by admin on October 23, 2009
Just a “tasteful” reminder of some beautiful and edible fall wedding favors in the shop, both classics and fresh new debutantes.
Because as everyone knows, edible favors belong to that very magical category that doesn’t get left behind. (In fact, an obnoxious guest, if not precisely your younger brother, could very well start circling the tables during the father-daughter dance, looking to score a little extra booty … or is that when you’re giving away mini-liquor bottles? I can never remember.)
Anyway, these days, there must be a lot of specialist elves that skipped Santa’s Shop, because edible favors are often rising to the “work of art” level. The new brownie pops in particular leave me dewey-eyed, but then let’s not forget the more timeless ones, like those individual bottles of maple syrup or the new olive oil favors from Beaucoup.
(FYI: DIY-ers can do their own syrup bottles, but you must keep them consistently refrigerated or the syrup will spoil. It turns a funny green on top, too).
A quick side note: the individual foil packs of coffee are very, very popular this season. There seems to be a definite shift toward practical and/or edible favors this year, as brides seek to associate more value with every purchase. Another breakout star for this fall and winter are the bookmark favors, particularly the ones running less than $1 apiece (and that includes the gift box).
Speaking as a voracious reader, all too prone to dog-earing a page even when (whoops!) the book came from the library, I’ll personally make myself available to receive any extra bookmark favors you have lying around. There. One less worry for you, right?
by admin on March 29, 2009
We interrupt today’s regularly-scheduled wordosity … for a post that’s mostly pics. Yes-way.
Can’t remember how I came across this, but when I hit my first cupcake soap at Etsy, I was hooked.
What can I say? Food and I, we’re THIS close. I never met non-factory food I didn’t like (except maybe macaroni and cheese. Longtime hater. Which is anyway factory food).
Now add adorably styled food. Now add adorably styled food that’s durable and guilt-free. Well, all this can be yours on Etsy.
Donuts, yellow cake and pineapple upside down cake by Soapapotamus, pink cupcake by CozyMoments, Hostess Cupcakes soap by LoveLeeSoap, Oreo soaps by Dirty*ssSoaps, blue and yellow cupcakes by AnitaCraftyCreations, ice cream soaps by aBreathofFrenchair.
Party-lovers of the world: we gotcher donuts, yer cupcakes, yer soapy hostess cupcakes (complete with a creamy soap filling … cut it in half, really!). We got yer soapy ice cream bars, yer oreo cookies, yer variations on that classic yellow cake.
All of them delectably scented (swoon) and handcrafted by real people in their chic little homes where they probably labor in ruffled vintage aprons, also from Etsy. Well at any rate, none of this is from an Asian factory.
The price points here are slightly higher than your average favor. These tend to range from $5 to $10 each. Which is kind of criminally low when you look at the artistry that goes into every one of them.
These would be fabulous for an intimate shower, the good kind, where everyone knows everyone else from those Kappa days. I’d love to see them as supporting acts for a tea party theme. Or any shower designed around brights (a.k.a. orange and hot pink paper lanterns) or whimsy.
You know the girls are going to be totally impressed when they figure these out. Nobody ever is going to walk away wondering how to lose these on the way to the car. Donut-scented soaps. Oh my God. Check them out.
