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Homemade Caramel Corn: DIY Favors and Gifts

December 1, 2009 by Christina

caramel corn in a tin

Now that you’ve got the best caramel corn in town from this homemade caramel corn recipe, you’ll want to share some of it. Perhaps you’d like to give some of it away as DIY favors or gifts. Okay, maybe you don’t really want to share it. Maybe you want to hoard every last delicious kernel, but just in case you are feeling generous, I’ve got a lovely way to present your scrumptious caramel corn – complete with instructions. The talented Nanette over at SweetPea Baby has generously designed some freebie labels to add to your caramel corn favors. BTW, do check out Nanette’s Etsy shop which is chock full of beautiful printables. I love the bridal shower invites and the Christmas cards!

Kudos to my mother-in-law who came up with idea of putting the caramel corn into tins. (She also helped me make the caramel corn.) I think my mother-in-law is the most faithful reader of this blog. She’s my own personal copy editor, not to mention cheerleader! She always has words of encouragement and praise – and believe me, they go a long way on the days when I wonder what the heck I am doing! (Yes, I have those days!) She’s also great at coming up with ideas for the blog. (Stay tuned for Homemake Sponge Taffy!)

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Make Wedding Candy Bar Wrappers from Comic Books

September 1, 2009 by Christina

wedding candy bar wrappers

Wedding candy bar wrappers made from a vintage Fat Albert comic book ? Yes! In fact, you can make them from any vintage comic book and there’s plenty of them selling cheap on eBay.

I happen to be a huge fan of those quirky comic book ads for squirting ink pens, joy buzzers and itching powder. I recall poring over these ads as a kid when I was lucky enough to snag a Richie Rich comic book from a yard sale. When my five-year old snatched up a Fat Albert comic book at a local flea market, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it so I could read through the mail order ads. Then it hit me! This would be perfect way to wrap a gift! Better yet – let’s make wedding candy bar wrappers!

Not only do these candy bars serve as favors, but also escort cards. I used 52 g Caramilk bars for these favors, but you can also use 42 g Nestle Aero Bars – that is, if you are in Canada. In the U.S., I hear that Hershey’s Milk Chocolate 1.55oz or Nestle Crunch 1.52oz still have the foil wrapper.

BTW, most of these brands should be available in bulk at Costco.

Here’s the tutorial for Wedding Candy Bar Wrappers Made from a Vintage Comic Book

You will need:

A vintage comic book with mail order ads

Caramilk or Aero candy bars if you are in Canada:

Ribbon

Buttons (optional)

White glue for adhering buttons

Double sided tape

Glue stick

Hole punch

A color printer

Paper for printing guests’ names

Cardstock for ‘Thank-You’ tag

Making the Wedding Candy Bar Wrapper

Leaf through your comic book and find a page with mail order ads.

vintage comic book mail order ads

Scan the page, and size it to fit your chocolate bar. (Caramilk wrappers are 4″ x 5.5″). Print. I used regular printer paper and an inkjet printer.

Remove outer wrapping from your candy bar.

diy candy bar wrappers

Wrap comic book page around the candy bar. I used double sided table to adhere the wrapper.

candy bar wrappers

Type your guests’ names, and table numbers in a font that you like and print. Cut with pinking shears to fit the width of chocolate bar. Adhere with glue stick.

wedding candy bar wrappers

Cut cardstock with pinking shears for ‘Thank-You’ tags. My tags were 2″ x 3″. Print another comic book page, and cut out an ad to adhere to your gift tag.

candy bar wrappers

Glue ad to tag with glue stick. Fold and use a hole punch to make a hole. In your best handwriting, write ‘Thank You’ inside the gift tag. Include your names and wedding date.

wedding candy bar wrappers

Put ribbon through hole and tie to candy bar. Glue buttons to candy bar. (This is entirely optional, but I think the buttons dress it up a bit.)

wedding candy bar wrappers

Display your candy bars at reception entrance. Watch guests oohh and ahh over your clever DIY wedding favors:)

wedding candy bar wrappers

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DIY Wedding Favors: Recipe Books

June 18, 2009 by Christina

diy wedding favors recipe book

Yesterday, I blogged about Lauren and Andrews wonderful DIY wedding with a forest theme. Today, I’m sharing their DIY wedding favors: recipe books.

For wedding favors the couple put together a family recipe binder (that’s Lauren’s sister in the photo).

Lauren had 4×6 cards printed with recipes that the guests had submitted with their reply cards. She placed the cards inside a mini binder and voila – a recipe book!

“Our reply cards were folded cards that contained an optional section in which guests could share a favorite family recipe. I also received several recipes from women at my shower. We typed them all up and printed them onto 4 x 6 cards at a local copy shop. Then they got punched and put into small, blank binders I ordered in bulk from Maya Road. I printed the labels on my inkjet. We gave them to guests in attendance and mailed them to guests who couldn’t make it along with our thank you notes. We chose to use 4 x 6″ cards so that guests could add other recipe cards to the binder later on if they wanted to. Each binder cost $3 to make,” says Lauren.

Simple and sweet!

Photo: Erica Berger

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DIY Wedding Favor Donation Cards

June 14, 2009 by Christina

I’m smitten with these DIY wedding favor donation cards that I recently discovered on flickr.

Jasmine created these fantastic little cards for her upcoming July wedding to let her wedding guests know that she and her sweetie are making a donation to a favorite charity, instead of giving wedding favors.

“When I think about all the weddings I’ve gone to, I seem to remember thinking of favors as silly and frivolous. We were inspired by the last wedding we attended to make an “in lieu of” donation instead, as Nick and I both sponsor children through Compassion Canada,” she says.

Jasmine created mini cards of her engagment photos using www.moo.com.

“They come in boxes of 100 for about $20USD and you can customize the back,” she says.

Jasmine, simply punched holes through the cards and placed an eyelet in each hole. She then tied ribbon to each card.

Simple. Lovely.

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DIY Wedding Favors: Think Cherry when you Marry

June 7, 2009 by Christina

These DIY wedding favors are simple, delicious and healthy! Who doesn’t love sweet cherries? Simply place in a bag or box with a pretty label, and voila, you have easy peezy DIY wedding favors.

I found the above image in the latest issue of Wedding Style Guide. (BTW, you can view the entire issue of Wedding Style Guide for free online for the next week or so by clicking on this link.)

diy wedding favors I also love the simplicity of the cherries in paper or glassine bags. Photo: Martha Stewart

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Printable Candy Bar Wrappers … And They’re Free!

April 9, 2009 by Christina

I spent part of my morning strolling down the chocolate aisle at Shoppers Drug Mart. (It’s like Walgreens – except it’s Canadian.) My excuse? Easter. And since I have chocolate on the brain, (there’s a little bit on my shirt too), I thought I’d share printable candy bar wrappers from Rachel Ray. I think the design is lovely. Just click on the image and download the template.

You can also hop on over to Della Stella’s blog and learn how she made her printable candy bar wrappers. Amanda scanned a Hershey’s Special Dark label and modified it in Adobe Illustrator.

Still craving more candy bar wrappers? Creature Comforts has free printable candy bar wrappers (two sizes!) on her blog, along with instructions.

If you want candy bar wrappers, but you don’t feel like making them yourself, check out the gorgeous candy bar wrapper designs over at Karen Smallbone.