The Papered Nest has designed a collection of party items with a cheery feel that offer a stylish canvas to build on.

These bright and colourful hand-crafted products, created by two talented California women with a passion for party planning, could spark a host of ideas around which you can plan your big day.

We love the cheery feel of the party styling kits and we can’t stop smiling over quaint accents like the mini cupcake stands, and mason jars with stamped pewter lids (fill these with colourful jellybeans or small lollies to make charming wedding favors). Also, the oh-so-lovely hand dyed paper doilies are sheer heaven.

Each party styling kit contains everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind partyscape and includes the following hand-crafted and selected items:

1 X Favor Bag Kit (includes 12 kraft window favor bags, 12 yds of Divine Twine, and 12 coloured 1.5” scalloped circle “Thank You” tags)

12 X Striped paper straws

12 X Striped greaseproof cupcake liners

6 X “Yum” cupcake picks

6 X Food flags

12 X Treat sticks

5 yds Coloured 5/8″ ribbon

5 yds White 3/8″ ribbon

12 X Scalloped food tags

1 Drink Kit (includes 12 yds Coloured Divine Twine and 12 coloured 1.5″ scalloped circle “Cheers” tags)

6 X Coloured 10″ Hand Dyed Paper Doilies

Personalizing your The Papered Nest wedding accessories is easy too. Drink tags, favor bag tags, and cutlery can be stamped with “yum”, “cheers”, “thank you”, or “enjoy”! You can also purchase a personalized stamp and mark your wedding accessories with your names, wedding date, or even an affectionate message. The Papered Nest party kits are also available to accommodate guest lists of eight, 10, and 12, and they’ll work with you on custom orders of any size.

They’re perfect for engagement parties too!

{Images via The Papered Nest}

Check out these “upcycled” kitchen utensils from Vic & Albie. These are actually made from antique silverware—hammered, hand-stamped, and polished with love by mother-and-daughter team Elaine and Kathryn, who we think are simply brimming with fabulous creative juices! And because these spoons and forks are silver-plated, they develop that beautiful patina over time, which gives them an authentic vintage look and feel.

These would make great wedding favors, bridal party gifts, or place markers. They also have this cheeky set of soup spoons and a pair of salt and pepper servers made from cute little demitasse spoons.

Vic & Albie gives discounts for bulk orders and issues a no-questions-asked refund if you are not fully satisfied with their product. And if you have a special message or design in mind, they would gladly customise a marker for you. Nice, huh?

Vic & Albie ships from Vancouver, BC, Canada, to anywhere in the world. Check their shop for shipping prices.

{Images via Vic & Albie}

These fantastic burlap items from Victorian Station are making us all googly-eyed with romance. There are banners, pillows, sachets filled with lavender buds, gift bags, purses, journals, gift tags, and even clothespins! These are not to be skipped over if you are doing the vintage or rustic wedding thing, as they would be great as wedding favors and wedding accessories.

Linda Brown, the lovely lady behind Victorian Station, has always been drawn to all things pretty and elegant. She grew up in a family that loved to do crafts—her mother was a cake decorator and seamstress, and her grandmother and great-grandmother enjoyed making quilts together. As she grew older, she started decorating, designing, and eventually, sewing.  When she opened shop on Etsy she was surprised at how quickly her handmade creations started selling; since then they have been featured on magazines such as Southern Weddings and Gala Weddings, blogs, and even HGTV.

Now on to our favorites from Victorian Station (it’s hard not to make everything a favorite!)…

Love burlap banner with hearts…

Just Married burlap banner…

Sweet Love burlap banner with birds’ nest (eggs are personalised with your own initials)…

Love Shack burlap banner…

Here Comes the Bride burlap sign…

Everlasting Love ring bearer pillow…

Birds’ nest sachets filled with lavender buds…

“Handmade is very special, in that it has been handled in every way and you can touch another person’s work,” says Linda. “Even if the buyer doesn’t realize the time that goes into the process of making an item, they can see the quality of workmanship. To me, handmade work is one of a kind — a product of who you are.”

Burlap table numbers (can also be used as gift bags)…

Burlap cone for your flower girl or bridesmaids…

Vintage print bird sacks filled with lavender buds…

There are tons more adorable burlap items from Victorian Station, so browse their shop for more wedding ideas. They also ship internationally.

{Images via Victorian Station}

Benign Objects creates custom printed handkerchiefs and personalised custom printed muslin bags, wedding invitation cards, place cards, maps and even menus and table numbers. You can customise practically anything with them. Just let them know what design you would like!

Rachel, the brains behind Benign Objects, is a Southern belle who is now based in Minneapolis. She is by profession a writer and editor, but has decided to pursue her love for crafting beautiful and functional designs for special occasions. And thank goodness for that, because we love so many of her beautiful designs.

We think these bright and bold hankies would be perfect as wedding invitations. They come in bold floral designs and in plain white with a lace border.

We also love these muslin bags that are personalised especially for your big day can hold candy, little trinkets or how about bird seed or rose petals to be tossed at ceremony.

We’re also seriously loving both their wedding invitation design suites— “Blossoms & Blooms” and “Love is in the Air”. One is a fresh burst of colour and the other has a whimsical vintage flair.

Drop by the Benign Objects website or their Etsy store. They ship all their items internationally.

{Images via Benign Objects}

Nothing makes us happier than paper in fun shapes, colours, and textures. And whether you need wedding invitations or wedding favors, paper is such a fun and versatile thing to work with. Now, how lucky are we that Alana and Sara for Poppies for Grace are just as in love with paper as we are?

