Creating your own favors for a bridal shower or even your wedding can be a fantastic way to put your individual stamp on an event. Remember, the great part of creating your own favors is that you can be creative! So, this is a great opportunity to consider your colors or theme. For those of you who are bridesmaids, you can easily take your bride’s theme and translate it into a lovely token or small gift.
For this particular DIY favor creation, we used simple boxes and let the color of the ribbon dictate the embellishment. We love this favor box for a fall bridal shower; with all the leaves changing, the red ribbon is great way to celebrate the season and changing leaves.
What you will need:
1. White Boxes (head to your local craft store)
2. Ribbon (you can achieve this look by going to a fabric store and asking for grosgrain ribbon with saddle stitching)
3. Red Tissue paper (available at any craft store)
4. Truffles (you can head to a candie store or even a grocery store for these amazing truffles)
5. Stamp (also available at a craft store) [Martha Stewart has some amazing crafting materials at any Michael’s which are nationwide)
Step 1: Creating the look
For this you will need the white box and the tissue paper. Open up the box and start folding it appropriately to create the box.
Step 2: Stamp the box
You will then need to stamp the box with whatever message you would like to convey. For this particular project, we chose a red color ink and fun toast to share for a bridal shower event. Now test it out on another paper. Then once you have sufficient ink on the stamp, stamp the box.
Step 3: Fold the tissue paper
Then take the tissue paper and cut it in half or in thirds (longways). Remember these are small boxes so you need about 1/3 of the tissue paper. Once the tissue paper is cut. Fold the tissue paper the longway so that it fits neatly into the box.
Step 4: Prepare the truffles
You will need to determine how many truffles actually fit in the boxes you have purchased. Now fill the box accordingly. For our project, we used four truffles.
Step 5: Seal the Box
Now, close up the box. You will want to tuck the truffles in with the tissue paper and then fold the box top.
Step 6: Tie the Ribbon
Once you have sealed the box, remember to take your ribbon and tie a simple knot for a simplified effect.
Quick Tip:
In order to get the boxes to look uniform and professional, we suggest doing one tester box. Then once you have determined the length of the ribbon that is appropriate for the box, use that ribbon and cut all the other ribbons based on that ribbon.
