Craft Your Own Chocolate Wedding Favors

The creation of your own chocolate wedding favors has grown to be, for many, nearly a rite of passage. Indeed, they do make great bridal shower favors. However, chocolate wedding favors can be similarly suitable for the wedding itself. An evening of making your own chocolate wedding favors is, in fact, an occasion that the bride and her bridesmaids can look back on as a fun evening of laughter and crafting where the music was playing, the chocolate was plentiful, and the laughter was nearly endless.

No doubt, for many, make-your-own-wedding-favors are nearly an indispensable part of the whole wedding experience. This said what options do you have if you want to make your own chocolate wedding favors without giving in to the worn-out standby of Jordan Almonds bound in a sheer portion of colored organza tied with a ribbon?

One alternative that is relatively easy for those who do not see themselves as particularly crafty but want to do something that looks impressive is the molding of chocolates. With a high quality chocolate, some candy colors, a double boiler, molds from your local craft store, and a little bit of creativity you can create fun bite size candies that fit your wedding theme. For example, if you are having a Hawaiian themed wedding you could make orchid shaped chocolates in the colors of your wedding. Or perhaps, if you could find a mold, you could create chocolates in the shape of a hula dancer... or sea turtles... or palm trees. The possibilities in molding you own chocolate wedding favors are nearly endless.

For an extra motivated bride and bridesmaids, homemade truffles are bound to thrill your guests. Nearly one and all love the sinfully rich luxury of truffles, but few realize how available recipes are, meaning that your guests will be delighted to end the wedding dinner with a handmade chocolate truffle presented as a wedding favor in any number of favor packaging options to match the decor of your wedding.

Fortunately there are plenty of options within the chocolate wedding favor realm that lend themselves marvelously to such an endeavor. For an adult crowd…

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When Wedding DIY Spells Stress!

We all know that do it yourself projects are a great way to save money on your wedding celebration and personalize your wedding at the same time. By doing some of the work yourself you can be certain that no one has the exact same wedding reception decorations in the chapel or reception hall.

But...

Do-it-yourself means more of your time in a period of your life that is already time challenged. As a result, what seemed like a good idea for a way to save money or make your wedding stand out (or both) often becomes a nightmare of stress as you race to get everything done.

Your engagement period and ensuing wedding is supposed to be a happy celebration, not the reason you lost your hair.

So, if you want, choose one or two DIY items (like your own chocolate wedding favors), do them early in your wedding planning process if possible (you don't want to be up until 3 the night before your wedding making hair jewelry for your bridal party), and have the rest done for you. It will save you a lot of stress.