Love Potion Favors

We will be giving out a "love potion" as a favor. Some type of yummy alcoholic drink in a corked potion type of bottle with a "drink me" tag on it.. i want to paint the bottle saying "love potion". still in the air about where our initials and wedding date will go but i think it will be cute for the guests.

Found these on save-on-crafts.com for only 45 cents a piece. I ordered 6 of them to do a trial run with

I like the label on this

I like this label idea too and already have the scissors & like the idea of putting a marachino cherry in there

I love the writing on here, maybe i can scratch the letters on?

mysterious! but will people want to drink it?

another cute option but these were more expensive, like 1.99 for one and its 8.5 ounces..that's too many ounces for just a potion. the one at the top is 6.25 ounces.  

This may be nice tied around the neck of the bottle. i bought some for the trial run.  

cute presentation, i like the jewel at the top. maybe i can dress the cork up

Or something simple like this!



DIY Programs

Cute!

I found these on weddingbee.com, cute idea!

Here are the instructions posted:
These pocket programs were 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 when folded. Perfect for sticking into a small purse or a suit jacket pocket! They opened up accordion style and had four panels inside. The stickers on the front were able to be run through an ink jet printer.

For the inside, cut the paper for the inside to be a half inch shorter and narrower than the outside. The inside and outside pieces were rubber cemented together.

Also, she used 12 x 12 white cardstock and used her paper cutter to cut it into 12 x 3 inch strips. She ran the 3" strips through the printer. Then again using my paper cutter, she used a scoring blade and scored the paper every 3 inches. She then used an edge rounder to round the edges on the white cardstock. If you do not have an edge rounder, invest in the Fiskars one, she bought two others (that did not work all that well) before she got the Fiskars one. The green paper was cut into 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 squares and then the edges were rounded as well.


Whew! now that I think about it, this task may be a little too tedious for a ceremony program but I will keep it in mind! I'm noticing that edge rounders are popular in wedding diy projects.

DIY - Crepe Paper Flowers

I found these on http://www.thebridescafe.com/ .. These are pretty! I was thinking these could be used wherever possible to cut down on the cost of real flowers. Perhaps for the tables during the coctail hour.

"Crepe Paper Flowers"

Supplies:
Crepe paper sheets
Scissors
White floral cloth wire
White floral tape
Glue
Microbeads



Instructions:

1. Cut a strip of crepe paper about 5-4 inches wide and about 18 inches long. The grain of the crepe paper should be parallel to the longest sides. Fold in half several times until you have a small rectangle about 2 inches wide.

2. Cut the top edge, rounding it out to create a semi-circle shape. Unfold crepe paper strip.

3-4. Refold the crepe paper strip, but not exactly in half. When bringing the short ends together, stop a few inches short of matching them up exactly. Fold a few more times and cut a rounded petal edge on the opposite side as before. This will ensure that the scallops on each side are somewhat staggered. Unfold.

5. Now fold in half length wise. Take one end of crepe paper strip and secure it to the top of floral wire by making a loop with the wire and twisting it around crepe paper.

6. Begin to form flower. Gather the crepe paper as you turn the wire stem, and secure it with floral tape. Once the flower is fully formed, wrap the tape partially down the stem.

7. Using your fingers, adjust flower petals. Crepe paper has a bit of a stretch, so you can gently pull edges of petals to create a more realistic look. In the center of the flower, add a dab of glue and cover with microbeads.

I also thought the feather-light hair flower was cute because of the creative flower made with tulle.