Take these lolly bags. Drop into each a little trinket or two, a chocolate or some other sweet, and little note saying “Thank you”, and presto—you’ve got the loveliest wedding favors around. Or, you can also use these as place card holders.

Wedding invitations such as these are truly a treat and make you sigh with that sprinkling of fairy tale magic. Choose from several collections, some of which are called “Babe,” “My Love,” and “Suga”. Poppies for Grace just gives off that cheery, bright spark to get your list of wedding ideas going.

Poppies for Grace ships internationally from Canada. Browse their shop for more lively and colourful wedding ideas for your big day. Oh, what a happy day that will be!

{All images via Poppies for Grace}

DaSweetZpot certainly take the ordinary and make it into and extraordinary. Just look at their heavenly creations like the delightful s’mores kits, the sweet honey wedding favors, the healthy trail mix favors, the adorable BBQ sauce party favors and the charming merlot fig spread wedding favors. They look seriously tasty!

We specifically love that DaSweetZpot specialise in custom and personalised favors, which ensures that your wedding favors will be original.

{Images via DaSweetZpot}

What You’ll Need

Miniature wrapped dark chocolates. We used yummy meiji dark chocolate blocks, but you could also use large sized bars.

Pretty wrapping paper

Aluminium foil

Glitter

Double-sided tape

Scissors

Ruler

Pencil

Directions

Cut a square of aluminium foil and place 5 miniature chocolate blocks inside. Wrap and secure the chocolate blocks with the aluminium foil.

Then measure and cut your wrapping paper into strips, the size of your strips will depend on the size of your chocolate bars. Leave some of the silver aluminium foil showing on the ends of the bars.

Wrap the paper strips around the bars and secure at the back with double-sided tape.

Finally, you can leave you’re pretty bars as is or you can decorate them with some glitter glue to add a touch of sparkle.

Simple but Charming, right?

{Project adapted from Such Pretty Things}

To make these yummy treats, you’ll need the following:

3 Cups Rice Krispies

1/3 Cup Brown Rice Syrup or Maple Syrup or Golden Syrup {We used golden syrup}

1/3 Cup Smooth Peanut Butter

1 tsp. Vanilla Extract

1/2 Cup Quality Chocolate

1 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter to coat the dish

Directions

Heat the golden syrup and peanut butter over medium heat for approximately 2 to 3 minutes or until it looks like a thick syrup. Add vanilla.

Put the rice krispies in a large bowl and pour the syrup mixture on top and mix until evenly incorporated.

Press rice mix into buttered 9×9 dish and push it down with the back of a spoon. Put it in the fridge while you make the chocolate layer.

Set a metal or glass bowl over a small pot of simmering water and add chocolate to melt slowly, stirring occasionally. Make sure your bowl avoids all contact with water. Chocolate will seize and become unworkable if it comes into contact with even a few drops of water.

Pour the chocolate on top of the rice krispies and quickly spread it evenly across the top with a spatula or the back of a spoon.

Refrigerate for 1 1/2 hours and then cut into squares.

We recommend that you make these wedding favors the day before your wedding and keep them stored in the fridge, as the rice starts to absorb moisture after two days.

{Recipe adapted from Vanilla & Lace}

What You’ll Need

1 Pound Walnut Halves. If you like your walnuts extra sugary, cut down on the amount of nuts.

1 Cup White Sugar

2 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

1/4 Teaspoon Salt

6 Tablespoons Milk

1 Teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F {175 degrees C}.

Spread walnuts on a baking sheet in a single layer.

Roast walnuts for approximately 8-10 minutes or until they start to turn brown. Remove from oven.

While your walnuts are roasting, stir together sugar, cinnamon, salt and milk in a saucepan.

Cook over medium to high heat for 8 minutes or until the mixture reaches the soft ball stage of 236 degrees F {113 degrees C} or starts caramelizing.

Remove from heat and mix in the vanilla.

Add walnuts to syrup mixture and stir to coat.

Spoon walnuts onto baking paper and separate with a fork.

Cool and store in airtight container.

Presentation

Place desired amount of candied walnuts into clear cello bags and seal. We used clear cello bags with self seal lips, but you could also just staple them shut.

Next, cut out a piece of decorative paper to cover the top of the bag.

Staple decorative paper onto bag.

Tie a ribbon around the paper to hide staples and then add a pretty tag.

These wedding favors only took about 20 minutes to make, but are bound to be a hit because they’re just so darn tasty and smell amazing too.

{Recipe adapted from Allrecipes.com}

What You’ll Need

12 Ounces Dark Chocolate

1 and 1/3 Cups Puffed Cereal

½ Cup Almonds Pieces

1 cup Dried Cranberries Chopped

Sea Salt

Pretty jars

Directions

Set a metal or glass bowl over a small pot of simmering water and add chocolate to melt slowly, stirring occasionally. Make sure your bowl avoids all contact with water. Chocolate will seize and become unworkable if it comes into contact with even a few drops of water.

Place puffed cereal, almond pieces and cranberries in a bowl.

Remove the chocolate from the heat and gently mix with the puffed cereal, nuts and dried fruit.

Allow everything to sit for approximately five minutes to cool.

Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using a spoon and your fingers, dollop tablespoons of the mix onto the baking paper. Repeat until all the mixture is used.

Sprinkle the morsels liberally with sea salt. Then put the tray in the fridge for approximately 15 minutes, so that the morsels completely set.

Lastly, put the morsels into pretty jars and add fabric, twine and tags.

We love that these treats keep for much longer than baked goods and that they look so decadent when packaged in pretty little jars with fabric and twine. Delicious and gorgeous.

{Recipe adapted from Sprouted Kitchen}

*Makes approximately 24 morsels