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A wedding is an occasion which is a part of the tradition in every culture and society. The wedding marks the day when a new couple starts the most amazing and lovable journey towards their future. To celebrate this remarkable day, the family of the couple organizes a party where they invite all the guests from the family and friends. They join the couple and their family with their good wishes for a greater life together. In today’s world, it is a great deal if couple celebrates the happiness with their well-wishers.



People are usually very busy in their lives but if a couple receives well wishes, prayers and physical presence of the people around them they are quite fortunate in this sort. It is a nice gesture if these guests are appreciated for joining the big day of the couple. For this purpose, there is a tradition of distributing wedding favor bags to thank the guests for joining in and sharing their joy and happiness and for their prayers and well wishes for the newly married couple.


Wedding favors have quite a deep rooted history itself. It started in 16th century by French who would present their guests with a box having delicate jewels and sugar coated almonds and sweets.The intention behind this gesture was not merely extravagance, as it was believed that sugar had health-giving properties. Almonds also had another symbolism the sweetness of sugar and bitterness of almond symbolizes the sweet and bitter relation in marriage. This tradition spread over the Middle East, Greece, Spain, France, England etc with a little difference in all. Today wedding favors are given in form of boxes and bags with sweets inside and a thank you note. 


Let us learn how to make cute wedding favor bag!


Things You Need:


  • Jute
  • Stapler and staples
  • Scissors
  • Decorative Lace trim
  • Ribbon
  • All-purpose Glue
  • Rulers


Method:



1.Fold jute sheet over in half once so you can use the fold as the base of the bag.

2.Measure and cut the hessian into strips of 7 inches wide.

3.Staple along both sides of the sheet, about 1 inch in from the edge.

4.Turn the bag inside out and push out the corners well.

5.Cut off the excess jute at the top of the bag so the bag is approximately 8 inches tall.

6.Cut a 10-inch strip of lace trim and glue into the bottom of the bag using all purpose glue.

7.Fill your bags with favors for your guests such as sweets or chocolates.

8.Tie the bag closed with ribbon.

9.Bags are ready. Place it on the tables of your venue.


Decoration:


Wedding favor bags can be decorated in various ways. It can be stamped with your favorite letters; you can use bride’s and groom’s first initials or you can stamp it with a thank you note. Graphics can also be stamped like a heart or love bird’s silhouette. As favor bags are very small in size and look cute, they are also decorated with laces, trims, ribbons and some embellishments like beads and pearls. 



The more intricate look it is given, it looks more eye catching and is loved by all. Materials like jute, kraft papers etc are used as the medium for making these bags and are also used to decorate them up. The main purpose of this bag, besides functionality, which matters less, is the decoration and outer look which makes the guests happy from a far sight. Chinese favor boxes are also very common in this category.