Weddingbee Blog

Although Mr. S and I really loved our customized m&m’s, we knew deep down that they were too much of a splurge for us. So we ate up the sample packs that we bought and said our goodbyes. Farewell sweet little m&m’s with our faces. You were fun but waaayyyy too expensive for our blood.

We decided to go back to our original love: Hershey’s Kisses.

Okay, technically these are not Kisses. They’re Raspberry Hugs. They have a layer of creamy white chocolate and raspberry stripes on the outside with a milk chocolate core. Yum. They just melt. And they make us melt.

After Valentine’s Day, Mr. S and I rushed to Target because I knew that they would have the candy on super clearance. I scoured the seasonal aisle for leftover bags, but they were nowhere to be found. I went up and down the aisles, checked all the shelves twice. Three times. No lavender/pink bags anywhere!

I got sad for a second and almost gave up, but then I decided to check all the shelves once more. Sure enough, at the very bottom shelf of an end cap, a bunch of bags were shoved to the very back and hidden from view. I had to get down on my knees to get them. We grabbed everything that was left on the shelf and were able to score 19 bags for $0.74 each! There are 63 pieces in each bag… which means that we got 1,197 pieces for less than $15! Sahweeet!

Each flower favor box holds 7 pieces, which is kinda perfect, actually. Everyone knows that 7 is a lucky number, and how awesome is it that we are getting married in the 7th month? I know, I’m the only crazy that would ever notice this silly correlation. Haha.

I love that they are wrapped in shiny pink foil! So pretty.

The Easter kisses come wrapped in green, pink, blue and silver foil. In keeping with our wedding colors, we’ll only use the green and pink kisses. I guess we’ll just have to eat up all the blue and silver ones. Wedding diet out the window!

Anyway, I knew that I wanted to personalize our candy, so last night, I did a little mock-up using our monogram that I made and the awesome drawing that my blogger buddy Miss Sewing drew for us.

Basically, I took each image and cropped it into a little circle in Photoshop. I used the ruler in Photoshop to make sure the diameter of the circle measured 5/8″, and then I copied the image of the circle over and over until I filled a page.

Since this is just a mock-up, I printed a fast draft of the page on regular copy paper and proceeded to punch out each circle with a 5/8″ circle hole puncher.

Then I used a little piece of tape to stick the circle to the bottom of a kiss. (Keep in mind that this was just a fast draft, so the image looks a little blurry. The finished product will be much more vivid and clear.)

I was pretty pleased with how my little mock-ups turned out. Now all I have to do is go buy full-sheet label paper and print them out in high-quality.

This was a fun and easy project, but punching out the little circles is kind of labor-intensive. Who wants to help me punch? I’ll pay you in chocolate!