Sunday, June 7, 2009

Favor



When we started the planning process many ideas were tossed around. Vintage salt & pepper shakers, bonsais, saltwater taffy, macaroons. All were scrutinized and left to fall by the wayside (or in the shakers' instance, the back of my mom's closet). Eventually just the sound of the word "favor" made me collapse in a sugary mental meltdown ("Sweetie, will you do me a quick favor?" Ahhhhhhhh! 'Sleep deprived bride goes to prison for shanking unsuspecting fiance...').

Then one day I ordered some goodies from Whimsy & Spice and fell madly in love with their homemade marshmallows. Soft, fragrant, heavenly. It was fate.

And so the story ends. We ordered a box of rose flavored marshmallows. Bows were tied around them with nimble fingers (*ahem*). Custom labels slapped on the front. A few may or may not have been secretly devoured in the meantime. And voila!

Would any of our guests have noticed if we didn't even have favors? Eh. Probably not.

Did Nick and I think they were cool-as-hell? Totally. And that's all that matters.


Disclaimer: No fiances were shanked in the making of these favors. And yes, the word "favor" still does make my eye twitch.

13 comments:

Kate said...

That looks lovely, and I'm guessing tastes delicious. I'm a sucker for a good marshmallow. We skipped favors all together, and if anyone noticed they didn't say anything to me!

looking for me said...

VERY Lovely!!

Chelsea said...

Ooohhh! I love what you ended up with. Yummy!! I love homemade marshmellows. And rose flavored? Even better. They looks so pretty!

Julia said...

they look great! and sound delicious

{The Perfect Palette} said...

such a unique favor! we love this!

Heather from the bar said...

mmmm Those look delicious. My coffee would love one of those right about now...

Meg said...

Hey Amanda,
Ergh. You have no email posted. Can you email me, pretty please. I bet you can guess why....

xo
Meg

turtlebird said...

YUM. i love this idea. i hate favors, but i love this idea.kudos!

White bridal shoes said...

Ohmigosh, marshmallows is such a cute idea!! the homemade ones are so good!

Nicole said...

Those look awesome. I just came across a homemade marshmallow recipe on smittenkitchen.com

Sarah said...

yum!! glad everything worked out with the favors :)

Lucky Designs said...

They are so cute! i love the label.

anna and the ring said...

They look sooo cute. I can't wait to see more!