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Unique Homemade Wedding Favors

For many brides wedding favors represent a quest to find something unique and special. Often the requirement of favors that coordinate with your wedding style and/or theme, and that are a reflection of your personality and taste presents an impossible task to find a favor that fulfills all those requirements.

For the creative bride making favors themselves represents the perfect way to achieve those perfect and unique gifts that are so desired. When it comes to what to make there are a number of options to choose from.

CD’s

Whilst the concept of CD wedding favors is not a new one, it is what you put on them that make them unique. Many couples choose to add their wedding playlist or songs which are memorable to them. You could add a range of favorite tracks, the songs you will play during the evening reception or a selection a songs from across every element of your wedding.

Edibles

Making your own custom cookies or cupcakes is easy to do at home and decorating them is not very difficult. Make a few trial run batches to practice on before you go for the real thing. Chocolates can be made at home too, with the aid of chocolate molds and melting chocolate.

Smellies!

Make your own soaps with soap making kits and molds available from craft stores and soap making websites. You can also get kits to make bath bombs and bath salts at home.

Candles are similar to soap to make and you could make lovely scented candles for your favors. For a contemporary favor make them in aluminum tins with lids or in glass jars similar to Yankee Candles.

Magnets

Fridge magnets have become a popular favor and are so easy to make yourself. Check out your local craft store for magnet kits which include a clear plastic ‘sleeve’ and magnet to glue on the back. Then you need to add a photograph or picture which you can take yourself or design on your computer at home.

There are also several printing websites which offer templates and full magnet sets printed and assembled as you want them. They often offer templates which are fully customizable in terms of colors, graphic elements, fonts and text so you can design something totally unique to you and have them delivered ready to go!

Packaging

Even if you buy ready made favors from a store you can still make them unique by making your own packaging. Making boxes and bags from paper and card is not difficult and craft stores carry a range of design templates which make it easy for you to cut out and fold packaging in no time at all.

If you are a keen crafter or know someone who is then you or they may have a cutting machine which can cut shapes from dies in a range of materials. These machines are easy to use and the manufacturers have a range of packaging dies to choose from. You can also use one to cut decorative elements such as flowers, hearts and butterflies to add to your wedding favors.

About the Author

Mae Andrea is a professional writer who collects wedding favors and wedding related articles. Another interesting part of her collections is the list of wedding songs especially gathered for all couples out there.

Looking for a yummy cupcake icing or simple cupcake recipe?

My 4 yr old son was dying for some cupcakes but they were expensive & the frosting kept sliding off before i could get to the checkout so I told him I would make him some.. I was planning on buying box mix & making homeade icing... but if I can find a simple one Id do homeade! Due in 7 days with my 3rd child so don thave much time for home made lol..Any recommendations?? Thanks!!

Not sure if your son will eat capuccino flavor but our family is mad about these. Good luck. You might like to have a look at the new site below where there are meal ideas for main meals and smart leftovers - I started cooking this way when I was due with my third child - it may help you out.

Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipes - Cappuccino Style

We've tried many Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipes, however, these Cappuccino Muffins are a great variation. This is a quick, easy recipe which works well if you have friends popping in for coffee, or for a decadent breakfast treat. These muffins are also a hit in lunchboxes. The addition of coffee gives them a sophisticated edge. This really is one of the easiest choc chip muffin recipes around.

Ingredients:

2½ cups flour
2½ teaspoons baking powder
4½ oz / 125g / ½ cup butter, melted and cooled
¼ cup brown sugar
4 tablespoons golden syrup
2 eggs lightly beaten
1 cup buttermilk
3 teaspoons good quality instant coffee
1 cup dark choc chips
Optional frosting:

1½ cups icing sugar
1 teaspoon soft butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon good quality instant coffee

Method:

Heat the oven to 350° F / 180° C.
Place greased muffin papers in a 12-hole muffin tray.
Combine all the muffin ingredients in a bowl. Mix gently but overbeat as this will produce a heavy muffin.
Divide the mixture between the muffin papers. Bake for about 20 minutes. Check that a skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out just clean. Don't overcook.
Cool the muffins on a wire rack.
For the optional frosting: dissolve 1 teaspoon of instant coffee in 2 teaspoons of boiling water. Then combine the frosting ingredients in a small pan and heat until just under the boil.
Pour the frosting over the muffins and allow to cool.

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