cut around each one.
4. Select a decorative paper of your choosing.
5. Cut to size (6" x 5.25" for 2.6 oz bars and 6.75" x 8.25" for 5 oz bars).  Wrap each candy bar, securing in back with glue or double-sided tape.
6. Adhere your decorative labels to the front of the candy bars and address them as you wish.

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