CD Favor Fun

CD Favor Fun

September 15th, 2008 @ 6:50 pm by Mrs. Pomegranate
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Whew! With only a few weeks to go, things have been uber-busy in the Pomegranate residence! I’ve been working on finishing up a few big projects - namely our CD favors - and I’m rather excited to show them to you. Our Jewelboxing kit definitely made a complicated project much less difficult to complete - but I must warn you, before you take on creating 150 of these puppies, I will say it’s not for the faint of heart. Let’s just say I could really empathize with Miss Shortcake and her Letter to the Printer.

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Our CDs are finished!

Printer-hating aside, it’s been a really fun project and I’ve been able to watch many of the movies that I’ve been dying to catch up on while punching out the pre-perforated templates that Jewelboxing provided. Sadly, I managed to skip taking any photos of the printed templates, but I assure you, for an Illustrator-friendly person, they were super easy to use. For those unfamiliar with Illustrator, they do provide you with templates for InDesign2, InDesignCS, PageMaker, Photoshop, iWork Pages, Freehand, QuarkExpress and PDF as well. Just keep in mind, they are truly blank slates that will allow you to make sure your designs fall within the perforated boundaries - because honestly, do you really want to be cutting out the corners, curves and slanted edges yourself? I think not!

I created a design for the front-to-back piece that fit underneath the CD, peeked out on the side of the spine and when flipped over, itemized the song list. You could really do some fun things with the interior of this piece - the templates are so exact, you could easily hide a photo of a pet or secret message to be revealed when the CD is removed. We chose to use our favored damask pattern in moss green to create a contrast with the bold stripes of the booklet cover.

The fun pattern in the tray beneath the CD.

You have to press the side of the case to open the CD. As this technique is not very mainstream, we chose to put “PRESS TO OPEN” on the side - but you could put a fun message here.

The back of the booklet provided us a nice space to explain the story of the song lists. We placed our two-page Liner Notes section inside, explaining why we chose each of the songs and what they meant to us. We also highlighted the songs that would be used in our ceremony. I had originally intended on using this space to thank our guests for coming - but to avoid clutter or too small fonts, I found a way to incorporate that into the CD label design.

The interior of the CD.

A close-up of the outside of the CD booklet that explains the story of why we chose to give CDs.

The CD labels were the last to be completed. We decided to hire out a local company (recommended by our resident media expert Mrs. Penguin) to duplicate the CDs for us, instead of burning all 150 via our laptops. This would have proved to be a lengthy task, so when we found out how economical it was to hire it out ($126 for 150 un-labeled CDs with shipping) we were sold. Once we received them - in record time (3 days) - labeling them was a snap. We used a Memorex label applicator - and after two episodes of Monk, we were done!

The labels are super thin, so they almost look like professionally printed CDs. To add a splash of fun here, I used the lyrics to our song, “Brighter than Sunshine” by Aqualung, along the curve of the CD.

These CD organizing boxes were purchased at Ikea for a mere $6.99 per pack of two. I snagged two boxes of each to hold the favors that will double as our escort cards. I’ve purchased these CD dividers to help organize the favors by last name.

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Pretty CDs all lined up in a row!

Black and White CD Organizer Boxes
$6.99 per pack of two @ Ikea

A - Z CD Dividers
$25 @ Uncommon Goods

Once our seating chart is finalized, the final transformation will commence. I’ll create seating card semi-permanent stickers using vellum and my Xyron. They will be applied to the CD spines and will guide each guest to their seat. Hopefully, I’ll have some final photos for you soon!

If you’re interested in making similar CD favors, beginning tomorrow September 16, Jewelboxing is offering weddingbee readers their friends and family discount when you check out using the code “ISAWTHEBEE”!

Is anyone else giving their guests CDs as wedding favors?

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50 Responses to “CD Favor Fun”

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Miss OceanBeach SF (message) 181 posts, Blushing bee

Wow, I love how those turned out! We initially thought we might do CD favors, but decided to go with something else. Yours have me completely second guessing that decision, though!

9/15/08 @ 4:38 pm (reply)

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lc2be (message) 91 posts, Worker bee

Miss Pomegranate, these are fantastic! Love the design!

9/15/08 @ 4:43 pm (reply)

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Katharine

What an awesome project! Love it! I’d do it, but I don’t think most people would care for my taste in showtunes (and those who would already HAVE everything!)

Have you told us what songs you chose and why in another post (ie did I forget?) Or is that still coming?

9/15/08 @ 4:44 pm (reply)

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reesey (message) 143 posts, Blushing bee

those are beautiful!!

9/15/08 @ 4:48 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Gingerbread (message) 644 posts, Busy bee

they look great!

9/15/08 @ 4:59 pm (reply)

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KateMW (message) 2,704 posts, Sugar bee

I thought you were cool before, but wow!! Those are great. What songs did you put on them?

9/15/08 @ 5:00 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Tiramisu (message) 1,098 posts, Bumble bee

We did CD favors/escort cards too! Yours are so beautiful!

9/15/08 @ 5:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Lemonade (message) 274 posts, Helper bee

Those look GREAT! We too, will be rocking the CD favor — I can only hope that they come out a fraction as lovely as yours did!

9/15/08 @ 5:02 pm (reply)

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hbowar (message) 547 posts, Busy bee

They look great! And also look like a labor of love!

9/15/08 @ 5:06 pm (reply)

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cannotwait (message) 2,166 posts, Buzzing bee

those are great, and we are having aqualung, too

9/15/08 @ 5:06 pm (reply)

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RachLynn (message) 55 posts, Worker bee

Gorgeous!
Miss P - What font did you use on the CDs? The part that says “Thank You” and “With Love”?

9/15/08 @ 5:09 pm (reply)

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StefK

We did CD favors too, but used the slim line jewel cases and a veeeeeeery simplistic cover for the front. And we lightscribed our monogram onto the CD itself. When you post the final product, I’d love to see your song-list too! Yours look really amazing! Great job

9/15/08 @ 5:10 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Penguin (message) 3,499 posts, Sugar bee

This is too much beautifulness for me to handle!

9/15/08 @ 5:32 pm (reply)

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nashgirl (message) 139 posts, Blushing bee

i know i’ve posted this before in the boards and was met with lots of unhappiness, but i really would like to warn brides that unless you receive a license and/or permission from the music publishers, it is illegal to make duplicate copies of any copyrighted music. I work in the music industry and really feel the need to educate people on the legal issues of copyright infringement…. Yes, it’s highly unlikely that you will ever be caught and sued, but I would just like to make you all aware of the issue

That said, Pom, you did a great job with the design! Super cute.

9/15/08 @ 5:37 pm (reply)

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Miss Hot Cocoa (message) 2,077 posts, Buzzing bee

These are stunning! So thoughtful and fun. We’d thought of doing CD favors, but it seems a bit too much work. Yours are fab.

9/15/08 @ 5:43 pm (reply)

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Ryn

Yeah!!! They turned out great…3 weeks and you’ll be a Mrs…oh, and your spare room will be a spare room again. =)

9/15/08 @ 5:59 pm (reply)

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Miss X

Miss Pom, you’ve blown me away again. I love our favors, but you’ve got me trying to figure out what non-wedding related event I could give CD favors out at.

As a girl who spent many years creating mixed tapes and CDs (with crafty packaging) for any reason I could think of, it saddens me to think iPods are taking over the world. There’s a whole generation that will never know the beauty of liner notes.