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I went back and forth about favors. First I thought it was a waste of money, and then I decided it would be nice for our guests to have a little something to finish the evening with or take with them.

Because we are getting married in Vermont and because I LOVED them as a child, we have decided to buy soft maple sugar candies in bulk from Gift Baskets by Kim. We will package them in my brown favor boxes I got at Kate’s Paperie during their blow-out sale this spring.

Maple Sugar Candies

 
Favor boxes on sale from Kate’s Paperie

Will tie with sage green ribbon from Costco

And seal them with our monogram stickers from Creative Montage like these.

Our supplies: Clear tape, scissors, wax paper from costco, sage green ribbon from costco.

I figure our guests can either eat them on the spot or use them to sweeten their coffee the next morning! Either way — it’s a win win project.

Budget Breakdown:

Boxes from Kate’s $0.62 (were $1.50 each)

(3) maple candies $1.20

Monogram stickers $0.46

Total per favor: $2.28

$2.28 x 52 = $118.56 for all of the favors

And here are my “DIY” favors in progress and then finished tonight!

Cutting the ribbons, prepping the wax paper and away we go!

I placed a sheet of wax paper in the box on top of the cotton that was included in the jewelery boxes so the candies didn’t stick and stayed fresh — then gently placed three candies in each box.

I secured the ribbon to the box with clear tape, then placed the monogram sticker from Creative Montage on top to finish it off! See Creative Montage’s monograms HERE and her stickers/favors HERE.

This was one of the best things I did — $15 for 5 monograms and they have really personalized and “dressed up” the wedding. I’d HIGHLY recommend Creative Montage. Tell Aimee (the owner/designer) that I sent you!

Both sticker options

And all the beauties together: