We are not going to be able to make preserves for wedding favors (insert sad face here) anymore and we need to come up with an inexpensive plan B, fast! Mr. B’s Nana was supposed to spearhead this project, but unfortunately, she’s decided she’s not up for the job. I totally understand and there’s no hard feelings at all—his Nana has a lot on her plate. But now we have 100+ mason jars and no idea how to fill them! Yikes!
I scoured the Internet for ideas, and apparently you can put just about anything in a mason jar! Food is among the most popular. I saw this tutorial for DIY cookiejar favors that would be really easy and inexpensive:
There is also the option of making mini cookies for the jar!
I have some fabric leftover from our centerpiece frames, which I would LOVE to use for this project!
Color-coordinated with cute labels…this could be a great addition to our decor, no?
If cookies are too generic, try cupcakes in a jar! I found a great tutorial right here!
No doubt the pictures would be cute, too!
Since we already plan to have plenty of cookies and cupcakes on our dessert bar, neither of those things really excited me. One dessert we had not planned on was PIE, which apparently you can also put in a mason jar! Yum!
Everyone loves cookies, cupcakes, and pie, sure, but those sweets don’t fit with our garden theme. I think HONEY, however, is a great option. It comes from the garden, it’s still sweet and delicious, and it would be something our guests would definitely use!
We could also add a cute label like this one..
Maybe an ode to blogging for Weddingbee!
Love it!
Another idea (although, not mine…ahem…cue Mrs. Stripes) is to use the jars as drinking glasses!
We could put chalkboard stickers on each one and label them for our guests, and they could even take their glass home as a favor.
We know the pictures would be phenomenal!
Which idea do you like? Do you have any suggestions on how we can use our mason jars? What’s something you’d like to receive in one as a wedding favor?
FI and I are doing honey. We keep bees as a hoby, so we all we have to pay for is the jars and labels!
All great ideas! Just one more suggestion would be the classic jordan almonds. They come in all colors, so they could be color coordinated with your wedding colors. Otherwise, honey seems great for an outdoor wedding, but pie in a jar sounds delicious! Haha.
I love the drinking glass Idea! You could double the glasses as place cards even if you wanted to with every one’s names on them at the tables!! Filled with fruity colored lemonades and drinks or iced teas would make beautiful photos!! So creative, and an idea I may have to snag for my wedding some day!
You could fill them with tea bags and cookies or fill them with those sweet colorful french macaroons.
These are such cute ideas! I love the pictures of the mason jar pies (: I especially love the last picture, although I may be biased because my name is Tabitha, and my name is featured on virtually nothing (besides Bewitched) haha
Oooo, I love the idea of pie or cupcakes in a jar. I don’t know many people who use honey, but it’s cute and would go with your garden theme.
We’re doing honey too! It haw been very important to FI and I to keep things locally sourced throughout the wedding planning. I contacted my favorite honey vendor at the farmer’s market and he is willing to give us an insanely good deal for my favorite kind of honey – galberry honey. He’s even willing to let us borrow a machine to portion out the honey for free! I think it’s a great favor and people will really appreciate taking something home that reminds them of their visit to Florida. Great taste Miss Brooch!
One concern I had — for guests who travel by plane to your wedding, they won’t be able to take the honey home unless they checked a bag.
I love the one with the fabric on top (with the pink lable and pink chips). Its so cute, and you could get colored chocolate chips to match your wedding colors!
ORR you could fill the little jars with gumballs. Assorted colors, or just the wedding colors, with a cute labels and some pretty ribbon would be a lot of fun!
Drinking glasses is def. Cute. What about something more garden like? Maybe vegetable or herb seeds, or homemade salsa. Or u could plant some herb seeds in the jars so they sprout by the wedding, that would be super cute but troublesome if you have a lot of out of towners.
We did pudding in a jar 
I love, love the cookie in a jar idea- so cute! And everyone loves cookies
@slhicks: I love that you contacted your local farmer’s market! Smart girl! I totally have no idea how we would buy (and divide up) honey in bulk? But, after hearing what you’ve done, maybe I’ll try to contact someone local too! Excellent idea! Thank u
Love everyone’s ideas! Thanks all!
The honey’s a great idea, although Jaime is right about the guests on planes.
Also – keep in mind that favors aren’t required. If it’s too much stress, hassle, or money, you can let it go. Miss Manners says so.
I like the honey and the cookies. I love the idea of the pie, but I don’t really see favours as something to be eaten immediately…. more taken home and enjoyed. Pie like that would need to be eaten pretty soon. Especially if the jars didn’t have lids, to show off the pretty tops.
Have you thought about making the jam yourself?
PIE IN A JAR! I about died when I first read of this amazing idea a few months ago! I am planning to give them out as favors for my shower – so I am partial to them!
I love the idea of anything in a jar. What I loved about pie in a jar was that after stuff your guests (wedding food, shower food, etc) they dont have to eat that immediately.
Whatever you do will be adorable…I love all these ideas!
That amount of honey sounds like it might be really expensive. I’d go with cookie-in-a-jar mix – lighter in weight, and you can attach some gorgeous gardeny tag to it.
i’m not convinced the cookie mix in a jar thing makes sense. Every cookie recipe i’ve ever followed calls for certain dry and wet ingredients to be mixed in a certain order, not just all dumped in together. for example my oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe requires that you cream the butter and the sugar together first, then add the liquid ingredients (milk/egg) and mix that in, then flour/baking soda etc and THEN once that’s all come together nicely you can add the oats and chocolate chips. i feel like just throwing a whole jar of stuff in at once would result in a lumpy gross batter with ingredients poorly distributed and combined… honey sound lovely though!
You can also do hot cocoa mix in a jar if you are worried about the right way to mix the cookies! (Although we did cowboy cookies in a jar last year for christmas and they kicked ASS. Man they were good)
I’ve also see DIY soup mix in a jar as well.
I love the honey, but I to worry about the folks on the plane.
Mrs. Brooch, Arlington, VA Age and Occupation: 25, Writer/Editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Front Desk Manager Engagement Date: October 3, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2011 Venue: Oxon Hill Manor About Me: I’m an indecisive girlie-girl with a motor mouth, can-do attitude, and knack for making others laugh. I dream of becoming a best selling novelist like Elizabeth Gilbert or Julie Powell (a girl can dream, right?), and love long road trips, a beautiful countryside, music, blogs, books, and all things vintage/thrift/antique/or homemade. I’m a Virgo, i.e. overly sensitive, emotional, and critical, and there’s no such thing as short and sweet in my world. I want to say and do it all. Mr. Brooch grounds me. I point where to go and he figures out the way. He’s a pragmatic fancy-pants who enjoys video games and movies. We both adore our mutt, Rocky, and spending time with our amazingly supportive family and friends. We’re planning a garden wedding with a formal reception with lots of whimsy and unique, Southern-inspired details.
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