Delicious (and DIY) Wedding Favors

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Honey Wedding Favors

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These hand-assembled wedding favors look good enough to eat -- and lucky for your guests, that's exactly what they're for.

Individual vials of high-quality honey, wrapped with bee-decked bands, make for a sweet ending.

Materials: Bee Raw honey, $5 per 1-oz vial. Clearbags "Crystal Clear" boxes FB38. Nashville Wraps natural fine wood filler FWE14.

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Bite-Size Breakfast

The custom of favors originated in Europe during the Middle Ages, when bonbonnieres, or boxes filled with sugar cubes, were given to guests. Here are four toothsome takes on the tradition.

For a scrumptious morning-after meal, arrange miniature jams and corn muffins in a basket lined with napkins, then add a clip art tag.

Materials: Bonne Maman preserves (chefswarehouse.com); Panibois "Prince" baking basket B2AG (technobake.com).

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Raspberry Vodka

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Mixing these totable potables is as easy as whipping up fruit-infused booze, pouring it into bottles, and tying on a recipe for a Rasmopolitan cocktail.

Materials: Specialty Bottle 12.5-oz "Woozy" glass bottles.

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Candy-Filled Cherries

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These candy-filled bundles are a cinch to make: Wrap a handful of cherry sour balls in red tissue, twist closed, and add floral-wire stems and paper leaves.

Materials: Candy Warehouse cherry sour balls. Nashville Wraps tissue paper. FloraCraft floral stem wire and Panacea floral tape (both from createforless.com).

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Chocolate Nest Eggs

A little bird tells us that your friends and family will eat these right up.

Materials: Accent Design 3-inch nests (createforless.com). Candy Warehouse quail-egg candy (candywarehouse.com).

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Mixed Nuts

Craving something with a little more bite? Send your loved ones home with offerings that let them know they're the salt of the earth. Each of the following options is full of both zest and meaning.

The only thing better than this snack's tasty crunch is its street cart-style packaging.

Materials: Bazzini "Lounge" nut mix. Nashville Wraps glassine bags G204.

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Rosemary Olive Oil

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To create this Italian specialty, place a few snips of herbs in an empty bottle, pour in olive oil, cork, and seal with clip art.

Materials: Specialty Bottle 8.5-oz "Boston" glass bottle with cork.

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Pickled Vegetables

These adorable mini jars are anything but garden variety. Order an assortment, then add custom gift tags that you can download here.

Materials: Rick's Picks pickled vegetables. The Caning Shop waxed linen.

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Cheese and Crackers

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Late at night, little is more satisfying than this customized snack pack of cheddar (which can go unrefrigerated for hours) and crispy wheat crackers.

Materials: The Box Depot clear two-piece box AU-J02. Mokuba New York 9mm all-stitch satin ribbon #1120, color 25 (212-869-8900). Cheddar cheese from Murray's Cheese Shop.

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