Favors
There are many options for wedding favors. We all have them: ice cream scoops, ice tongs, CDs of the bride and groom’s favorite songs. The Internet is full of trinkets that can be engraved, boxes of candies, you name it, they have it. What I wanted was traditional. I just wanted old fashioned Jordan almonds, tied it tulle. My mom wanted ribbon with my fiance and my name and the wedding date. Simple right? Not once you start looking.
There are these amazing Jordan almond flowers that are created in Italy. They are beautiful. However, in the spirit of saving money, they are not doable. Unfortunately, after seeing these lovely flowers, I was no longer as happy with just wrapping my Jordan almonds in tulle. I wanted to create flowers (my mother and fiance cringe whenever they hear that I want to “create” anything. I am convinced they would both outsource the whole thing.)
So I went in search of ways to create my own Jordan almond flowers. I am going to compile the list of sites I found, because if any other poor soul is looking for these items, I would like to help them out.
http://www.confettipelino.com/
http://www.jordanalmondflowers.com/rachetti.htm
http://www.weddingfavours.uk.com/?page=shop/browse&category_id=d4507d863d9eeef28e67fe4bc22333d9
http://www.myitalianweddingfavors.com/Italian_Ribbon_Confetti.html
http://www.giftfavors.com/Tabledecor5.html
After much searching I settled on ribbon that pulls into a flower. I chose this mainly because of ease. There is not quite as much “creating” involved with these flowers (Mom’s suggestion, surprisingly).
Jordan almonds were the next thing to tackle. I learned that there are different grades of Jordan almonds. The better the grade, the less candy coating there is on the almonds. Did I want colored almonds or white ones? I decided to order the highest grade white almond and to have them delivered close to the wedding so that they would be nice and fresh. These means that in week 2 before the wedding, we will be making favors.
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